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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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  • #4652
    Pablo Escobar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Pablo Escobar


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    because they are almost half of yesterday's

    You should stay clear of the numbers :D

    The cause for optimism, I think, is that the rate of increase has dramatically slowed. We'd need to see a continuation of slowing growth and/or decline in growth numbers over the next few days for it to be justified.


  • #4653
    solidasarock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭solidasarock


    I do love the tone of the news

    Everything is fine and we see no need to cancel the Patricks day festival.

    Oh and we might need the armed forces to be called in and recently retired medical professionals to come back to work "soon"


  • #4654
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    The figures are an increase on yesterday.


    Italy had more than 1K new cases yesterday, today a lot less


  • #4655
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Boggles wrote: »
    Time for actual leadership from the leader of the country.
    Ah jaysus B, that's too sensible and too much to ask from an Irish politician, never mind someone like Leo. He's grand at the glad handing and supporting fashionable causes, so long as he knows the wind of the electorate and the media are blowing behind him on said causes, but beyond that... So no real change from most politicians.

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



  • #4656
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    I think I'd rather go under reactor 4 of Chernobly and roll about in the corioum of the Elephants foot than go to bleedin Italy !!
    :pac::pac::D

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



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  • #4657
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,134 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Downward?

    They have gone up!?

    Yes but they havent doubled which people thought they would, it doesn't have to be all bad news.


  • #4658
    BLIZZARD7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭BLIZZARD7


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    They didn't double.

    No but given they arent counting asymptomatic cases and the numbers are still going up (deaths ever increasing) then I wouldn't call the numbers optimistic just yet...


  • #4659
    Pudsy33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,868 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Downward?

    They have gone up!?

    Sorry, I meant form a percentage increase standpoint. It's obviously not good news, just trying to find a silver lining.


  • #4660
    Summer2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Summer2020


    St Patrick’s day parade to go ahead. I think they’ll end up reversing this decision by Monday due to The rise in number of cases and end up looking stupid. Very few will take the risk to attend this parade


  • #4661
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Tomrota wrote: »
    It could simply be that the scale of Italian health officials to test for COVID-19 has reached capacity, perhaps?

    Yeah could be.

    There definitely is a point that arrives where it's impossible to follow exponential growth


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  • #4662
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    Pablo Escobar wrote: »
    You should stay clear of the numbers :D

    I'm quite familiar with the numbers for the top countries, italy and Iran had both more than 1K new cases yesterday, Italy was ahead of Iran
    Today Italy has around 700 new cases. To me that's a lower number


  • #4663
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    Is there a reason why Italy's cases are so high compared to other countries outside of China and South Korea. It's very frightening how numbers keep going up there. Did nobody tell them to wash their hands?


  • #4664
    BLIZZARD7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭BLIZZARD7


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    Italy had more than 1K new cases yesterday, today a lot less

    Source?


  • #4665
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Tomrota wrote: »
    It could simply be that the scale of Italian health officials to test for COVID-19 has reached capacity, perhaps?
    4000 tests were done today, which found 620 positives
    https://lab24.ilsole24ore.com/coronavirus/
    tamponi giornalieri = tests done in a day


  • #4666
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    Italy had more than 1K new cases yesterday, today a lot less

    No they didn't.

    They had 769 new cases yesterday and 41 deaths.


  • #4667
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    Absolutely extraordinary that the plug isn't being pulled on Paddy's day parades at this juncture.

    Words fail sometimes.


  • #4668
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    BLIZZARD7 wrote: »
    Source?


    worldometer, you need to check it daily, they don't store by-country stats frmo previous days


  • #4669
    Ludo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,015 ✭✭✭Ludo


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    Italy had more than 1K new cases yesterday, today a lot less

    Italy yesterday: BREAKING: Italy reports 769 new cases of coronavirus and 41 new deaths, raising total to 3,858 cases and 148 dead

    Italy Today: BREAKING: Italy reports 778 new cases of coronavirus and 49 new deaths, raising total to 4,636 cases and 197 dead


  • #4670
    blueskys
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭blueskys


    I have a friend in cuba, he said any ships/planes entering there with passengers have a 24hr quarantine before actually going into the country. This has been in place since January. This is why they have 0 cases.


  • #4671
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    I was listening to RTE news yesterday and they were playing it down of course, but also the most worrying thing was the "racism" and "stigmatism" Chinese and Italian people were getting.

    Yes, that's right Mr. Harris, it's not that Ireland has about 10 ICU beds and will soon need 1000, it's the mean looks Chinese people are getting on the streets thats the worrying thing.


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  • #4672
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    Is there a reason why Italy's cases are so high compared to other countries outside of China and South Korea. It's very frightening how numbers keep going up there. Did nobody tell them to wash their hands?

    Italian culture like kissing greetings certainly contributes I would imagine.


  • #4673
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    Is there a reason why Italy's cases are so high compared to other countries outside of China and South Korea. It's very frightening how numbers keep going up there. Did nobody tell them to wash their hands?

    Its a backlog, the results of quarantine /social distancing and non pharmaceutical measures wont be seen until 6 weeks or so


  • #4674
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    BLIZZARD7 wrote: »
    Source?

    No problem

    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1235614089189212162


  • #4675
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,026 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Summer2020 wrote: »
    St Patrick’s day parade to go ahead. I think they’ll end up reversing this decision by Monday due to The rise in number of cases and end up looking stupid. Very few will take the risk to attend this parade

    But "kept under review", so much splinters from that fence.


  • #4676
    fly_agaric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭fly_agaric


    deise08 wrote: »
    Cork City and youghal have cancelled their parades.
    I think the rest of the city/counties should each come out and do the same.
    Who's in charge of Dublin?
    Would it be the mayors or city/ county boards?

    It's not like the other stuff that goes on around the country (I think).
    Dublin would not allowed govern itself for something that big.
    According to St. Patricks Day Festival website it's a mish-mash of the Dublin City Council (Local authority), Bord Failte (Quango) and Central government (Dept. of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht) funding it.
    So it would be government that make decisions on it I expect (unlike other events for that day around the country).


  • #4677
    BLIZZARD7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭BLIZZARD7


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    worldometer, you need to check it daily, they don't store by-country stats frmo previous days

    I do check it daily. You must have looked at Iran for that 1k+ figure.


  • #4678
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    Is there a reason why Italy's cases are so high compared to other countries outside of China and South Korea. It's very frightening how numbers keep going up there. Did nobody tell them to wash their hands?

    Perhaps they have the stronger strain ?


  • #4679
    Summer2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Summer2020


    Stepaside parade has been cancelled. Think there’s going to be a back track on the Dublin one within days. Absolute madness. All about money, tourism and the economy with no thought to public health.


  • #4680
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    In positive news I think it unlikely now that new cases would be in double figures tonight because something (or cases) would have leaked by now.


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  • #4681
    igCorcaigh
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    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    because they are almost half of yesterday's

    Testing lab overloaded?
    Did they give the number of -ve results?


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