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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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  • #4172
    darjeeling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭darjeeling


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    If you apply SK's criteria to Italy, your looking at at least 16k cases.

    I'd be tempted to go ten-fold higher again at this point, maybe more.


  • #4173
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    Drumpot wrote: »
    There are potholes in the sky? :eek:

    Ah no, it’s more being thousands of feet in the air, flying hundreds of miles an hour in a tin can that has me freaked! Prob a bit of claustrophobia aswell. :pac:
    And having no control whatsoever for however long you’re stick in there, that’s it for me.


  • #4174
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    circadian wrote: »
    Pretty sure bog roll won't run out unless everyone is doing exactly this.

    Already has in many stores (along with tissues), guy at checkout yesterday said they were starting to have supply issues.

    And the general majority of the populaiton haven't even began to do any sort of bulk purchase yet.


  • #4175
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    Any case to be made for 2 threads - one for general discussion, one for links/tweets that are properly sourced?


  • #4176
    timmyntc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,608 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    Assetbacked wrote: »
    Would you say it's time to crack open each other's skulls and feast on the goo inside?

    Yes I Would Kent


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  • #4177
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Snow Garden wrote: »
    What a surprise. Americans tend to be very thick and easily influenced.
    Not just Americans. Just look at this thread and damned near every page coughs up(pun intended) a howler of misinformation or complete idiocy, like stating this virus is a mix of SARS and HIV. :rolleyes:
    Cuckoo7 wrote: »
    That guy with the mask sounds really out of breath, either he’s been fighting people for the nappies or wearing masks is actually pretty hard.
    Funny enough C, a proper respirator/mask that actually filters down to the size of virus particles is not an easy thing to breathe through. As you can imagine for obvious reasons. They're very similar to military gas masks. Not easy. Kinda like breathing through a thick straw.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #4178
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    If you apply SK's criteria to Italy, your looking at at least 16k cases.


    What would that make the death rate?


  • #4179
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/nerd_hawk/status/1235800486063685633

    disgraceful


  • #4180
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,598 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    UK figure has now jumped to 163 (Friday 2pm).

    What time is the Irish update announced?


  • #4181
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Assetbacked wrote: »
    Would you say it's time to crack open each other's skulls and feast on the goo inside?

    Yes I would, Ken.


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  • #4182
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/nerd_hawk/status/1235800486063685633

    That's crazy. I would have self isolated.


  • #4183
    sideswipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭sideswipe


    Was in a Power City at 11:30 this morning, the guy there said they had sold 17 chest freezers already today. Local Tesco looks like Christmas Eve. People starting to get spooked!


  • #4184
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,798 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    What would that make the death rate?

    Round 1%


  • #4185
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    darjeeling wrote: »
    I'd be tempted to go ten-fold higher again at this point, maybe more.

    So, applying that, you're looking at 160000; if the CFR of SK is correct, you're looking at 960 Deaths, WHO CFR would give 5440 deaths... :(


  • #4186
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Togo has it's first case of Coronavirus!

    WELCOME to the club


    giphy.gif


  • #4187
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    What would that make the death rate?

    .6% CFR


  • #4188
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,733 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Togo has it's first case of Coronavirus!

    WELCOME to the club


    giphy.gif

    Classy


  • #4189
    str8talkingguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 201 ✭✭str8talkingguy


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    The Share Price is is what makes companies go Boom or Bust.

    You arguing that more people on the internet is losing tech companies money,is like saying the sky is green and grass is blue.


  • #4190
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    Skylar Mammoth Spike wrote: »
    Already has in many stores (along with tissues), guy at checkout yesterday said they were starting to have supply issues.

    And the general majority of the populaiton haven't even began to do any sort of bulk purchase yet.


    WA in two Aldi's and two Lidl's this morning there was no shortage of any products that I could see except hand sanatisers and disinfectants.
    Plenty of toilet roll. I dont understand the toilet roll thing, its as if the worst thing that can happen to you in the outbreak is having a dirty hole. Surely we can find other ways of cleaning are arse?


  • #4191
    Assetbacked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,969 ✭✭✭Assetbacked


    Ipso wrote: »
    Yes I would, Ken.

    Ken?!?

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  • #4192
    darjeeling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭darjeeling


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    So, applying that, you're looking at 160000; if the CFR of SK is correct, you're looking at 960 Deaths, WHO CFR would give 5440 deaths... :(

    I think the WHO rate is inflated, and that it eventually be seen to be below 1%. How much below will be for the experts to say.
    Wuhan looks to be anomalous, and there may well be substantial under-recording of cases there. Elsewhere in China the WHO found that cases didn't seem under-recorded, and the fatality rate there looks to be under 1%.

    CFR on the Diamond Princess is also looking around 1%.


  • #4193
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,605 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    jam_mac_jam wrote: »
    No. It's new. So we don't know.

    Might as well compare it to anything. We don't know what the stats are yet. Its too early.

    Comparisons to the flu are about as relevant to waving a yardstick around.

    Same arguements every few pages from the just a flu bro are clogging up the thread with the same thing. Over and over.

    You're wrong. While it is new, it bears far more similarities to the flu than any other illness. Comparing it to say Cholera or Ebola would be as relevant as waving a yardstick around.


  • #4194
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,134 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Skylar Mammoth Spike wrote: »
    Already has in many stores (along with tissues), guy at checkout yesterday said they were starting to have supply issues.

    And the general majority of the populaiton haven't even began to do any sort of bulk purchase yet.

    It's still on sale here in Clare, I can log in on tesco as well and order hundreds of rolls.


  • #4195
    dan786
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭dan786


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    UK figure has now jumped to 163 (Friday 2pm).

    What time is the Irish update announced?

    Around 8.45pm


  • #4196
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    darjeeling wrote: »
    I think the WHO rate is inflated, and that it eventually be seen to be below 1%. How much below will be for the experts to say.
    Wuhan looks to be anomalous, and there may well be substantial under-recording of cases there. Elsewhere in China the WHO found that cases didn't seem under-recorded, and the fatality rate there looks to be under 1%.

    I'd tend to agree; I think the real issue at the moment is the long recovery time (median recovery is 32 days; mild versions of the virus take up to 2 weeks) and also testing to make sure it's gone. So people can be ok; but it's hard to confirm it if all the energy is going into diagnostic of peopl with symptoms.


  • #4197
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    jam_mac_jam wrote: »
    Classy

    What? I'm welcoming Togo to the coalition of the diseased.

    What's your problem? :pac:


  • #4198
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Some other reflections on the state of affairs.
    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culture-mind-and-brain/202002/the-coronavirus-is-much-worse-you-think


  • #4199
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    Today's trolley watch

    https://www.inmo.ie/Trolley_Ward_Watch

    Irish hospitals are 359 beds short today.


  • #4200
    Dotsie~tmp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭Dotsie~tmp


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Lads, whats the point in fighting this????

    Knowledgeable posters with obvious scientific backgrounds/PhDs (definitely not hysterical loons) have said it is some kind of mixture between SARS/HIV/Black plague. We are doomed anyway.

    We all die eventfully. No points sweating this sh*t, put your faith up in the Lord sonny.


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  • #4201
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    Assetbacked wrote: »
    Ken?!?

    Kenny Brockelstein


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