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Coronavirus Part II - Its arrived - We're Doomed!!! See OP for Mod warnings

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  • #5702
    melonstar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭melonstar


    Runaways wrote: »
    I’m self isolating and climbing the walls in my room :)

    Did you ring your local GP?


  • #5703
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Dotsie~tmp wrote: »
    So when did they stop. Before or after killing 40 million in the Great Leap Forward? The Cultural Revolution? Another few million. Why is communism so slippery when put into practice for people who defend it?

    With the 1978 economic reforms.

    Read the wikipedia page first, man. I don't want to talk to you about this any more though I'm afraid.


  • #5704
    redsteveireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭redsteveireland


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Aer Lingus confirm the confirmed case travelled on one of their flights and they are liasing with the authorities.

    Kermit, your services are needed dealing with the "s" word over in weather...


  • #5705
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Since when were school ski trips a thing?

    What's educational about them?

    They learn to ski, very useful lifeskill.


  • #5706
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    markodaly wrote: »
    The next week will be interesting, as we will see cases skyrocket out of control all around Europe. Which is depressing, as its one of the most advanced and developed regions in the world, well able to handle this situation. But red-tape and inertia meant they were unable to.

    Yeah. Unfortunately nurses, doctor, paramedics etc..are all going to be pushed to the absolute limit in these next few weeks and months. Iv'e a family member who works as a paramedic and she and her colleagues have been very downbeat all week.


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  • #5707
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Since when were school ski trips a thing?

    What's educational about them?

    I was going on school skiing trips in the 80s


  • #5708
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,805 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    markodaly wrote: »
    If they were serious about it, then they would have closed the Italian border a week ago, but that didn't happen

    Maybe not close entirely, but ensured people needed a very good reason to get in or out. That should have prevented most of the spread.


  • #5709
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,028 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    I was going on school skiing trips in the 80s

    Where's the educational value?


  • #5710
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,666 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    melonstar wrote: »
    Did you ring your local GP?

    Local GP just gives you a HSE referral number, that's their only involvement in the whole process.


  • #5711
    Titclamp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭Titclamp


    seamus wrote: »
    What about a smoke machine?

    The "vicinity" of the lab is incidental. If it started in Dublin, you could say it started in the vicinity of the viral lab at UCD.

    Most larger cities on the planet have at least one lab involved in researching pathogens.

    If Wuhan was a rural backwater of 5,000 people with nothing but a shop and a virus research lab, then maybe it's suspicious.

    But it's not. It's a city with a population twice that of Ireland's.


    Sure who knows really. Precise rationalism over something theoretical isn't much conviction.


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  • #5712
    PhantomHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭PhantomHat


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Because it's conspiracy theory guff that's why. It's the kind of stuff people dream up from watching too many hollywood movies.
    Conspiracy theory or not its still a possibility. If it's been in a Hollywood movie then it cannot be entertained? That doesn't make sense.


  • #5713
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    melonstar wrote: »
    Did you ring your local GP?

    Yeah.
    He said ring the number. Rang the number.
    ‘Have you called your gp?’

    Gas.


  • #5714
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,418 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    I was going on school skiing trips in the 80s

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  • #5715
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,716 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    China has 78,824 confirmed cases and the death toll was at 2,788...........................

    out of 1.4 billion population

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #5716
    timmyntc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,609 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    Runaways wrote: »
    Yeah.
    He said ring the number. Rang the number.
    ‘Have you called your gp?’

    Gas.

    Ring the HSE number again, but this time threaten to go to A&E if they dont contact you back


  • #5717
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    ednwireland wrote: »
    China has 78,824 confirmed cases and the death toll was at 2,788...........................

    out of 1.4 billion population

    Of course it does


  • #5718
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    redsteveireland wrote: »
    Kermit, your services are needed dealing with the "s" word over in weather...

    Would Boards.ie implode if we had snow and a confirmed coronavirus case simultaneously?

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #5719
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,666 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Runaways wrote: »
    Yeah.
    He said ring the number. Rang the number.
    ‘Have you called your gp?’

    Gas.

    The HSE Public Health Team are meant to be managing this on the ground, the briefings GP's have been given specifically state this.

    However what I'm hearing on the ground is that the HSE are telling people to ring their GP after the GP has already given them the information as set out by the HSE. Your experience seems to confirm this. Local Public Health teams don't seem to know what they are meant to actually do.

    There's a fair bit of chaos on the ground at the moment.


  • #5720
    ardinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭ardinn


    Off topic but on this topic - Is this thread one of the faster or fastest moving thread over time on boards. I remember the first thread early on, normal pace, now its around a page every two minutes!
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    http://slaneyfishing.com




  • #5721
    PhantomHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭PhantomHat


    Runaways wrote: »
    Yeah.
    He said ring the number. Rang the number.
    ‘Have you called your gp?’

    Gas.
    The suited testing personnel are probably readying up to travel to your location for swabbing


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  • #5722
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    timmyntc wrote: »
    Ring the HSE number again, but this time threaten to go to A&E if they dont contact you back

    No way. That would be irresponsible even if this is just a normal flu.


  • #5723
    Say my name
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,316 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Titclamp wrote: »
    Well there's no smoke without fire. How is this dismissed so easily?

    People believe their own little bubble is the same the world over.
    Except anything goes where state organised organ harvesting and sale from prisoners and morals don't exist.
    It's a part of the world where to kill any opponents by any means where it looks natural is heavily researched.

    Anyway it's all elsewhere on the internet.
    As ye were..


  • #5724
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,536 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Where's the educational value?

    sex education


  • #5725
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Would Boards.ie implode if we had snow and a confirmed coronavirus case simultaneously?

    Yes, I believe it would.


  • #5726
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Where's the educational value?

    Physical activities were always a big part of education when I was growing up. I grew up in London though


  • #5727
    ardinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭ardinn


    ardinn wrote: »
    Off topic but on this topic - Is this thread one of the faster or fastest moving thread over time on boards. I remember the first thread early on, normal pace, now its around a page every two minutes!

    I just did the maths - 1.1 posts per minute over the last 4 days - thats incredible.
    images.jpg
    http://slaneyfishing.com




  • #5728
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    The HSE Public Health Team are meant to be managing this on the ground, the briefings GP's have been given specifically state this.

    However what I'm hearing on the ground is that the HSE are telling people to ring their GP after the GP has already given them the information as set out by the HSE. Your experience seems to confirm this. Local Public Health teams don't seem to know what they are meant to actually do.

    There's a fair bit of chaos on the ground at the moment.

    Seems so. No doubt they’re probably getting a lot of calls too. You wouldn’t know though.
    Apparently There is a series of questions that feed an algorithm which indicates if you need testing or not.
    Depending on how many questions it might well be a big backlog of calls.


  • #5729
    8-10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,796 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    A lot of Europe kiss on the cheek as a greeting. It's easy to see how physical contact can spread these sorts of things quickly. I'm glad that isn't the cultural norm here.


  • #5730
    morebabies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭morebabies


    https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-british-passenger-from-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-dies-11945226

    No details yet on the passenger's age. First British death from coronavirus.


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  • #5731
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,074 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    ednwireland wrote: »
    China has 78,824 confirmed cases and the death toll was at 2,788...........................

    out of 1.4 billion population
    And you trust those figures? :rolleyes:


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