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

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    #7682
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,551 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Boozybooze wrote: »
    Do you have the statistics for the standard Flu? Pretty similar I would imagine.

    Not even close. Less than 0.1%.

    In the US it is 0.05%


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    #7683
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Reading every post on this thread and I just realised this virus is just like the flu no worse


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    #7684
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Boozybooze wrote: »
    80,000 infected across the world/
    So far...

    Give a decent 3mths to get going, then a calm down in Summer, then (likely) a Spanish Flu Wave 2 effect, for which, hold on to your hats.

    Do you have any 90% proof booze, Boozybooze? As you could likely flog that, instead of the regular alchogels.


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    #7685
    Indestructable
    Registered Users Posts: 1,371 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    spurious wrote: »
    You're right, it's closer to the common cold than a flu, but carry on.

    Cases are not deaths.

    You're mental if you think this is close to the common cold?? Cant be serious


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    #7686
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Boozybooze wrote: »
    The media are absolutely loving this.

    Actually the media started off being uncharacteristically coy on Coronavirus. Weirdly so. It was only when the cases in Italy started surging they, the markets and the governments clearly thought "Ah yes this could be quite bad if left to its own devices".


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    #7687
    EltonJohn69
    Registered Users Posts: 4,174 ✭✭✭EltonJohn69


    Is anyone reading this thread hoping to see something about a miracle drug/treatment/ cure ???


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    #7688
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 28,316 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Boozybooze wrote: »
    80,000 infected across the world/
    Population of China is 1,400,000,000.
    Population of the World is 7,700,000,000

    I think we'll be okay. Yes it seems to have a slightly higher death rate than the Flu but people freaking out about is mad. The media are absolutely loving this.

    Wish now I got into the hand sanitizer business so gullible fools will buy it at ten times the cost.

    IF it hospitalises twice as many people as a bad flu (e.g. an A strain that wasn't in the vaccine) it has the potential to overwhelm the capacity of the health service to cope with the 5-15% who get severe complications e.g. pneumonia needing ventilators.

    This is a quantity game but not a quality game i.e. I would much rather get coronavirus than Ebola but if 1 million people get coronavirus it's a whole other order of threat.

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



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    #7689
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,119 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Runaways wrote: »
    I definitely will. Have to go see my doc soon anyways unrelated so I’ll bring it up. I took pics over there of the antibiotics I had to take for the bits and the cut in case he needs to know. I finished them tho so it’s should be all good fingers crossed.

    It's not sepsis, you'd be in the ICU by now. If you were diabetic or something like that it would have already wiped you out. Watch out for it in anyone that's sick though, it's not something people think of yet it's one of the biggest killers out there.


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    #7690
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Yeah that's why governments are taking these measures :p common cold

    Ah this thread is pure gold


    Have to warn you everything that shines is not gold.


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    #7691
    gabeeg
    Registered Users Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Not even close. Less than 0.1%.

    It's different every year of course

    this year it's 0.05% in the US

    So coronavirus is many, many times more lethal and also much more infectious


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    #7692
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    spurious wrote: »
    Cases are not deaths.

    How could you keep this to yourself... for a a whole month?!


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    #7693
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,551 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Here is how it's gone for Italy in the space of a week

    Day1: 14cases/1dead
    Day2: 76/2
    Day3: 153/3
    Day4: 231/7
    Day5: 374/12
    Day6: 528/17
    Day7: 821/21
    Day8: 1128/29

    Picture that happening in this country. People would get their heads out of their backsides right quick!


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    #7694
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    EltonJohn69 wrote: »
    Is anyone reading this thread hoping to see something about a miracle drug/treatment/ cure ???

    I think some would be dismayed at such a turn of events


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    #7695
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,139 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Yeah that's why governments are taking these measures :p common cold

    Ah this thread is pure gold

    Sigh.
    It is because it is an unknown version that they are taking the measures. Doesn't change what it is, a type of common cold virus.

    I can see now how some of the daft conspiracy theories suck people in.


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    #7696
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 19,857 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Hmmm, talk about feeding the bio-weapon conspiracy theorists. Pure gold.
    Chinese laboratory that first shared coronavirus genome with world ordered to close for ‘rectification’, hindering its Covid-19 research

    No reason was given for the closure of Shanghai facility, which released information about the virus ahead of authorities
    One source at the laboratory said the closure has hampered scientists’ research when they should be ‘racing against the clock’
    https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3052966/chinese-laboratory-first-shared-coronavirus-genome-world-ordered


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    #7697
    EltonJohn69
    Registered Users Posts: 4,174 ✭✭✭EltonJohn69


    Watched outbreak last night... and all three male leads Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey and Cuban Gooding Jr. have been accused of sexual assault..... make of that what you will.....


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    #7698
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 28,316 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    spurious wrote: »
    You're right, it's closer to the common cold than a flu, but carry on.

    Cases are not deaths.

    Have you ever been told to self isolate because of a common cold?
    Has a country ever closed its border or isolate a province because of the common cold?

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



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    #7699
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    It's not sepsis, you'd be in the ICU by now. If you were diabetic or something like that it would have already wiped you out. Watch out for it in anyone that's sick though, it's not something people think of yet it's one of the biggest killers out there.

    Will do.

    I’ve heard of it but never realized how serious or how many it killed. Scary man


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    #7700
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Yeah that's why governments are taking these measures :p common cold

    Ah this thread is pure gold



    yourself and cinemaguy :D:D:pac:


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    #7701
    gabeeg
    Registered Users Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Here is how it's gone for Italy in the space of a week

    Day1: 14cases/1dead
    Day2: 76/2
    Day3: 153/3
    Day4: 231/7
    Day5: 374/12
    Day6: 528/17
    Day7: 821/21
    Day8: 1128/29

    Picture that happening in this country. People would get their heads out of the backsides right quick!

    Germany, France and Spain seem to be on the same trajectory

    Doubling roughly every 2 days


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    #7702
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    EltonJohn69 wrote: »
    Watched outbreak last night... and all three male leads Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey and Cuban Gooding Jr. have been accused of sexual assault..... make of that what you will.....

    An Outbreak causes abuse?


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    #7703
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Brace yourself.... lol having a realistic view like that is frowned upon in here:D

    The markets are being unrealistic eh


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    #7704
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 15,908 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    First death announced in US from the virus.

    What will Trump say now, with due respect to the deceased person. Source is news bulletin on LBC radio just now. And here too.... https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/29/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html


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    #7705
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 28,316 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    spurious wrote: »
    Sigh.
    It is because it is an unknown version that they are taking the measures. Doesn't change what it is, a type of common cold virus.
    I can see now how some of the daft conspiracy theories suck people in.

    It's not a type of common cold virus. It is in the same family of viruses as the common cold. BIG difference. Would you say ebola is a type of common cold virus?

    https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus
    Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (nCoV) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans.

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



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    #7706
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    fr336 wrote: »
    The markets are being unrealistic eh

    maybe alot of people are panicking ? i wonder why ?? :pac::pac:


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    #7707
    fr336
    Registered Users Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    Italys figures make sense in that they were hit with it first so didn't have anything ready when it hit 3 weeks ago so this is the fall out from that. I'd imagine they will actually stabilise over the next week or so (not go exponentially up)

    Irans figures make sense when you look at the massive blockaade they are under from the Americans. Also I read somewhere they were exclusively treating this with steroids which was causing complications.

    I'm not entirely surprised by any of this to be honest.

    This is one of the best posts I've read all week. Thank you! Not a post saying "Just the flu init haha you lot are fools" etc.


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    #7708
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Here is how it's gone for Italy in the space of a week

    Day1: 14cases/1dead
    Day2: 76/2
    Day3: 153/3
    Day4: 231/7
    Day5: 374/12
    Day6: 528/17
    Day7: 821/21
    Day8: 1128/29

    Picture that happening in this country. People would get their heads out of the backsides right quick!

    Joe Duffy will get a sore ear from anyone healthy enough to phone his liveline.


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    #7709
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Cupatae wrote: »
    maybe alot of people are panicking ? i wonder why ?? :pac::pac:

    Yes they must be following boards.ie :rolleyes:


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    #7710
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    spurious wrote: »
    Sigh.
    It is because it is an unknown version that they are taking the measures. Doesn't change what it is, a type of common cold virus.

    I can see now how some of the daft conspiracy theories suck people in.

    The fact that most of the "experts" on this thread have to be told that and cant comprehend that on there own says it all really.

    They just love it the hysteria.


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    #7711
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Cupatae wrote: »
    The fact that most of the "experts" on this thread have to be told that and cant comprehend that on there own says it all really.

    They just love it the hysteria.

    The only hysterical person is you.


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