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

is_that_so · 03-03-2020 03:31PM

notobtuse wrote: »

There's a vaccine for today's flu and it still kills tens-of-thousands each year.

hundreds

Giblet · 03-03-2020 03:31PM

the butcher wrote: »

These things come in waves.

You realise how crappy that comparison is right?

Rob A. Bank · 03-03-2020 03:32PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Odd how it appears to be taking off in the US too.

I really would have thought transmission would have been a lot more intense in the highly populated East of Asia rather than the western countries but seems to be taking a foothold in Europe more quickly than most countries neighbouring China.
I wonder if it is anything to do with Europe's cold climate and old population maybe.

If you don't test for the virus... you will not find it. That might explain some of the lack of cases in Asia.

The virus has only been known to science since late December of last year and there are many unknowns about it. The effect of temperature and climate on the virus and its spread is quite simply not known.

Snow Garden · 03-03-2020 03:32PM

It's very worrying

Goldengirl · 03-03-2020 03:32PM

RayCon wrote: »

So definitely not Coldplay then ?

Sorry no :!

owlbethere · 03-03-2020 03:33PM

the butcher wrote: »

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-state.html

Coronavirus in N.Y.: Cuomo Confirms Second Case in the State

The case in Westchester County indicates that community transmission is likely underway in the state. The patient, whose test was confirmed overnight by a state lab in Albany, had no direct connection with any known center of the contagion.

How is community transmission happening in New York and it's not happening in the east of Ireland especially considering an Irish student who's diagnosed with Covid-19 came home from an infected place in Italy, went to school for a few days and now today we learned he went to band practice too. Is the Irish already immune to Covid-19?

celt262 · 03-03-2020 03:33PM

It's very Irish the way this has been handled.

School - sure work away its only a small chance you have the Virus.

Band practice aw sure you will be grand the test results aren't back yet you will be fine.

imfml · 03-03-2020 03:33PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Does anyone know what the rules are for being tested.

I am aware of a case where a man who works in an Italian speaking business in Dublin who comes into close contact with a large number of Italian people on a daily basis is suffering what appears to be a bad flu (with symptoms such as coughing and high fever).

The HSE refused to test him.

This strikes me as yet another fear mongoring rumour. If he thinks he has it surely his response would be, arrange to test me or I will be in my local ED in an hour. I don't believe the HSE are reluctant to test

GarIT · 03-03-2020 03:33PM

Twinklyeyes wrote: »

is in correct that the HSE are only testing those who have had contact with someone who either has it or you have travelled to an effected area? How are you meant to know if you had contact with a someone who has it if they are refusing to test people who show symptoms?

This I cannot get my head around - they state that you become a contact if you are in close contact with someone that has the virus for 15 minutes or if a carrier coughs/sneezes on you, yet if you live with someone that doesn't seem to count...? Am I missing something here?

Yes, they are only testing if a confirmed case verifies they have been in contact with you, or if you personally have been abroad in a severely affected area in the last 14 days.

I would guess that there is a group of cases somewhere that they are just completely missing.

celt262 · 03-03-2020 03:34PM

owlbethere wrote: »

How is community transmission happening in New York and it's not happening in the east of Ireland especially considering an Irish student who's diagnosed with Covid-19 came home from an infected place in Italy, went to school for a few days and now today we learned he went to band practice too. Is the Irish already immune to Covid-19?

Not bothering to carry out enough tests?

solidasarock · 03-03-2020 03:35PM

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a over crowded Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

is_that_so · 03-03-2020 03:36PM

owlbethere wrote: »

How is community transmission happening in New York and it's not happening in the east of Ireland especially considering an Irish student who's diagnosed with Covid-19 came home from an infected place in Italy, went to school for a few days and now today we learned he went to band practice too. Is the Irish already immune to Covid-19?

Most of us are immune to the panic about it. We suffer the risk of flu every year and outside the real hotspots numbers are very low. According to some, this is because we are not testing large swathes of the population.

GarIT · 03-03-2020 03:37PM

imfml wrote: »

This strikes me as yet another fear mongoring rumour. If he thinks he has it surely his response would be, arrange to test me or I will be in my local ED in an hour. I don't believe the HSE are reluctant to test

I know someone that was refused. No amount of negotiating or arguing could convince them. "There is only one case in Ireland, if you haven't been abroad or interacted with that person you couldn't have contracted the virus" essentially it's just a cold, have some flat 7-up and **** off. They are probably right but IMO I don't like the refusal to test people.

synesthesia · 03-03-2020 03:37PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a packed Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

" good luck. "

here's that's the extend of it

the butcher · 03-03-2020 03:38PM

owlbethere wrote: »

How is community transmission happening in New York and it's not happening in the east of Ireland especially considering an Irish student who's diagnosed with Covid-19 came home from an infected place in Italy, went to school for a few days and now today we learned he went to band practice too. Is the Irish already immune to Covid-19?

We don't know how long it's been spreading in the US, could be up to 2/4/6 weeks for all we know. The probability is that it's spreading here too.

If our first case has indeed spread it and others have mild symptoms, we might not know until people at high risk get infected and come forward. This goes for the anyone from flights coming in from any of the high risk areas. We are at the mercy of stupid people still traveling regarding this as just a flu/cold.

gabeeg · 03-03-2020 03:38PM

imfml wrote: »

This strikes me as yet another fear mongoring rumour. If he thinks he has it surely his response would be, arrange to test me or I will be in my local ED in an hour. I don't believe the HSE are reluctant to test

What if they've got a very limited number of test kits?

is_that_so · 03-03-2020 03:38PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a packed Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

Everyone will get off the bus and go to work or school.

Goldengirl · 03-03-2020 03:38PM

WAZZA1989 wrote: »

Appreciate the clarity. Thanks.... and Artane is in..Dublin

Just because it said a north city band on the little snippet you read before commenting does not mean it's the much larger Artane School of Music, which has it's own dedicated band hall, in Artane, Dublin.

St Gabriel's in Clontarf was on that letter .
Google maps is good if you are lost.

Cork Boy 53 · 03-03-2020 03:38PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a packed Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

Plenty of calls to Joe Duffy on Liveline for one thing.

gmisk · 03-03-2020 03:39PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a over crowded Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

Try not to snog them?
Then wash your hands after

Allinall · 03-03-2020 03:39PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a over crowded Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

It depends.

What number bus was it?

SafeSurfer · 03-03-2020 03:39PM

owlbethere wrote: »

How is community transmission happening in New York and it's not happening in the east of Ireland especially considering an Irish student who's diagnosed with Covid-19 came home from an infected place in Italy, went to school for a few days and now today we learned he went to band practice too. Is the Irish already immune to Covid-19?

It’s the fluoride in the water which is giving the Irish immunity!

Tacitus Kilgore · 03-03-2020 03:40PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a over crowded Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

It's grand, but imagine the harm if it was 8:30 at night :eek:

IAMAMORON · 03-03-2020 03:40PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Does anyone know what the rules are for being tested.

I am aware of a case where a man who works in an Italian speaking business in Dublin who comes into close contact with a large number of Italian people on a daily basis is suffering what appears to be a bad flu (with symptoms such as coughing and high fever).

The HSE refused to test him.

Nice try, one of the best pieces of garbage and scaremongering I have read all morning. I couldn't do it better myself, sublime.

Let us know anther in a few hours, I could do with a laugh today.

blanch152 · 03-03-2020 03:41PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a over crowded Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

Don't worry about it, that was just me.

Got a seat by myself and just coughed every time someone approached. Had a full seat the whole way in, a peaceful journey for once.

WAZZA1989 · 03-03-2020 03:42PM

Goldengirl wrote: »

Just because it said a north city band on the little snippet you read before commenting does not mean it's the much larger Artane School of Music, which has it's own dedicated band hall, in Artane, Dublin.

St Gabriel's in Clontarf was on that letter .
Google maps is good if you are lost.

I didnt read jack... A mate who himself plays in an symphony band got this information and i shared it on here as a I thought it may be useful to people in the area, obviously I was incorrect as you pointed out, Now drop the attitude we are only trying to help.

Goldengirl · 03-03-2020 03:42PM

GarIT wrote: »

Yes, they are only testing if a confirmed case verifies they have been in contact with you, or if you personally have been abroad in a severely affected area in the last 14 days.

I would guess that there is a group of cases somewhere that they are just completely missing.

Yes, everyone snogging , sorry clubbing in Magowan's after the midterm break!

celt262 · 03-03-2020 03:42PM

solidasarock wrote: »

So what happens if a confirmed case was on a over crowded Dublin bus at 8:30 in the morning?

The affected person has not used any form of public transport in the last two weeks. Close contacts in work have been asked to self isolate for two weeks while her teenage son is sent to school and husband who is a ticket inspector for Dublin works as normal.

Rob A. Bank · 03-03-2020 03:43PM

Juliette Clever Tear wrote: »

Malnourishment, overcrowded medical camps and hospitals, and poor hygiene plus secondary bacterial infections which killed most of the victims.

Unlike typical seasonal flu, which strikes hardest at the very young, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, the 1918 flu disproportionately killed young people in the prime of their lives.

Strangely if you were young and fit with a strong immune system the outcome was worst, with many people dying in 2 to 3 days.

Researchers hypothesized that the 1918 flu virus may have provoked the immune system to create uncontrolled inflammation as it tried to fight off the infection. This reaction could account for the rapid lung failure and death seen in people infected by the virus.

It was horrific.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/new-clues-about-1918-influenza-virus

solidasarock · 03-03-2020 03:43PM

I cant help but sense the outgoing government is handling this crisis like a bloke who already handed in his notice at the job and is mentally checked out, counting the days until he is out of there.

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