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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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  • #1862
    Pseudonym121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭Pseudonym121


    ricero wrote: »
    We're in trouble folks. The HSE are incompetent. I reckon we will be over 100 confirmed cases by a fortnight.

    You’re a supreme optimist if you think it’ll take a fortnight to get to 100 cases. We will get there much more rapidly than that.


  • #1863
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,111 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Community transmissions is not community transmission because we know where it came from

    Jaysus these guys are incredulous


  • #1864
    the butcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭the butcher


    He can't even properly describe which case hes talking about because we've no locations.


  • #1865
    Dubh Geannain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭Dubh Geannain


    Them and their "low risk" bullsh1t.

    Then today. "This was anticipated"


  • #1866
    circadian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,430 ✭✭✭circadian


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    Maybe the admins could put a note at the top of the forum of do's and dont's.

    A mask for the public is pointless unless you are a carrier of the virus, when you should be indoors anyway.

    A mask of relevant standard has been proven to provide some protection against viruses. Obviously good hygiene is also needed for this, there's no point in throwing a mask on and saying that's me sorted.


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  • #1867
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    harr wrote: »
    “Confident of no more cases , travel ban wouldn’t help stop it .. still saying it’s small number and still in containment stage”

    Do these lads really believe that people have confidence in them
    13 is a small number and only one seems to be community contracted. All the other cases can be explained.


  • #1868
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Has the virus spread to Africa?


  • #1869
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    SeaBreezes wrote: »
    In fairness, doctor him/herself should have known. Its the height of hubris..

    Of ALL people he would have known the situation in Italy, AND that he was endangering his patients who are only seeing him due to 'underlying issues' ..

    Should be strung up tbh

    Of course according to the HSEs guidelines he did everything perfectly right...


  • #1870
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    Is it just me or is that baldy fella in the press conference just parroting the same thing over and over?


  • #1871
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,444 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    Is this a pisstake, won't say where they are, expected it to happen, everything is grand wash your hands...

    Rte website says, 4 in the East related to travel in Italy, 2 in the west related to contact with infected person and 1 in cork with unexplained infection (presumably community infection).


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  • #1872
    leahyl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,425 ✭✭✭✭leahyl


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    Love it that Cork is the only place that wasn't given a Provincial name.

    Not East, not West, no it's Cork, CUH to be precise it seems. (Donegal is forgotten as always, god love them because they are North).

    Hope all will be well for those affected. We may be next, remember that. Who knows at this stage?

    That’s the second time you’ve said that now - what’s your issue with Cork being named? Was Clare and Dublin not named with the other cases?


  • #1873
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,119 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    I see the mass panic has set in.


  • #1874
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    Pseudonym121 wrote: »
    This is really wrong-headed. Ireland is so small that you should simply assume you will be in contact with people with COVID19 as it is now circulating in the community. The idea that you’d be safe in Louth or Donegal if it was in CUH is incorrect.

    Containment is done, you need to assume it is circulating and that 12 months now roughly 2/3rd of the population will have had it with a commensurate death rate. That works out to roughly 40,000.

    If we are lucky and really socially isolate it’ll be much lower but I can’t see it being less than 2,000 over the course of the year.

    So there is no point obsessing over whether it is in Cork or Galway or Louth. It is in Ireland, it is in the community and you need to behave as though people you interact with on a daily basis have it no matter where you live.

    Bull**** numbers. There is absolutely nothing to back up that kind of infection and death rate.

    There's enough people panicking without this kind of nonsense speculation.


  • #1875
    Pseudonym121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭Pseudonym121


    Darc19 wrote: »
    OH fucc, the crazy posts are getting crazier


    No darcc, just that some posts are based in an understanding of epidemiology and virology. Come back in a year and compare my numbers to the numbers then.


  • #1876
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 56,253 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Chong wrote: »
    I do believe though his hands are tied here and he is being hung out here to dry as a scapegoat.

    Yeah he has the real air of pantomime villain to him alright.

    Moderator: Current Affairs/IMHO, Soccer, Pro Wrestling



  • #1877
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,026 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    We aren't in Schengen.

    Common travel area or whatever the fück it is.

    Any excuse not to control flights coming from a hot spot.


  • #1878
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    lawrencesummers wrote: »
    I would like for a journalist to ask them for details on testing.

    How many tests a day are being done?
    How long do the results take?
    What is the max capacity that the labs in Ireland have for daily testing? Ie what’s the most amount of tests a day that can be done?
    Just being done. Terrible, dismissive response given, indicative of their inadequate testing capacity.


  • #1879
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    The UK sees first death


  • #1880
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    They’re trying to obfuscate the difference between known traced cases and community transmission. 3 of the cases today occurred inside Ireland.


  • #1881
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    BloodBath wrote: »
    Bull**** numbers. There is absolutely nothing to back up that kind of infection and death rate.

    There's enough people panicking without this kind of nonsense speculation.

    Your username will become even more apt over the next few months...


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  • #1882
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,339 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Bob24 wrote: »
    It reduces the probability of being infected when being around the virus as it blocks one of the main infection vectors.

    From a selfish perspective: if you can reduce your chances of being infected by lets say 80%, are you not interested because you are only looking for 100% reduction? I would take the 80%.

    From a public health perspective: having everyone wearing masks significantly reduces the number of new cases each day. If you listen to the podcast I shared, they explain quite well that since growth is exponential, reducing the R0 transmission rate by just a few decimal points actually has a huge impact on total number cases after a couple of days. This gives more time to prepare for what is coming and avoid overwhelming the local health service.

    Okay I agree stope it gettin in the nose or mouth but I would not say that is 80% still eyes ears and hands (do not forget it can live for x amount of time on stuff)


  • #1883
    ITman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭ITman88


    Pseudonym121 wrote: »
    This is really wrong-headed. Ireland is so small that you should simply assume you will be in contact with people with COVID19 as it is now circulating in the community. The idea that you’d be safe in Louth or Donegal if it was in CUH is incorrect.

    Containment is done, you need to assume it is circulating and that 12 months now roughly 2/3rd of the population will have had it with a commensurate death rate. That works out to roughly 40,000.

    If we are lucky and really socially isolate it’ll be much lower but I can’t see it being less than 2,000 over the course of the year.

    So there is no point obsessing over whether it is in Cork or Galway or Louth. It is in Ireland, it is in the community and you need to behave as though people you interact with on a daily basis have it no matter where you live.
    Where ya get the figure of 2k from?


  • #1884
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Like in court cases in involving minors you dont have to name the person but you can give details.

    We all end up knowing sooner or later


  • #1885
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Has the virus spread to Africa?

    Yep


  • #1886
    piplip87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,213 ✭✭✭piplip87


    Did the fella just say people should exceute themselves and self isolate


  • #1887
    bennyl10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    BloodBath wrote: »
    Bull**** numbers. There is absolutely nothing to back up that kind of infection and death rate.

    There's enough people panicking without this kind of nonsense speculation.

    Exactly.
    That is one of the most dangerous posts on this thread.

    Zero evidence and just scaremongering for the absolute sake of it


  • #1888
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,121 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Iceland has 36 in 48 hours! That is huge for a nation of 360,000

    Italian related travel, from what I've read. Would be odd otherwise for such a small country dependent on tourism from all over.


  • #1889
    joe40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭joe40


    Dampsquid wrote: »
    The HSE don't give a **** about protecting the Irish public, its all about, we are doing the same as other countries. Well we can see other countries are having massive outbreaks, we will have the exact same thing happen here.

    All cases so far have come in from Italy,(with one exception) but they dont recommend a ban on travel as it would not be effective. Well if they put it in place 1 or 2 weeks ago, we would have probably zero cases to date.

    As long as they can point back to international best practice, they have got their backs covered.

    The cases were Irish people returning home . Are you suggesting they should have been prevented from doing so.


  • #1890
    Logan Roy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Logan Roy


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    Boards.ie will crash in 5, 4, 3, 2,1 ....

    Mods can we get bans for idiots like this please?


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  • #1891
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    antodeco wrote: »
    Just isolate everyone who is coming from an infected region. That's stage 1 of containment.


    I think soon we will be getting people from the UK, France or USA who are also bringing it into other countries like here. I think the big news in the next few weeks will be the USA and their reaction to the virus, I think the USA will make Europe look like a tea party.


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