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

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  • #7862
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Italy 586 new cases today - 28 deaths.

    Absolutely crazy, what the f*ck is going on over there ???

    Just a flu bro.

    https://twitter.com/ZurichTimes/status/1228142779059949568?s=20


  • #7863
    RugbyLad11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭RugbyLad11


    saabsaab wrote: »
    To think that they only had 3 cases on 6 Feb!

    3 confirmed cases

    It's the same as Ireland now, we only have 2 confirmed cases but you can bet that lots of people are walking around with it with no symptoms yet


  • #7864
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    How on earth is the death rate so much worse in Italy than South Korea?

    SK: 33 deaths from 5621 cases
    ITA: 107 deaths from 2706 cases

    It has been noted that South Korea is pretty much at the top of the glass globally with numbers of hospital beds per capita. There must be something else going wrong in Italy however.


  • #7865
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    According to a friend (honest...), Tinder now includes an advert advising to wash hands, carry hand sanitiser and...maintain social distancing. I love the irony of the famous hook up app advising to maintain social distance.


  • #7866
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Will Italy survive this ?

    I mean will society just collapse there in the next month or so ??

    They could go into a deep state of fear and panic to a point where the streets are empty and nobody wants to go outside, like what's happened in certain parts of China at the moment.


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  • #7867
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    Will Italy survive this ?

    I mean will society just collapse there in the next month or so ??

    They weren't in great shape prior to all this.

    I hope they can come together with some sort of "stiff upper lip" mentality, but I have my doubts.
    My girlfriend is from Trentino - her family are apparently bickering like mad amongst themselves.


  • #7868
    the butcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭the butcher


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Apparently Iceland now has 26 cases.

    So all the graphs are exactly the same. Hop along with a couple of cases for a few days and then the takes off.

    We need to be prepared for the pressure on the health services.

    Aye, I believe by next week we'll be into the double digits, end of March looking back at this thread as the turning point.

    We've seen the pressure applied to other countries, it's rough. ICU pressure is already there on the system. Watch as media/RTE/Harris and the top dogs in the HSE be rolled out to try calm the panic but at the same time, tell people to "prepare for the worst", "these numbers are expected", "we've emergency plans in place", "difficult actions ahead", "move onto mitigation phase" and the rest of the nonsense we will hear while every page on this thread will have ->

    "Should have informed the public about X"
    "Should have done Y"
    "Should have banned Z"

    I said in the second thread we'll have an emergency government of FF/FG/Greens formed to combat the fallout, still think that's the case, no way will there be a second election.


  • #7869
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,113 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Screw this I'm moving to Siberia


  • #7870
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    Yurt! wrote: »
    How on earth is the death rate so much worse in Italy than South Korea?

    SK: 33 deaths from 5621 cases
    ITA: 107 deaths from 2706 cases

    It has been noted that South Korea is pretty much at the top of the glass globally with numbers of hospital beds per capita. There must be something else going wrong in Italy however.

    South Korea are testing everyone, even those with mild symptoms.


  • #7871
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    Italy have 295 serious/critical cases
    107 are dead


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  • #7872
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just thinking of my myself and wider family. I am inclined to develop heart rhythm disorder & inefficient pumping action especially during times of illness and past serious bacterial pneumonia, so my approximate risk assessment for myself is about 6% risk of death or lasting poor health, about 35% chance needing hospital. Wider family: uncle aged 97 (who still enjoys his computer games), aunt 88, type 1 diabetic cousin aged 70 (with new first grandchild), cousin just recovered from cancer with nutrition disorder from treatment, 70 year old special needs cousin, very plucky, with chronic leukaemia & type 2 diabetes, 65 year old cousin on biologic immune suppressive treatment for arthritis who gets everything going, 65 year old cousin with liver transplant & haemochromatosis on immune suppression, 58 year old cousin long term heavy smoker looking after elderly mother. There will surely be a death directly due to Covid19 among my lot, but it could be ironically one of the younger healthy ones with no risk factor.

    Let's hope not. I think it's amazing your 97 year old uncle loves computer games. I was surprised even that we had posters here as old as 80, probably older too.

    The internet has changed a lot since I was a kid.


  • #7873
    solidasarock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭solidasarock


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Just a flu bro.

    https://twitter.com/ZurichTimes/status/1228142779059949568?s=20

    The conspiracy nutters / anti vax / chem-trails nutters / Jim Corr are going to have material for decades to come when this starts happening in the west


  • #7874
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,998 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Bit of a chance.
    But I think games will be behind closed doors.

    If it gets really bad the Euro's will get postponed which is likely imo.

    So if the season is suspended for a month or two I can see the season finishing in July maybe,

    Can it not just be played behind closed doors?


  • #7875
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Yurt! wrote: »
    How on earth is the death rate so much worse in Italy than South Korea?

    SK: 33 deaths from 5621 cases
    ITA: 107 deaths from 2706 cases

    It has been noted that South Korea is pretty much at the top of the glass globally with numbers of hospital beds per capita. There must be something else going wrong in Italy however.

    The Italians are the second oldest population in the world


  • #7876
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just thinking of my myself and wider family. I am inclined to develop heart rhythm disorder & inefficient pumping action especially during times of illness and past serious bacterial pneumonia, so my approximate risk assessment for myself is about 6% risk of death or lasting poor health, about 35% chance needing hospital. Wider family: uncle aged 97 (who still enjoys his computer games), aunt 88, type 1 diabetic cousin aged 70 (with new first grandchild), cousin just recovered from cancer with nutrition disorder from treatment, 70 year old special needs cousin, very plucky, with chronic leukaemia & type 2 diabetes, 65 year old cousin on biologic immune suppressive treatment for arthritis who gets everything going, 65 year old cousin with liver transplant & haemochromatosis on immune suppression, 58 year old cousin long term heavy smoker looking after elderly mother. There will surely be a death directly due to Covid19 among my lot, but it could be ironically one of the younger healthy ones with no risk factor.

    Crossing my fingers for all of them. The governments will be forced into drastic measures if things go from bad to worse. It will force their hand. The figures for those dying are bad enough, but it's the potential that is the really scary one. Millions of people in all countries suffer from some long term illness or another, and millions are over 60 too. They are not just valuable socially but to the economy.


  • #7877
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Prof McConkey is sounding quite cranky on Mary Wilson now. Said something like this “what about if I get a flood from my pipes and the people aren’t there to fix it cud they’re quarantined with coronavirus...it’s getting that serious..”


  • #7878
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    BloodBath wrote: »
    The death rate started high in China too as it killed the most vulnerable quicker than the recoveries. This dropped down dramatically over time. I think it's currently around 1.5% in China. This still isn't making an estimate for unconfirmed cases so the true figure will be well below 1% but still a lot higher than the Flu.

    Actually a lot of the early cases were among hospital workers... before they knew what they were dealing with... they were not using protective clothing because they thought they were dealing with a run of the mill pneumonia.

    A tragic loss of young lives.


  • #7879
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,807 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    Yurt! wrote: »
    How on earth is the death rate so much worse in Italy than South Korea?

    SK: 33 deaths from 5621 cases
    ITA: 107 deaths from 2706 cases

    It has been noted that South Korea is pretty much at the top of the glass globally with numbers of hospital beds per capita. There must be something else going wrong in Italy however.

    Has to be far more cases in Italy going by the numbers testing positive when they get to other countries ( and the number of visitors picking it up there)


  • #7880
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    gabeeg wrote: »
    The Italians are the second oldest population in the world


    Koreans wouldn't be far behind in terms of being an aged society you'd think.


  • #7881
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    gabeeg wrote: »
    They weren't in great shape prior to all this.

    I hope they can come together with some sort of "stiff upper lip" mentality, but I have my doubts.
    My girlfriend is from Trentino - her family are apparently bickering like mad amongst themselves.

    Over this crisis or just in general ?


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  • #7882
    billybonkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    2 more cases in Northern Ireland

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51743462


  • #7883
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Anyone got a link to demographics of italian cases ?


  • #7884
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    2020-03-04_0.png?itok=PTm6INcP


  • #7885
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,683 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Does anyone know why they are giving HepC/Anti HIV drugs out to patients? Is there some mutated Bat HIV that this is or what exactly is the reasoning behind it?


  • #7886
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,382 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    We have a lot new laptops in my place today (a lot here are on desktops, not me)
    Being asked to test we can work from home.
    Government department.
    Been meetings since last week preparing contingency measures for business processes.


  • #7887
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,382 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    gabeeg wrote: »
    The Italians are the second oldest population in the world
    Japan must be very near the top too?


  • #7888
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Tipping point is trending on Twitter, not sure if it's this or the ITV gameshow


  • #7889
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Dark humour.

    https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1235252625790111744?s=19

    Is that Just because of the title? Rename it!


  • #7890
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    the butcher wrote: »
    Aye, I believe by next week we'll be into the double digits, end of March looking back at this thread as the turning point.

    We've seen the pressure applied to other countries, it's rough. ICU pressure is already there on the system. Watch as media/RTE/Harris and the top dogs in the HSE be rolled out to try calm the panic but at the same time, tell people to "prepare for the worst", "these numbers are expected", "we've emergency plans in place", "difficult actions ahead", "move onto mitigation phase" and the rest of the nonsense we will hear while every page on this thread will have ->

    "Should have informed the public about X"
    "Should have done Y"
    "Should have banned Z"

    I said in the second thread we'll have an emergency government of FF/FG/Greens formed to combat the fallout, still think that's the case, no way will there be a second election.

    I think this was always going to be the makeup of the next government anyway even if this virus had never developed to the extent it has /will do. All this will probably do is speed up the process by a few weeks.


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  • #7891
    SwordsRunner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭SwordsRunner


    How is it that Northern Ireland, a region with 1/3 of our population, a far more homogeneous demographic and a main airport with a tiny fraction of the traffic going through Dublin has 3 cases while we have 2?
    It just doesn’t stand to reason.
    Are the HSE’s testing protocols, procedures, equipment as effective?


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