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

Quantum Erasure · 08-03-2020 09:04PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Hundreds of thousands of cases here?

HSE chief 'can't dispute' figure that 1.9 million people in Ireland could get Covid-19
https://www.thejournal.ie/hse-chief-cant-dispute-1-9-million-5037746-Mar2020/

tillyfilly · 08-03-2020 09:04PM

Apparently Oil production is now a 'bigger problem for markets than the coronavirus, time to skip threads

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/08/oil-a-bigger-problem-for-markets-than-the-coronavirus-after-opec-deal-collapse.html

US2 · 08-03-2020 09:04PM

Lashes28 wrote: »

How do you know about the Drogheda case?

I know the person personally. He said there is 3 in there. I'm not mentioning it again now, time will reveal all. My PMs will be open for apologies

08-03-2020 09:05PM

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

A grim and dramatic account. Reading it carefully though, it still emerges that this doctor is pleading for everyone to take personal responsibility in helping to mitigate the outbreak. It mightn't seem important when people say "what can I do, I'm only one person", but it IS important.

Oops69 · 08-03-2020 09:05PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Hundreds of thousands of cases here?

yes and perhaps 20- 30 thousand deaths over a number of months , the elderly will be decimated and I'm very worried for my elderly parents .

ACitizenErased · 08-03-2020 09:05PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

HSE chief 'can't dispute' figure that 1.9 million people in Ireland could get Covid-19
https://www.thejournal.ie/hse-chief-cant-dispute-1-9-million-5037746-Mar2020/

They can't dispute that there could be 0 further cases either, because it is entirely possible. Use your brain.

laurah591 · 08-03-2020 09:06PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Mater has the National Isolation Unit.

Thanks all, So whats the Maters capacity like to deal with very serious cases?

08-03-2020 09:06PM

US2 wrote: »

Yes, a post from me this morning? You're raging mate, you're not thinking straight, relax.

But you are spreading false information. You change from Friday to Sunday in the blink of an eye. People like you will lead to deaths. We need to be level headed here.

Cilldara_2000 · 08-03-2020 09:06PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Hundreds of thousands of cases here?

irishgeo wrote: »

Even china didn't get to a 100k cases will you shut the **** up spouting ****.

It is possible that the rate of infection could be anywhere from 0.01% to 80%.

is_that_so · 08-03-2020 09:06PM

Maurice Gentle Zap wrote: »

The death rate of 4.9% in Italy is chilling.

How many people have been tested here?

It is almost exclusively the elderly and Lombardy has nearly 23% over 65.

Quantum Erasure · 08-03-2020 09:06PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

They can't dispute that there could be 0 further cases either, because it is entirely possible. Use your brain.

you use yours, they can and would definitely dispute that

three 'community' infections, where did these come from?

ACitizenErased · 08-03-2020 09:06PM

laurah591 wrote: »

Thanks all, So whats the Maters capacity like to deal with very serious cases?

The website says 12 beds as far as I know... which isn't a lot.

endainoz · 08-03-2020 09:07PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Any word on the alleged exposure to the virus at the Blindboy gig?

Yup, it happened alright. No word of any cases from it....yet.

ACitizenErased · 08-03-2020 09:07PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

you use yours, they can and would definitely dispute that

They can't dispute there'll be any from 0 to 4.7 million cases. Because they don't know....

nocoverart · 08-03-2020 09:08PM

Nobody's fault of course, but this thread wouldn't do any good for stress levels. I should really stay off but keep coming back like I'm some kind of bad news junkie.

Looptheloop30 · 08-03-2020 09:08PM

irishgeo wrote: »

Even china didn't get to a 100k cases will you shut the **** up spouting ****.

Yet

US2 · 08-03-2020 09:08PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

But you are spreading false information. You change from Friday to Sunday in the blink of an eye. People like you will lead to deaths. We need to be level headed here.

Seriously man you're nuts! I first posted about it this morning, an said from the offset it was confirmed positive on friday evening, I haven't changed anything now off you ****

is_that_so · 08-03-2020 09:09PM

Oops69 wrote: »

yes and perhaps 20- 30 thousand deaths over a number of months , the elderly will be decimated and I'm very worried for my elderly parents .

That's the McConkey numbers, levels unseen anywhere in the world. It is not a prediction, it's an improbable worst case scenario.

US2 · 08-03-2020 09:09PM

US2 wrote: »

Seriously man you're nuts! I first posted about it this morning, an said from the offset it was confirmed positive on friday evening, I haven't changed anything now off you fcuk. Still no answer as to how the cork case reported here almost 2 days ago was only announced tonight..

Loughc · 08-03-2020 09:09PM

With only 3 new cases over the weekend that ends the doubling up theory. Seems to be slowing down here which is good. Anyone want to hazard a guess when this completely blows over and barely gets a mention in the press?

2 or 3 weeks Id say.

dan786 · 08-03-2020 09:09PM

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1236745653759422464?s=20

odyssey06 · 08-03-2020 09:09PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

They can't dispute that there could be 0 further cases either, because it is entirely possible. Use your brain.

If they said it at lunchtime it would already be untrue.

The reason why they can't dispute 1.9 million infections is because they have draft models showing up to 40% of the population infected.
Do you think they have any models showing 0 more cases?

NIMAN · 08-03-2020 09:09PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Chickens coming home to rooste because of severely underfunded health service

Is that the health service we put e20 billion into each year?

Poor_old_gill · 08-03-2020 09:09PM

laurah591 wrote: »

Thanks all, So whats the Maters capacity like to deal with very serious cases?

2 ecmo machines.
They have increased the number of beds by isolating additional areas of the hospital but still nowhere near enough to deal with an epidemic that would be in the hundreds, not for mind thousands

Pseudonym121 · 08-03-2020 09:10PM

New Home wrote: »

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

Not posting about infection projections etc but a little bit of info for those who buy a pulse oximeter.

1. Get used to using them on a daily basis and figure out what your normal is. If you have bad asthma, COAD or heart failure you won't be getting an oxygen saturation of 99%.

2. If you're healthy and normally have an Oxygen saturation of 99% then you should consider calling a doctor for aid when it falls to 92% or lower.

3. If you have pre-existing conditions which lower your normal oxygen saturation below 99% than you may well be able to feel well even when your oxygen saturation is below 92%. In either case though if it fell below 85% I'd call a doctor anyways.

4. Measure it on the same finger every time and pick a finger which isn't caked in dirt and doesn't have extensive scarring and calluses.

5. RECORD your results on an A4 page by writing the date and then the oxygen saturation. This'll give you a sense of normal and any changes. It will also help IF you do have to phone your GP and give a timeline of a decline in Oxygen saturation.

6. IF you get a low level then REPEAT the test. You aren't nurses or doctors and you don't have medical grade oximeters so repeat it just in case something went wrong. I'd recommend that you only call your GP if you've had 3 tests which were low over the course of 30 minutes sitting in a chair watching TV.

If you can't wait 30 minutes to do 3 tests then either:
a) your problem is anxiety/panic attacks or
b) you're having a critical urgent respiratory or cardiac issue and you'll know you don't have the option of sitting around re-checking over 30 minutes.

Hope this helps people to use these oximeters somewhat appropriately so they do more good than harm.

Cilldara_2000 · 08-03-2020 09:10PM

Oops69 wrote: »

yes and perhaps 20- 30 thousand deaths over a number of months , the elderly will be decimated and I'm very worried for my elderly parents .

In the old Roman meaning of the word "decimated" perhaps.

GM228 · 08-03-2020 09:10PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

Apparently Oil production is now a 'bigger problem for markets than the coronavirus, time to skip threads

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/08/oil-a-bigger-problem-for-markets-than-the-coronavirus-after-opec-deal-collapse.html

Drop in price per barrel will be reflected at the pumps in 1 to 2 weeks, now if it were an increase in price per barrel would be reflected at the pumps in 1 to 2 days...

dePeatrick · 08-03-2020 09:10PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

There are a number of drugs on trial at the moment, but I reckon this will burn itself out before that point. Problem is, a lot of older and vulnerable people are going to die.

I reckon after this though, there are going to major societetal changes. Less travel, more insular. Harder to go into different countries. Might actually save the planet in a roundabout way.

I doubt those changes tbh, more likely changes to procedures to containing a virus like this. More ICUs etc etc.

Call Me Jimmy · 08-03-2020 09:10PM

Loughc wrote: »

With only 3 new cases over the weekend that ends the doubling up theory. Seems to be slowing down here which is good. Anyone want to hazard a guess when this completely blows over and barely gets a mention in the press?

2 or 3 weeks Id say.

Genius!

leahyl · 08-03-2020 09:11PM

My mum has blood pressure and mild diabetes, otherwise in good health but it would make you worry about anything happening to your parents :-( it seems it has really made people think with regard to washing their hands etc which can only be a good thing - that’s all we can do really

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