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

Dyr · 03-03-2020 11:49AM

We should have stopped all flights from Italy when it became obvious it was a hot spot and they still should stop them now, we can't seal the country off but you can play the percentages.

GM228 · 03-03-2020 11:50AM

http://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-police-may-only-deal-with-serious-crime-in-case-of-mass-covid-19-outbreak-11948456

Minor crime in the UK could be the making of the next Purge film.

Timberrrrrrrr · 03-03-2020 11:51AM

BarryD2 wrote: »

Yes but we're discussing a situation if it becomes more widespread. In that instance we seemingly should not be concerned over the odd random infected stranger coughing near us for a few minutes?

Dublin, Belfast, Shannon, Knock, Cork, Waterford, Kerry etc. We don't have that many and even fewer ports with passenger ferry services..

How else do people get here? Swim, paraglide?

Belfast is not under the jurisdiction of the irish government, there are several ferries a day entering irish ports, that's just passenger ones never mind cargo ships.

Gods Gift · 03-03-2020 11:51AM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

If the St. Patrick’s Day parades are cancelled it will make the news all over the world. This will send out the signal that Ireland is a dangerous area to travel to with a high risk of infection. This in turn will lead to mass cancellations by tourists and huge losses and potential business failures in the Irish tourism industry.

Is this proportionate if our confirmed case number remains at one or even increases by a couple?

I don’t think so.

We should definitely have the parades but closed to the public.

quokula · 03-03-2020 11:51AM

Duke of Url wrote: »

Is that a second case?

Probably the same case, as it's the same age group and not too distant a part of the city from the school.

wakka12 · 03-03-2020 11:51AM

https://twitter.com/firstsquawk/status/1234791564762697730?s=21

23 Members of Iranian Parliament have tested positive, out of 290 members

stephenjmcd · 03-03-2020 11:51AM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Close Irish airports for one month. All ports of entry actually. Quarantine and treat any cases here.

Your attitude of not closing anywhere is allowing the virus to continue spread

Closing airports is overkill, stopping flights from Italy fine, but not to close everything.

I have a trip planned for the end of the month and still intend on travelling. Not to Italy I might add.

antodeco · 03-03-2020 11:52AM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

If the St. Patrick’s Day parades are cancelled it will make the news all over the world. This will send out the signal that Ireland is a dangerous area to travel to with a high risk of infection. This in turn will lead to mass cancellations by tourists and huge losses and potential business failures in the Irish tourism industry.

Is this proportionate if our confirmed case number remains at one or even increases by a couple?

I don’t think so.

Or people applaud our desire to put public health and safety first and people think "wow, ireland really care about their people. We should visit there sometime".

Blueshoe · 03-03-2020 11:53AM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Closing airports is overkill, stopping flights from Italy fine, but not to close everything.

I have a trip planned for the end of the month and still intend on travelling. Not to Italy I might add.

Oh sorry you have a holiday booked. That's important.

Donald Trump · 03-03-2020 11:53AM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

That guy collapsed by the phone could have been on the batter last night.

Possibly.
However going on the batter and passing out on the street would not be that advisable in Iran.

Iran is a lot more westernized than the US propaganda would have you believe but they probably wouldn't be turning a blind eye to that extent

Timberrrrrrrr · 03-03-2020 11:53AM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Close Irish airports for one month. All ports of entry actually. Quarantine and treat any cases here.

Your attitude of not closing anywhere is allowing the virus to continue spread

You obviously have no idea how logistically impossible this would be.

Steve F · 03-03-2020 11:53AM

antodeco wrote: »

That letter about the band practice. This is what worries me. Its taking days for them to contact people, and by letter it seems!

Lets say one of those kids had the sniffles. It takes several days to receive a letter (assuming they even receive it). They then self isolate. Problem is, as it took so long to contact people, that person, who assumed it was just a cold, has probably spread this to other people.

That's why it's spreading
If anyone listened to what WHO said at the live Press conference yesterday
"It's containment we are working at to BUY US TIME to save lives and limit the number of cases till an effective vaccine becomes available" He actually said THAT

amadangomor · 03-03-2020 11:54AM

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

WTF... .there is ONE, ONE confirmed case, who do you think you're catching it off if you travel today?

Not scaremongering to think that there are undiagnosed cases out there. It is a very realistic possibility.

Kermit.de.frog · 03-03-2020 11:54AM

wakka12 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/firstsquawk/status/1234791564762697730?s=21

23 Members of Iranian Parliament have tested positive, out of 290 members

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234794039280578560

Iran has only tested 5737 people :eek:

Monkeynut · 03-03-2020 11:55AM

nocoverart wrote: »

Paddy's Day and Cheltenham really need to be cancelled for us to contain this! and that idiot Des Cahill saying it be a shame for the parade to be cancelled because of all the effort people have put in to the floats

Yeah I thought that was ridiculous. Nanny has passed away but at least she seen her last float. That's all she wanted.

givyjoe · 03-03-2020 11:55AM

amadangomor wrote: »

Not scaremongering to think that there are undiagnosed cases out there. It is a very realistic possibility.

Our friendly neighbourhood consultant (who was posting last night) believed this was the case also.

wakka12 · 03-03-2020 11:55AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Iran has only tested 5737 people :eek:

Wtffff

South korea has tested over 100,000 people

wakka12 · 03-03-2020 11:56AM

Over 1/3 of active coronavirus cases are now outside China!

stephenjmcd · 03-03-2020 11:57AM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Oh sorry you have a holiday booked. That's important.

That's not my point, it's a country without a reported case.

But anyway closing airports / ports and basically stopping every day life isn't feasible based on our current numbers.

Flights to Italy should stop, but everywhere else no.

ArchXStanton · 03-03-2020 11:57AM

Donald Trump wrote: »

Possibly.
However going on the batter and passing out on the street would not be that advisable in Iran.

Iran is a lot more westernized than the US propaganda would have you believe but they probably wouldn't be turning a blind eye to that extent

It has a **** load of heroin addicts too

Lashes28 · 03-03-2020 11:58AM

wakka12 wrote: »

Wtffff

South korea has tested over 100,000 people

I wonder how many cases Ireland would have if they tested that amount.

It seems crazy that they are testing so few. This is before the **** hits the fan. They should be wanting to find out who has it now to at least try to stem the over load to hospitals.

Kermit.de.frog · 03-03-2020 11:59AM

https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/1234770021819154432

Funsterdelux · 03-03-2020 11:59AM

Gods Gift wrote: »

We should definitely have the parades but closed to the public.

We should involve the lay community but keep them at a distance

Christy42 · 03-03-2020 11:59AM

the butcher wrote: »

Alcohol in Iran is prohibited for Iranian citizens by law since the establishment of Islamic Republic government in 1979.

And weed is illegal in Ireland. Are we really thinking prohibition works? In my line of work I have met plenty of Iranians who have admitted to having alcohol in Iran (granted they were also the type to leave and only return home for visits).

100%. Granted being locked is still a and idea in public but we don't honestly have a clue aside from some random Twitter looking for views.

Bob24 · 03-03-2020 12:00PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Iran has only tested 5737 people :eek:

I feel it is getting worst than China (and definitely worst than Korea or Italy). The government and health authorities there just have no clue about the scale of the epidemic.

Donald Trump · 03-03-2020 12:00PM

HSE band letter was a hoax apparently

Juwwi · 03-03-2020 12:00PM

Am l missing something here ,,the band practice letter says he was there sat 29th between 6 and 8:00pm ,, wasn't it late on Saturday night it was announced we had a confirmed case ,if it's the same guy why was he at band practice .

the butcher · 03-03-2020 12:00PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/1234770021819154432

That's all fake because it comes from twitter according to some posters :rolleyes:

SeaBreezes · 03-03-2020 12:00PM

wakka12 wrote: »

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-police-may-only-deal-with-serious-crime-in-case-of-mass-covid-19-outbreak-11948456
UK government has put worst case scenario as 80% of the UK population infected, with a mortality rate of 1%, around 500,000 deaths.
I wonder what the most likely scenario is considered to be by them?

They're CFR is way off, even by WHO standards.. it's at least 2.3 with full medical assistance.

https://twitter.com/joshuafkon/status/1234387595058126848

Sigma101 · 03-03-2020 12:01PM

Effects wrote: »

Letter is a hoax apparently. Shocking stuff

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