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

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    #7562
    dan786
    Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭dan786


    No looking good for Italy

    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1233806585341906945?s=20


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    #7563
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    yes they people are what we call trolls in the media or having the craic in real life

    There is blantant scaremongering on this thread and it's nothing got to do with the 'craic'. It's people being assholes.


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    #7564
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,564 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Italy v Iran in the semi final, winner to play China


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    #7565
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Imagine cancer got this sort of global reporting with death by death updates,maps, ect... imagine how dramatic it would look.


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    #7566
    wadacrack
    Registered Users Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    10% in a serious condition, deeply worrying considering how contagious the disease is.Ireland has a serious battle on its hands in the nxt few mths



    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1233806585341906945


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    #7567
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    There is blantant scaremongering on this thread and it's nothing got to do with the 'craic'. It's people being assholes.

    some people are scared !


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    #7568
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,458 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    wadacrack wrote: »
    10% in a serious condition, deeply worrying considering how contagious the disease is.Ireland has a serious battle on its hands in the nxt few mths



    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1233806585341906945

    And did this really begin with just that couple from Wuhan visiting Italy? Absolutely mental spread if that's the case


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    #7569
    bb12
    Registered Users Posts: 881 ✭✭✭bb12


    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Lot of media led hysteria, seasonal flu kills thousands in this country every year.



    80,000 People are Sick with Coronavirus at the Moment - of which 77,000 are in China.

    This means that if you are not from China then this should remove 96% of your worry.


    81% of the Cases are MILD
    14% of the Cases are MODERATE
    and only 5% of the Cases are CRITICAL



    if you are under 50 years of age, and not living in China, you are more likely to win the lottery which is a 1 in 30,000,000



    the death rate for the people UNDER 50 years of age is only 0.02%



    On the worst day so far 108 people in CHINA died of Coronavirus.
    BUT, on the same day
    26,283 people died of Cancer
    24,641 people died of Heart Disease
    4,300 people died of Diabetes





    Furthermore Mosquitoes kill 2,740 people every day, and Snakes kill 137 people every day.


    i guess the difference is that we don't expect the snake population of the world to exponentially double every 6 days...


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    #7570
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Imagine cancer got this sort of global reporting with death by death updates,maps, ect... imagine how dramatic it would look.

    cancer is not contagious, not comparable


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    #7571
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 28,521 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Why are you so ridiculously over the top, what was posted was balanced and gave comparisons there was no mention of it wasn't serious just no need for the hysteria. Obviously it needs to be contained but people need to use there brains aswell and clam abit.

    The way you post and talk about stuff one would be nearly expecting something akin to the Walking dead in the next couple of hours.

    Take a few deep breaths for urself.

    I referenced the actions of major governments in response to this outbreak. I didn't make up any of that, if I did please challenge that. If you think the Chinese, Russians etc were hysterical in anything they did, challenge that.
    The Chinese DID lock down one of their provinces.
    The Russians DID close their border with China.
    etc etc

    But how can quoting their actions in relation to the seriousness with which they approach coronavirus versus the flu be hysteria? How is it lacking in calmness? How is it over the top?

    The way you have challenged my post on the contrary it appears you don't want to face up to the reality of the threat this disease represents UNLESS major action is taken by governments.

    Comparing the deaths from diabetes to a new infectious disease is wrong on so many levels it has to be challenged. They are entirely different categories of disease any comparison of them is meangingless and ludicrous and dangerous and wrong.

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



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    #7572
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    my ignorance is obvious, I thought bread grew on trees :pac:

    It does... breadfruit.. ;)


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    #7573
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,849 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Imagine cancer got this sort of global reporting with death by death updates,maps, ect... imagine how dramatic it would look.

    when is the last time there was a cancer rush to A&E? one of the questions is how will any health service deal with thousands of extra pneumonia cases all at the same time?

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #7574
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,564 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    cancer is not contagious, not comparable

    It's also not a virus. But I guess people know that when comparing.


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    #7575
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Nobody is scaremongering, the figures coming out of Italy do all the scaremongering themselves.


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    #7576
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    cancer is not contagious, not comparable

    The point i was getting at was not cancer but how such magnification of the issue could make it look alot more dramatic. Cancer was the example as alot of people world wide are affected by it.


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    #7577
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,918 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Osborne wrote: »
    You're also saying 45 million people will die and Norway is claiming 25% of the population will die.

    No, I was saying that others have said it. Those figures were for the number of people who might be infected in an unstoppable pandemic. 'only' 2% of those would be expected to die.


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    #7578
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Cupatae wrote: »
    The point i was getting at was not cancer but how such magnification of the issue could make it look alot more dramatic. Cancer was the example as alot of people world wide are affected by it.

    but it wouldn't induce such fear as people think they can avoid cancer if they just avoid a certain way of life or alternatively it is all in the lap of the gods whether they get it or not so worrying about it would be less beneficial, this pandemic of worry is all about fear and control


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    #7579
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Cupatae wrote: »
    The point i was getting at was not cancer but how such magnification of the issue could make it look alot more dramatic. Cancer was the example as alot of people world wide are affected by it.

    If this thread is getting to you stop reading it go make a nice cup of tea and have a few fairy cakes.

    The secret life of pets is starting on RTE 1 at 6.30 so you better hurry.


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    #7580
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Imagine cancer got this sort of global reporting with death by death updates,maps, ect... imagine how dramatic it would look.

    LOL. We have a winner.

    This will take some beating


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    #7581
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,146 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    cnocbui wrote: »
    No, I was saying that others have said it. Those figures were for the number of people who might be infected in an unstoppable pandemic. 'only' 2% of those would be expected to die.

    Yeah, that's worst case scenario, if no one took any measures to stop the spread and very unlikely to actually happen


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    #7582
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,564 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    People to need to think why countries are taking the draconian actions they are...its not because of the media.

    That is not to overplayed the situation either. It is a serious health risk.


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    #7583
    theballz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭theballz


    Cupatae wrote: »
    The point i was getting at was not cancer but how such magnification of the issue could make it look alot more dramatic. Cancer was the example as alot of people world wide are affected by it.

    Cancer is not contagious. Fairly irrelevant in comparison.


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    #7584
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    LOL. We have a winner.

    This will take some beating

    Amish gangs settled people dumping on halting sites and airborne cancer.:D

    Jesus the loons really come out of the woodwork here.


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    #7585
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    theballz wrote: »
    Cancer is not contagious. Fairly irrelevant in comparison.

    Like 99% of that posters points


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    #7586
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,564 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Trump making another Coronavirus speech following the latest cases in the US.

    He had said everything was fine.


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    #7587
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    Is it still looking like children and teens are less likely to catch the virus? And not simply that they have less severe symptoms? Any links on this?

    I would be very worried about the hygiene and sanitary facilities in our schools when this gets here, in terms of spread of the virus. So many schools have no hot water - though in 2009 the Department assured schools that this didn't matter in the context of the swine flu outbreak. But many don't provide any soap either, or hand drying facilities. And surfaces like desks are not cleaned for years on end in many cases. Whatever about primary where a child sits at the same desk for the day, at secondary there's somebody new sitting down at a desk every 40 minutes. It will spread so fast through schools unless things change.


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    #7588
    joe_99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭joe_99


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Imagine cancer got this sort of global reporting with death by death updates,maps, ect... imagine how dramatic it would look.

    Or the flu. We'd all be petrified


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    #7589
    Poor_old_gill
    Registered Users Posts: 2,893 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Imagine cancer got this sort of global reporting with death by death updates,maps, ect... imagine how dramatic it would look.

    This is breathtaking


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    #7590
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Charli Fast Headhunter wrote: »
    Is it still looking like children and teens are less likely to catch the virus? And not simply that they have less severe symptoms? Any links on this?

    I would be very worried about the hygiene and sanitary facilities in our schools when this gets here, in terms of spread of the virus. So many schools have no hot water - though in 2009 the Department assured schools that this didn't matter in the context of the swine flu outbreak. But many don't provide any soap either, or hand drying facilities. And surfaces like desks are not cleaned for years on end in many cases. Whatever about primary where a child sits at the same desk for the day, at secondary there's somebody new sitting down at a desk every 40 minutes. It will spread so fast through schools unless things change.

    it does seem this is a virus that will attack older and infirm people


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    #7591
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    fr336 wrote: »
    Nobody is scaremongering, the figures coming out of Italy do all the scaremongering themselves.

    Nobody is scaremongering? You only join the thread a few pages ago?


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