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

str8talkingguy · 06-03-2020 04:08PM

Somedaythefire wrote: »

This is genuinely the stupidest post in this thread.

I will leave you to your panicking about the flu.Have at it.

jackboy · 06-03-2020 04:08PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The reality is though, most of us will be fine. It will be fairly mild for probably 80 - 85% of people. Another 10% will be more serious. Maybe 5% or less will actually die.

If you were proved correct with these numbers you are describing a catastrophe.

KaneToad · 06-03-2020 04:09PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm still very relaxed about this, although I have a feeling our numbers may double or even more later tonight when they announce and there will be a lot of hysterical people this weekend.

We've obviously failed to contain this. We actually didn't even really try did we? One rugby match cancelled. People told to self isolate only if they had symptoms.

We also have basically no actions in place to slow this thing down.
The reality is though, most of us will be fine. It will be fairly mild for probably 80 - 85% of people. Another 10% will be more serious. Maybe 5% or less will actually die.

When all is said and done, our world leaders should really sit down together and review this. Put actions in place to stop it from happening again. Wishful thinking on my part!

We all need to play our part in slowing down the spread. Hand washing, coughing into elbow and reduced social interaction. Time is what we need.

gozunda · 06-03-2020 04:09PM

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.

No 'blame' applied anywhere.

I gave the current situation as is

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.

But hey rant away

jobeenfitz · 06-03-2020 04:09PM

KaneToad wrote: »

No. No I did not.
/close thread

I want some honeycomb, I know where you live!

Mwengwe · 06-03-2020 04:10PM

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.

If it's a proper FFP mask then yes, they're not pleasant to wear.

namloc1980 · 06-03-2020 04:10PM

2 baggage handlers in Heathrow tested positive. Not good.

un5byh7sqpd2x0 · 06-03-2020 04:10PM

beggars_bush wrote: »

Primary school in Galway told to keep 6th class at home today and for next 2 weeks due to contact with a confirmed case
Other children in school recommended to be kept at home too

Gort. Yesterday's news today.

gabeeg · 06-03-2020 04:10PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm still very relaxed about this, although I have a feeling our numbers may double or even more later tonight when they announce and there will be a lot of hysterical people this weekend.

We've obviously failed to contain this. We actually didn't even really try did we? One rugby match cancelled. People told to self isolate only if they had symptoms.

We also have basically no actions in place to slow this thing down.
The reality is though, most of us will be fine. It will be fairly mild for probably 80 - 85% of people. Another 10% will be more serious. Maybe 5% or less will actually die.

When all is said and done, our world leaders should really sit down together and review this. Put actions in place to stop it from happening again. Wishful thinking on my part!

100% of us know people in the high risk bracket.

But anyways that's besides the point. We are basically going to lose our health care system for the foreseeable. We're heading into an awful looking recession.
Companies will fold. People will lose their jobs. There'll be a banking crisis. There'll be another horrible chapter in our ongoing housing crisis.

If you're relaxed about this it's because you haven't given it all the thought it deserves

tillyfilly · 06-03-2020 04:11PM

I just saw an Italian looking guy,he as an wearing an Italian looking outfit ,sneeze on a path here in Dublin, no attempt to cover his face and with two school children in uniforms walking in the opposite direction, very close in proximity

Dyr · 06-03-2020 04:11PM

KaneToad wrote: »

We all need to play our part in slowing down the spread. Hand washing, coughing into elbow and reduced social interaction. Time is what we need.

You realise the HSE are actually the super spreader in Ireland?

Kinda goosed when the health care professionals are the typhoid marys

DrumSteve · 06-03-2020 04:12PM

McGiver wrote: »

Question is what is "mild"? The mantra of "80% is mild" in media/TV/radio makes me uneasy. It will likely generate complacency in the overall population here "ah sure it's grand it's just mild in 4/5 cases". I believe latest papers from Italy shown only 30% of mild symptoms.

That's because of the demography of those affected. The Chinese data (FWIW) is more accurate in terms of who is affected.

Mild symptoms are effectively the same as the flu (before anyone says anything, im not comparing it to the flu).

This is nothing to be complacent about. A lot of people are going to die.

The key is to minimise it.

Kermit.de.frog · 06-03-2020 04:12PM

Anyone want to take a stab at Italy's numbers to be announced in the next 2 hours?

Remember Iran is on fire (literally) - 1,200+ cases in one day.

I will go with 800 new cases for the boot

DOCARCH · 06-03-2020 04:12PM

gabeeg wrote: »

There'll be another horrible chapter in our ongoing housing crisis.

It may free up a lot of houses!

Thought of that one last night.

Mic 1972 · 06-03-2020 04:12PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I just saw an Italian looking guy sneeze on a path here in Dublin, no attempt to cover his face and with two school children in uniforms walking in the opposite direction, very close in proximity

Would you feel the same if he was Norwegian?

kilns · 06-03-2020 04:12PM

Here in Switzerland its officially reach pandemic levels 210 cases (doubled in last 24 hours). The Government has advised no commuting and home office

gozunda · 06-03-2020 04:13PM

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Italy banned flights from China on 31 January. They still had a major outbreak occurring 21 days later. Why would banning flights from Italy here be any different?

That was after two Chinese tourists in Rome had already tested positive for coronavirus. A cluster of cases were later detected starting with 16 confirmed cases.

I'd say they didnt get the door shut in time. Much like here obviously with the number of Italian contact cases which have came to light. Ah well. Sure it'll be grand...

Somedaythefire · 06-03-2020 04:13PM

str8talkingguy wrote: »

I will leave you to your panicking about the flu.Have at it.

I’m not panicking about the flu. I had it last week. It was awful.

I’m not panicking about COVID-19 either. Your post is still monumentally stupid.

Tacitus Kilgore · 06-03-2020 04:13PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I just saw an Italian looking guy,he as an wearing an Italian looking outfit ,sneeze on a path here in Dublin, no attempt to cover his face and with two school children in uniforms walking in the opposite direction, very close in proximity

You should have shot him

neonsofa · 06-03-2020 04:14PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I just saw an Italian looking guy,he as an wearing an Italian looking outfit ,sneeze on a path here in Dublin, no attempt to cover his face and with two school children in uniforms walking in the opposite direction, very close in proximity

Its gotten to the point that i cant decipher which posts are satire and which are genuine on this thread

gabeeg · 06-03-2020 04:14PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anyone want to take a stab at Italy's numbers to be announced in the next 2 hours?

Remember Iran is on fire (literally) - 1,200+ cases in one day.

I will go with 800 new cases for the boot

950 new cases. 55 deaths

Utter Consternation · 06-03-2020 04:15PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I just saw an Italian looking guy,he as an wearing an Italian looking outfit ,sneeze on a path here in Dublin, no attempt to cover his face and with two school children in uniforms walking in the opposite direction, very close in proximity

Was he eating pizza? Or look like an extra out of the Sopranos?

Ridiculous.

Hector Savage · 06-03-2020 04:15PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anyone want to take a stab at Italy's numbers to be announced in the next 2 hours?

Remember Iran is on fire (literally) - 1,200+ cases in one day.

I will go with 800 new cases for the boot

Ill see 1000 new Italy cases ...

Galadriel · 06-03-2020 04:15PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I just saw an Italian looking guy,he as an wearing an Italian looking outfit ,sneeze on a path here in Dublin, no attempt to cover his face and with two school children in uniforms walking in the opposite direction, very close in proximity

Maybe he was Italian, maybe he wasn't, do you know if he's been to Italy since the outbreak? Maybe he lives in Dublin

BLIZZARD7 · 06-03-2020 04:16PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anyone want to take a stab at Italy's numbers to be announced in the next 2 hours?

Remember Iran is on fire (literally) - 1,200+ cases in one day.

I will go with 800 new cases

1000+ with 40+ deaths. Italian numbers are way under reported based on how many they are exporting.

Cilldara_2000 · 06-03-2020 04:16PM

gabeeg wrote: »

100% of us know people in the high risk bracket.

But anyways that's besides the point. We are basically going to lose our health care system for the foreseeable. We're heading into an awful looking recession.
Companies will fold. People will lose their jobs. There'll be a banking crisis. There'll be another horrible chapter in our ongoing housing crisis.

If you're relaxed about this it's because you haven't given it all the thought it deserves

I've given it plenty of thought and I'm certain these things you mention will happen (except perhaps the banking crisis - the pillar banks in Ireland are no where near as exposed to market volatility as they used to be). I'm still relaxed. It is the only rational reaction IMO. I can't control any of it other than my own reaction and I'm not going to get stressed out over what I can't control.

DrumSteve · 06-03-2020 04:16PM

I think Italy's numbers will be lower than yesterday with less deaths.

dan786 · 06-03-2020 04:17PM

Update:

Guidelines on the holding of mass gatherings are being discussed at a meeting of a stakeholder forum which is beginning around now.

Employer groups, trade unions, voluntary groups and civic society representatives are attending the discussion to decide how to proceed with large events in the face of the coronavirus.

It's expected the guidelines will be published sometime this evening after the meeting ends.

Tacitus Kilgore · 06-03-2020 04:17PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

I think Italy's numbers will be lower than yesterday with less deaths.

I hear Kermit is opening a book on it, might get decent return on that

Clarence Boddiker · 06-03-2020 04:17PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I just saw an Italian looking guy,he as an wearing an Italian looking outfit ,sneeze on a path here in Dublin, no attempt to cover his face and with two school children in uniforms walking in the opposite direction, very close in proximity

In fairness I've been seeing that with all sorts of people the last few weeks, coughing into the air without covering their mouths, sneezing without covering their mouths, spitting on the ground etc

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