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

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  • #6092
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Clementine Rough Keynote wrote: »
    Some of their preperations sounds like there directly out of that movie, the one when the Ruskies started dropping big sticks.

    If there is one place you don't want to be it's perhaps Londonium (EUs busiest airport and biggest city). Remember all those riots when the cops there whacked some dodgy guy, 3 days of shut down and lads running about with 42" TVs lifted from shop windows.


    Excuse me we are fully free now :pac:


  • #6093
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    The UK clearly expects an explosion in cases. France and Germany taking their own measures as well.

    But incredibly given the figures from northern Italy no discernable travel restrictions.

    This may change over the next couple of days.


  • #6094
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    Not trying to be funny here, but would typical May/June Irish weather be warm enough to meet this threshold?

    No, far from it. We might get a spike in temperatures for a day or two but i'd say it needs sustained higher temperatures to dry out/kill the virus on surfaces etc (just not in the human body) The rest of Europe will be fine when summer comes but it'll probably thrive in wet and miserable ole ireland.


  • #6095
    tromtipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭tromtipp


    Cuckoo7 wrote: »
    The Iranian guy shrine licker has been arrested (he and another guy doing the same thing and posting it on YouTube) and could face two years in jail and up to 74 lashes as punishment.
    According to bbc news.




    Looking at the picture of him reminded me that thousands of us go to Good Friday devotions that include kissing a cross. It has struck me in the past as a good way to catch a nasty bug - this year it would be insane - I hope there's an official announcement, or else some people will insist on going ahead to prove how devout they are.


  • #6096
    kevin12345
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,171 ✭✭✭kevin12345


    Unearthly wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234910212060065793

    It will be interesting to see if this update has any effect on day to day living over here. As of now the only real change is that I see pictures of Boris washing his hands everywhere.

    I'm teaching in a school in London and we are told to focus on making sure the children wash their hands when they come in in the morning, after break times and after P.E.

    I see the UAE have closed all schools and universities for a month. Doubt that will happen in the UK. I hope not anyway. I'm on a substitute contract which means no pay for me if that is the case.


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  • #6097
    Ray Donovan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Ray Donovan


    Is it just me or does anyone else think the government/HSE are deliberately keeping the number of tests down in the hope of not actually increasing the number of positive cases? You know the economy and all that...!


  • #6098
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    otnomart wrote: »
    Italian region of Lombardy bought Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) respirators/ventilators.
    Does the HSE have them ?
    https://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2020/03/02/news/coronavirus_la_regione_lombardia_acquista_i_caschi_respiratori_cosi_i_pazienti_meno_gravi_non_andranno_in_terapia_intensiva-250055125/
    191730262-fe82804d-6a3b-407b-b461-9113e736af03.jpg

    No need (10l water bottle):

    sDFnR5l.png


  • #6099
    ILoveYourVibes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,215 ✭✭✭✭ILoveYourVibes


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    No, far from it. We might get a spike in temperatures for a day or two but i'd say it needs sustained higher temperatures to dry out/kill the virus on surfaces etc (just not in the human body) The rest of Europe will be fine when summer comes but it'll probably thrive in wet and miserable ole ireland.
    Its not the temp. Its the uv light that kills bacteria and viruses.

    I used to work in a salon. Its what they use to sterilize things. You put everything under uv light in a box you usually see them on the wall.

    UV light is brilliant for killing bacteria.

    Its cloudless days we need with sun.


  • #6100
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    No, far from it. We might get a spike in temperatures for a day or two but i'd say it needs sustained higher temperatures to dry out/kill the virus on surfaces etc (just not in the human body) The rest of Europe will be fine when summer comes but it'll probably thrive in wet and miserable ole ireland.

    Do you guys remember that summer campaign a few years ago by , I think it was Heineken, where they promised that everyday the temp got over 23 or 24 º they would give you one free beer?
    I don’t think I ever got one.


  • #6101
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1234906200476651523


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  • #6102
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    Is it just me or does anyone else think the government/HSE are deliberately keeping the number of tests down in the hope of not actually increasing the number of positive cases? You know the economy and all that...!

    Be careful I got told of for a post like that the other day.;)


  • #6103
    mirrorwall14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,751 ✭✭✭mirrorwall14


    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    Is it just me or does anyone else think the government/HSE are deliberately keeping the number of tests down in the hope of not actually increasing the number of positive cases? You know the economy and all that...!

    300 tests seems incredibly low tbh. Especially as it appears to be cumulative so it’s only 200 this week


  • #6104
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    NHS level 4 is to signify that the system is under pressure.
    Wouldn't take much for that to happen there or here for that matter.

    Some NHS trusts are almost permanently on level 4. They are that over worked


  • #6105
    Ray Donovan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Ray Donovan


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Be careful I got told of for a post like that the other day.;)

    Really?


  • #6106
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,394 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    Is it just me or does anyone else think the government/HSE are deliberately keeping the number of tests down in the hope of not actually increasing the number of positive cases? You know the economy and all that...!

    I think they are rationing their test kits \ testing resources.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #6107
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Ray Donovan wrote: »
    Really?

    Yes told it was conspiracy theory nonsense or something.


  • #6108
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    I see the Scottish government on Sunday still mention the 15 minute contact thing

    "It is important to note that this does not involve people the patient may have passed on the street or in a shop as the risk in these situations is very low. Close contact involves either face to face contact or spending more than 15 minutes within two metres of an infected person."


  • #6109
    Sawduck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    Just back from tesco and it's getting crazy out there, I had a fist fight with an 80 year old granny after she stole a tin of beans from my trolley, I'm telling you people are starting to lose it


  • #6110
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Be careful I got told of for a post like that the other day.;)

    Are you still keeping in contact with runaways?


  • #6111
    Monkeynut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭Monkeynut


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Grow up you idiot, this is not the thread for your stupid United Ireland ideology.

    The single case is NI is recorded in the UK figures not Ireland's so there is only 1 confirmed case in Ireland.




    Just to clear it up for people.


    We are an island, the Island of Ireland. Which has been split up into two.

    Northern Ireland which is part of the UK.
    Southern Ireland which is part of the Republic of Ireland.


    1 case has been found in Northern Ireland(Part of the UK)
    1 case has been found in Southern Ireland (Part of the Republic of Ireland)
    2 cases have been found on the island of Ireland.

    I got that sum by adding the first 2 together. :pac::pac::pac:

    Hope this clears it all up.




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  • #6112
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    fr336 wrote: »
    I see the Scottish government on Sunday still mention the 15 minute contact thing

    "It is important to note that this does not involve people the patient may have passed on the street or in a shop as the risk in these situations is very low. Close contact involves either face to face contact or spending more than 15 minutes within two metres of an infected person."

    How was the fifteen minutes in close contact estimated?


  • #6113
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Are you still keeping in contact with runaways?

    No he must have died.:D


  • #6114
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Some NHS trusts are almost permanently on level 4. They are that over worked
    If this is their 'highest' level, it implies (wrongly) it can't get any worse.

    They should just call it 3.5, unless they actually do have a level 5, which might mean everyone out of the hosiptals, unless you have the wuflu.


  • #6115
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    No he must have died.:D

    He’s with the angles now :(


  • #6116
    Ray Donovan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭Ray Donovan


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Yes told it was conspiracy theory nonsense or something.

    Hardly. With St Patricks Day it's in the governments interests to keep Ireland open for business. Hence the reluctancy to call off the parade etc even though the 6 Nations game was called off. France were decisive in stopping any gathering over 5,000 people. No hope we'd do the same. Greed is good!!


  • #6117
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Monkeynut wrote: »
    .
    Southern Ireland Which is part of the Republic of Ireland.


    1 case has been found in Northern Ireland(Part of the UK)
    1 case has been found in Southern Ireland (Part of the Republic of Ireland)

    No need to put republic of in front of it, the name of the state is Ireland.


  • #6118
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,536 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    TheValeyard wrote: »
    I'd say their not far off shutting the country down similar to China.

    definitely cutting their ties to Europe anyway


  • #6119
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,582 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    NEW: U.S. death toll from coronavirus rises to 7 after Washington resident who died 6 days ago was found to have been infected - NYT


  • #6120
    khalessi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,216 ✭✭✭khalessi


    Monkeynut wrote: »
    Just to clear it up for people.


    We are an island, the Island of Ireland. Where has been split up in two.

    Northern Ireland which is part of the UK.
    Southern Ireland Which is part of the Republic of Ireland.


    1 case has been found in Northern Ireland(Part of the UK)
    1 case has been found in Southern Ireland (Part of the Republic of Ireland)
    2 cases have been found on the island of Ireland.

    I got that sum by adding the first 2 together. :pac::pac::pac:

    Hope this clears it all up.



    Just to further clarify radiation from Chernobyl absolutely did not cross the border


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  • #6121
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Clementine Rough Keynote wrote: »
    If this is there 'highest' level, it implies (wrongly) it can't get any worse.

    They should just call it 3.5, unless they actually do have a level 5, which might mean everyone out of the hosiptals, unless you have the wuflu.

    Yeah it's their highest.
    For example in 2018 http://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Health-Care-News/two-nhs-trusts-spent-a-third-of-the-year-on-highest-opel-4-pressure-alert


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