Coronavirus Part V - 34 cases in ROI, 16 in NI (as of 10 March) *Read warnings in OP*

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think the point might be if ‘panic’ encouraged everyone to modify their behaviour and practice the recommended hygiene there might be a positive outcome here.

Fair point but I would argue that there is no such thing as a little bit of panic in scenarios like this. It's either full blown panic or calmness with no in between IMO. I can't see any positive outcome related to creating a panicking mindset. I believe that hygiene behaviours and practices are down to each individual and at the panic stage I don't think ppl are going to bother focusing on hygiene behaviours and practices because they'll be too busy panicking about eventually getting the virus rather than being in a prevention mindset.

iguana wrote: »

Another thing to be conscious of with this is that there is a decent chance that for fit people too much exertion from exercising in the early or mild stages of the illness may be a factor that increases the severity. I normally exercise all the time but have decided to be alert to how I'm feeling and make careful decisions around exercising. Instead of pushing my fitness, endurance and strength levels I've decided that for now, I'm going to focus on posture, flexibility and muscle health. So no high intensity if I'm feeling at all unwell and instead focus on pilates, yoga, very short gentle callisthenics routines and extra walks in fresh air. It's actually really hard as my mental health definitely feels a bit more susceptible to stress when I'm not having my usual outlet but I will adapt and find a way to make this work.

This too. A 200km cycle with a massive physical exertion is gonna leave my resources low.

the butcher wrote: »

Let's be blunt - We'd be overrun at 5%.

We’re overrun as it is

Are the HSE trying to make the country explode? This will cause all-out panic.

4 more deaths in Spain, total 17 now.

MD1990 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1236629220308156423

Then surely St Patrick's Day parade's have to be cancelled.

12:23
The HSE has said that it cannot dispute projections that 1.9 million people may fall ill here with coronavirus.

But it said that the modelling scenario is not completed yet.

Health officials said that the trends in Italy point towards large numbers of cases.

An update on confirmed cases here will be given by the National Public Health Emergency Team later.

To date, there have been 19 confirmed cases in the Republic of Ireland.

A study in the British Medical Journal last week projected that all COVID-19 cases will hit the NHS over a 9 week period.

It said that half of these cases would happen over a 3 week period, putting huge pressure on the health services.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0308/1120915-coronavirus-updates/

Treasure Grumpy Tie wrote: »

I have heard that the one case unaccounted for apparently had travelled recently, just not from Italy.

Anyway I hope we see a bit more honesty in the reporting come Monday because there has undoubtedly been some developments since Friday.

Remember, what you read in the media here is the sanitised rubber stamped press release from the powers that be.

Truth is we will just have to ride this out and hope for the best, it cannot be contained. China especially does not take the measures they did lightly.

I'm amazed at people going on about missing holidays or the Patrick's Day celebrations, they will eventually realise that this has much wider repercussions.

This is not something that will last just a few weeks.

That is the most important point. The best that can be done is slow down the spread so that the health services can cope as well as possible. But, as time moves, there will most probably be major community impact (and undoubtedly major economic impact). Schools and colleges may close (how will working parents cope with school closures?).Cafes, shops, small businesses will be impacted, or closed down. The exams, even Leaving Cert, may have to be delayed. Maybe there will be quarantines. We are talking about a period of months.

It is important that the spread of the virus is contained.But it is also important that the whole country is not closed down for several months. Economic impact does not mean just big business - it means everyone and every family. This is important too.

Anyway, how long do we think people will go along with a close down? It may be all well for a few days but after that it would take a Chinese type intervention to keep a lockdown in force.


For what it is worth, I think the parades will be cancelled. But what about sports events, nightclubs, city centre pubs, bingo? Maybe some of these may have to go to but hopefully not (the knock on effects would be enormous). But it will never be an easy call on whether or when to shut things down. There is always a balance.


As for updates. I think once a day is reasonable. I can't see that a running commentary will do any good. Maybe there are confirmed cases since the last announcement (I don't know). But there are probably greater priorities than an immediate announcement - talking to family first, arranging isolation, etc. etc. If they all too late for one day's announcement then they will be included the next day. So what?

We should all be working on the basis that the virus is in circulation in our locality and maintain what precautions we can. We are in a state of semi-hysteria. Certainly some people are going to die - maybe some known to us individually. So some level of hysteria is understandable but it is hardly going to help.

sunday times today

human Guinea pigs in a london lab are to be given a form of the killer virus

ffs it's not Ebola the reason its spreads so quick is that it doesnt kill you. nothing like a click bait headline.

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Are the HSE trying to make the country explode? This will cause all-out panic.

Yeah better to ignore it and it will go away.
God forbid we panic