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

igCorcaigh wrote: »

He's quite good, the Irish guy on the WHO briefing.

WHO seem to having him answer more questions probably a good move as he is quite likable/relatable also. Tedros Adhanom has been getting alot of criticism on social media

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234518985636446209?s=20

Korbin Ashy Tube wrote: »

Any word on the latest infection rate in Italy?

5pm

DrumSteve wrote: »

I'd tend to agree.

But my gut is telling me this is the only good news we're going to get until a treatment is being mass produced.

I feel it should be stressed that the only treatment will be bed rest and hot drinks. Hospitals will have other stuff aimed at keeping the patient alive but won't be treating this directly.

Same way as there is no cure for the cold.

Note, there will be a vaccine at some point. But that is prevention as opposed to treatment. The numbers in countries outside of China seem low given what could have happened so they seem correct in this. Weird how separate the serious outbreaks of China, Italy and Iran are. Shows the modern world is having an effect but it isn't the easiest thing to create an epidemic in (still serious and countries should reduce the chance further).

vladmydad wrote: »

Have people on here avoided eating from Chinese takeaways ?

Peatys wrote: »

Why would you do that?

vladmydad wrote: »

I’ve heard it’s happening, the Chinese takeaways nearby were like ghost towns over the weekend

I just got back to Germany from a week trip home to Ireland and I hit the supermarket today to get some food in.

I saw myself first hand a few things that I had read were happening but was not sure I believed. The first is that people who look even vaguely Asian seem to be getting avoided. One example of many: There was three tills open. There was 7 or 8 people queuing at two of them. There was ONE person at the other. Asian. Not complaining. I used that line and got served very quickly as the Asian person was pretty much done.

There are some shortages of dried pasta, tinned food, and toilet paper. But on the other hand no one seems to be buying a lot of rice or lentils.

The funniest for me is that the tinned food shelves were mostly empty except for.... wait for it.... Chinese Vegetable Stew/soup.

I am not sure which I think is funnier about that. The fact that people think they will catch C-19 from a tin of soup.... or the fact they think china or the Chinese had anything to do with the production of the tins other than possibly it being vaguely based on some Chinese recipe. A single glance at the tin showed it was a German product entirely produced here in Germany.

I love humans. I love human life. I am a humanist I suppose, though I do not generally use that label. But at the same time I really do think our species is en masse simply massively stupid at times. Human Behaviour around something like a virus like this one scares me a lot more than the virus itself, for which I have read little of concern outside social media.

gmisk wrote: »

I am pretty sure they are already doing this in the UK (it was on BBC news)

Being done up North

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-northern-ireland-51688135

Dr Michael WHO:

"There's a need to catch the disease early, early use of oxygen because most countries will struggle if they start to see large numbers of patients requiring intensive care... we've also seen that people are spending many many many days up to 20, 24 days in a critical care environment. That's occupying a lot of beds for a very a long time so I think all countries are going to have to think very carefully how they manage the critical care component of this disease."

redarmy wrote: »

Ryanair is cancelling up to 25% of its flights to Italy in response to the because booking are plummeting #COVID19 outbreak

Fixed your post.:)

Or maybe it’s because “ Chinese Vegetable Stew/soup. ” sounds like muck

Anyone keeping an eye on the stats notice if when you start having a lot of cases the numbers just spiral day after day or can there be a burst of cases then very small movement the next day? I've got Italy in mind mainly - has it just been big increases day after day? Quite reassuring the UK spread is going quite slowly - only 4 today. But that could of course change completely tomorrow I guess..

nozzferrahhtoo wrote: »

I just got back to Germany from a week trip home to Ireland and I hit the supermarket today to get some food in.

I saw myself first hand a few things that I had read were happening but was not sure I believed. The first is that people who look even vaguely Asian seem to be getting avoided. One example of many: There was three tills open. There was 7 or 8 people queuing at two of them. There was ONE person at the other. Asian. Not complaining. I used that line and got served very quickly as the Asian person was pretty much done.

There are some shortages of dried pasta, tinned food, and toilet paper. But on the other hand no one seems to be buying a lot of rice or lentils.

The funniest for me is that the tinned food shelves were mostly empty except for.... wait for it.... Chinese Vegetable Stew/soup.

I am not sure which I think is funnier about that. The fact that people think they will catch C-19 from a tin of soup.... or the fact they think china or the Chinese had anything to do with the production of the tins other than possibly it being vaguely based on some Chinese recipe. A single glance at the tin showed it was a German product entirely produced here in Germany.

I love humans. I love human life. I am a humanist I suppose, though I do not generally use that label. But at the same time I really do think our species is en masse simply massively stupid at times. Human Behaviour around something like a virus like this one scares me a lot more than the virus itself, for which I have read little of concern outside social media.

There was some serious hamster shopping over the weekend, shelves were getting cleared of pasta, rice and tinned food. It was worse than the day before a bank holiday.

fr336 wrote: »

Anyone keeping an eye on the stats notice if when you start having a lot of cases the numbers just spiral day after day or can there be a burst of cases then very small movement the next day? I've got Italy in mind mainly - has it just been big increases day after day? Quite reassuring the UK spread is going quite slowly - only 4 today. But that could of course change completely tomorrow I guess..

Lot's of variables. For example China were exponential but they had a linear phase where there was an upper limit on testing. There is obviously more variability at the start where there isn't a critical mass, but usually once it passes a certain threshold the growth rate is pretty stable over time until there is significant intervention. From most places it looks like the threshold is about a couple hundred cases. But again, testing and the reaction of the governments have a huge effect, hence why the WHO emphasis it.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234521680598491137

nozzferrahhtoo wrote: »

Haha Touche.

I've had a few German tinned soups over here. Quite diverse flavours on the label. They all tasted the same to me: Salt.

The Germans are mad for salt. It's in everything. Except the ONE thing it should be in.... Butter. From which they inexplicably remove it entirely in nearly every product.

Same for the danes, I was getting coffee and the shakers for the top of the coffee were Cocoa, Cinnamon, Cardamon and Salt