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

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  • #2582
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    Is anyone else concerned that there not been much coverage or reports from the alleged 40,000+ recovered cases?

    I think I've read 2 or 3 'real' patient stories.


  • #2583
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,074 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Conrad Modern Drummer wrote: »
    In fairness the HSE seem pretty confident that the chances of more cases is low, maybe they got to the infected case quickly.
    And pigs fly.


  • #2584
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,853 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    So should the windows be open or closed on public transport to restrict is spreading? Me thinks open them so you are not incubating the virus.

    No cos if the guy by the window sneezes his droplets could be blown onto everyone..yauch!


  • #2585
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
    Over 35 countries on 5 continents reported at least one new case since this morning and the day is not even over, how could this possibly not be a pandemic ?


  • #2586
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,339 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    je551e wrote: »
    Is it possible that this boy family haven’t contracted it from him?

    Yes depends on where he go it and if they were near that person. How he handles his and there hygiene etc


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  • #2587
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,339 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Jesus Christ it has been said five or six times in this thread he was with his folks not on any school trip.

    What happened attention spans?

    People not reading the whole thread as it is huge so maybe missed it how about dialing down the agro.


  • #2588
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,727 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Banning flights to and from Italy is probably a decent action to put in place for now.

    Of course a few can still arrive indirectly but at least it wouldn’t be hundreds a day.


  • #2589
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    martingriff wrote: »
    People not reading the whole thread as it is huge so maybe missed it how about dialing down the agro.

    I have loads of good natured posts in this thread and it's two prequels and I have already apologised for that post twice.:o

    You would have known that if you had read the thread.:D

    Only 2616 posts.


  • #2590
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-italy/coronavirus-deaths-rise-in-italy-government-prepares-economic-support-idUSKBN20O257?utm_source=reddit.com
    Over the span of just 7 days, 3% of all ICU beds in Italy are now being used to treat coronavirus patients


  • #2591
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Goldengirl wrote: »
    If the droplet the person sneezes or coughs which contains the virus lands on you or your clothes or surfaces you touch
    as said before, you can be infected by bringing the virus to your nose or mouth.
    It will not stay in the air ready to float in when you breath, that's the difference.

    Coronavirus_transmission_diagram.gif


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  • #2592
    one armed dwarf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 924 ✭✭✭one armed dwarf


    grindle wrote: »
    The virus will slow things down eventually.

    :D:(


  • #2593
    ThePopehimself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭ThePopehimself


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Yes I am shocked Italy can not give this thing the boot.

    It'll break soon. 'MADE IN CHINA'


  • #2594
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    martingriff wrote: »
    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    What happened attention spans?
    People not reading the whole thread as it is huge so maybe missed it how about dialing down the agro.
    Someone already said that a few pages back. Keep up!


  • #2595
    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    I feel sorry for the young lad who has it. Imagine being that age and knowing the whole country is discussing your illness and wanting to know every detail about you.
    Hope he makes a full recovery.


  • #2596
    Antares35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Do we blame the Virus here or what?:confused:

    See... this is actually what scares me more than the virus itself. The inevitable lawlessness from scumbags as soon as anything gets real. It only took a dusting of f*cking snow for a shop to get bulldozed in tallaght. People are my fear, not the virus. I'll be on the porch with a shotgun if anyone needs me lol


  • #2597
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    ThePopehimself wrote: »
    It'll break soon. 'MADE IN CHINA'

    Iran says Iatoldyouta already.


  • #2598
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,389 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    martingriff wrote: »
    So unless you ban all flight/ships that means people can come from anywhere that is the point
    It clearly reduces the likelihood if you ban travel to and from areas with a lot of cases.


  • #2599
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    retro:electro wrote: »
    I feel sorry for the young lad who has it. Imagine being that age and knowing the whole country is discussing your illness and wanting to know every detail about you.
    Hope he makes a full recovery.

    True

    I'd rather be the first than the 100,000th though


  • #2600
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,389 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Banning flights to and from Italy is probably a decent action to put in place for now.

    Of course a few can still arrive indirectly but at least it wouldn’t be hundreds a day.
    Yes!
    Thank you!


  • #2601
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    wakka12 wrote: »
    https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
    Over 35 countries reported at least one new case since this morning and the day is not even over, how could this possibly not be a pandemic ?

    It is a pandemic, the WHO just don't the markets to think so!


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  • #2602
    Fakediamond
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,055 ✭✭✭Fakediamond


    noodler wrote: »
    Where is this statement?

    Sorry , all I can see in thre thread is people referring to it

    Post number 1490


  • #2603
    Louche Lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭Louche Lad


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    Asian markets opening in a couple of hours. Will it set the trend for another week of massive losses on international stock markets?
    It’s very likely that we will see further huge losses. Italy injecting €3.6 billion stimulus package to save their tourism industry.
    The week ahead will see the US becoming the country with the largest increase in infections.
    Other countries are simply not capable of reporting, or are actively covering up the scale of infections. India, Thailand etc.

    Why has Italy become such a hotbed of infection?

    New Zealand (down 3%) and Australia (down 2.5%) already open.


  • #2604
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,385 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    I have loads of good natured posts in this thread and it's two prequels and I have already apologised for that post twice.:o

    You would have known that if you had read the thread.:D

    Only 2616 posts.

    Ok, it's taken alot of time but a poster called D51984

    Is the one who said the school told him it wasn't a class trip and that it was a family one.

    I don't doubt this poster, and he seemed well informed, but there was no evidence provided of a statement. At best he seems to have heard it from the school.

    I'm not sure it's quite the absolute certainty you and others have been claiming to be honest. Certainly not enough to be constantly giving out to people about who mention the school trip.

    But anyway, there is no statement but there is a well informed poster who says the school (which his daughter attends) told him it wasn't a school trip rather a family one


  • #2605
    ThePopehimself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭ThePopehimself


    Two Health Care Workers in California have tested Positive, they had been exposed to an individual who had the virus at a hospital in Sacramento.

    The number of cases in the United States is now 75.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/world/coronavirus-news.html


  • #2606
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    noodler wrote: »
    Ok, it's taken alot of time but a poster called D51984

    Is the one who said the school told him it wasn't a class trip and that it was a family one.

    I don't doubt this poster, and he seemed well informed, but there was no evidence provided of a statement. At best he seems to have heard it from the school.

    I'm not sure it's quite the absolute certainty you and others have been claiming to be honest. Certainly not enough to be constantly giving out to people about who mention the school trip.

    But anyway, there is no statement but there is a well informed poster who says the school (which his daughter attends) told him it wasn't a school trip rather a family one


    I stand corrected.

    Sorry.


  • #2607
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    "The significance of this study is that asymptomatic carriers are found to be highly infectious, and the period of infection may be as long as 3-4 weeks, and patients infected by them may develop severe illness. The results highlight the use of viral nucleic acid testing for patients The importance of close contact tracking and longitudinal surveillance. At the same time, research suggests that it is necessary to return visits to nucleic acid testing for some discharged patients. In addition, the higher the viral load in the body, the more infectious it is. " Scholar Wang Yuge, a doctor of immunology, told First Financial.

    https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/-2019-ncov-new-coronavirus/china-2019-ncov/831003-china-covid-19-cases-outbreak-news-and-information-week-9-february-23-february-29-2020?p=832670#post832670](https://www.google.com/url?q=https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/-2019-ncov-new-coronavirus/china-2019-ncov/831003-china-covid-19-cases-outbreak-news-and-information-week-9-february-23-february-29-2020?p=832670#post832670&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1583190254812000&usg=AFQjCNFH80g5OY09fFgCssguqxPb9K5_vg


  • #2608
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    Snow Garden wrote: »
    Just back from a major stockpiling offensive in SuperValu/Dunnes/Tesco and Aldi around Galway. It was beyond emotional.

    Very early on I came across an Oriental looking woman and just lost the plot. She could have been Taiwanese, Filipino or Polynesian, hard to say. Anyway I was an inch from her face screaming and spitting about horseshoe bats, border control and supply chain management in a globalised economy when she...she sneezed on me. I ran away scratching my eyes and cursing Jackie Chan.

    I spotted a tanned Italian-looking gentleman eyeing up the last of the 3-pack tinned tomatoes. I kneed him hard in the groin and hurled abuse at him while referencing Commodus, Nero, Caligula, Tomba, Sergio Parisse and the perils of Italian Apres-ski. To my astonishment he started pleading to me as Gaeilge. Couldn't understand a word of it so I grabbed the tinned tomatoes and scurried along. Suffice to say, those Connemara women were doing way too much riding with those Spanish Armada sailors!

    I knocked over a load of bottles of olive oil and some lad told me to calm down. The red mist descended again and I screamed "Professor BanditLuke of After Hours University said this is fcuking serious....calm isn't an option anymore! You should see his post count!". I stole some hand sanitizer from someone's trolley in Aldi and rushed to the checkouts. They closed Aisle 3 as I joined the queues. Naturally I screamed "45,000,000 people are going to fcuking die you German clowns!! Keep Aisle 3 open!!". When I was packing my provisions, someone on Aisle 1 muttered "it will be just like a bad flu season". He promptly got 3 cans of chopped tomatoes to the chest!! I may live to regret that generosity.

    Home now and I am not leaving the house until September. I need to take off this wetsuit and snorkel and have a little cry. How can this happen so soon after the lions mane jellyfish saga!!??

    BTW, they are all out of spelt bread. Bastards.

    Quoting for posterity.


  • #2609
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Still only one case here. Might not be anymore. Containment measures around the world will start to work soon. The countries with lots of infections or Italy and South Korea will struggle but numbers elsewhere will fall off.


  • #2610
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,853 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Xertz wrote: »
    The HSE really needs to get to grips with the communication. They’ve managed to cause a backlash on Twitter by basically hiding information, for absolutely no reason. It’s non confidential information that everyone knows, or can get within 30 seconds anyway.

    By all means protect individual patients’ identities but coming out with paternalistic “we know best” type messages is only going to serve to make them less credible as a source of information and feed conspiracy theorists.

    Please get someone to coordinate communication who knows what they are doing and how to keep things clear and open in a crisis. If you have to pull someone in from another public body or department, or even get in a communication expert, please do it!

    There’s absolutely no need to protect things that aren’t protectable and please try to avoid looking like the x-files.

    Lose the unfriendly looking, minimalist, sci-fi backdrop and speak from a normal looking briefing room.

    Be open. Don’t use jargon. Don’t patronise. We need clear facts and hard science. If it’s not coming from official sources, it will come from all sorts of sources online - some of which may be accurate and others may be nonsense.

    We have had the Hepatitis C scandal, Cervical screening scandal, and many more.
    Why are you surprised to be on the receiving end of paternalistic , minimalistic and non- open disclosure that is part and parcel of the HSE/ DoH as we know it ?
    Their attitude is always "nothing to see here", and " wasn't our fault , we knew nothing about it.",
    No offence to any ordinary folk working in the HSE but this is the hive mind of the organisation's management.
    You got to say one thing for them, they are consistent !


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  • #2611
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Still only one case here. Might not be anymore. Containment measures around the world will start to work soon. The countries with lots of infections or Italy and South Korea will struggle but numbers elsewhere will fall off.

    What containment measures?


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