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

08-03-2020 10:08PM

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

Did you buy the numbers there before these people brought it on? Did your school go back at all or did you get put into stricter conditions?

There was some doubt about the numbers, but this reaction to the first new case in weeks has been so severe, the numbers must have been legitimate.

No work for me the last seven weeks. And none for a couple more months I reckon. Thank God I can afford it. Many are leaving.

RandomName2 · 08-03-2020 10:08PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

There are now 500 cases in the United States.

Trump's plan seems to be working.

gmisk · 08-03-2020 10:08PM

Cody montana wrote: »

Went into town today.
Thinking about it afterwards.
I touched the ticket button for the car park, opened several shop doors, used escalators and used card machines.

It’s unavoidable.

Of course it is but you could use antibac or wash your hands before touching your face

Mwengwe · 08-03-2020 10:08PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The new outbreak in Hanoi is just down the road. Eight foreigners have it now and they flew from England so it's likely to go around the places I usually be at. Small city in terms of where foreigners go.

Some colleagues have a friend here who spent five days with two people who were a few seats behind the woman who brought it here from Italy. She's facing five to twelve years for manslaughter if anyone she gave it to dies.

Sorry but what?

whiskeyman · 08-03-2020 10:08PM

Cody montana wrote: »

Went into town today.
Thinking about it afterwards.
I touched the ticket button for the car park, opened several shop doors, used escalators and used card machines.

It’s unavoidable.

True, but just be extra conscious not to touch your face and wash hands before food / when home.

spookwoman · 08-03-2020 10:08PM

Speak Now wrote: »

I'm in if I can have the placebo

Its not the deadly covid strains.

They will be infected with two common strains of coronavirus, 0C43 and 229E, which cause only a mild respiratory illness.

These strains are different to the deadly COVID-19.

noodler · 08-03-2020 10:09PM

odyssey06 wrote: »

It's not speculation, or scare-mongering.

It's not proof that there will be 1.9 million cases, but there is proof that HSE have models showing that up to 1.9 million people could be infected:
https://www.businesspost.ie/health/irish-health-authorities-predict-19m-people-will-fall-ill-with-coronavirus-701e4838

The head of the HSE does not dispute those figures:
https://www.thejournal.ie/hse-chief-cant-dispute-1-9-million-5037746-Mar2020/

I'm not sure what the confusion is on this either.

The HSE clearly have some sort of worst case scenario, even with us doing less than we already have, and probably have a few more scenarios.

It's not speculation - just unlikely.

Miike · 08-03-2020 10:09PM

STB. wrote: »

Well Miike, I have heard first hand how kids who came back from Italy and were worried etc were being considered/or not considered for testing.

The simple matter is there may not be any immediate symptoms. This very testing regime did not work in Italy and has them were they are. It's long finger testing, telling people to go home and isolate, if they believe they have been in contact or in a region, only for them to return when they cannot breathe and have infected their family and community.

"differential presentations" my backside. We are copying other peoples mistakes. Thats why it is now in communities and traceability isn't worth a curse.

The way rRT-PCR testing works is a bit tricky, if you trawl my post history you'll get some (hopefully) good information on it. But the reason I bring it up is the test is only VERY effective when it returns a positive result (which requires the virus to be replicating at a significant number for the genetic material to be tested). The test does NOT return a "Negtative" results, only "not detected" - Not detected is miles away from being a negative and as such, testing asymptomatic patients and giving them a "not detected" result, interpreted by the general public as 'I dont have it', is vastly more dangerous, which is why these people are told to self isolate pending changing presentation.

People who are tested too early and asymptomatically, without time for the virus to replicate to a detectable level and giving them a 'not detected result' is dangerous and put significant strain on the NVRL to run vital tests on people. This is an ever changing circumstance and hopefully soon we will be testing for SARS-CoV-2 in local hospital groups instead of centrally via the NVRL which will widen the scope of our capacity to run "lower risk" rRT-PCRs

kenmc · 08-03-2020 10:09PM

Fergal bowers up to his usual standards. 2 clinicians in isolation haven't tested negative yet. Then he calls it covid 18. Despite looking at his notes non stop. Licence fee well spent as usual

gabeeg · 08-03-2020 10:09PM

Miike wrote: »

I'm saying the guidelines for definitions will not change as much as or as quickly as a list of affected areas, and as such, I personally would find my list of affected areas from an international body.

Oh. I agree.

Sorry for treating you like a narc earlier, but you can't be too careful

ChikiChiki · 08-03-2020 10:10PM

touts wrote: »

Insanity. We will run out of medical staff by mid week at this rate. But at least all out medical staff will be safe wrapped up at home in case there is a pandemic of a killer virus and we need them back at work. Oh wait.....

From the language of the unions today, the whole thing is on a knife edge.

If we got to Italian levels I'm not entirely sure we would have a health system.

Miike · 08-03-2020 10:11PM

gabeeg wrote: »

Oh. I agree.

Sorry for treating you like a narc earlier, but you can't be too careful

Not at all, that's okay. Thanks for being open to hearing different takes on things

laurah591 · 08-03-2020 10:11PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

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75 staff in Limerick and 100 in Cork.... surely with this will have a very serious impact on hospital activity for the next 2 week's

I'd also be concerned of reports that some Cork staff have to return to work if not showing symptoms with regular testing to happen

I hope the West and South dont become our virus epicentres due to staff shortages

Cody montana · 08-03-2020 10:12PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

There are now 500 cases in the United States.

Wasn’t trump boasting about 15 cases recently?
Said it was going to zero!

JanuarySnowstor · 08-03-2020 10:12PM

kenmc wrote: »

Fergal bowers up to his usual standards. 2 clinicians in isolation haven't tested negative yet. Then he calls it covid 18. Despite looking at his notes non stop. Licence fee well spent as usual

To be fair he's been on every night whilst the rest of the brigade have taken the weekend off!! It seems for some it's a Monday to Friday event. Where's Leo?? He needs to wake up

daheff · 08-03-2020 10:13PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

So after a handful of cases how many medical staff are out of action now in Ireland?

177 mentioned on the news just now

1800_Ladladlad · 08-03-2020 10:14PM

Beanybabog wrote: »

https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/coronavirus-brave-volunteers-can-earn-17886474

Coronavirus: Brave volunteers can earn over €4,000 by taking part in vaccine trial

Not a chance I’d do this

It's in London.......... ehhhhhhh

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Blueshoe · 08-03-2020 10:14PM

Only 2 more cases. Ireland will dodge most of this crisis yet

TheValeyard · 08-03-2020 10:14PM

1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

It's in London.......... ehhhhhhh

Heeellllllooooooooooooo

YFlyer · 08-03-2020 10:16PM

An Ri rua wrote: »

From my occasional experience of Dublin public transport, many already do.

They had a urea moment.

Call Me Jimmy · 08-03-2020 10:16PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Only 2 more cases. Ireland will dodge most of this crisis yet

I said you dirty dog!

drunkmonkey · 08-03-2020 10:16PM

We give out about the HSE dumbing down numbers...

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expectationlost · 08-03-2020 10:16PM

would like more information about how its been passed around here, and where the Cork guy got it

1800_Ladladlad · 08-03-2020 10:17PM

TheValeyard wrote: »

Heeellllllooooooooooooo

GrumPy · 08-03-2020 10:17PM

This seems crazy:

https://twitter.com/federicogatti/status/1236676012982894594?s=20

tobefrank321 · 08-03-2020 10:17PM

irishgeo wrote: »

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

China was able to contain it using ruthless methods such forcing those who travelled from hotspots into isolation, arresting people etc.

We on the otherhand have 3 people manning a table in Dublin airport handing out leaflets, while hundreds if not thousands continue to fly in from Milan and the like, without any checks.

So yes we are beyond screwed.

4068ac1elhodqr · 08-03-2020 10:17PM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

If we got to Italian levels I'm not entirely sure we would have a health system.

The Italians are really only getting warmed up as such, 2wks is nothing in terms of a national/global pandemic.

They call these types of things (inc Inf.A/B) 'seasonal' influenza as it lasts a whole season (12wks/3mths) before rollback in most cases, we are no where even near any peaks, outside of China.

China isn't a normal country, it's a highly strict regime of sorts.

ChikiChiki · 08-03-2020 10:18PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

We give out about the HSE dumbing down numbers...

Germany has an incredible health system with lots of ICU beds resulting in 0 deaths so far.

caveat emptor · 08-03-2020 10:18PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

We give out about the HSE dumbing down numbers...

Once bitten twice shy, they kept immaculate records during a certain conflict which were later used against them in court.

gabeeg · 08-03-2020 10:18PM

YFlyer wrote: »

They had a urea moment.

bravo

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