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

whiskeyman · 03-03-2020 10:05PM

I passed by an ambulance on the way home and noted 2 people sat in the back with a paramedic, both wearing face masks.
Looked like they were heading to St. Vincent's.

Is this the norm to get patients to wear facemasks while being transported?

gifted · 03-03-2020 10:05PM

Can fergal bowers of rte answer any questions without reading from a sheet?

Speak Now · 03-03-2020 10:05PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

I’d be willing to bet that it’s another returnee from a school skiing trip.

Another? First wasnt a school trip.

Candamir · 03-03-2020 10:05PM

wakka12 wrote: »

3 more cases in Iceland, 11 there now. Quite a lot for a tiny country with a population the size of Cork city

Anyone know where Iceland’s first case came from? I heard a BA flight diverting in there with a suspected case, but didn’t hear anything for a couple of days after so assumed it was negative.

tuxy wrote: »

It was responsible for 18 deaths by 27th December and possibly more after that date.

It would be some major negligence even by the HSE's standard to not identify what it was. At the time they said it was influenza and I believe them.

All the influenza surveillance data is available on the HSE website if you want to look for it. Tbh, I’d be surprised if there were that many deaths due to a non influenza viral pneumonia and we didn’t hear about it. (Haven’t travelled the HSE numbers though)

antodeco wrote: »

Could be that version of the flu that was doing the rounds mutated or cross mutated with one in China and that's what's coming back around

Flu is caused by an influenza family virus. This is caused by a differently family of viruses, so I’d say no.

Tootsie_1 wrote: »

It’s an unrelated case to the first

Yep, saw that was posted after I’d posted.

fritzelly · 03-03-2020 10:06PM

"Don't think it's likely there are any more cases in Ireland"
H2H transmission still low

(til the next case)

jarvis · 03-03-2020 10:06PM

That Fergal what’s his face has to be the worst presenter ever on tv. Every bulletin he does has him staring down at a sheet of paper. He’s fücking terrible.

cnocbui · 03-03-2020 10:06PM

The Wicked Witch of the East.

fritzelly · 03-03-2020 10:07PM

Reporter asks would you like to go - talk about not having any questions prepared

An Ri rua · 03-03-2020 10:08PM

DeanAustin wrote: »

Yeah, I need to know her name, address and preferably get a urine sample or I won't feel safe.

Could we burn her at the stake too maybe?

Don't worry. The HSE will tell us she was only self identifying as a woman and only self identifying as from the East. But that she still has Corvid 91 and that everything they've press releases is correct at the time of release.

Ficheall · 03-03-2020 10:08PM

Nonoperational wrote: »

Far better come here. A fine collection of rational and reasoned thought :P

I've been prepared and stocked up for over a month, thanks to boards.

The HSE are saying they don't think it's likely there are any other cases in Ireland. I know whom I'd sooner rely on, once one can filter through all the sh*te on here.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 03-03-2020 10:08PM

billybonkers wrote: »

The east is getting a hammering

Where does the East of the country start/stop? Is there a point in the middle of the country where east west north and south meet? We need to know this so as to avoid the place.

ACitizenErased · 03-03-2020 10:10PM

The lack of a location is disgraceful from the HSE to be honest. Every other country can do it.

owlbethere · 03-03-2020 10:12PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Why do they even bother specifying that it is the east at all? Why not just say Ireland if youre going to be that vague, 2/3 of the population live in 'the east' of the country

Why does the exact location even matter anymore? The HSE is only testing people coming back from Corona hotspots and they believe it's not community transmitted. So taking their testing criteria into account, there's no need to know the location of the person.

4068ac1elhodqr · 03-03-2020 10:13PM

If you wanted to pick a week to give up smoking (other than Jan 1 for the day), this might be the one.

Probably a few other bad habits could be modified
e.g. swap the daily double frappuccinos for some poor tasting, but very healthy green tea.

Jim_Hodge · 03-03-2020 10:13PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The lack of a location is disgraceful from the HSE to be honest. Every other country can do it.

The UK is only giving very general location details too. What difference does it make as to the level of detail anyway?

fritzelly · 03-03-2020 10:13PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The lack of a location is disgraceful from the HSE to be honest. Every other country can do it.

Sure it'll be on social media shortly and a hundred people telling us where on here just after that

Boards crashing again!

Spanish Eyes · 03-03-2020 10:14PM

There really is no point anymore in announcing vaguely where new outbreaks are.

Should either give the approximate area or just say Ireland and be done with it.

The speculation may cause undue anxiety to many, even if they wash their red raw paws 100 times a day.

Say North or South Wicklow,

N, E, S, W. Dublin

North or South Kildare,

North or South Wexford.

Have I forgotten anywhere in the East?

What a fkn shambles.

Funsterdelux · 03-03-2020 10:16PM

Where did Kate Middleton flying in from?

Tootsie_1 · 03-03-2020 10:17PM

Candamir wrote: »

Said it was ‘not unexpected’, so could well be in the same family as the boy who’s already got it. They’ve been in close contact with each other for probably 2 weeks now since he got it. Wish them well.

It’s an unrelated case to the first

Professor Moriarty · 03-03-2020 10:18PM

fritzelly wrote: »

Sure it'll be on social media shortly and a hundred people telling us where on here just after that

Boards crashing again!

That'll be the HSE's fault. Bastards.

NegativeCreep · 03-03-2020 10:18PM

Surely her workplace (if she has one) should be closed down for 2 weeks?

03-03-2020 10:19PM

HSE endangering lives through sheer incompetence. Well, I never.

Fr_Dougal · 03-03-2020 10:20PM

If you want to quit skiing in Northern Italy, now would be a good time.

odyssey06 · 03-03-2020 10:20PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The lack of a location is disgraceful from the HSE to be honest. Every other country can do it.

Someone should tell them by releasing the gender of the patients they are releasing potentially identifying information!

Jim_Hodge · 03-03-2020 10:20PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Surely her workplace (if she has one) should be closed down for 2 weeks?

She may have been one of the people self isolating after returning from North Italy already.

cnocbui · 03-03-2020 10:21PM

Clementine Rough Keynote wrote: »

If you wanted to pick a week to give up smoking (other than Jan 1 for the day), this might be the one.

Probably a few other bad habits could be modified
e.g. swap the daily double frappuccinos for some poor tasting, but very healthy green tea.

I have been going on long hill walks in the hope of improving my fitness and am taking high dose Vitamin D, in order to hopefully improve my immune system.

03-03-2020 10:23PM

DeanAustin wrote: »

Yeah, I need to know her name, address and preferably get a urine sample or I won't feel safe.

Could we burn her at the stake too maybe?

No, flight numbers, dates of travel is all. like in other countries

tillyfilly · 03-03-2020 10:23PM

503 error , malfunction, cannot compute

gifted · 03-03-2020 10:25PM

Think boards is after getting the virus...keep getting error 503

ACitizenErased · 03-03-2020 10:27PM

People questioning why yer man from RTE is constantly reading from a piece of paper - RTE is (basically) a state broadcaster. It's quite obvious the HSE are directing the broadcast.

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