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

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  • #9152
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    Just a question on self-isolation.

    Suppose someone in your office tests positive for the virus and everyone is sent home and told to self-isolate.
    Should the colleagues separate themselves from their own family - husband/wife and kids - as in stay in one room ideally en-suite for the 14 days?
    What about the family members ? Can they go to work/school ?

    Very confused by this.
    ATM the hse say to separate yourself from your family if you have symptoms.
    If you don’t have symptoms, yes, they can go to work/school.


  • #9153
    wheresthebeef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭wheresthebeef


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    Just a question on self-isolation.

    Suppose someone in your office tests positive for the virus and everyone is sent home and told to self-isolate.
    Should all the colleagues separate themselves from their own family - husband/wife and kids - as in stay in one room ideally en-suite for the 14 days?
    What about the family members of all the colleagues ? Can they go to work/school ?

    Very confused by this.

    For the school kids, they advised that other members of household could go on as normal.


  • #9154
    afro man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭afro man


    ThePopehimself wrote: »
    Inagh National School is to be closed from tomorrow for 14 days following on from a child who tested positive for Covid-19. Inagh is in County Clare.

    Family of four returned from skiing trip and one adult a doctor in another village.. Worrying now how many people he has been in contact with


  • #9155
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1235361079498354694

    5 cases outside Hubei and no deaths

    All hail Xi


  • #9156
    SusanC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭SusanC10


    Cuckoo7 wrote: »
    ATM the hse say to separate yourself from your family if you have symptoms.
    If you don’t have symptoms, yes, they can go to work/school.

    So,while the asymptomatic colleagues are self-isolating at home (waiting to see if symptoms appear or not) they can mingle with their families at home and the families can continue going to work/school ?


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  • #9157
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,999 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Cuckoo7 wrote: »
    Face masks

    Using masks is unlikely to be of any benefit if you are not sick.

    Sick people will be advised by their doctor when to use a mask. Healthcare workers need masks and other personal protective equipment to protect them from infection during their work.

    I find it funny that they say it is of no benefit to the population and in the same paragraph they say the doctors need it to protect them from infection
    :pac:

    Read this, the mantra about masks being ineffective doesn't pass my BS detector. i have been wearing dust masks when doing a myriad of tasks that generate harmful dust or droplets. They work.


  • #9158
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    So,while the asymptomatic colleagues are self-isolating at home they can mingle with their families at home and the families can continue going to work/school ?

    That’s the advice the hse is giving right now.


  • #9159
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    digitaldr wrote: »
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respirator_fit_test

    More like ...

    https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-an-N95-Face-Mask

    https://youtu.be/DLsHsfpDMgA


  • #9160
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Read this, the mantra about masks being ineffective doesn't pass my BS detector. i have been wearing dust masks when doing a myriad of tasks that generate harmful dust or droplets. They work.
    I’m sure they work, of course you have to wear them properly and know how to put them on and take them off properly, but they do work.


  • #9161
    all about the mane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭all about the mane


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Read this, the mantra about masks being ineffective doesn't pass my BS detector. i have been wearing dust masks when doing a myriad of tasks that generate harmful dust or droplets. They work.

    Makes sense. Are you wearing one when you are out in public now?


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  • #9162
    LaFuton
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 784 ✭✭✭LaFuton


    "self isolation" = duck and cover

    we're gonna need a bigger boat


  • #9163
    Bozo Skeleton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Bozo Skeleton


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    Perhaps a silver lining is that stupid people will be culled.

    Ha, if only.


  • #9164
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    The self isolation policy is insufficient. It’s just about making the eventual spread the individual’s fault, not the government’s.
    The over the top privacy concerns are a way of pushing that narrative.


  • #9165
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,074 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Just wondering if you can get Covid 19 from sharing a joint with someone who has it?


  • #9166
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,803 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    afro man wrote: »
    Family of four returned from skiing trip and one adult a doctor in another village.. Worrying now how many people he has been in contact with

    That's a nightmare scenario in a small community:eek:


  • #9167
    all about the mane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭all about the mane


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Just wondering if you can get Covid 19 from sharing a joint with someone who has it?

    Only if they give you a blow back


  • #9168
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Just wondering if you can get Covid 19 from sharing a joint with someone who has it?

    For sure, you are sharing saliva.


  • #9169
    Bozo Skeleton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Bozo Skeleton


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Just wondering if you can get Covid 19 from sharing a joint with someone who has it?

    Jesus, I was wondering that today also :D


  • #9170
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    I (arduously) drilled an inch wide hole through concrete block in the tiny crawl space that is my garage attic. My throat and chest were fine afterwards. Fit test!


  • #9171
    RollieFingers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,645 ✭✭✭RollieFingers


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Just wondering if you can get Covid 19 from sharing a joint with someone who has it?

    Roll your own bro, or else top load her and then pass it :p


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  • #9172
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,803 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Just wondering if you can get Covid 19 from sharing a joint with someone who has it?

    You mean like a cafe?:p


  • #9173
    Juwwi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭Juwwi


    There's not enough masks out there for everyone that's why they are saying there's no need for them .


  • #9174
    Cilldara_2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Cilldara_2000


    Cuckoo7 wrote: »
    That’s the advice the hse is giving right now.

    Tbf you did say they say they should separate themselves from their family rather than mingle with the family. But even that advice by the HSE is couched in language that shows they’re aware that it’s not as easy ask in a lot of houses.


  • #9175
    riffmongous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,931 ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Read this, the mantra about masks being ineffective doesn't pass my BS detector. i have been wearing dust masks when doing a myriad of tasks that generate harmful dust or droplets. They work.

    All the *filtering* masks have ratings, ffp1-3, only ffp3 is rated for viruses. Ffp2 is rated for aerosols but whether that's enough is impossible to say yet, ffp3 is the one to wear.

    A surgical mask doesn't filter and won't protect you from inhalation, it might from bringing a contaminated surface into contact with your mouth, if used properly.

    None of those masks will protect your eyes which are another point of incorporation


  • #9176
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    Cuckoo7 wrote: »
    That’s the advice the hse is giving right now.
    For some bizarre reason.


  • #9177
    riffmongous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,931 ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Juwwi wrote: »
    There's not enough masks out there for everyone that's why they are saying there's no need for them .

    Exactly, these masks are supposed to be single use, and should be left for the healthcare workers properly trained in their use, or those who really need them for their own sake and been shown how to fit them


  • #9178
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,614 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Has anyone read any reports from folk who have had the virus and recovered, to see how bad they said it was?


  • #9179
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    That's a nightmare scenario in a small community:eek:


    Of course. Finishing off fag butts discarded on the street also a bad idea.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #9180
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,074 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    Tbf you did say they say they should separate themselves from their family rather than mingle with the family. But even that advice by the HSE is couched in language that shows they’re aware that it’s not as easy ask in a lot of houses.
    Thank god we no longer have tenaments.


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  • #9181
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    Tbf you did say they say they should separate themselves from their family rather than mingle with the family. But even that advice by the HSE is couched in language that shows they’re aware that it’s not as easy ask in a lot of houses.
    If you have a bedroom with an en-suite you may have a chance, if not is a logistic nightmare.
    I read the account of a person who got it in China, he talked about how he used disposable plates and cutlery and had his own bathroom.
    But imagine a family of four sharing a bath, or if more than one person is sick....


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