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

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  • #5822
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    Oh great. It was actually the princess diamond cruise ship that was In Sihanoukville while I was there.
    Heard it was another.

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/two-irish-passengers-on-cruise-ship-test-positive-for-coronavirus-1.4177266%3fmode=amp


  • #5823
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Runaways wrote: »
    Oh great. It was actually the princess diamond cruise ship that was In Sihanoukville while I was there.
    Heard it was another.

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/two-irish-passengers-on-cruise-ship-test-positive-for-coronavirus-1.4177266%3fmode=amp

    I think it would be wise of you to call your GP back when you can.


  • #5824
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


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  • #5825
    ardinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,246 ✭✭✭ardinn


    Beasty wrote: »
    Liverpool v United threads in Soccer as well as some of the team Superthreads have moved more quickly

    Only on matchdays, not over long peroids.
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  • #5826
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,392 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Peatys wrote: »
    .

    I don't understand that... CDC advise that masks don't protect against the virus but then says masks should be reserved for health care workers and people caring for infected patients ???

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #5827
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,745 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Personally I don't think that screenshot was quite big enough


  • #5828
    timmyntc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,609 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I don't understand that... CDC advise that masks don't protect against the virus but then says masks should be reserved for health care workers and people caring for infected patients ???

    Just to stop people panic buying masks and then people who really need them (health workers, frontline staff etc) will have shortages.


  • #5829
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭Peatys


    lawred2 wrote: »
    Personally I don't think that screenshot was quite big enough

    Have to get the message across..


  • #5830
    tara73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭tara73


    Runaways wrote: »
    Oh great. It was actually the princess diamond cruise ship that was In Sihanoukville while I was there.
    Heard it was another.

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/two-irish-passengers-on-cruise-ship-test-positive-for-coronavirus-1.4177266%3fmode=amp

    didn't you say you feel unwell..?:eek: seriously, how are you doing?


  • #5831
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,392 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    timmyntc wrote: »
    Just to stop people panic buying masks and then people who really need them (health workers, frontline staff etc) will have shortages.

    So is the rationale that they are effective, but need to be rationed... or that they aren't effective at preventing someone e.g. travelling on mass transit from getting infected?

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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  • #5832
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I don't understand that... CDC advise that masks don't protect against the virus but then says masks should be reserved for health care workers and people caring for infected patients ???

    They understandably fear a shortage for frontline workers but it seems like misinformation to suggest they're not effective.


  • #5833
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,002 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/cnni/status/1233379721355956224

    What I want to know is; what is it the health care workers are afraid of passing on to the patient? or do masks actually work the other way, as you would expect they would, given they supposedly work for outbound traffic and are hardly likely to act as one-way valves?


  • #5834
    danois
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭danois


    They are effective to help stop infected people passing it on. Not so much at helping well people stay well.


  • #5835
    BKtje
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭BKtje


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    I don't understand that... CDC advise that masks don't protect against the virus but then says masks should be reserved for health care workers and people caring for infected patients ???
    Prolonged wearing of masks can also cause pressure ulcers


  • #5836
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Downlinz wrote: »
    They understandably fear a shortage for frontline workers but it seems like misinformation to suggest they're not effective.

    Yeh must say if that is the reason they tell people they are ineffective then that is a really bad of way of going about it. Surely a large reserve for medical staff can be ensured


  • #5837
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,383 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Thread.

    https://twitter.com/kakape/status/1233343695577133056?s=19


  • #5838
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    tara73 wrote: »
    didn't you say you feel unwell..?:eek: seriously, how are you doing?

    In a heap. Not even kidding. Waiting for a call back from a doctor from the HSE number. They said within 24 hours so about 4 to go I think


  • #5839
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Runaways wrote: »
    Ish. Smoker too though. Feel like I Been hit by a bus and running to the toilet every few minutes. But whatever’s going on in my throat n where it meets me chest is what’s freaking me out.
    See if they call tho.

    Don't be greedy. Share the love


  • #5840
    megabomberman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 131 ✭✭megabomberman


    We better be testing all fatal cases of pneumonia, you can imagine the typical irish funeral with thousands coming to pay their respects and the entire family sat around a coffin.


  • #5841
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product apparently at North Korea has executed its first coronavirus patient .
    What a surreal place it is


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  • #5842
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Runaways wrote: »
    Oh great. It was actually the princess diamond cruise ship that was In Sihanoukville while I was there.
    Heard it was another.

    https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/two-irish-passengers-on-cruise-ship-test-positive-for-coronavirus-1.4177266%3fmode=amp
    You're mistaken, it was definitely another.

    The Princess Diamond hasn't been to Sihanoukville this year. The closest it ever was to you was Ho Chi Minh City on 8th January.


  • #5843
    blanch152
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,851 ✭✭✭✭blanch152


    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/28/coronovirus-test-wellbeing-herd-vaccination

    Going on this thread, this article equally applies to Ireland.


  • #5844
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,002 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    danois wrote: »
    They are effective to help stop infected people passing it on. Not so much at helping well people stay well.

    So they are a one way valve then - stopping outbound traffic but not inbound? How's that work?


  • #5845
    tara73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭tara73


    Runaways wrote: »
    In a heap. Not even kidding. Waiting for a call back from a doctor from the HSE number. They said within 24 hours so about 4 to go I think


    woa, that's terrible. so sorry for it. pressing thumbs here!!!


  • #5846
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,025 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    tara73 wrote: »
    woa, that's terrible. so sorry for it. pressing thumbs here!!!

    I wouldn't feel too sorry for him, he's just back from Columbia, it's just a comedown with a sprinkle of paranoia.


  • #5847
    MarkY91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    Runaways wrote: »
    In a heap. Not even kidding. Waiting for a call back from a doctor from the HSE number. They said within 24 hours so about 4 to go I think

    Have you been isolating?

    If so, since when? Has family been leaving food at your door? Have you been sharing bathrooms?

    You're young so I guess you're not so worried but if you do hey a positive result, do you think you could have passed it onto elderly family members?


  • #5848
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,582 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Dow Jones down 950 points already!


  • #5849
    MarkY91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    I wouldn't feel too sorry for him, he's just back from Columbia, it's just a comedown with a sprinkle of paranoia.

    You mean Cambodia?

    To be fair, I usually get ill everytime I return from South East Asia too. Always have a cough.


  • #5850
    danois
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭danois


    cnocbui wrote: »
    So they are a one way valve then - stopping outbound traffic but not inbound? How's that work?

    From what I can figure out they make it less likely for droplets to escape the infected person. The reason they aren’t as effective to stop you catching it is it’s from touching your mouth eyes etc you catch it and having a mask you are more likely to touch face to readjust it.


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  • #5851
    eeepaulo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭eeepaulo


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    I wouldn't feel too sorry for him, he's just back from Columbia, it's just a comedown with a sprinkle of paranoia.

    Did one of your sources tell you that?


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