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Coronavirus Part III - 9 cases across the Island - 503 errors abound!! *read OP*

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  • #1832
    da gamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭da gamer


    MrMusician18 wrote: »
    In Lidl this evening
    No pasta
    No jam
    Breakfast cereal almost gone
    No tinned foods
    No disinfectant
    Toilet paper almost gone.

    We usually shop on Sundays in this lidl, empty shelves like that is not normal. Haven't seen that since the beast from the East.

    Just back from quinnsworth, literally nothing there, shelves were bare.


  • #1833
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    MrMusician18 wrote: »
    In Lidl this evening
    No pasta
    No jam
    Breakfast cereal almost gone
    No tinned foods
    No disinfectant
    Toilet paper almost gone.

    We usually shop on Sundays in this lidl, empty shelves like that is not normal. Haven't seen that since the beast from the East.

    I've been following the virus intensely since it broke out in Wuhan. Probably more than the vast majority of people because I am not working at the moment and so have more spare time. I called this happening about eight weeks ago when the virus first emerged. I wish everyone relevant to me had listened to my warnings before now.


  • #1834
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    da gamer wrote: »
    Just back from quinnsworth, literally nothing there, shelves were bare.

    Did you time travel from the 90s?


  • #1835
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,157 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    da gamer wrote: »
    Just back from quinnsworth, literally nothing there, shelves were bare.


    I hear H Williams got a fresh delivery of bread in just now.


  • #1836
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    da gamer wrote: »
    So if the ESB workers don't turn up somebody presses the red button and turns off all power in the country?

    Not saying that it will get to that, as that is very unlikely but without workers, how does a power plant generate electricity?

    Do you think it's stored in giant batteries?


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  • #1837
    brick tamland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭brick tamland


    We wont be go into lockdown. Stop panicking

    One case and this crap


  • #1838
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    It’s like the vegan apocalypse...

    Panic will really set in if Mark and Sparks runs out of sushi.


  • #1839
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Jesus some of over reactions of people is laughable. The power grid isn't going to go down ffs.

    This is a virus which kills between 2 and 2.3% of the infected, it doesn't kill electric cables.


  • #1840
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

    Something is going to have to be done in terms of Italy's borders.

    Move them south then the heat is on Switzerland?


    :pac:


  • #1841
    appledrop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,635 ✭✭✭appledrop


    solidasarock wrote: »
    Live from the latest conference from the Deportment of Health

    giphy.gif

    Post of the day!


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  • #1842
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    da gamer wrote: »
    Just back from quinnsworth, literally nothing there, shelves were bare.

    A yellow pack post.


  • #1843
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,839 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    PANDEMIC
    Get your PANDEMIC


  • #1844
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,385 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    da gamer wrote: »
    Just back from quinnsworth, literally nothing there, shelves were bare.
    Where the hell is quinnsworth?!


  • #1845
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,077 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    da gamer wrote: »
    Just back from quinnsworth, literally nothing there, shelves were bare.

    Do you think I'm lying?
    Go look in Lidl Terenure for yourself.


  • #1846
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fbztqp/updated_list_of_cases_confirmed_with_travel/
    At least 155 people around the world have now been confirmed to have caught the virus while travelling in iran


  • #1847
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Not saying that it will get to that, as that is very unlikely but without workers, how does a power plant generate electricity?

    Do you think it's stored in giant batteries?

    Aye. If the people.arent running around in those massive hamster wheels, the lights are gonna go out.


  • #1848
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,295 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    People venting on a keyboard is not panic.

    If somebody says something silly myself included others will correct it.

    I was irritated with the media and the HSE but when I seen the name of the school get posted I seen people react in a silly way.


    We are all just getting our heads around this and I am concerned for elderly relatives.

    This thread has been a mess today and I share part of the guilt but it has allowed people to vent and put this thing into perspective.

    Best to let people post silly stuff so others can post back with facts.

    As it stands, the chances of you or me or anyone else personally contracting the corona virus at the moment in Ireland is 0.00001% or something. No amount of venting by people on their keyboards changes this fact.

    Talk about shutting down the country and cancelling everything is crazily premature. The authorities can only respond to actual measurable health risks, not to hysteria among the public or media.


  • #1849
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    smelly sock wrote: »
    We ran out of bread after 2 days of snow. Imagine what a global killer could result in.
    1) snow is a very different scenario as many roads were blocked and we're not geared for snow like other countries, 2) even so nobody ran out of vital supplies, 3) this isn't a "global killer" or anything like it. :rolleyes: That would require an actual death rate north of 30%.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #1850
    The_Brood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 838 ✭✭✭The_Brood


    Extreme overreaction that will needlessly throw everyone into a panic and make the situation millions of times worse. If this virus really is that easily spread that just existing with it and half a country needs to be locked down, then we might as well all throw ourselves in the river. There is a difference between precaution and needless mass panic, and world governments and media are definitely fueling the latter. The flu is way more deadly than this virus, yet lo and behold we don't grind down civilization to a halt and get ready to go back to living in caves every winter when it shows up.


  • #1851
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,817 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    Yeah. The spikes in various countries across Europe should give us pause for thought considering they would also have good health services.

    Well you can't really link quality of health service to number of cases. 'Advanced' countries are keeping the number of deaths down so far (even Italy and South Korea proportionately) which suggests full modern medical treatment can at least keep most sufferers alive. Question still arises as to what happens when such treatment is not available for all patients...


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  • #1852
    Indestructable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Indestructable wrote: »
    There was a report earlier, I'll try dig it out, that hospitals in the Lombardy region are beginning to struggle massively with 130 people in a serious condition.

    https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/lombardia/coronavirus-in-lombardia-ospedali-vicini-al-collasso-loms-serve-una-struttura-ad-hoc_15530357-202002a.shtml

    It's in Italian but will translate with Google.


  • #1853
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    https://i.ibb.co/3pbcVms/image1.png

    image0.png

    From Runaways via PM.

    Second photo posted above is not displaying and saying 'bandwidth limit exceeded?

    What's the photo of btw ?


  • #1854
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,077 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    Wibbs wrote: »
    1) snow is a very different scenario as many roads were blocked and we're not geared for snow like other countries, 2) even so nobody ran out of vital supplies, 3) this isn't a "global killer" or anything like it. :rolleyes: That would require an actual death rate north of 30%.

    It would actually be easier to contain if it was that deadly.


  • #1855
    baldbear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,630 ✭✭✭baldbear


    Scuid Mhór wrote: »
    I've been following the virus intensely since it broke out in Wuhan. Probably more than the vast majority of people because I am not working at the moment and so have more spare time. I called this happening about eight weeks ago when the virus first emerged. I wish everyone relevant to me had listened to my warnings before now.

    You've been following the virus? Tell me what it looks like so I can avoid it.


  • #1856
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Aye. If the people.arent running around in those massive hamster wheels, the lights are gonna go out.

    Or if they aren't there to provide a fuel source, maintain and monitor conditions at the plant etc.

    Power plants don't operate without human interaction, we're not there just yet.


  • #1857
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    People say on the teens won't die from this so they don't matter ! All teens live with parents that they WILL infect!


  • #1858
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Scuid Mhór wrote: »
    I've been following the virus intensely since it broke out in Wuhan. Probably more than the vast majority of people because I am not working at the moment and so have more spare time. I called this happening about eight weeks ago when the virus first emerged. I wish everyone relevant to me had listened to my warnings before now.

    Yeah i'm in the same boat. Have followed it with great interest and a lot of the same people who scoffed at the outbreak in Wuhan posting stupid insulting pictures of Chinese people on Whatapp etc.. at the beginning are now bitching about Cheltenham maybe being cancelled as if like that's an issue here.

    Some of the slow ones are finally grasping the gravity of the disaster we are now facing.


  • #1859
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    da gamer wrote: »
    Just back from quinnsworth, literally nothing there, shelves were bare.

    lol


  • #1860
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,614 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    LadyMayBelle wrote: »
    Popped into local Aldi and Tesco this eve expecting it to be manic and bare... neither store was either.. little low on pasta but not in anyway unusual. I do wonder if some stores are holding back stock to induce a panic buy...

    Hoping we get some info on work tomorrow. I work face to face with people all day everyday in a service connected to the HSE...I've stopped hand shaking which is something I would do about 10 times a day when meeting new patients and bought Lidl hand gels as a 'gift' for colleagues 😂

    Aldi in sandyford was manic at 5pm. Cashier said it had been like this since 9am.


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  • #1861
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    gozunda wrote: »
    Hi

    Second photo posted above is not displaying and saying 'bandwidth limit exceeded?

    What's the photo of btw ?

    A generic picture of somebody with a Canula in situ.


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