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

drunkmonkey · 06-03-2020 01:59PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Talking to people in retail around the country this morning. Shops are much busier than usual, rice, pasta etc running low in some places.

Wait until they hear there's a shortage of iPhones

ThePopehimself · 06-03-2020 02:00PM

Canonfan wrote: »

Sorry no link but it is 100% confirmed because I have a lot of Chinese friends and this is shared by WECHAT( Chinese chatting software).

Thank you for getting back.

Would you happen to have any details? Has it been confirmed, even in the chat, that there is a suspected case/ is there someone with symptoms/ are people being tested? How many businesses are closed?

Is Golden beach supermarket closed at Number 137?

Any update appreciated.

flynnlives · 06-03-2020 02:00PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I'm going for double digit increase in cases this evening - be surprised if it did not follow the trend of other countries.

im expecting 50-60 cases by monday.

The response from authorities here has been a shambles.

Kermit.de.frog · 06-03-2020 02:00PM

Singapore has largest daily increase of 14 cases today

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YFlyer · 06-03-2020 02:00PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

will it be open for easter? (i presume its busy around that time?)

Stay at home and eat your eggs.

Funsterdelux · 06-03-2020 02:01PM

Tootsie_1 wrote: »

Ridiculous article by the Irish times in making hand sanitizer with essential oils and aloe absolutely no alcohol ...

Its to limit anyone with the virus to come near you

otnomart · 06-03-2020 02:01PM

Akabusi wrote: »

I was meant to be in Italy this week for work but it got cancelled. Travelling to Spain next week, no restrictions on travel there yet. Unless we really kick off here with infections and they don't want me coming.

Be careful and take all recommended precautions.
We now know that the virus was in Spain at least since early February.

Spain had the first known death in Europe on the 13 February (initially though pneumonia, and diagnosed only this week) in Valencia and the victim had no known links with China.
His death pre-dates the first case in Italy (20 February)

drunkmonkey · 06-03-2020 02:01PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I'm going for double digit increase in cases this evening - be surprised if it did not follow the trend of other countries.

Supposedly up to 400 tested in Cork alone yesterday, between Cork, Limerick and Dublin we could hit triple digits soon enough.

clever user name · 06-03-2020 02:02PM

JDD wrote: »

Okay, so two things.

I was thinking this morning that my whole family had this woejus cough over Christmas/start of January. Loads of people in work had it too. Two colleagues were told they had viral bronchitis, and had to take three weeks off work, or the doctor warned them it could turn into pneumonia. Having had it, it was really difficult to shake, and I deffo got a temperature on and off for a few days. My husband had to go and steroids.

Is there any chance that could have been the coronavirus? I'm guessing, unless we had a spike in pneumonia deaths, it couldn't possibly have been?

I had viral bronchitis in the week leading up to Chinese year, when this all started. I still went to work (40 people) and had a new year party at home (20 different people), and didn't make anyone else sick. It settled down just as the **** hit the fan in China. So I'd be inclined to say you didn't have it, but who knows. Seems a lot of people were sick in December/January.

I live in China and I smoke, plus the pollution is woeful in January, so I'm putting it down to that. If it had of happened a week later I'd have been straight to the hospital.

Away With The Fairies · 06-03-2020 02:02PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

People slow the fcuk down with the posts, why is people typing so fastly.

It's a viral thread.

UsBus · 06-03-2020 02:02PM

bunderoon wrote: »

Dont know if it has been mentioned yet, but one suspected case in company in galway and all staff directed to be sent home.
Also one in ClareGalway.
My company now taking action. Work from home for 2 weeks by the looks of it...

Word now going around, 3 suspected cases/possible contact with cases in my company in Galway, people involved sent home. Business as usual, just meetings cancelled...

facehugger99 · 06-03-2020 02:02PM

droidman123 wrote: »

Watch "contagious" instead,its harrowing how close to whats happening now the movie is

It's not close to what happening now and therefore not in the least harrowing.

Otherwise great post.

banie01 · 06-03-2020 02:03PM

Deep_learning wrote: »

The majority of 3rd level colleges have an Easter break. All the IoTs, UCC, TU Dublin, etc. take two weeks. Some such as UL, NUIG etc. take one week.

I'm in UL, there's a reading week in week 12.
So no lectures but near constant on campus study, library and group meetings.

RandomName2 · 06-03-2020 02:04PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

It's a viral thread.

Fcking hell, half a million views in little over 24 hours

cameramonkey · 06-03-2020 02:05PM

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/13-new-covid-19-cases-in-spore-including-9-linked-to-safra-jurong-dinner-and-an-sia

13 new cases,
130 cases total,
82 recovered,
9 ICU
0 deaths,

06-03-2020 02:05PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I'm going for double digit increase in cases this evening - be surprised if it did not follow the trend of other countries.

Is there a graph for countries showing increases on a day one, day two, etc, timeline rather than with dates? So all countries start with day one for their first confirmed case and then we can see how their cases increased alongside each other?

I hope I explained what I’m looking for okay.

Urquell · 06-03-2020 02:05PM

To those talking about Galway companies...are ye in IT ?

blanch152 · 06-03-2020 02:05PM

gozunda wrote: »

The Irish hospital system will be rendered unusable if this continues.

Lack of infection control and protocols means that it will be in increasingly difficult for people to access critical care and other hospital services.

Depending on the same system which results in significant queues in A&E and lack of resources is a disaster in the making.

It is too easy to blame the HSE, the hospitals and the government.

People have been told to take their own responsibility. If you have symptoms, call the helpline, get the doctors to come to you. If, as now seems to have happened, you turn up at A&E or the hospital with symptoms and put everyone around you into self-isolation, that isn't on the HSE, or Simon Harris, that is on the Irish culture of doing what you think is best rather than listening to the expert advice.

PaybackPayroll · 06-03-2020 02:05PM

Whenever I read this thread, I keep feeling I've got symptoms of Covid19!
Crazy the way my brain works.

cloudatlas · 06-03-2020 02:06PM

The guardian seems to be obsessed with reporting on what is happening in other countries rather than the U.K.

BarryD2 · 06-03-2020 02:06PM

seamus wrote: »

So if this had been around before now, one of those lab tests would have picked it up already.

But did they know and recognise the signature of this new virus then? You hear of people being tested for this, that & the other. And only months, years later - actually being correctly diagnosed as the original tests didn't cover that possibility.

YFlyer · 06-03-2020 02:07PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

Trinity opening as normal tomorrow. The building where the infected person was is going to get partially cleaned.

By the regular campus cleaners?

joe40 · 06-03-2020 02:07PM

Daz_ wrote: »

Might watch World War z this evening to ramp up the tension

Watch "Contagion" Matt Damon and Kate winslett. Good movie and topical. I even learned what an Ro number is

(Obviously much more serious than covid outbreak)

ThePopehimself · 06-03-2020 02:08PM

Canonfan View Post
Sorry no link but it is 100% confirmed because I have a lot of Chinese friends and this is shared by WECHAT( Chinese chatting software).

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The Popehimself
Thank you for getting back.

Would you happen to have any details? Has it been confirmed, even in the chat, that there is a suspected case/ is there someone with symptoms/ are people being tested? How many businesses are closed?

Is Golden beach supermarket closed at Number 137?

Any update appreciated.

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No Need. I just confirmed it myself. No customers allowed. Several Closed.

Are you getting that it is a confirmed case? (That is what I am getting)

If so, that is the city centre.

iamwhoiam · 06-03-2020 02:08PM

Is there a dedicated helpline for anyone worried about symptoms ?

otnomart · 06-03-2020 02:08PM

blanch152 wrote: »

Does Italy have a superior health system?

I wouldn't be certain of that.

Italy has a National Healthcare Service and GP visits are free.

Ratings can be calculated in different ways and that is not really the point here.

What counts in the coronavirus crisis however is beds in intensive care.
study from 2012: The variability of critical care bed numbers in Europe

https://link.springer.com/article/10...134-012-2627-8

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RandomName2 · 06-03-2020 02:08PM

blanch152 wrote: »

It is too easy to blame the HSE, the hospitals and the government.

People have been told to take their own responsibility. If you have symptoms, call the helpline, get the doctors to come to you. If, as now seems to have happened, you turn up at A&E or the hospital with symptoms and put everyone around you into self-isolation, that isn't on the HSE, or Simon Harris, that is on the Irish culture of doing what you think is best rather than listening to the expert advice.

This is the prisoner's dilemmea, but with 4 million prisoners.

It doesn't matter if you and everyone in your office take precautions if Mike comes back from his skiing holiday and decides to struggle though the worsening dose of flu he seemed to picked up from somewhere.

cameramonkey · 06-03-2020 02:08PM

Was talking to a Chinese chef in Dublin today. he says lots of the Asian restaurants in Parnell Street are going to close for the next few days , they are scared about the influx of Italians and are taking no risks.

blanch152 · 06-03-2020 02:08PM

JDD wrote: »

What I want to focus on now is how to prevent my elderly parents from getting it. Apart for the normal advice i.e. wash hands and avoid crowds, what advice would you be giving them right now? Should I be advising them to stay at home and get the groceries delivered? Stay away from cafe's/shops? They mind my kids on a Friday - should I be looking for alternative arrangements, just for a few weeks? I want to try to get ahead of this.

That is the advice I have given mine. Whether they are sensible enough to take it is another question.

Humberto Salazar · 06-03-2020 02:08PM

UsBus wrote: »

Word now going around, 3 suspected cases/possible contact with cases in my company in Galway, people involved sent home. Business as usual, just meetings cancelled...

Economy will sink if everyone is sent home from various companies. It'll be like Ophelia or Emma but not a one or two day wonder, no one knows when it'll be back to normal. This will impact hard over the next week's financially. There must be a risk of certain foodstuffs going short supply soon, or more likely in the long term if this continues and worsens.

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

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