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

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  • #4202
    Jin luk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭Jin luk


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    You can talk about 1 million cases if you like but the fact is we still only have one case after X amount of weeks.

    1 case we actually know about, could be a few walking about at this stage


  • #4203
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    You can talk about 1 million cases if you like but the fact is we still only have one 'Confirmed' case after X amount of weeks.


    We may easily have more and from the experience in Italy it can grow very quickly.


  • #4204
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    saabsaab wrote: »
    I'd say the last place to be is in a hospital as this takes off.

    If I’m gonna get it I’d want to be one of the first as resources wouldn’t be stretched.

    But I’m not gonna get it as I live in Leitrim and this county doesn’t exist :P


  • #4205
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    You can talk about 1 million cases if you like but the fact is we still only have one case after X amount of weeks.

    Italy only had 1 case after x amount of weeks. Now they've 2000 plus 10 days later.


  • #4206
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,420 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    I wonder are flu cases declining with everyone washing their hands and being more careful?

    This thing could actually save lives.


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  • #4207
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,475 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0302/1119619-covid-19-blog/
    A Consultant Gastroenterologist at Tallaght University Hospital has defended the Department of Health's approach not to release the name of the school involved for patient confidentiality reasons.

    Dr Anthony O'Connor told RTÉ's Drivetime the main concern of public health doctors is that a person who has symptoms of Covid-19 feels confident enough to present themselves to health authorities.

    He said people "need to trust that when they do present, that their information will be treated in confidentiality."

    Dr O'Connor said, while Covid-19 is "too young to know", people are often reluctant to inform doctors of symptoms because they are afraid that they will have to disclose "who they were with, and what they were doing."

    He added that "it is a good precedent that the Department has set, that "we're going to handle your data on a need-to-know basis."

    would letting it be known you travelled by taxi make you hesitate reporting your illness
    would letting it known your school make you hesitate in reporting your illness?


  • #4208
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    saabsaab wrote: »
    We may easily have more and from the experience in Italy it can grow very quickly.

    Yes it could. I'm might but hasn't so far. I'm optimistic


  • #4209
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Incredible we've tested so few people. It's almost like they don't want to find any cases.

    Maybe it's because they, unlike any of us, are the experts in this field.

    Does anyone seriously believe there is some kind of cover up? What would be the point? Look at the furore around the one confirmed case in the State. If there was another case how do you think they would cover it up? These are real people who are caught up in this and their access to social media and the like cannot be controlled by the State. If there are more cases out there it will of course come out and any cover up would be exposed and everyone would lose credibility

    I guess that does not satisfy the conspiracy theorists but equally I guess nothing will


  • #4210
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Boggles wrote: »
    I wonder are flu cases declining with everyone washing their hands and being more careful?

    You would wonder if people are actully doing this?
    I think they would rater buy face masks and keep them in the cupboard.


  • #4211
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Incredible we've tested so few people. It's almost like they don't want to find any cases.

    Or that testing kits are scarce and need to be used on suspected cases only. Not every randomer with a sniffle.


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  • #4212
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,475 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Boggles wrote: »
    I wonder are flu cases declining with everyone washing their hands and being more careful?

    This thing could actually save lives.
    no :/ *he says with a stuffed nose*


  • #4213
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,274 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    France new figures https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1234554995372101632?s=21


  • #4214
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Italy only had 1 case after x amount of weeks. Now they've 2000 plus 10 days later.

    Different country.


  • #4215
    2ygb4cmqetsjhx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭2ygb4cmqetsjhx


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Different country.

    Point still valid. There is no way there is only 1 case in Ireland.


  • #4216
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    wadacrack wrote: »
    ridiculous comment to make. A number of elderly people are very anxious about this and I can certainty understand why

    Yes of course people should be concerned about this virus.

    It's a separate point though, thousands of cases in the first few weeks of the year and little to no coverage. 3 times the number already in 8 weeks than the whole of last year.

    But yes probably for another thread


  • #4217
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    Korbin Ashy Tube wrote: »
    Point still valid. There is no way there is only 1 case in Ireland.

    There's plenty of head cases.


  • #4218
    mlem123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭mlem123


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Incredible we've tested so few people. It's almost like they don't want to find any cases.

    How do you know we’ve tested so few? Testing figures are released weekly on Tuesdays


  • #4219
    2ygb4cmqetsjhx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭2ygb4cmqetsjhx


    BloodBath wrote: »
    There's plenty of head cases.

    For sure.


  • #4220
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Korbin Ashy Tube wrote: »
    Point still valid. There is no way there is only 1 case in Ireland.

    Do you have proof?


  • #4221
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Incredible we've tested so few people. It's almost like they don't want to find any cases.

    Expect that to be very different after tomorrows update given the criteria was expanded last week


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  • #4222
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Korbin Ashy Tube wrote: »
    Point still valid. There is no way there is only 1 case in Ireland.
    How on earth do you know?

    (and to be clear I do not know either way). I can speculate, you can speculate, but you cannot know (unless perhaps you have it yourself)


  • #4223
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Beasty wrote: »
    Maybe it's because they, unlike any of us, are the experts in this field.

    Does anyone seriously believe there is some kind of cover up? What would be the point? Look at the furore around the one confirmed case in the State. If there was another case how do you think they would cover it up? These are real people who are caught up in this and their access to social media and the like cannot be controlled by the State. If there are more cases out there it will of course come out and any cover up would be exposed and everyone would lose credibility

    I guess that does not satisfy the conspiracy theorists but equally I guess nothing will

    They said they had problems with procurement recently. They were probably referring to test kits.

    It's not a conspiracy theory. The numbers are available to us. They did a small fraction of the number of tests that Scotland did.
    Scotland has experts in this field also. Are you saying they over tested?


  • #4224
    MarkY91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    Boggles wrote: »
    I wonder are flu cases declining with everyone washing their hands and being more careful?

    This thing could actually save lives.

    I've no doubt that a lot of people are being more hygienic but there's some scruffy bastard's out there that never did and never will wash their hands after using the toilet and will cough all over the place.

    Nobody is safe from these scruff bags


  • #4225
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AEMKudv5p0


  • #4226
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Farmers co-op here still has loads of ffp3 masks. 15 euro for a pack of three, which is a good price. Got PPE on special offer last month too.


  • #4227
    2ygb4cmqetsjhx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭2ygb4cmqetsjhx


    Don't know for sure. But at the rate it spreads and the flights are coming from Italy I'd say it's highly unlikely to be isolated.


  • #4228
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,002 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    You can talk about 1 million cases if you like but the fact is we still only have one case after X amount of weeks.

    The US now has 92 and 2 deaths - they had 14 cases on 12th of Feb.


  • #4229
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Many other EU countries that have far higher rates of travel with Norhern Italy than us also have low confirmed numbers.


  • #4230
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,851 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    pc7 wrote: »
    France new figures https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1234554995372101632?s=21

    Fcuk me the French cases are starting to take off.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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  • #4231
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Different country.

    Wooooooosh


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