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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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  • #4952
    Candamir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 531 ✭✭✭Candamir


    Skylar Mammoth Spike wrote: »
    Two BA baggage throwers (handlers) over at HTW are confirmed among the infected.

    Before you pick up luggage, spary it down with whatever is at hand: phiss, vinegar, aftershave, dettol spray etc.

    Where? Lawrence County Airpark? BA don’t fly there.


  • #4953
    fly_agaric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,324 ✭✭✭fly_agaric


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    The EU had the choice to seal off northern Italy. They didn't. No point crying over spilt milk.

    So Kermit...are you a really an EU federalist underneath all? You'd like a muscular, centralised EU that can come in and boss the member states around like that, tell them exactly who can come & go from a given country (let alone the relatively minor issue for joe public of exactly what % tax rate they set for company profits!)


  • #4954
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,867 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    babybuilder wrote: »
    It lives in urine

    :confused: No golden showers?


  • #4955
    Pretzill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,756 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    Gintonious wrote: »

    Apple, meet orange.

    giphy.gif


  • #4956
    babybuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,111 ✭✭✭babybuilder


    Gintonious wrote: »
    Not much to learn from this. Spanish flu was unusually lethal, and travel for people in a post WW1 world was more prevalent. It was also lethal to young adults (Covid-19 is not) and younger people in general, and there was poor hygiene standards and malnourishment at that time as well.

    Apple, meet orange.

    Older people>65 had immunity from previous epidemic in late 1880s. I think 65% of deaths were under 25


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  • #4957
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    :confused: No golden showers?

    Just keep your mouth, eyes, nose and ears closed


  • #4958
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    :confused: No golden showers?

    Yes leave it out for a bit and maybe the scat might not be a great idea at the moment either.:cool:


  • #4959
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,920 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    babybuilder wrote: »
    Older people>65 had immunity from previous epidemic in late 1880s. I think 65% of deaths were under 25

    The younger death rates with Spanish flu is what made is so lethal.


  • #4960
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,444 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Candamir wrote: »
    Where? Lawrence County Airpark? BA don’t fly there.

    Heathrow LHR


  • #4961
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    Akabusi wrote: »
    I never said anything about sneezing.

    Oh ok, I read it wrong. But coughing/sneezing into the elbow isn't that hard to do.


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  • #4962
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,370 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    newbie18892 wrote: »
    Been told by a member of staff working in a South Dublin hospital that a person presented to out of hours GP last night with suspected case of Covid-19. Hospital has been subject to deep clean today as a precaution

    Well that person is in the wrong job if they can't keep their mouth shut.


  • #4963
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    fly_agaric wrote: »
    So Kermit...are you a really an EU federalist underneath all? You'd like a muscular, centralised EU that can come in and boss the member states around like that, tell them exactly who can come & go from a given country (let alone the relatively minor issue for joe public of exactly what % tax rate they set for company profits!)

    Well they do that anyway with migrants


  • #4964
    Dante7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Dante7


    Gintonious wrote: »
    Not much to learn from this. Spanish flu was unusually lethal, and travel for people in a post WW1 world was more prevalent. It was also lethal to young adults (Covid-19 is not) and younger people in general, and there was poor hygiene standards and malnourishment at that time as well.

    Apple, meet orange.

    Spanish flu had a mean R0 of 2. Covid-19 has a current R0 of 2.28.


  • #4965
    lawrencesummers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,786 ✭✭✭lawrencesummers


    seamus wrote: »
    Still not possible. Didn't happen in 2015. And we're talking about internal borders, not external borders.

    The emergency was declared, but borders were not closed fully.


    They can be closed.


  • #4966
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Is the horse racing going ahead?


    I'm nearly beginning to believe some of the conspiracy theories about how this virus was manufactured in a lab to kill of the weakest in society.


  • #4967
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    I'd say you'll have a lot of people staying away from parades anyway, so whether it's cancelled or not it's going to be fairly dismal.


  • #4968
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,993 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Speak Now wrote: »
    People dying is spilt milk, strange one frog.

    I belive he was referring to the decision, not it's consequences.


  • #4969
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Every hospital seems to be on lockdown atm , that a massive red flag. Could preparations have went any worse I'm not sure


  • #4970
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Notice Turkey (large country of 80m) aren't reporting a single case.
    Yet they're surrounded by 5/6 infected nations on all sides, and have the small matter of hoards that moved through it, and getting pushed/bussed to Greece's borders.


  • #4971
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,370 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Paddy Cosgrave has the balls our leadership is lacking.

    https://twitter.com/tecdr/status/1235988923685507074?s=20

    https://twitter.com/paddycosgrave/status/1235976172439302144?s=20

    https://twitter.com/paddycosgrave/status/1235955701614342144?s=20

    Paddy Cosgrove is a prick though. Still blaming the Irish government for not giving him free money and the fact he couldn't organise a conference in a conference centre.


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  • #4972
    solidasarock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭solidasarock


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Every hospital seems to be on lockdown atm , that a massive red flag. Could preparations have went any worse I'm not sure

    Maybe hospitals are looking at what Leo is saying and realise they need to prep for the worse case scenario because clearly the gov wont do anything to prevent it


  • #4973
    ZX7R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Every hospital seems to be on lockdown atm , that a massive red flag. Could preparations have went any worse I'm not sure

    Red flag not really.
    Common sense , and should have been done after the first case of infection in Ireland


  • #4974
    amor3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭amor3


    Sitting in a doctors waiting room here. My god, you can sense the tension every time someone coughs or sneezes!


  • #4975
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,867 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Skylar Mammoth Spike wrote: »
    Notice Turkey (large country of 80m) aren't reporting a single case.
    Yet they're surrounded by 5/6 infected nations on all sides, and have the small matter of hoards that moved through it, and getting pushed/bussed to Greece's borders.

    Exporting clean refugees! Political decision (probably) not to test/report.


  • #4976
    kalkat2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭kalkat2002


    owlbethere wrote: »
    Is the horse racing going ahead?


    I'm nearly beginning to believe some of the conspiracy theories about how this virus was manufactured in a lab to kill of the weakest in society.

    Wuhan virology lab perhaps....


  • #4977
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Xertz wrote: »
    I'd say you'll have a lot of people staying away from parades anyway, so whether it's cancelled or not it's going to be fairly dismal.

    I wouldn't even set foot in a pub in town this weekend.
    .
    Im a daily rate contractor so cannot take any risks.

    This whole thing is mad altogether.


  • #4978
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    ZX7R wrote: »
    Red flag not really.
    Common sense , and should have been done after the first case of infection in Ireland

    Nonsense the Government says they are looking at this very closely.

    Before that I was worried.;)


  • #4979
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Every hospital seems to be on lockdown atm , that a massive red flag. Could preparations have went any worse I'm not sure
    Red flag of what?
    That's not unexpected once you've seen a community infection.

    Expect nursing and convalescent homes to follow suit.

    The hospitals haven't magically spotted anything that the HSE hasn't.

    The only major difference in this instance is that the lockdown will be countrywide. Usually only hospitals.in a region lockdown when there's a flu or vomiting bug outbreak.


  • #4980
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    If you haven’t heard calans kicks on the radio tonight you should listen.
    The hse corona hotline bit especially.
    Nailed it.


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  • #4981
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Widespread school and university closures will be announced tonight


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