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

cameramonkey · 03-03-2020 12:30AM

So the Journal is naming the school, are they the first media outlet to do so?

wrote:

The male in question had recently returned from northern Italy, which has seen a large number of Covid-19 cases.

He is a student at Scoil Chaitríona in Glasnevin, Dublin 9. The school today began a two-week closing period as a precautionary measure.

Health officials had already contacted the principal, staff, and parents or guardians of pupils, and this evening held a meeting to address their concerns in person.

Assetbacked · 03-03-2020 12:31AM

Funsterdelux wrote: »

Imagine if we'd responded to the environmental crisis like this crisis.

Maybe the virus is a test for a cure to the environmental crisis; human depopulation.

ChikiChiki · 03-03-2020 12:31AM

Nijmegen wrote: »

So let’s get this straight:

School has a confirmed case. He was in class all week.

HSE sends everyone home and recommends isolation.

HSE then brings all the parents together in one room for a big meeting.

???

https://www.thejournal.ie/covid-19-glasnevin-school-5029709-Mar2020/

Yes I know. It really is that ridiculous. You can see why people here have so little faith.

They'll probably head off to their various jobs around the city in the morning.

Funsterdelux · 03-03-2020 12:32AM

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Ah jaysus. Always one.

What do you mean you people?

SeaBreezes · 03-03-2020 12:32AM

Think I may have answered my own question 249 ICU beds nationally in 2018.

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/ncps/critical-care/critical-care-capacity-planning/national-adult-critical-care-planning-memo.pdf

Gods Gift · 03-03-2020 12:33AM

Funsterdelux wrote: »

What do you mean you people?

What do you mean you people?

Le Bruise · 03-03-2020 12:33AM

Computer Science Student wrote: »

I like this behavioural scientist

Agreed, talking the most sense out of the whole panel. The professor is just rambling.

cloudatlas · 03-03-2020 12:34AM

Funsterdelux wrote: »

Imagine if we'd responded to the environmental crisis like this crisis.

Actually.. *puts on nerd spectacles* I think you'll find that the virus is causing pollution to decrease due to the slow down in industry. https://www.ecowatch.com/coronavirus-china-pollution-2645356657.html

skimpydoo · 03-03-2020 12:34AM

cameramonkey wrote: »

So the Journal is naming the school, are they the first media outlet to do so?

No others have too.

Funsterdelux · 03-03-2020 12:34AM

Gods Gift wrote: »

What do you mean you people?

The royal you

Gods Gift · 03-03-2020 12:34AM

Think he’s referring to boards at the end

Computer Science Student · 03-03-2020 12:35AM

Des is drowning out here

fritzelly · 03-03-2020 12:35AM

skimpydoo wrote: »

No others have too.

Even TV3 earlier weren't mentioning it - just east of the country, ridiculous really

Quantum Erasure · 03-03-2020 12:35AM

Le Bruise wrote: »

Agreed, talking the most sense out of the whole panel. The professor is just rambling.

'we need to see widespread behavioural change' , he's saying a lot, but not being explicit enough, a lot of people will listen and say 'shure, we're grand so...'

Blueshoe · 03-03-2020 12:36AM

circadian wrote: »

It's Westmeath, not feckin Mississippi.

Plenty in the cabinet for both of you

lainey_d_123 · 03-03-2020 12:36AM

thebaz wrote: »

oh well, should have studied medicine , my philosophy on drinking tap water is the belief that it gives me added immunity - know some people that wouldn't touch it - but I do worry that we could be breeding huge numbers of OCD cases - with compulsive over hand washing.

Spare a thought of those of us with diagnosed OCD. Part of the therapy I recently had was touching things like ATMs, poles on the bus and lift buttons to prove that they were fine and I wouldn't get sick.

Now I'm being told that everything I was doing is what everyone should now be doing to protect against coronavirus, which just legitimises the OCD. Or maybe I was right all along?

cnocbui · 03-03-2020 12:36AM

expectationlost wrote: »

photo https://twitter.com/kenkilb7
journo quoting councillor https://www.thejournal.ie/covid-19-glasnevin-school-5029709-Mar2020/

'There is a lot of panic': Health officials meet parents of children who attend school shut over Covid-19 case

I am really getting fed-up with the misuse of that word panic. Panic is mindless fight or flight response with sudden action and muddled thinking.

There is too much labeling of 'concern' as panic. It might make for a better headline but it's not helpful or warranted.

CinemaGuy45 · 03-03-2020 12:36AM

cameramonkey wrote: »

So the Journal is naming the school, are they the first media outlet to do so?

The paper will fly off the shelves.

I should get a job with the Journal I know how to use the copy and paste feature on all my devices.

I suppose the real art in being a real journalist is waiting that 24 to 36 hours after
social media.:rolleyes:

Spanish Eyes · 03-03-2020 12:36AM

Computer Science Student wrote: »

I like this behavioural scientist

I don't watch tv so can you tell me what he said, just a brief rundown would be great, thanks.

I can catch up on the RTE player online I know that, but that would drive me to drink and I'd prefer not to do that

circadian · 03-03-2020 12:38AM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Plenty in the cabinet for both of you

I can guarantee that you don't own a gun and there's a high probability you've never fired anything except a paintball gun, BB gun and maybe a shotgun.

SafeSurfer · 03-03-2020 12:38AM

Person on press preview on Sky now coughing and spluttering all over the place while discussing Coronavirus.

Le Bruise · 03-03-2020 12:39AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

'we need to see widespread behavioural change' , he's saying a lot, but not being explicit enough, a lot of people will listen and say 'shure, we're grand so...'

Well he’s saying now is the time for the powers that be to guide the behaviour of the population, as everyone’s paying attention to this (or should be). Not so easy in practise of course.

cloudatlas · 03-03-2020 12:39AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Spare a thought of those of us with diagnosed OCD. Part of the therapy I recently had was touching things like ATMs, poles on the bus and lift buttons to prove that they were fine and I wouldn't get sick.

Now I'm being told that everything I was doing is what everyone should now be doing to protect against coronavirus, which just legitimises the OCD. Or maybe I was right all along?

That's a tough one to unpack now.

gabeeg · 03-03-2020 12:39AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Spare a thought of those of us with diagnosed OCD. Part of the therapy I recently had was touching things like ATMs, poles on the bus and lift buttons to prove that they were fine and I wouldn't get sick.

Now I'm being told that everything I was doing is what everyone should now be doing to protect against coronavirus, which just legitimises the OCD. Or maybe I was right all along?

You're wrong most of the time. Now we have to meet in the middle. Like the channel tunnel, but with no handshaking.

cameramonkey · 03-03-2020 12:39AM

SeaBreezes wrote: »

Think I may have answered my own question 249 ICU beds nationally in 2018.

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/ncps/critical-care/critical-care-capacity-planning/national-adult-critical-care-planning-memo.pdf

I think they will be cancelling operations and getting ready for a big increase in people who will need critical care. It can be forecast when these ICU beds will be needed. reports say that up to 15% of people seem to need intervention after about 10 days when pneumonia gets established. Reports say early introduction of oxygen can help with the condition.So if we have 1000 cases after a few weeks then we can say we may need 150 ICU beds to meet that demand with these cases presenting 10 days after infection .

jobeenfitz · 03-03-2020 12:39AM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I don't watch tv so can you tell me what he said, just a brief rundown would be great, thanks.

I can catch up on the RTE player online I know that, but that would drive me to drink and I'd prefer not to do that

You can drive to drink but don't drive back.

lainey_d_123 · 03-03-2020 12:39AM

cnocbui wrote: »

I am really getting fed-up with the misuse of that word panic. Panic is mindless fight or flight response with sudden action and muddled thinking.

There is too much labeling of 'concern' as panic. It might make for a better headline but it's not helpful or warranted.

Sorry but it IS panic.

Concern is taking reasonable precautions like handwashing and staying away from people who are very obviously sick, and asking anyone with cold symptoms to work from home or give them paid sick time.

What we have here is shelves of hand gel and toilet paper being cleared out, panic buying, stockpiling, major drama and panic as soon as someone hears of a case within 100 miles of them. The mental health implications of all this are not to be scoffed at, not to mention the shortages caused for people who DO need things like surgical masks and hand sanitiser by all the panic buying.

Funsterdelux · 03-03-2020 12:40AM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I don't watch tv so can you tell me what he said, just a brief rundown would be great, thanks.

I can catch up on the RTE player online I know that, but that would drive me to drink and I'd prefer not to do that

He said a South African city ran out of water and the that eh then erm

fifth · 03-03-2020 12:41AM

cloudatlas wrote: »

Actually.. *puts on nerd spectacles* I think you'll find that the virus is causing pollution to decrease due to the slow down in industry. https://www.ecowatch.com/coronavirus-china-pollution-2645356657.html

Won't we see an increase in global temperatures because of this?

Non scientific comment :

Sadly and ironically the pollution we emit has traditionally blocked out some of the sun's rays which kept the planet cooler.

If we stop emissions or drop them by a reasonable amount then the planet heats up.

I know I read this somewhere. Can anyone explain that better than me please!

Quantum Erasure · 03-03-2020 12:41AM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I don't watch tv so can you tell me what he said, just a brief rundown would be great, thanks.

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Quantum Erasure wrote: »

'we need to see widespread behavioral change' , he's saying a lot, but not being explicit enough, a lot of people will listen and say 'shure, we're grand so...'

he said people are useless at assessing risks, they either think 'it won't happen' or over-estimate the probability of it happening

'we don't differentiate between something with a 0.1% mortality and something with a 5% mortality'

so we treat the flu the same as what covid19 could potentially be

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