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

ThePopehimself wrote: »

This 'School in the East' type thing is not full disclosure. I think naming the school yesterday would have been perfectly reasonable. Trust erodes when people perceive that they aren't being told the whole truth, it implies that there is something to hide.

Trust also erodes when people think their right to privacy will not be respected.

Imagine that you present today to your GP. He suspects coronavirus, you get tested and confirmed.

So they ring your workplace and tell them you've got coronavirus. Then they publish the name of your workplace and the fact that a case has been discovered there.

Only problem is, your workplace is a secretary and two solicitors. And you're the secretary. Think about the impact of that, and how many people now know that YOU have coronavirus. People you didn't tell, people you don't really know. Idiots who will take their business elsewhere, because infection, or something. People who will tell their kids to stop playing with your kids, who will give you weird looks in the supermarket in six months time.

Now imagine you're not the poor bastard who's been outed on the national news.

You're an onlooker, working in a similarly small business or similarly small town. You've been feeling a bit poorly.

Do you think the actions of the HSE are going to encourage you to come forward for testing? Or are you more likely to wait it out and see what happens?

I appreciate that the name of the school may not be immediately private information, but people are well able to put two & two together. And as we can see from this thread, are well able to panic - "I walked past that school 3 weeks ago! OMFFFGGGGG!!!!".

By not releasing the information publically, the HSE are maintaining a basic pillar of any health system - trust that your privacy is of the utmost importance unless there is a massively compelling reason to breach it.

dan786 wrote: »

The risk of coronavirus in the European Union has risen from moderate to high, the president of the European Commission has confirmed.

Source: Sky News

Quick! Someone inform Italy

bennyl10 wrote: »

Italy is very strange in all this, it hasn’t spread outside of the north, yet the numbers are sky rocketing at a rate so far and above the rest of Europe

Cases all over Italy at the moment (but mostly concentrated in the north and densely populated areas).
984 in Lombardy
285 in Emilia-Romagna
263 in Veneto
49 in Piedmont
25 in Marche
25 in Liguria
17 in Campania
13 in Tuscany
9 in Sicily
6 in Lazio
6 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
5 in Abruzzo
3 in Puglia
2 in Umbria
1in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano
1 In Calabria

BanditLuke wrote: »

I wonder do a lot of politicians or ex establishment figures have a vested interest in the horse racing game and pressue is being brought to bare?

I dont know, but st patricks day and cheltenham going ahead is insane.

I've been called many things on this thread, for being too 'lax'.

I dont think this virus is going to be all that disastrous, I think the worst of it will pass by April/May, and for the majority of us, even now, we will be fine. BUT we need to manage it.

Having a (multiple)city wide street party is madness, especially one with 000's of foreign tourists when we have the ability to contain this now

DrumSteve wrote: »

Is that not what China did?

How would Ireland be implementing the restrictions of Wuhan, when there is just one confirmed case in the country?

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234451905801261056?s=20

wylo wrote: »

Well that would be fine only 2% death rate is insanely high given the 100s of 1000s that could get this if not managed properly. A common cold isn’t that big a deal and can freely spread around the country without causing too disruption.

But if 2% of people who got a cold died you can be sure all reactions would be the same.

Do some proper research - the mortality rate is currently 3.4% based on global confirmed cases versus number of people who have died.

covid19info.live

wakka12 wrote: »

Cases in Spain rise to 115 this morning

Are advising health care providers to avoid any congress or large gathering.
90% of the cases are imported.
They are investigating a “religious group”, whatever that means.

When are we going to be told to stay at home from work to drink cans for a few days?

bennyl10 wrote: »

I dont know, but st patricks day and cheltenham going ahead is insane.

I've been called many things on this thread, for being too 'lax'.

I dont think this virus is going to be all that disastrous, I think the worst of it will pass by April/May, and for the majority of us, even now, we will be fine. BUT we need to manage it.

Having a (multiple)city wide street party is madness, especially one with 000's of foreign tourists when we have the ability to contain this now

and no point cancelling St Patricks day festivities too late, better to announce it early , for the postponement to actually be effective.

One thing I'm certain of...reeling in the years 2020 is going to be s cracking watch..