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

Perhaps it's better to get it early than getting it when every hospital is like a disaster area with cases coming in the doors.

TomSweeney wrote: »

Is it true that the 2009 H1N1 pandemic killed 150K people in the first year ???


How come there wasn;t massive panic with that pandemic ??

Because H1N1 wasn’t a pandemic. This will be significantly worse.

RTE news now on nationwide by breaking news banner in huge writing saying 7 new cases confirmed

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The HSE should say where these new cases are located, ballpark even.

Two in Cork anyway

Vera Shy Storybook wrote: »

He is the Taoiseach.

Caretaker with very limited ability to do anything. They are just keeping the lights on. He was never managing it anyway and they'll act on the advice given to them by the DoH/HSE.

Naggdefy wrote: »

Cheltenham is another sacred cow that should go. All large gatherings of people.

Don’t mind Cheltenham, the largest gathering of people in these islands is the London Tube. 5 million people a day.

harr wrote: »

A lot of the population probably should be wearing them at this stage . I think anyone who has a cold or is feeling unwell should mask up at this stage.

The only problem with it is that you can't buy them anywhere and if you can, prices are near prohibitive.

Can anyone post link to briefing pleaseo

I have been following these threads for weeks now and just wanted to chime in. I think we are struggling as a nation here ( or the microcosm of Boards ). There are so many mixes of opinions all coming in to one area:

1) Lets keep going people, there is nothing to worry about everyone, it's the media who are scaremongering us, like thousands die every year from Flu, sure there were more deaths on Irish roads last Friday. This approach is very understandable and to a degree it is to be commended because these people do no want to let this break their barriers and just want to get on with life, fcuk viruses and this BS. It is also somewhat detrimental especially if this does become a problem, we all need to work as a force like the Chinese and try to fix this problem head on as best we can.

2) We are absolutely screwed and going to die people. Again understandable and I think it is unfair that people who are so worried and concerned get treated as hysterical scaremongering nuts. It is simply their way of approaching it and dealing with something which in the face of it is quite scary.

Naturally on both sides we have trolls and wind up merchants too.

Id like to think as a person I am somewhere in the middle. I want to believe we will get through this and it is not as bad as it sounds. However if it takes hold I dont want to lose family or friends, or god forbid get sick myself. One of the most frustrating things I keep hearing and reading is we will be grand it is only old people and sick folk... so what are we saying here? F them people , survival of the fittest is it?

I am someone who suffers from lung based issues and my wife has auto immune diseases, but right now I am trying not to lose the run of myself and expect I get sick and or kick the bucket. I am however building myself a little pile of food in the kitchen just to keep us going if we did have lockdown. If it means I get a chance to work from home life goes on for me but I feel massively so for people who cant work from home. People in trades, tourism, self employed are severely at risk here.

Now for the TL:DR part:

I respect massively our doctors, our nurses, our cleaners, our healthcare professionals in hospitals but I am wary of the HSE. I trust they are doing a good job, I need to trust that because the opposite is not good. It has undoubtedly come across like they are being flagrant and complacent with the ongoing cases in Ireland and potential cases. I can understand also why they do not announce areas specifically in fear of breaking confidentiality, but we may go beyond a point especially with the most recent case in Cork that they simply cannot keep this up. The public are going to demand they know where cases are appearing especially if we get community spreading of the virus.

Similarly the government's handling of this with the support of the HSE does seem like it is waning and putting more importance in maintaining our image, and not putting in place restrictions on travel in or out. They are evidently living in fear of a backlash, a down turn in the economy and a raft of insurance claims. The horse has bolted long ago and now we really need to make hard decisions to ensure the affects of this are kept as low as possible which I fear is not possible now with the daily flights in and out of Italy for nearly two weeks now.

If what the IT are reporting is we have another 7 cases, we are very much in the mix now of other countries where it will double daily if not more.

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

The CUH patient was treated in hospital last week and discharged, then readmitted again recently and tested positive. Not good at all, tracing becoming more difficult.

This is because the HSE refused to test anyone with symptoms.. plenty of people rang the hotline only to be told they would be grand or the hotline telling them to go to GP ... procedures should have been in place before any of this got out of hand.
HSE only last week telling people not to panic as they weren’t expecting 1 or maybe 2 cases at worst. Still not making decisions on the likes of paddy’s day and flights landing daily from hot spots .

7 more confirmed cases. 13 in total now

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

The CUH patient was treated in hospital last week and discharged, then readmitted again recently and tested positive. Not good at all, tracing becoming more difficult.

It was always going to be difficult with little to no information given out to the public.

If we knew case X was on flight Y on date 1 and travel from airport to location A then people could come forward.

It's too late for that now, we have community transmission for at least a week or two.

Harris coming out tonight telling healthcare workers to self-isolate after what happened in Clare is so frustrating, talk about reactive.

As the numbers stack up and if we are constantly told it's 5 in the East, 4 in West nonsense, that will panic people even further. As if we need more reasons to lack confidence in our officials.

This has cost us time that we needed to slow the spread, now it looks like we don't have 2 weeks. What a mess.

fritzelly wrote: »

Dr: 7 new cases in Ireland
Reporter: Whereabouts
Dr: In Ireland

Sweartagod I'm not even sure if this a joke anymore