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

all about the mane · 02-03-2020 10:31PM

BanditLuke wrote: »

Listen don't bother I'll stop myself posting in the thread as it seems to have been overrun by HSE cheerleaders.

Regards, Luke.

What the hell are you going to do now??

Babooshka · 02-03-2020 10:32PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

This is true actually.

There seems to be this attitude that health systems abroad are milk and honey compared to ours.

This is not the case as anyone who has experience in France or the UK will tell you!

They all have their own serious issues - just different issues

Just goes to show that the main focus of governments globally is not to provide any sort of decent healthcare to their people whatsoever, just to make money.

Cilldara_2000 · 02-03-2020 10:32PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-worst-of-36-countries-for-ease-of-access-to-healthcare-1.2955900?mode=amp

https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/03/21/health-care-in-ireland-leaves-much-to-be-desired

https://www.joe.ie/news/survey-reveals-that-the-irish-healthcare-system-is-almost-the-worst-in-europe-527980

You must be living under a rock if you don't know how piss poor the healthcare system is in this country. It's been a major issue for years.
People waiting years for appointments, people dying on trolleys.
Imagine this system under pandemic conditions. Good luck

Two of those are behind paywalls but it's beside the point. I'm not denying there are problems. I'm objecting to the idea that Irish healthcare "consistently ranks as one of the worst performing in Europe". A quick perusal of google shows this is not the case.

gmisk · 02-03-2020 10:32PM

hurikane wrote: »

Cancel both honeymoon and wedding.

Why would they cancel the wedding?

I think I would go tbh the numbers in Japan are fairly lowish but maybe get good travel insurance

TTLF · 02-03-2020 10:32PM

Italy went from 1.8k confirmed cases like a few hours ago to now like 2K

Although it's still 1.8K actually infected as people have recovered.

Beasty · 02-03-2020 10:33PM

hurikane wrote: »

Cancel both honeymoon and wedding.

Nah! - cancel the gathering of people for the ceremony, but keep the good bit:pac:

Stheno · 02-03-2020 10:33PM

Juliette Clever Tear wrote: »

We all had it here in January and it was definitely worse than the usual kind of doses. Family members who never really catch stuff came down with it too, took about a week to 10 days to recover.

Maybe we all had Coronavirus already and are now immune??

#wishfulthinking

But seriously, this thing could be around longer than we realise given the slow response initially in China and the fact that tests are only available recently.

Maybe the high density of population in Wuhan meant that so many cases went noticed and were investigated.

It would be interesting to see pneumonia stats for past few years to see if there was an unusual sharp increase or trend in late December in areas other than Wuhan.

Cant be Corona I've had it twice since Christmas

It appears to select me as its host when I am not up to my eyes with work and am trying to rest

Cupatae · 02-03-2020 10:33PM

all about the mane wrote: »

What the hell are you going to do now??

I'll need a new challenger what with bandit ,cinemaguy and runaway all being dispatched of by Beasty! Step forth ye doomsdayers

R.F. · 02-03-2020 10:33PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234583446711869440

Those Russians must be washing their hands far better than most

Ninthlife · 02-03-2020 10:33PM

Cupatae wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/i-have-coronavirus-but-it-hasnt-been-too-bad-and-it-doesnt-have-to-be-a-terrible-calamity-39004839.html

Tip of the hat to one of our own"ah it LL be grand crew " ðŸ˜ from the horses mouth this lad is over 60 saying it's not too bad

Love how The Independent are putting all Covid19 stories behind a paywall

gabeeg · 02-03-2020 10:33PM

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

If it becomes a seasonal pandemic, one would hope that a vaccine or some effective antiviral drug would be available next time. Or maybe that some of us would have some natural immunity by then, having recovered from an earlier infection.

The problem this time is that no one has immunity and no effective treatment is known.

We can only hope that the numbers remain low, so that the health system is not swamped by a surge of very sick people.

The word you're looking for is endemic.

I'm not being snotty with you. I only learned what the word meant a week ago.

JoeFritzl · 02-03-2020 10:34PM

What's the name of the school?

Wibbs · 02-03-2020 10:34PM

Stheno wrote: »

I had the Chrismas plague you describe and if I caught it now I would indeed be crapping myself. I've had it twice and am just getting rid of the cough

It hit me in waves too S. Shook the main bug off quickly, but the cough lingered, then had the fever back a fortnight on and still have somewhat of a cough and an unproductive one with it even now. Bastard seems to have dug in. I saw similar with people I know. IIRC reading around the time that it was flagged as a coronavirus. Again IIRC Europe got one type, the US got another. NOT this Covid one of course. Coronavirus being a type of virus, not a particular virus. Common colds are also in the family of coronaviruses.

Beasty wrote: »

Just sneeze whenever you get on any public transport. You will quickly find a number of empty seats to choose from.....

I actually suffer from sneezing fits when it can go on for a few minutes due to very bad sinus problems. I've decamped to an office on the other side of the building recently but when I do have one of those fits everyone from the main office can hear me well enough to don their facemasks:pac:

Well ahead of you, you plague spreading snot firing sneezing deviant.

Gods Gift · 02-03-2020 10:34PM

R.F. wrote: »

Those Russians must be washing their hands far better than most

Vodka. Fighting it from the inside out.

Stheno · 02-03-2020 10:35PM

JoeFritzl wrote: »

What's the name of the school?

Read the thread

Beasty · 02-03-2020 10:36PM

gabeeg wrote: »

Is it as feisty as this on Canoeing & Kayaking, Beasty?

It's not as feisty as the Gangland thread here and the McGregor one in MMA - still not seen any real blood in this thread

Kermit.de.frog · 02-03-2020 10:36PM

Spread as of now outside China

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Ninthlife · 02-03-2020 10:36PM

Beasty wrote: »

It's not as feisty as the Gangland thread here and the McGregor one in MMA - still not seen any real blood in this thread

**cough** oooops

expectationlost · 02-03-2020 10:38PM

Ninthlife wrote: »

Love how The Independent are putting all Covid19 stories behind a paywall

heres a non-paywall version https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12312836

gabeeg · 02-03-2020 10:39PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Spread as of now

Even with the largest outbreak country juking the stats, Europe still showing a sizeable jump day by day

Kermit.de.frog · 02-03-2020 10:41PM

Just to add that's cases outside China

R.F. · 02-03-2020 10:41PM

Gods Gift wrote: »

Vodka. Fighting it from the inside out.

In Soviet Russia, COVID kills zero percent

Stheno · 02-03-2020 10:41PM

Wibbs wrote: »

It hit me in waves too S. Shook the main bug off quickly, but the cough lingered, then had the fever back a fortnight on and still have somewhat of a cough and an unproductive one with it even now. Bastard seems to have dug in. I saw similar with people I know. IIRC reading around the time that it was flagged as a coronavirus. Again IIRC Europe got one type, the US got another. NOT this Covid one of course. Coronavirus being a type of virus, not a particular virus. Common colds are also in the family of coronaviruses.

That's exactly what mine was like. The colleague who brought it to the office has not lived it down

Well ahead of you, you plague spreading snot firing sneezing deviant.

Was that you in the daily mail earlier? :pac:

Call Me Jimmy · 02-03-2020 10:42PM

Kermit: giz ur graphs

where are they from I haven't seen them, twitter is it or from reports?

Beasty · 02-03-2020 10:42PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Spread as of now

Based on that chart there looks like a 10% or so drop on 23rd February followed by a four-fold increase over the next 5 days

I'm also seeing a 10% or so drop on 29 February followed by....

Them waves are coming in thick and fast!!:)

Spanish Eyes · 02-03-2020 10:45PM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Friend of mine has her honeymoon in Japan booked for late March to mid April and hasn't a clue what to do for the best. Japan has currently reported < 300 cases, minus the ones from the quarantined cruise ship, but there is no travel advisory from the UK (where she's based) and the airline is refusing to refund flights.

Because this has gone so global, she doesn't know if there's any point in cancelling, since there are already cases in the UK and will be more if the average Brit's awareness of hygiene and manners is anything to go by (just in London for a few days and couldn't get over how many people were coughing, sneezing and spluttering all over the place without covering mouths) and at least the Japanese are hygienic and have some sense of social responsibility.

On the other hand, she would be quite an anxious person and she's worried the trip would be wrecked with worrying about catching the virus or being stuck there in a quarantine. It's hard to know what to advise really, as the situation keeps changing and we're all battered by so many different takes and viewpoints.

Tough call, I'm sure it cost a lot of money.

I would be more concerned about earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan TBH. I'd say their health service is ace, given they are so efficient in most things, just an educated guess.

The bigger concern is going through multiple airports or even one! But frequent hand washing and those hand gels will help. It seems that airplane air is actually not that bad judging by what I've read.

The thing to do is watch the stats from Japan. If cases are receding I would go.

But really, the call is hers and her future husband isn't it?

02-03-2020 10:46PM

(((((((((((Obvious Desperate Breakfast))))))))))

Big hug for you and sending you my best wishes xxx

creditcarder · 02-03-2020 10:47PM

R.F. wrote: »

In Soviet Russia, COVID kills zero percent

Comrades, corona is actually healing people through the power of Russia!

creditcarder · 02-03-2020 10:48PM

Hmmm, I wonder is the higher death rate in American due to a higher immune system through standard of living? God, that is so racist and western centric, but you do wonder. As in, more people are fighting it, but it is hitting more vulnerable people in general if that makes any sense.

tuxy · 02-03-2020 10:48PM

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Kermit: giz ur graphs

where are they from I haven't seen them, twitter is it or from reports?

I believe they are from various unverified posters replying to the BNO Newsroom twitter.

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

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