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Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) *Read warnings in OP*

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  • #1022
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Breaston Plants wrote: »
    Can someone please explain why northern Italy is a hotbed for this virus?

    It's not

    They were just unlucky. They're now only about a week ahead of Germany.


  • #1023
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Breaston Plants wrote: »
    Can someone please explain why northern Italy is a hotbed for this virus?

    Apparently people from Clare visited it and infected a lot of people.

    It’s either that or because the Chinese love Italy and there are literally millions of Chinese visitors every year.


  • #1024
    [Deleted User]
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Sort of bizarre (and unbelievable) that Russia has only 2 cases?
    They started taking it seriously in January. They're not encumbered by political correctness.


  • #1025
    lainey_d_123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭lainey_d_123


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Way more than 4,000 have it in Italy.

    They have infected every country & europe & even some cities in China.

    People from the country should not be allowed travel anywhere,

    It's not 'they', though, is it? All the cases in Ireland are Irish nationals who travelled back from Italy.

    You can blame the Chinese for starting the entire thing with their backwards, unhygienic animal handling practices. You can't blame the Italians for it spreading in Europe.


  • #1026
    Tippex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Tippex


    Quin_Dub wrote: »
    Given that the map doesn't show the confirmed case in Dublin I'd be more inclined to think it's crap mapping software rather than a new case in the midlands..

    It's also from 3 days ago as on the tweet.


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  • #1027
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    siobhan2005 wrote: »
    Text sent to parents about low level contact, School in Callan, Kilkenny -

    https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/home/522899/kilkenny-students-okay-for-school-after-casual-contact-with-corona-virus.html

    Kilkenny People says students are not being kept off and school not closing. Anyone know why this would be?

    I have child in preschool in callan and I have an underlying condition, bit uneasy about the whole situation.

    I've a teen due to go on school trip to belfast/derry on monday also, really wants to go so would be major sulking if I cancelled, but is worrying me now too.

    I have it on good authority a number of school kids tested in a school within kilkenny city itself also, italian roots once again


  • #1028
    quokula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,837 ✭✭✭quokula


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Nice graphic. No if only we can mobilise the civil defence to start welding people into their apartments so that we can keep our stats to the curve.

    It was in response to people discussing the possibility of a 70+% infection rate world wide.

    The point was that this is the single worst affected place on the planet, and it still didn't come close to 1% infection rate before dropping off. Yes, they took measures. Measures that can be taken in specific limited areas if they got that bad (nowhere is that bad, including northern Italy, which is actually also starting to drop in the rate of cases per day and may be nearing the top of their own bell curve at some point)

    It was also in the context of three thousand mostly older people being locked in a cruise ship where the virus was left to run rampant like a petri dish, and still most of them were not infected. The idea that 70% of the world's population will become infected despite large scale mitigation work is madness.


  • #1029
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,610 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    spookwoman wrote: »
    HSE not doing themselves any favours

    https://www.fm104.ie/news/buzz/watch-department-of-health-release-video-on-how-coronavirus-spreads/

    how do you mean?


  • #1030
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,026 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Gods Gift wrote: »
    The mother in law just coughed there

    Should I take her out back and take her out of circulation, just in case?

    It's for the best.


  • #1031
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    Looks like first uk death recorded from covid


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  • #1032
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    quokula wrote: »
    It was in response to people discussing the possibility of a 70+% infection rate world wide.

    The point was that this is the single worst affected place on the planet, and it still didn't come close to 1% infection rate before dropping off. Yes, they took measures. Measures that can be taken in specific limited areas if they got that bad (nowhere is that bad, including northern Italy, which is actually also starting to drop in the rate of cases per day and may be nearing the top of their own bell curve at some point)

    It was also in the context of three thousand mostly older people being locked in a cruise ship where the virus was left to run rampant like a petri dish, and still most of them were not infected. The idea that 70% of the world's population will become infected despite large scale mitigation work is madness.

    Nobody has immunity to coronavirus.

    There is no natural ceiling to how many people can be infected.


  • #1033
    coolshannagh28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭coolshannagh28


    frillyleaf wrote: »
    Does anyone else think the media is actually NOT spreading panic and hyping up the situation with Covid19 ? I heard on radio people saying the media are hyping it up - I think they have behaved quite responsibly overall in fairness to them. They’ve made it quite clear to take precautions eg wash your hands and stay at home if not well. A few doctors have voiced concerns but nothing too over the top from what I’ve seen.

    I can’t speak for tabloid rags but if anyone is going by what tabloids headlines print that is their own problem.

    I don’t really understand why people feel so panicked. If it is by using social media they need to address who they are following watching etc and learn how to research and not rely on hearsay.

    It appears low on internet search engines indicating that there is a definite effort not to spread panic and is probably a reflection of how seriously the virus is perceived .


  • #1034
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,869 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    First UK death, an elderly patient with underlying conditions.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/05/coronavirus-live-updates-italy-germany-pandemic-europe-uk-us-australia-india-update-latest-news?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard


  • #1035
    dan786
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭dan786


    Three more patients have tested positive for coronavirus in Scotland taking the total to six, the Scottish Government has said.


  • #1036
    solidasarock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭solidasarock


    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0305/1120323-ireland-virus-containment/

    No expert. But Maybe actually doing literally ANYTHING and not just keeping going as business as usual would help with containment.


  • #1037
    Jin luk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭Jin luk


    Wombatman wrote: »
    Prediction time!!!!

    Thursday morning next week, one week from now, how many diagnosed cases and deaths from Covid-19 in the ROI?

    I'll go for 95 and 2.

    28 and 0 deaths

    3 weeks time 500+ and 15+ deaths


  • #1038
    normanoffside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,228 ✭✭✭✭normanoffside


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Sort of bizarre (and unbelievable) that Russia has only 2 cases?

    I can only assume that Putin caught the virus early and sent it to the Gulag


  • #1039
    all about the mane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭all about the mane


    Wombatman wrote: »
    Prediction time!!!!

    Thursday morning next week, one week from now, how many diagnosed cases and deaths from Covid-19 in the ROI?

    I'll go for 95 and 2.
    Jin luk wrote: »
    28 and 0 deaths

    3 weeks time 500+ and 15+ deaths

    Ye really need to get out more


  • #1040
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,869 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    lainey_d_123 wrote: »
    You can blame the Chinese for starting the entire thing with their backwards, unhygienic animal handling practices. You can't blame the Italians for it spreading in Europe.

    As far as I can recall, when this kicked off in December, I heard a report on the BBC that the type of market that the virus supposedly came from was actually outlawed in China a couple of years ago, however the local administration in the Wuhan area just did not enforce it/let these type of markets carry on.


  • #1041
    crossman47
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    solidasarock wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0305/1120323-ireland-virus-containment/

    No expert. But Maybe actually doing literally ANYTHING and not just keeping going as business as usual would help with containment.

    What do you mean. They are working hard at tracing contacts and dealing with them.


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  • #1042
    quokula
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,837 ✭✭✭quokula


    solidasarock wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0305/1120323-ireland-virus-containment/

    No expert. But Maybe actually doing literally ANYTHING and not just keeping going as business as usual would help with containment.

    By anything do you mean things like identifying and isolating any cases, contact tracing, and public information campaigns on best practices to avoid spreading it? Because you may not be aware, but that's already happening.


  • #1043
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid19-moh-mar-5-patients-discharged-new-cases-12505112

    Five new cases in Singapore.
    117 cases total
    81 recovered
    7 in critical care
    0 deaths.

    Seems that they are managing it so far. The great thing for them is that they dont have a huge rush of critical cases that overwhelm the ICU units .


  • #1044
    LastFridayNight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 183 ✭✭LastFridayNight


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    ITALYTEO%7D_0.png?itok=64fkOOJ_

    Where are you getting these graphs from ? Are the available online and regularly updated? I would like to keep a closer eye on them. Thanks.


  • #1045
    kalkat2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭kalkat2002


    Coronavirus Part IV - What did the Italians ever do for us? Roman numerals?

    Is this already moderated?? Totally disrespectful


  • #1046
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Apparently people from Clare visited it and infected a lot of people.

    It’s either that or because the Chinese love Italy and there are literally millions of Chinese visitors every year.

    Surely London and Paris will get hit badly as well?


  • #1047
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
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    crossman47 wrote: »
    What do you mean. They are working hard at tracing contacts and dealing with them.
    At this point, proven to not be an effective strategy.
    harr wrote: »
    HSE seem a little more panicked today and not as sure of themselves
    They are at the mercy of the chain of command. They're lucky, in a way, to be in possession of the facts that they're concealing from the public at large. I'd be interested to see if any of them have withdrawn their children from school or taken precautions like stockpiling.


  • #1048
    saabsaab
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    Gooey Looey wrote: »
    They say it's the way the Italians interact including hugging and kissing strangers


    Perhaps and the fashion thing too.


  • #1049
    Yurt2
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    normanoffside wrote: »
    I can only assume that Putin caught the virus early and sent it to the Gulag

    It got ran over and killed in a mysterious hit and run incident in Moscow. Awful shame that, someone should investigate it.


  • #1050
    schmoo2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,389 ✭✭✭schmoo2k


    lainey_d_123 wrote: »
    It's not 'they', though, is it? All the cases in Ireland are Irish nationals who travelled back from Italy.

    You can blame the Chinese for starting the entire thing with their backwards, unhygienic animal handling practices. You can't blame the Italians for it spreading in Europe.

    I blame the Italian Doctor for bringing it to Teneriffe (and only 1km from the hotel I will be in next week - woo hoo)


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  • #1051
    dan786
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭dan786


    The UK has announced that a patient there who had tested positive for coronavirus has died.

    A statement from the Royal Berkshire NHS Trust said: "Sadly, we can confirm that an older patient with underlying health conditions has died.

    "The patient has previously been in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons, but on this occasion was admitted and last night tested positive for coronavirus."

    It is the first death in the UK connected to the virus.


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