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

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  • #2072
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Boozybooze wrote: »
    What are other people doing to prepare themselves when the country goes into lock down?

    Will we still have electricity or should I go out now and buy and buy gas cooking rings and a ton of gas? Really want to get a load of meat and freeze it but not sure if electricity will be turned off?

    I have 72 cans of tinned food, loads of pasta and sauces and bottled water and hand sanitizer, cleaning products, face masks and goggles.

    Really not looking forward to this.
    Get yourself some Booze in and you'll be grand....


  • #2073
    Straffan1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭Straffan1979


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    0.1 death rate for flu.

    2% death rate for Coronavirus.

    That is 20 times more simple maths.

    Edit so they say but we don't have the full picture yet.


    More HYPE.... We don’t know how many people are infected and are asymptomatic and at this stage have harboured this virus and if not developed symptoms have actually already recovered. It appears this virus has been in the US now for in excess of a month at least.

    2% is a figure plucked out of the sky; I’d estimate the level of infection world wide is many multiples of what is being recorded against the death rate of 2%.


  • #2074
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Do the HSE think we are living in the 1980's? They've heard of texting, social media etc..

    Absolutely bizarre attitude


  • #2075
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    Cases going underground, what does that even mean RTE


  • #2076
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,839 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Why use the " " when calling him a doctor?



    I wouldn’t put him minding cats.
    Far better suited to looking at a flood like a donkey looking over a hedge in a spotless hivis coat


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  • #2077
    Rhys Essien
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,029 ✭✭✭Rhys Essien


    Are we really taking things serious. A flight coming in from Milan in 25 minutes.

    FFS that’s Father Ted stuff.

    https://www.dublinairport.com/flight-information/live-arrivals


  • #2078
    Poor_old_gill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    kowloon wrote: »
    You really haven't a clue, do you?! The problem is not having anyone there to hold down the green button that keeps the power on.

    The key is- just leave a brick on it while everyone takes a nap


  • #2079
    Musefan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Musefan


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    Eh? Surely gloves will pick up germs/viruses from surfaces the same as bare hands?

    Sorry, that was a complete brain shutdown moment- more conscious I meant! Maybe I should take my temperature now... :pac:


  • #2080
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    wakka12 wrote: »
    It actually looks rather likely to be in the 2% range. 1% of affected passengers on the ship have already died, with dozens of others sitll in serious or critical condition and hundreds of others still going throgh the stages of illness. Yes they are older age on average so it would be revised down but WHO believe there arent a large number of mild cases going undetected worldwide.

    Agree with this, but treatment should improve/vaccines and scientists should learn more about the condition. I would worry about Africa however


  • #2081
    gifted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,051 ✭✭✭gifted


    Rte reporter fergal bowers was reading from a sheet, wonder who wrote it for him.....a joke.


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  • #2082
    Jenna James
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 625 ✭✭✭Jenna James


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    RTE still not naming the school, completely irresponsible.

    CANNOT fathom this :(


  • #2083
    snotboogie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,787 ✭✭✭snotboogie


    scamalert wrote: »
    some lunacy people will go into this thread turned into one of those conspiracy lunacy ones in under few hours, empty shelves in lidl, people talking about stocking up and grid lock on entire country - 1 case confirmed and prob good few unoticed, and maybe few more over next days but speak of the apocalypse some people are completely nuts, ebola was scary $hit and it was back when internet nor mobile phones were invented, it was managed this $hit in 2020 in modern times sounds like people gone whacko, just stuffing their brains with all the bs they can cramp in.

    Ebola is too deadly to spread. There have been about 2,400 cases of it since it first emerged in the 70's. There have been 2,300 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.


  • #2084
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    RandomName2 wrote: »
    We can hope. 2% is a big deal, and it is the overall consistent number at the moment. Remember that most people infected haven't yet had an opportunity to die, so it is hard to work out how many cases will end up either dead or cured.




    AIDS had something like a 95% fatality rate, but is one of the easiest viruses to contain.

    I love the wording here.:D

    Do you believe in opportunity for all?


  • #2085
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Nope, just a glitch with uploading the image.

    I'll sleep sounder knowing a clerical worker is looking out for me though.

    I actually find it quite sad that you consider anybody doing a clerical job in the HSE worth sneering. We all have our roles and if the clerical staff all magically disappeared. The HSE would grind to a halt. I don't work in administration but maybe have a look at what you contribute to the nation vs what they do.


  • #2086
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,666 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    RandomName2 wrote: »
    We can hope. 2% is a big deal, and it is the overall consistent number at the moment. Remember that most people infected haven't yet had an opportunity to die, so it is hard to work out how many cases will end up either dead or cured.

    True the number of people who pass away might increase, but it also looks like there is a significant under reporting of cases which means the overall mortality rate is possibly a fair bit lower than 2%. Too early to tell.

    Although it's six of one, half a dozen of the other really as if there is a significant under reporting then it means transmission rates are much higher and the number of fatalities will be higher too as a result.


  • #2087
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Peatys wrote: »
    Is it legit?

    Of course it’s legit. It was on WhatsApp, wasn’t it?


  • #2088
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,391 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Westernyelp wrote: »
    RTE still not naming the school, is laughable

    The whole country knows at this stage, dog in the street knows. It's all over boards, reddit, WhatsApp, etc. It's just stupid to keep it 'secret'

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #2089
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    Are we really taking things serious. A flight coming in from Milan in 25 minutes.

    FFS that’s Father Ted stuff.

    https://www.dublinairport.com/flight-information/live-arrivals

    Just enough time to set up the rocket launchers


  • #2090
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,097 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Do the HSE think we are living in the 1980's? They've heard of texting, social media etc..

    Absolutely bizarre attitude
    They knew rightly that the details would get out very quickly but they are bound to preserve the privacy of patients. So, don't name names and let social media do the leaking.


  • #2091
    Poor_old_gill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    Doctors room ghost wrote: »
    I wouldn’t put him minding cats.
    Far better suited to looking at a flood like a donkey looking over a hedge in a spotless hivis coat

    He’s not a cat minder nor, if they were sick, is he a vet.
    He is a doctor tho- you might but agree with his politics, etc but that doesn’t nullify his qualifications.


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  • #2092
    RandomName2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    I'm not really seeing the purpose of the SURE IT'S GRAND attitude.

    What's the worst that can happen from people panicking? The stock market loses some percentage? What's the worst that can happen from a lackadaisical response? Dead people.


  • #2093
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    gerbilgranny wrote: »
    Yes I noticed all the Lidl own-label porridge was gone in Greystones on Thursday. Likewise all their pasta.
    A man in front of me bought about 30 boxes of their value tissues (the ones in a box), lots of loo roll, kitchen roll - and 4 cans of beer.
    The half-price toilet paper was sold out around 10.30 - usually a special offer like that would still be available in the afternoon.
    UHT milk was all gone in Greystones on Thursday, but still available in Bray today - they don't stock an awful lot of it, so I guess there may be one or two Greystones customers who are stocking up. I buy it regularly.

    There’s definitely “stocking up” going on- never saw my local supermarket so busy so early in the day- trollies stocked high with dry goods.


  • #2094
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    RandomName2 wrote: »
    We can hope. 2% is a big deal, and it is the overall consistent number at the moment. Remember that most people infected haven't yet had an opportunity to die, so it is hard to work out how many cases will end up either dead or cured.
    Or we are still in the middle of it and have only supposition on the confirmed cases.
    AIDS had something like a 95% fatality rate, but is one of the easiest viruses to contain.
    Eh... because HIV is also one of the hardest to catch and one of the easiest to protect against. If one were looking for a chalk and cheese example in virology Covid and HIV would be up there.

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



  • #2095
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,391 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Ninthlife wrote: »
    Just enough time to set up the rocket launchers

    Didn't work out too well for the Iranians now.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #2096
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,855 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Doctors room ghost wrote: »
    I wouldn’t put him minding cats.
    Far better suited to looking at a flood like a donkey looking over a hedge in a spotless hivis coat

    Still a doctor though, more than you will ever achieve in your life. Is jealousy a bitter pill to swallow "doctor :rolleyes:


  • #2097
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I actually find it quite sad that you consider anybody doing a clerical job in the HSE worth sneering. We all have our roles and if the clerical staff all magically disappeared. The HSE would grind to a halt. I don't work in administration but maybe have a look at what you contribute to the nation vs what they do.

    Your biggest concern tomorrow is a paper cut. The "frontlines"are treacherous.


  • #2098
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Gael23 wrote: »
    Said isolation rooms are typically occupied by patients with ant number of contagious bugs and those who are dying in order to afford privacy to families

    MRSA etc affected are put in these isolation rooms.


  • #2099
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    Larbre34 wrote: »
    Its lads like that can fight off any virus. Immune systems like a dinosaur.


    But look what happened to the dinosaurs!


  • #2100
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    Wibbs wrote: »
    If it turns out to be 2% when this all blows over. It's near guaranteed to be a lower percentage.

    MERS(and SARS) were easier to contain because they were less transmissible, had a shorter and consistent incubation period, no asymptomatic carriers and only became infectious when symptoms occurred. If this Covid had the same mortality rate as MERS(70% of sufferers required intubation) then we would have a societal shift not seen since the Black Death.

    Absolutely. The numbers don’t stack up if the contagion rate is so high. We could have a death rate as closer to flu in the end. ( I’m guessing)


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  • #2101
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Cervical check?

    You don't think one of the criteria for being a top class health service is treating the people that need to be treated?
    The treatment the people actually receive is only one half of the equation.
    Cervical check was the government's fault not the HSE.

    Mary Harney and her like chose to outsource the service to the US instead of supporting HSE laboratory services.


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