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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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  • #4112
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,106 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Please pause the thread while I catchup on the last 80 pages


  • #4113
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    str8talkingguy wrote: »
    Don't follow shares myself,but look at this thread for example is it not a boon for boards.ie.

    :)

    bless


  • #4114
    BigMo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭BigMo1


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    I would not be surprised if 7-10 new cases are announced later this evening.

    Given trends in other countries, I'd be shocked if it was less than 7 tbh.


  • #4115
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    gabeeg wrote: »
    Oh this is absolutely gonna be a banking crisis too.

    That's very true. It will probably be worse than the 08 crash. The Irish had Canada and Australia to emigrate to. A lot more countries will be caught up in this.


  • #4116
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,711 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Please pause the thread while I catchup on the last 80 pages

    If you get corona and you've to self isolate and least you'd have something to do.


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  • #4117
    maninasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭maninasia


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    Yes, Covid does have a higher death rate. As of today = 5.74%
    It also requires higher level of health care

    The death rate in Korea is around 1%, it depends on medical care available and how any elderly get it obviously.


  • #4118
    lainey_d_123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭lainey_d_123


    quokula wrote: »
    Slightly off topic but when my mother passed away a few years ago when I was due to travel on a multi-leg trip, my travel insurance squirmed out of it (she had a pre-existing illness), the hotels wouldn't refund, Air Canada wouldn't refund for the internal Canadian flight I booked with them, but British Airways were extremely helpful, the staff I spoke to showed a lot of empathy, and they fully refunded me for my transatlantic flights.

    There's no travel advice against Japan right now and just because 2 out of their 45 thousand employees are sick doesn't mean all their customers have an instant right to a full refund - if airlines start doing this they'll all be out of business in weeks. It's an unfortunate situation for your friend but if they wait it out and government advice is issued they may still get a refund. Or if not then they could always just go.

    Almost every other airline flying to/from Japan has offered free refunds or changes. It's just British Airways holding out. I do understand they are a business but there are travel warnings about Japan (even if they're not the highest level ones) and the situation can change for the worse very quickly, as we've seen. It seems downright irresponsible to encourage people to travel when they'd rather not, and risk spreading the virus even further. My friend and her fiance would be delighted with being able to change to a flight later in the year, but no luck at all.

    It's a horrid situation for them to be in - the flight might well get cancelled at the last minute, but by that time their accommodation will have become unrefundable and it'll be impossible to make alternative plans at such short notice (they can't get that annual leave back).

    It's not so much the risk of getting the virus - I reckon the risk is just as high in London now. It's the idea of being stuck in a foreign country miles from home, especially if you got sick. That's what's worrying them. We've read that the Japanese are refusing to admit people with corona virus, and barely testing. Imagine being seriously ill in a foreign country and not being able to get proper help.


  • #4119
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    str8talkingguy wrote: »
    Don't follow shares myself,but look at this thread for example is it not a boon for boards.ie.

    Ah OK. I thought you meant real Tech Companies

    https://finance.yahoo.com/u/yahoo-finance/watchlists/tech-stocks-that-move-the-market/


  • #4120
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    Christy42 wrote: »
    Random thought. Should I stick up cos everyone else is? I mean I don't see the point of getting a year's worth of loo paper but if everyone else does then there won't be any in the shop and regular use suggests I will need it at. Some point!

    If it's something like toilet paper which will get used eventually then there's very little reason not to have a few weeks worth stocked up.


  • #4121
    Sigma101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭Sigma101


    mortimer33 wrote: »
    That would represent about 3% of the total population of Italy.. The CFR must be astronomical and not in sync with wordwide figures. Worldwide flu CFR is only about 0.2%

    Not 3%, it's 0.03%!!


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  • #4122
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    Death rate Singapore 0%.


  • #4123
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    Death rate Singapore 0%.

    Really strong preparation post-SARS. Same for South Korea.


  • #4124
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    Death rate Singapore 0%.
    Death rate Ireland currently 0% too.


  • #4125
    rayfitzharris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭rayfitzharris


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    Actually no, you are as likely to get Covid as you are to get the flue. It spreads pretty much in the same way
    Covid death rate by the way is 6%, not 3%

    And that's 120X the flu death rate, Scotty.

    86X if we use the flawed (includes unresolved cases) WHO number of 4.3%


  • #4126
    babybuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭babybuilder


    YFlyer wrote: »
    Anyone know the estimate date that the Clare doctor arrived back from Italy?

    Important information that should be available


  • #4127
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    maninasia wrote: »
    The death rate in Korea is around 1%, it depends on medical care available and how any elderly get it obviously.

    The Iranians currently have a CFR of 2.6%...

    Italy has a CFR of 3.8%.

    What the hell is going on in Italy?


  • #4128
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Biggest increase so far for UK -

    +47 cases, total 163, fatalities 2


  • #4129
    tromtipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭tromtipp


    #4081
    Do people worry themselves stupid every flu season?


    A lot of us get ourselves vaccinated against flu every year. Not because we're 'worried sick' or because we're stupid, but because we'd prefer not to be ill ourselves or to risk infecting others, particularly people we have a responsibility for. With Covid 19 we can't do that, but we're trying to inform ourselves on the other best options.


  • #4130
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    rayfitzharris wrote: »
    And that's 120X the flu death rate, Scotty.

    86X if we use the flawed (includes unresolved cases) WHO number of 4.3%

    WHO's figure was 3.4%.


  • #4131
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    I wish people would cease comparing apples v oranges, and referencing percentages without reference to as to what they are percentages of and how they are derived.

    Following based on Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins CSSE as of 6/3/2020. They are somewhat behind time as they show Ireland as 6 confirmed cases.
    http://https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
    (Johns Hopkins University are also modelling spread rates since January.)

    Total confirmed cases worldwide 100,300.

    Total recovered 55,694.

    Total deaths 3408.

    Total deaths v total confirmed cases = 3408/100,300 = 3.34%.

    Total resolved = deaths+recovered = 3408/59102 = 5.77%.

    Resolved v confirmed 59102 v 100,300.

    It is meaningless to compare to other virus outbreaks as such figures are based on either total outbreak or yearly incidence figures, neither of which will be available for COVID-19 till 2021 at earliest.


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  • #4132
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    Distribution of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 6 March 2020

    novel-coronavirus-cases-EU-UK-6-march-2020.PNG?itok=H4orpexv

    Daily cases in Europe beginning to form the classic bell shaped epidemic curve.

    When will we hit the peak ?

    :-(


  • #4133
    whatawaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,909 ✭✭✭✭whatawaster


    maninasia wrote: »
    The death rate in Korea is around 1%, it depends on medical care available and how any elderly get it obviously.

    I think that is down to the number of people they are testing.

    ie: if every country tested more people you would get more positive results from patients with mild / no symptoms. Thus pushing down the death rate.

    A lot of people have suspected that the true death rate is lower than the reported 2-3%, because of unknown / undiagnosed cases. This South Korea figure would appear to support that suspicion.


  • #4134
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    Death rate Singapore 0%.

    Their control measures are actually insane though. I have a friend over there who has to report their temperature in an online system at work every hour on the hour. If you break your 14 day isolation notice (if you've been a contact) you are prosecuted and could face jail/caning


  • #4135
    BLIZZARD7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭BLIZZARD7


    Switzerland @ 214, up 94 cases today so far.


  • #4136
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,605 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    The Iranians currently have a CFR of 2.6%...

    Italy has a CFR of 3.8%.

    What the hell is going on in Italy?

    Italy has the oldest population in Europe. It was uncontained in a hospital housing a huge number of elderly patients.


  • #4137
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,722 ✭✭✭✭josip


    Drumpot wrote: »
    I just had a horrible thought. I hate flying but one tip I got when their is turbulence on a plane is to look at the faces of flight attendants and if they are calm you will be grand. It never crossed my mind that this was part of their training!

    My wide is gonna hav to BA Baracus my ass to get me on a plane now by slipping Sleeping tablets into my food :o


    Turbulence is just potholes in the sky.
    I honestly can't remember the last time a plane I was on crashed because of turbulence.


  • #4138
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    Death rate Singapore 0%.
    is_that_so wrote: »
    Death rate Ireland currently 0% too.

    Death rate Belgium 0%


  • #4139
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    Paddy’s day parades
    Wuhan had the pot luck gathering
    We can have the pot a gold gathering
    It really worked out well in wuhan didn’t it


  • #4140
    str8talkingguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭str8talkingguy


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    Ah OK. I thought you meant real Tech Companies

    https://finance.yahoo.com/u/yahoo-finance/watchlists/tech-stocks-that-move-the-market/

    I don't need to read some business page to figure it,i just need to use my brain.
    If lots of people are self isolating there is gonna be more people on facebook,using the internet,you telling me netflix isn't gonna through the roof and more people are not gonna be ordering online?


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  • #4141
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    Death rate Singapore 0%.
    is_that_so wrote: »
    Death rate Ireland currently 0% too.
    Duke of Url wrote: »
    Death rate Belgium 0%

    Ah now come on lads, how is this helping the anxiety addicts!?


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