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

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  • #2792
    SusanC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭SusanC10


    Wonder what this week will bring ?

    Husband gone on public transport to work in Dublin. Kids gone on School Buses. All with Hand Gel. Son told me at weekend that his (Secondary) school doesn't have hot water or soap in most bathrooms.

    Out with friends at the weekend. Only one friend slightly concerned but she has a son with an underlying condition. No one else we know seem remotely bothered.

    In Tesco yesterday. If anything it was less busy for a Sunday. Most anti-bacterial products sold out but other than that no shortages.

    Did a stock-take of food, toiletries, meds etc here at home and added a few things. Probably with a bit of rationing of teenage son's eating habits, could last a few weeks.

    My Mum (elderly plus underlying condition) did her stint as Minister for Eucharist. Priest announced Communion into hands only. Large bottle of Hand Gel provided for Ministers. She did get one man who opened his mouth but she told him hands only.

    We are due to go to UK at Easter and Italy in late June. Husband has work trips to both France and Germany coming up.

    Still a bit nervous of this whole thing especially for my Mum and one of my sisters who both have underlying conditions.


  • #2793
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,385 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    The f*cking STATE of this thread ....
    What a fantastic contribution!
    Thank God you are here!


  • #2794
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    Bear in mind that we still have no idea how bad it might get, what impact warmer spring might have &c. And only a tiny proportion of people in the countries where it has hit so far actually contracted it. And even for older people and the higher cfr, most survive. It's not a death sentence for anyone, even the higher risk groups.

    "And everyone lived happily ever after..." None so blind as those who refuse to look. Ignorance is surely bliss.


  • #2795
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Runaways, where are you? Are you ok?

    That account was opened on the 24th Feb
    Story was complete fabrication to cause panic.


  • #2796
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    gmisk wrote: »
    What a fantastic contribution!
    Thank God you are here!

    Tend to agree with him though.


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  • #2797
    Dial Hard
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    I'm on the bus into work at the moment. Bus is much emptier than usual but the traffic is cat, so clearly a lot of people have opted to avoid public transport.

    I was in my local Lidl on Saturday and it was fine. Sister was there yesterday and she said it was like the end of the world. Be interesting to see how the next week or two shakes out.


  • #2798
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Graces7 wrote: »
    "And everyone lived happily ever after..." None so blind as those who refuse to look. Ignorance is surely bliss.

    And you just posted saying there is no hysteria????


  • #2799
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,385 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Tend to agree with him though.
    Maybe he should post something interesting that might help.


  • #2800
    DellyBelly
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    mirrorwall14 wrote: »
    Unconfirmed WhatsApp that they child trained with na fianna and they have suspended training/matches for that age. Don’t see it on their twitter

    That is pretty scary actually. Can you imagine the number of kids the person infected would have interacted with. Now these kids could be going to school as we speak not knowing they have the virus.


  • #2801
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,385 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    I'm on the bus into work at the moment. Bus is much emptier than usual but the traffic is cat, so clearly a lot of people have opted to avoid public transport.

    I was in my local Lidl on Saturday and it was fine. Sister was there yesterday and she said it was like the end of the world. Be interesting to see how the next week or two shakes out.
    On bus to work too, definitely a bit more quiet than a normal Monday. If I had the option I would drive or walk.
    No masks or anything like that spotted so far.


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  • #2802
    Stheno
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    On way to work too lot less traffic than normal


  • #2803
    daheff
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    DellyBelly wrote: »
    That is pretty scary actually. Can you imagine the number of kids the person infected would have interacted with. Now these kids could be going to school as we speak not knowing they have the virus.

    School was closed. If they play GAA beside the school chances are they go to the school that's now closed.

    On the plus side, China's cases seem to be getting under control.


  • #2804
    Dial Hard
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    gmisk wrote: »
    On bus to work too, definitely a bit more quiet than a normal Monday. If I had the option I would drive or walk.
    No masks or anything like that spotted so far.

    I have a car but it never even crossed my mind to drive in. I'm not worried enough to pay the guts of 40 quid a day for parking!


  • #2805
    Pintman Paddy Losty
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    DellyBelly wrote: »
    That is pretty scary actually. Can you imagine the number of kids the person infected would have interacted with. Now these kids could be going to school as we speak not knowing they have the virus.

    You need to treat everyone (including family) as a potential infection vector. There is absolutely no need for people to be interacting with each other in this day and age with Skype WhatsApp etc.

    I've locked myself in the spare bedroom. Wife drops 3 meals a day outside the door. We have a group Skype call to chat over dinner. There's no way I'm catching this virus. No precaution is too much.

    Self isolate people!


  • #2806
    gmisk
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    daheff wrote: »
    School was closed. If they play GAA beside the school chances are they go to the school that's now closed.

    On the plus side, China's cases seem to be getting under control.
    I wouldnt exactly be taking the numbers in China as totally accurate.
    Plus what other country is realistically going to implement the measures they have to control this? (Especially in Europe)


  • #2807
    gmisk
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    Dial Hard wrote: »
    I have a car but it never even crossed my mind to drive in. I'm not worried enough to pay the guts of 40 quid a day for parking!
    Fecking hell 40 quid a day! Yeah I would probably not drive to work too in that case lol


  • #2808
    BanditLuke
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    gmisk wrote: »
    I wouldnt exactly be taking the numbers in China as totally accurate.
    Plus what other country is realistically going to implement the measures they have to control this? (Especially in Europe)

    They won't even cancel Cheltenham in the UK ffs


  • #2809
    batman_oh
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    Just got off the bus (9) - it wasn't that much queiter, a little bit. I did see 3 people upstairs wiping the windows with their hands and then straight on to the phone/face etc.
    Sure what could go wrong!


  • #2810
    Plumbthedepths
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    gmisk wrote: »
    Maybe he should post something interesting that might help.

    Very little posted here will actually help. Other than wash your hands regularly and if you have any symptoms self identify to the HSE. That's really about all that you can do.


  • #2811
    gmisk
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    BanditLuke wrote: »
    They won't even cancel Cheltenham in the UK ffs
    True.
    But still a chance it will be cancelled (betting odds seem to show chance it will be cancelled is increasing)

    I wonder when we will hear about our own huge St Paddy's day gatherings.


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  • #2812
    Allinall
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    batman_oh wrote: »
    Just got off the bus (9) - it wasn't that much queiter, a little bit. I did see 3 people upstairs wiping the windows with their hands and then straight on to the phone/face etc.
    Sure what could go wrong!

    It's when they start licking the windows that you want to worry.


  • #2813
    gmisk
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    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Very little posted here will actually help. Other than wash your hands regularly and if you have any symptoms self identify to the HSE. That's really about all that you can do.
    I get what you mean, but I find discussing the stats etc really interesting (background in data science).


  • #2814
    gmisk
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    Allinall wrote: »
    It's when they start licking the windows that you want to worry.
    Ha ha.

    I don't think strippers do that on buses.

    Or death cults here as far as I know...


  • #2815
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    They won't even cancel Cheltenham in the UK ffs

    Crufts starts this week.

    160,000 people over a few days .

    People flying in from around the world. 350 dogs and more handlers from Italy.


  • #2816
    ceadaoin.
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    I think it's obvious at this stage that by the time confirmed cases come to light, it's already rampant, or it will be in about 4-6 weeks if the person was out in the community at all.


  • #2817
    Plumbthedepths
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    gmisk wrote: »
    I get what you mean, but I find discussing the stats etc really interesting (background in data science).

    Yeah facts and stats I have no issue with but there is scaremongering evident here. Up to yesterday evening there was also a individual clearly trolling.


  • #2818
    is_that_so
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    gmisk wrote: »
    True.
    But still a chance it will be cancelled (betting odds seem to show chance it will be cancelled is increasing)

    I wonder when we will hear about our own huge St Paddy's day gatherings.
    I'd imagine by the end of next week there will be talk about Paddy's Day. Personally like the low key, calm approach being adopted in Ireland. Cheltenham could be done behind closed doors, like the French are doing this week.


  • #2819
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    I think it's obvious at this stage that by the time confirmed cases come to light, it's already rampant, or it will be in about 4-6 weeks if the person was out in the community at all.

    Indeed.

    For every one case confirmed. There could be 100's to 1000's to 10s of thousands unconfirmed.


  • #2820
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    A Friend just travelled from Brisbane back to the UK. The airport in Brisbane was empty.


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  • #2821
    Hector Savage
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    Stheno wrote: »
    On way to work too lot less traffic than normal

    Thats because most sensible people are at home with their families locked in the house, while the man of the house patrols the roof with a shotgun ...


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