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

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  • #1712
    givyjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,287 ✭✭✭givyjoe


    [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.

    Ah here, come off it. You want people to be level headed and you say an anonymous poster in boards is going to lead to deaths, simply by saying there are as yet to be confirmed cases in a hospital. Bizarre.


  • #1713
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,612 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    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.

    we'll only be getting started then, first few deaths, infections really starting to ramp up


  • #1714
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I've been open and honest about my desire to protect the Irish public. If there was a case of hospitals hiding their cases, US2 should actually do his/her bit and let somebody know. I've offered to act on his behalf if they/their source is unwilling to act.


  • #1715
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    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.


    Surely this is a complete uninformed wind-up.


  • #1716
    Oops69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    In the old Roman meaning of the word "decimated" perhaps.
    yes, approximately.


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  • #1717
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,843 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    nocoverart wrote: »
    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.

    one of the problems of the internet age - 20 or 30 years ago people were unaware of the instant death rates in places like Iran and China , now we get instant updates , not good for the mind -


  • #1718
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,475 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    we got more of heads up then Italy did


  • #1719
    US2
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I've been open and honest about my desire to protect the Irish public. If there was a case of hospitals hiding their cases, US2 should actually do his/her bit and let somebody know. I've offered to act on his behalf if they/their source is unwilling to act.

    I told you do what you want! Take off the tin foil hat I'm sure itll be reported in due course and there must be a reason it hasn't been yet.


  • #1720
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Ariah Happy Rooster wrote: »
    Surely this is a complete uninformed wind-up.
    It's an opinion just like the one you've offered here!


  • #1721
    laurah591
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭laurah591


    Poor_old_gill wrote: »
    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

    This in itself is very concerning, I really hope that the HSE have adequate plans n place not being disclosed publicly.

    Anyone think there is any chance of a goverment being formed or our political figures just agreeing to work together to ensure the country can make difficult choices if it needs to


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  • #1722
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    givyjoe wrote: »
    Ah here, come off it. You want people to be level headed and you say an anonymous poster in boards is going to lead to deaths, simply by saying there are as yet to be confirmed cases in a hospital. Bizarre.
    Since Friday. Apparently.
    I'm more than happy to provide my details to a moderator on this thread.


  • #1723
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,430 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    thebaz wrote: »
    one of the problems of the internet age - 20 or 30 years ago people were unaware of the instant death rates in places like Iran and China , now we get instant updates , not good for the mind -

    20 / 30 years ago infections in Iran, China would have been far less likely to go global ... might have burned out locally without spreading.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #1724
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,612 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    In the old Roman meaning of the word "decimated" perhaps.

    be grand so


  • #1725
    New Home
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    Maurice Gentle Zap wrote: »
    The death rate of 4.9% in Italy is chilling.

    How many people have been tested here?

    I'll edit this post after I've double-checked, but I think they said over 49,000.
    Deleted User wrote: »
    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.

    Indeed. Staying indoors and in isolation is the only way to help contain this.


  • #1726
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

    Also seen a woman, obviously not short of money, with a surgical mask on. She wouldn't of looked as much of a tool if she didn't actually strut around is her moleskin fur coat and kneehigh boots.
    Sounds more like a hooker going incognito. :D

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



  • #1727
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,612 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    20 / 30 years ago infections in Iran, China would have been far less likely to go global ... might have burned out locally without spreading.

    they have viruses on the internet now


  • #1728
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    GM228 wrote: »
    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...

    I think there is less publicity when the price goes down, and people don't notice it as much. There is a good variation in prices between different outlets where I am so we have a choice.


  • #1729
    Fleetwoodmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭Fleetwoodmac


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    If you are not vitamin c deficient. It doesn't make sense.

    Perhaps it doesn't though I tend to trust PubMed articles generally considered gold standard in terms of research and will trust same but thanks


  • #1730
    givyjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,287 ✭✭✭givyjoe


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Since Friday. Apparently.
    I'm more than happy to provide my details to a moderator on this thread.

    What relevance would providing your details have to your last post? On one hand you say keep a level head and on the other your post goes off the deepend. The poster has multiple times said he isn't theorising some insidious cover up, just that there were cases that hasn't been announced yet. Not sure how that puts people's lives at risk and seen as the HSE policy is to not provide ANY identifying info about confirmed cases, that claim makes even less sense.


  • #1731
    Pseudonym121
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭Pseudonym121


    owlbethere wrote: »
    There will be so much change that we've never seen before in our country that will shock and rock many people and families and communities. If the hospitals are at full capacity and you have a family member struggling with difficulties, you're talking about watching someone die at home.

    Yes, this. And also hospitals unable to treat people with other medical issues such that while they don't get infected with COVID19 and die they die as a second order effect of COVID19 overwhelming the hospital system.


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  • #1732
    Water John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,831 ✭✭✭✭Water John


    Cut out general close interaction, no hand shakes. A lot of business can be conducted without all the bloody meetings.


  • #1733
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 26,064 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    is_that_so wrote: »
    It's an opinion just like the one you've offered here!

    Yep it’s exactly this. Just an option based off the weekend results.


  • #1734
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    is_that_so wrote: »
    It's an opinion just like the one you've offered here!
    Sorry, but I offered one based directy on the highly regarded Dr that discovered Ebola, and his forecasts.

    Not on pie-in-the-sky, lucky wish-wish, loopy magic rainbows.

    In fact reckon it's dangerous, even misleading to assume this will blow over in a couple of aul weeks, and all will be grand like.


  • #1735
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    US2 wrote: »
    I told you do what you want! Take off the tin foil hat I'm sure itll be reported in due course and there must be a reason it hasn't been yet.

    Like do you not understand, if there was three cases in Drogheda on Friday. Why wouldn't you report it yourself? If you got the person who made the claims to contact me, I'd take up the lack of transparency on their on their behalf. I'm willing to go to bat because I generally care about public health. But I can't just say that some poster on boards says their are three hidden cases in Drogheda. More than likely, you've been duped or are lying.


  • #1736
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Part 5 of this thread... Wow. This must be a record for boards right?


  • #1737
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,445 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    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.

    The 2 cases today are community transmission meaning they can't be linked to travel from a hot spot or contact with an already known infected person. That means, by definition, there are other community infected people out there who are either carriers but not showing symptoms, or actively symptomatic but haven't come forward yet. It would be nothing short of a miracle if, as you say, this blows over in a couple of weeks.


  • #1738
    STB.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    Deleted User wrote: »
    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.


    It's actually prefaced with the government mantra that was driven from the top about social media responsibility.

    The health authorities didn't want to panic the general public and the general consensus was "ah sure it'll be grand" and "sure its only a flu".

    Sound familiar ?

    That guy is in Bergamo, one of the better health systems in Italy and they are dealing with a scenario that only trauma doctors in a mass war would encounter . When that spirals in the South, well.....

    Ireland's health system isn't ready for any of this. We are struggling to cope as it is. This is now quite serious.


  • #1739
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    givyjoe wrote: »
    What relevance would providing your details have to your last post? On one hand you say keep a level head and on the other your post goes off the deepend. The poster has multiple times said he isn't theorising some insidious cover up, just that there were cases that hasn't been announced yet. Not sure how that puts people's lives at risk and seen as the HSE policy is to not provide ANY identifying info about confirmed cases, that claim makes even less sense.

    Because people might not actually present to the HSE because of mistrust.


  • #1740
    Sober Crappy Chemis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 461 ✭✭Sober Crappy Chemis


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Sounds more like a hooker going incognito. :D

    Wibbs is on the thread.
    Things just got fcuking serious!


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  • #1741
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    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.

    Plenty of other European countries thought they were slowing down too.

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