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

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  • #6152
    tara73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭tara73


    MD1990 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1233406525491814400

    think Corona beer might need to do a rebrand.


    never liked it anyway..pi***y beer:D


  • #6153
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    froog wrote: »
    is there any good news at all today?
    It's Friday!


  • #6154
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    When the experts speak of a mild illness, their definition may be different to a patient’s. Mild, of course, means you don’t require hospital admission, but got anybody who has suffered an Influenza virus illness and weathered it out at home, it has taken a few weeks out of their lives, it has rendered them unfit for anything but bed for up to a week, it had probably caused a post-acute-phase depression, it has taken them out of work for at least two weeks or more if job involves caring for vulnerable people, being a pilot, and other jobs where concentration is critical.

    Going on past experience of influenza and what I’m hearing, even a “mild” episode of Covid-19 will render you rather unwell, and unable to work or do many of your normal responsibilities for up to a month. Between falling ill, going through the phase of being rather unwell, self-isolation, and recovering strength, it will take a minimum of 3 and probably more weeks before re-participating in society. That’s a month out of life for up to half the population, if it does its worst on society, which is no joke. Quite apart from those who will not survive and those who survive with damage to vital organs.


  • #6155
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,113 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Italy confirmed cases has now risen to 888 according to Reuters

    Not according to Italy

    http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=italiano&id=5351&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto


  • #6156
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    froog wrote: »
    is there any good news at all today?

    Youll probably be fine :)


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  • #6157
    MonkieSocks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,393 ✭✭✭MonkieSocks


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    Some of us made it to the future.

    But the future ain't the same as it used to be ... .. .

    =(:-) Me? I know who I am. I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude (-:)=



  • #6158
    volchitsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,642 ✭✭✭volchitsa


    fr336 wrote: »
    Harry and Meghan are still in Canada.

    And the Canadian government is no longer going to pay for their security costs.
    I wonder if they're going to do some Fergie-type money-earners, the embarrassment of the rest of the royal family should provide us all with a laugh if so.

    ”I enjoy cigars, whisky and facing down totalitarians, so am I really Winston Churchill?” (JK Rowling)



  • #6159
    wdmfapq4zs83hv
    Closed Accounts Posts: 563 ✭✭✭wdmfapq4zs83hv


    fr336 wrote: »
    Harry and Meghan are still in Canada.

    They're not actually, Harry is in London today recording a song with Jon Bon Jovi. I **** you not.


  • #6160
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    Ok, I just read the last 3 pages of this thread, and now I feel dizzy.

    Hope I'm not coming down with somethin'.


  • #6161
    BLIZZARD7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭BLIZZARD7


    Someone posted a link to tracking the bed situation in Irish hospitals earlier- anyone have that link again?


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  • #6162
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I disagree, billions have been thrown at it, but intransigent Unions and inefficient management are the root cause IMO.

    Hope all hsp stay safe, they do a great job as individuals/teams.

    It ll be the real litmus test if it breaks out proper here, cant knock the staff just not enough to go round.I mean they were already stretched before this imagine what it will be like with a proper out break.

    Billions spent not a whole pile to show for it.


  • #6163
    thecretinhop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,699 ✭✭✭thecretinhop


    Brother back home safe, self isolating, he is relived to be home. He reckons he was lucky to get out.
    in s korea everyine wearing masks, people constantly cleaning subways etc.
    gets on plane 50pc have masks, gets to turkey noone wearing masks, he seen multiple people coughing heavily, both irish and english heading back.
    nothing in Dublin airport, literally nothing. hes sorta shook to be honest, he was a month in korea and saw how much was being done, comes back into EU.... nothing.
    he thinks travel from s korea will be stopped soon. the cases are exploding there..
    i too would like someone to give us a bit of good news because thinks are looking grim atm...


  • #6164
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,666 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    tromtipp wrote: »
    A scary thing about the figures from Iran (even the official ones, never mind the ones now being reported) is that there doesn't seem to have been any attempt to close mosques so there will have been crowds getting together all day for Friday prayers. That's a real boost to opportunities for infection.

    Iran recently had a General Election and mass political rallies, seems like the damage is already done there.


  • #6165
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Saanvi Square Pumpernickel wrote: »
    They're not actually, Harry is in London today recording a song with Jon Bon Jovi. I **** you not.

    2020 is one big nightmare, isn't it?


  • #6166
    Professor Moriarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,393 ✭✭✭✭Professor Moriarty


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Not according to Italy

    http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/nuovocoronavirus/dettaglioContenutiNuovoCoronavirus.jsp?lingua=italiano&id=5351&area=nuovoCoronavirus&menu=vuoto

    Mortality rate of 2.5%


  • #6167
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,113 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    BLIZZARD7 wrote: »
    Someone posted a link to tracking the bed situation in Irish hospitals earlier- anyone have that link again?

    http://137.191.241.85/ed/


  • #6168
    Paddigol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,209 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Quite apart from those who will not survive and those who survive with damage to vital organs.

    Any more info on this?

    And what's the 50% of population figure based on?


  • #6169
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    froog wrote: »
    is there any good news at all today?

    Yes. Italy returning to normal. Once a country gets over a few hundred diagnosed cases, it just gets back to normal :



    "In Italy, meanwhile, authorities announced they were planning to reopen schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with even the hardest hit regions Lombardy and Veneto in the north leaning toward opening schools as well.

    “The aim is to return to normalcy,’’ the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, told state TV in an interview noting that it was an area where tourism was the biggest source of income, bringing in $18bn annually."
    Guardian Service.


  • #6170
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I think the big issue is going to be when Pennys and Dunnes run of underwear due to the closed factories in china :pac:


  • #6171
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    We don't ALL go there, you sound a bit Jel there lol. But I reckon you are low level trolling most of the time, enough to get a response, but not enough to ban you. Ha ha.

    I take offence to some of that.


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  • #6172
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Deleted User wrote: »
    When the experts speak of a mild illness, their definition may be different to a patient’s. Mild, of course, means you don’t require hospital admission, but got anybody who has suffered an Influenza virus illness and weathered it out at home, it has taken a few weeks out of their lives, it has rendered them unfit for anything but bed for up to a week, it had probably caused a post-acute-phase depression, it has take. Them out of work for at least two weeks or more if job involves caring for vulnerable people, being a pilot, and other jobs where concentration is critical.

    Going on past experience of influenza and what I’m hearing, even a “mild” episode of Covid-19 will render you rather unwell, and unable to work or do many of your normal responsibilities for up to a month. Between falling ill, going through the phase of being rather unwell, self-isolation, and recovering strength, it will take a minimum of 3 and probably more weeks before re-participating in society. That’s a month out of life for up to half the population, if it does its worst on society, which is no joke. Quite apart from those who will not survive and those who survive with damage to vital organs.

    How factual is this? or is it speculation?


  • #6173
    FionnK86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭FionnK86


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Yes - ban in force for European travel and Asia the past 24 hours.

    I've had to sign legal document that I've not got virus or travelled to afflicted areas, for meeting in France next week. Warning on document that I could be prosecuted under French law for lying.


  • #6174
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    thecretinhop wrote: »
    Brother back home safe, self isolating, he is relived to be home. He reckons he was lucky to get out.
    in s korea everyine wearing masks, people constantly cleaning subways etc.
    gets on plane 50pc have masks, gets to turkey noone wearing masks, he seen multiple people coughing heavily, both irish and english heading back.
    nothing in Dublin airport, literally nothing. hes sorta shook to be honest, he was a month in korea and saw how much was being done, comes back into EU.... nothing.
    he thinks travel from s korea will be stopped soon. the cases are exploding there..
    i too would like someone to give us a bit of good news because thinks are looking grim atm...

    I am shocked how little precautions are being taken all around Europe. Fair enough when it was off contained far away in China but I thought many governments would be alarmed by how quickly the situation had escalated in Italy, if it can happen there it can happen in any other country


  • #6175
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    BLIZZARD7 wrote: »
    Someone posted a link to tracking the bed situation in Irish hospitals earlier- anyone have that link again?

    https://www.inmo.ie/Trolley_Ward_Watch


  • #6176
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    Yes. Italy returning to normal. Once a country gets over a few hundred diagnosed cases, it just gets back to normal :



    "In Italy, meanwhile, authorities announced they were planning to reopen schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with even the hardest hit regions Lombardy and Veneto in the north leaning toward opening schools as well.

    “The aim is to return to normalcy,’’ the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, told state TV in an interview noting that it was an area where tourism was the biggest source of income, bringing in $18bn annually."
    Guardian Service.

    No rugbyball though.


  • #6177
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    I think criticisms of any particular health service (or Donald Trump for the US) are pretty meaningless now. Even the best health systems are completely vulnerable, some more than others but not by a significant amount. But if it hits your shores the WHO say you have to put in the most drastic containment measures because you simply can't allow it to spread.


  • #6178
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    No rugbyball though.

    If detections in Ireland in Ireland exceed 500 of so over the next few days, they will probably put the game back on.


  • #6179
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    Yes. Italy returning to normal. Once a country gets over a few hundred diagnosed cases, it just gets back to normal :



    "In Italy, meanwhile, authorities announced they were planning to reopen schools and museums in some of the areas less hard-hit by the coronavirus outbreak, with even the hardest hit regions Lombardy and Veneto in the north leaning toward opening schools as well.

    “The aim is to return to normalcy,’’ the governor of Veneto, Luca Zaia, told state TV in an interview noting that it was an area where tourism was the biggest source of income, bringing in $18bn annually."
    Guardian Service.

    I know they have the economy in mind but surely even with the most hands off approach they're clearly not expecting this to be as bad as China if they're doing these things? Clinging to any hope I can, I guess.


  • #6180
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,972 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Well that report on the six one news was cheerful wasn't it ?


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  • #6181
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    If detections in Ireland in Ireland exceed 500 of so over the next few days, they will probably put the game back on.

    They won’t.


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