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

Gods Gift · 04-03-2020 06:31PM

In light of recent developments, and on the advice from the HSE.
Tomorrow nights boards gangbang has been cancelled.

Apologies to all concerned.

Nijmegen · 04-03-2020 06:32PM

gmisk wrote: »

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.

"Judge what I do, not what I say"

AVFC.Stephen · 04-03-2020 06:32PM

Read earlier there was a case in tromsø. That be like having one on the Aran islands here

Yurt2 · 04-03-2020 06:32PM

SwordsRunner wrote: »

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?

Protestant nostrils are on average 20% larger thus making them more susceptible to transmission.

Bob24 · 04-03-2020 06:33PM

SwordsRunner wrote: »

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?

2 explanations:
- at the early stages it comes down to “chance”
- UK authorities have chosen a much more proactive testing policy than ours (basically they are aiming at testing anyone with strong flu symptoms) and are obviously picking up a lot more cases

YFlyer · 04-03-2020 06:34PM

the butcher wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BBCNWT/status/1235247653929308162

Liverpool's first confirmed case of coronavirus is a resident who recently returned from northern Italy

Hopefully not Carragher.

Tootsie_1 · 04-03-2020 06:34PM

antodeco wrote: »

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?

HIV drugs are anti viral its probably the strongest anti viral available or that they area a cocktail of drugs at least some HIV drugs are combinations in one tablet so id say they are just trying to throw everything at it not knowing if it will actually help

tillyfilly · 04-03-2020 06:34PM

Cocktail with a kick

the butcher · 04-03-2020 06:34PM

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid-19-tests-needed-united-states-crisis-yale-professor-2020-3?r=US&IR=T

'We are in a crisis here.' The Yale professor who said U.S. coronavirus cases were set to 'explode' in coming days warns that America is way behind on testing.

Cuckoo7 · 04-03-2020 06:35PM

gmisk wrote: »

Japan must be very near the top too?

Japan are first.

ChikiChiki · 04-03-2020 06:36PM

touts wrote: »

We're two weeks behind them but with a worse health service. Harris is already out saying "hard choices will have to be made". That's code for people will be left die.

A health service should never be ran the way our health service has been ran. This time of year hospitals have been over capacity for the past 10 years. I fear we will suffer a higher casualty rate as a direct result of the gross mismanagement of it.

:mad:

DOCARCH · 04-03-2020 06:36PM

Bob24 wrote: »

UK authorities have chosen a much more proactive testing policy than ours (basically they are aiming at testing anyone with strong flu symptoms) and are obviously picking up a lot more cases

That....

SwordsRunner · 04-03-2020 06:37PM

Bob24 wrote: »

2 explanations:
- at the early stages it comes down to “chance”
- UK authorities have chosen a much more proactive testing policy than ours (basically they are aiming at testing anyone with strong flu symptoms) and are obviously picking up a lot more cases

Really, they’re testing more aggressively? I didn’t realise that.

Yurt2 · 04-03-2020 06:37PM

the butcher wrote: »

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-covid-19-tests-needed-united-states-crisis-yale-professor-2020-3?r=US&IR=T

'We are in a crisis here.' The Yale professor who said U.S. coronavirus cases were set to 'explode' in coming days warns that America is way behind on testing.

I hope I'm wrong, but America above all countries will pay the price for their for profit healthcare system in a pandemic situation. Lower-income brackets wont be able to afford testing, never mind in-patient treatment. No statutory protected sick leave means the same income brackets will be showing up for their jobs at Best Buy / Taco Bell coughing up a lung.

bb12 · 04-03-2020 06:39PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

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..”

Eh you go to your water valve in the hot press or under sink and turn it off! People will have to start learning not to be idiots anymore

auspicious · 04-03-2020 06:39PM

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.

Could be the Italian's burden of cardiovascular diseases. 25% are obese and 35% have dyslipidemia ( high cholesterol/ diabetes associated). Or not...

Kermit.de.frog · 04-03-2020 06:40PM

We are bound to see a lot more cases here in the coming days with multiple cases announced at a time.

This has been coming for months though so you assume the appropriate measures have been put in place.

dan786 · 04-03-2020 06:40PM

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1235258480308740101?s=20

Cuckoo7 · 04-03-2020 06:41PM

AVFC.Stephen wrote: »

Read earlier there was a case in tromsø. That be like having one on the Aran islands here

I have quite a few friends living there. Is that the first Norwegian case? Or is it a new one?

Juwwi · 04-03-2020 06:41PM

SwordsRunner wrote: »

Really, they’re testing more aggressively? I didn’t realise that.

They have set up a drive through testing centre l just read today .

the butcher · 04-03-2020 06:42PM

dan786 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1235258480308740101?s=20

Two Iranian students were transported to the hospital.

banie01 · 04-03-2020 06:42PM

Yurt! wrote: »

I hope I'm wrong, but America above all countries will pay the price for their for profit healthcare system in a pandemic situation. Lower-income brackets wont be able to afford testing, never mind in-patient treatment. No statutory protected sick leave means the same income brackets will be showing up for their jobs at Best Buy / Taco Bell coughing up a lung.

The US is already paying the price in their current death rate IMO.

Presently only @130 cases but a 7% death rate.

Also confirmed that it is community transmitted and as such a whole raft of cases to arise yet.

Also very large numbers of relatively poor, underinsured and chronically ill folk over there that will be decimated by this IMO.

DrumSteve · 04-03-2020 06:42PM

auspicious wrote: »

Could be the Italian's burden of cardiovascular diseases. 25% are obese and 35% have dyslipidemia ( high cholesterol/ diabetes associated). Or not...

I think it hit a hospice which is why it's so high.

On a side note, 212 people have recoverd from the Diamond Princess so far.

the butcher · 04-03-2020 06:43PM

Symptoms
—fever (83% - 98%)
—dry cough (76% -82%)
—fatigue or muscle aches (up to 45%)

Tootsie_1 · 04-03-2020 06:43PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

We are bound to see a lot more cases here in the coming days with multiple cases announced at a time.

This has been coming for months though so you assume the appropriate measures have been put in place.

I wouldn't assume anything where our health system is concerned... it will be over run and they won't be able to cope. They cant cope with what they have without the corona virus.

AVFC.Stephen · 04-03-2020 06:43PM

Cuckoo7 wrote: »

I have quite a few friends living there. Is that the first Norwegian case? Or is it a new one?

33 I read they have....

Cork Boy 53 · 04-03-2020 06:43PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Collapse? Bit of a stretch, more like major disruption, not collapse

From a sporting point of view Serie A and Italian Cup games in the worst affected regions of the country have been postponed and there is a doubt over whether the Italy-England Six nations rugby match will go ahead as scheduled. Not of huge significance in the bigger picture I suppose.

DrumSteve · 04-03-2020 06:43PM

banie01 wrote: »

The US is already paying the price in their current death rate IMO.

Presently only @130 cases but a 7% death rate.

Also confirmed that it is community transmitted and as such a whole raft of cases to arise yet.

Also very large numbers of relatively poor, underinsured and chronically ill folk over there that will be decimated by this IMO.

I think they got this in a hospice too... That's the reason for high death rate so far.

Cupatae · 04-03-2020 06:44PM

banie01 wrote: »

The US is already paying the price in their current death rate IMO.

Presently only @130 cases but a 7% death rate.

Also confirmed that it is community transmitted and as such a whole raft of cases to arise yet.

Also very large numbers of relatively poor, underinsured and chronically ill folk over there that will be decimated by this IMO.

Not surprised , the cost of health care over there you LL have legions of people that will soldier on cause they simply can't afford to be sick, I can see it getting bad over that side

fritzelly · 04-03-2020 06:44PM

WHO doing any briefing today? Has the window been broken yet?

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