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

paleoperson · 08-03-2020 08:38PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Are you aware of some post 2015 research that shows Vitamin C boosts the immune system? Because if not, then it's pretty clear that it doesn't have that claimed effect: http://www.yalescientific.org/2015/03/mythbusters-does-vitamin-c-really-help/

What the hell are you talking about?

Your link says exactly what I said, that vitamin c boosts the immune system in several ways. Whether or not a study was done in 2015 or in 2010 or even 1930 should not matter. Obviously the references to it helping the SARS virus probably isn't "post 2015".

cnocbui wrote: »

I sometimes joke that when claiming vitamin C boosts the immune system they were one letter off, because vitamin D does.

Okay, go ahead and amuse yourself with that.

mirrorwall14 · 08-03-2020 08:39PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/ff8hns/testimony_of_a_surgeon_working_in_bergamo_in_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Just read this from my reddit feed. I strongly recommend you avoid if you are easily upset. It’s a very stark description of medicine in Italy right now

spookwoman · 08-03-2020 08:39PM

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Prob old news but the guy from CUH is in the mater now.
Supposedly it’s very, very unlikely to be a positive ending

from the indo on the 6th "the hospital has the 12-bed national isolation unit, the state of the art centre where a the first patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in the Republic were referred."

ACitizenErased · 08-03-2020 08:40PM

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Prob old news but the guy from CUH is in the mater now.
Supposedly it’s very, very unlikely to be a positive ending

I've heard he has pretty serious underlying conditions.

US2 · 08-03-2020 08:40PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So you are happy to allow three three active cases of COVID-19 to go unreported in Louth because why? I'm been genuine. I can report these active cases to a HSE management level. By not reporting, this could lead to a lot of unnecessary deaths.

Or you could admit you are lying?

I'm sure the HSE are in a more knowledgeable position than me so I'll leave the experts to it. I'm sure they'll be announced , possibly tomorrow if there is press release. Dont keep calling me a liar then expecting me to engage with you.

Lord Trollington · 08-03-2020 08:40PM

1641 wrote: »

There was a also a third wave in spring 1919. But the second wave was most severe nationally. The third was severest in some western areas that escaped the worst of the first two waves.

When you think about it. Famines, plagues, viruses, 2 World wars.

It's a miracle any of us are alive today at all.

Enjoy it while you can people .

YFlyer · 08-03-2020 08:40PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

What do people mean by a peak?

The number of infections per a time period have reached its highest level and any further values are less. However, the number of, or lack of, tests can affect these values.

martingriff · 08-03-2020 08:40PM

I look at video's from a doctor on youtube Dr. Mike. He does reacts on medical shows but also advice on medical stuff also. He just did a react video on media fact checks. Not sure I am with him on the last bit of the video but the bit with the congress man was funny. Also what Jurgen Klopp said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CRxyHU9Oxo

scamalert · 08-03-2020 08:41PM

well that youtube posted video was more usefull then 1000 people $hitting bricks here with hysteria.

if in places such as china virus got only 3k deaths which is like a drop in the ocean, dont believe they can cover up millions people, and seems most severe cases are due to underlying issues and avg age where most are vunerable.

as some doc dropping number half population could get infected means jack $hit as might as well say entire nation, but reality is given how it spreads and reports from those recovered in many cases it can be simple flu and no one would know.

Poor_old_gill · 08-03-2020 08:41PM

spookwoman wrote: »

from the indo on the 6th "the hospital has the 12-bed national isolation unit, the state of the art centre where a the first patients who tested positive for the coronavirus in the Republic were referred."

Guy from CUH was only transferred last night

Ludo · 08-03-2020 08:41PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I've heard he has pretty serious underlying conditions.

It was in the newspapers and on the tv in fairness. Not like you have access special info there.

tina1040 · 08-03-2020 08:42PM

1641 wrote: »

Or contact your GP, or out-of-hours GP, service?

The GP is not open tonight. The out of hours clinic closed at 6, It seems there is no other help number until morning. He is a student and what if tomorrow is too late to contact school.

I have been listening to news items all week with various politicians and medical experts telling everyone what they should be doing but I'm stuck here with no number to call apart from 999.

08-03-2020 08:42PM

Interesting article on Corona resting. Sorry if already linked:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236610-coronavirus-how-do-i-get-tested-and-how-does-the-test-work/

"These tests are not entirely reliable. “One or more negative results do not rule out the possibility of covid-19 virus infection,” says the WHO guidance on lab testing.

This can be due to technical problems, such as not keeping samples refrigerated, but it also has to do with the nature of viral infections. Someone who has only just been infected may not yet be shedding the virus into the throat, while someone at a late stage may have stopped doing so, while still having an active infection in other parts of the body."

ACitizenErased · 08-03-2020 08:43PM

Ludo wrote: »

It was in the newspapers and on the tv in fairness. Not like you have access special info there.

Who said I had special info? I live in Cork and know people in the hospital. I'm merely stating what I've heard.

cnocbui · 08-03-2020 08:43PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

If only that were bitcoin, it would soon reverse direction spectacularly.

Ludo · 08-03-2020 08:44PM

tina1040 wrote: »

The GP is not open tonight. The out of hours clinic closed at 6, It seems there is no other help number until morning. He is a student and what if tomorrow is too late to contact school.

I have been listening to news items all week with various politicians and medical experts telling everyone what they should be doing but I'm stuck here with no number to call apart from 999.

Where are you? There is always an out-of-hours gp service. SouthDoc in Cork, ShannonDoc in Limerick/Clare.

How do people not know this???? And yet have the abillty to get onto boards.ie to whinge about it.

paleoperson · 08-03-2020 08:45PM

cnocbui wrote: »

If only that were bitcoin, it would soon reverse direction spectacularly.

Right. Bitcoin is a pyramid scheme that destroys the environment as a side effect.

Ludo · 08-03-2020 08:46PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Who said I had special info? I live in Cork and know people in the hospital. I'm merely stating what I've heard.

Sry...fed up of the "I've heard X Y Z" stuff on here lateyl from people who think they know better than the HSE.

08-03-2020 08:46PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

When you think about it. Famines, plagues, viruses, 2 World wars.

It's a miracle any of us are alive today at all.

Enjoy it while you can people .

I intend to!
And without those famines, etc some of us might not be alive today at all. But that's another story!

paleoperson · 08-03-2020 08:46PM

Ludo wrote: »

Where are you? There is always an out-of-hours gp service. SouthDoc in Cork, ShannonDoc in Limerick/Clare.

How do people not know this???? And yet have the abillty to get onto boards.ie to whinge about it.

Is she sure it isn't that the out of hours GP opens at 6? lol. That would make a lot more sense.

US2 · 08-03-2020 08:47PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

As an example, can we expose the lies of US2? He has consistently over the last few days tried to spoon people in the Louth area. Maybe he gets a jolly out of it but unnecessary mistrust in The HSE is not be welcomed. The majority of the HSE will be on the frontlines trying to treat potential victims. US2 (if he was believed might have lead to healthcare priorities been given to the north east of the country. On a national level, we need to balance out heath care significantly. Lies should not be entertained as it's a disservice to the patients we are treating and patients we might not be able to treat.

Last few days? I said it this morning .

As another poster said, the case in cork today was reported on this thread 2 days ago and only announced today why is it so hard to believe there is a delay of a couple of days in announcements?

IQO · 08-03-2020 08:48PM

Tesco Dundrum just now, outside of the normal pasta shelves. Probably now meeting the recent increase of demand here.

New Home · 08-03-2020 08:48PM

owlbethere wrote: »

I ordered a oxygen/heartrate finger reader from Amazon. It might be a useful idea for others. To check on oxygen in the blood. If you need to relay it to your GP over the phone.

Pulse-oxymeters. Lidl had them on sale a while back.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

A consistent 10% of all cases in Italy requiring ICU for the last 3 weeks is pretty horrific. No wonder the heath system can't cope.

Read this bad google translation of an article about what the Head of the Crisis Unit in Lombardy said (Intensive therapy = ICU):

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.corriere.it%2Fcronache%2F20_marzo_07%2Fcoronavirus-stiamo-creando-terapie-intensive-anche-corridoi-cb01190a-60be-11ea-8d61-438e0a276fc4.shtml

STB. · 08-03-2020 08:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

There isn't a delay of days.

Well there seems to have been a massive delay with one of the latest to be diagnosed down in Bon Secours, Dazzler, so much so that he was sitting in ICU for a period of time before being tested for coronavirus.

They have advised staff who have had contact with the patient and who are displaying symptoms of coronavirus to self isolate.

Except there are not always symptoms!!!! Shít you couldn't make up. The HSE will not be happy until we have achieved the Italians scale of ineptitude. All flights need to be stopped now from Northern Italy.

133 to 366 deaths in one day. Now approaching 8k cases.

4068ac1elhodqr · 08-03-2020 08:49PM

Phibsboro wrote: »

We would be well into summer at that point. At a conservative doubling rate of 4, a 12 week peak would have us at 41 million cases, so that can't be right. A 50% population infection would take 9 weeks. A 20% population infection would take 8 weeks. That is uncontrolled spread.

There are over 4 wks in a month, 12 wks from now is the 31st May, very start of meteolgical summer i.e. It only starts to warm up at the start of June. Also schools close at start of June. July/Aug are the hottest driest months.

Doubling rate is approx 5 days, though that can vary upon a variety measures taken and any mutations.

Gynoid · 08-03-2020 08:49PM

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/ff8hns/testimony_of_a_surgeon_working_in_bergamo_in_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Just read this from my reddit feed. I strongly recommend you avoid if you are easily upset. It’s a very stark description of medicine in Italy right now

My God. That is awful.

AidenL · 08-03-2020 08:49PM

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

https://www.reddit.com/r/medicine/comments/ff8hns/testimony_of_a_surgeon_working_in_bergamo_in_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Just read this from my reddit feed. I strongly recommend you avoid if you are easily upset. It’s a very stark description of medicine in Italy right now

That’s an eye opener.

08-03-2020 08:49PM

US2 wrote: »

Last few days? I said it this morning .

As another poster said, the case in cork today was reported on this thread 2 days ago and only announced today why is it so hard to believe there is a delay of a couple of days in announcements?

You said it was confirmed on Friday.

lainey_d_123 · 08-03-2020 08:51PM

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Prob old news but the guy from CUH is in the mater now.
Supposedly it’s very, very unlikely to be a positive ending

Who is this now? The doctor fella? Or someone else?

Lord Trollington wrote: »

When you think about it. Famines, plagues, viruses, 2 World wars.

It's a miracle any of us are alive today at all.

Enjoy it while you can people .

I constantly marvel at the pure sh1te most people worry about. Maybe it's because I have a long term illness but if I feel well enough to do stuff, I bloody enjoy every minute. No point in worrying yourself over every little thing.

US2 · 08-03-2020 08:51PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You said it was confirmed on Friday.

Ya , I only mentioned it on this thread this morning, you said I've been saying it for days.

Any answer as to how the case in cork confirmed today was reported on this thread almost 2 days ago??

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

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