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

irishgeo · 08-03-2020 10:49PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

177 absent medical staff for 21 patients???

Does anyone know if health services around the world are doing that?

We can't afford to be taking medical workers away like that.

They will just have to take risks.

while looking after already old/already sick people. These are the people the virus is hitting hardest.

Miike · 08-03-2020 10:49PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

177 absent medical staff for 21 patients???

Does anyone know if health services around the world are doing that?

We can't afford to be taking medical workers away like that.

They will just have to take risks.

s7ryf3925pivug · 08-03-2020 10:49PM

We should probably be nice to the medical professionals on this thread. Regardless of what we think of their posts, we will be expecting them to put themselves in harm's way to deal with this.

J_1980 · 08-03-2020 10:50PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Well if you take Italy out of it, are we doing that bad.

I’d agree on Germany.
The rest has way to high death rates to believe their infection numbers.
Korea is 50dead to 7k infections
France is 20 to 1k (and that’s with Bernie Sanders described “world class healthcare system...).
Asia will start their economic recovery next quarter while the basket case Europe will end up in the garbage bin.

caveat emptor · 08-03-2020 10:50PM

iguana wrote: »

Check the graph. It's actually been dropping just very, slowly for the last few days. It's at 5.64%. And that's in large part because most of the fatalities are in areas with new outbreaks which have yet to enter a phase were the infected have time to recover.

or die, none of us have a crystal ball.

Jin luk · 08-03-2020 10:50PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

177 absent medical staff for 21 patients???

Does anyone know if health services around the world are doing that?

We can't afford to be taking medical workers away like that.

They will just have to take risks.

This is how it gets really bad when their isnt enough health staff when the infection numbers start to dramatically go up bet you their feeling the stretch already.

Indestructable · 08-03-2020 10:51PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That's not helpful to the cheer leaders on this thread. Some of them might not be able to orgasm tonight.

You've gone off the deep end this evening!!

08-03-2020 10:52PM

Interesting article by a mathematician who specialises in the spread of diseases. He says the important thing to note is not to arrive at a CFR by simply comparing the number of cases to deaths at any given time. Two things skew this: the number of unreported cases, plus the delay time between illness and death. He thinks the eventual CFR from the outbreak could be anything from 0.5% to 2%.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/health/coronavirus-deaths-rates.html

Away With The Fairies · 08-03-2020 10:53PM

wexfordman2 wrote: »

Friend of mine, young male mid twenties, been very sick the last few days (Weds/Thursday), fever, coughing, diziness, had been a visitor to cuh over the last fortnight. His go put him on anti biotics, he feels worse now, has been back to Doctor who has given him a different dose of antibiotics, and he is still no better, and has had difficulty breathing.l, with temp.of 103. Could be flue, could be something more serious.
He has had no luck getting any information or support, and despite his multiple please to gp and have helpline, no one has suggested anything to help him, or even get him tested for Corona.

Last update is HSE told him to ring the occupational health line (whatever that is) tomorrow.

We, including myself,.my wife and kids were with him on Friday, so there is a risk that if he is sick with itz we may also be susceptible.

No advice anywhere, nothing, my son is due in school tomorrow,.my wife in work, my daughter in college, and me in work in Dublin.

Not one official help line, no one to tell is, yes, carry in as normal,.or no, await results from our friend. Apart from one friend who is a nurse told us that he is a high risk case, and as such, we should consider ourselves high risk also.

God we really aren't able for this. Your poor friend, I hope he pulls through.

J_1980 · 08-03-2020 10:53PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

who will Asia sell their junk to while Europe recovers?

The US?

caveat emptor · 08-03-2020 10:53PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

177 absent medical staff for 21 patients???

Does anyone know if health services around the world are doing that?

We can't afford to be taking medical workers away like that.

They will just have to take risks.

10% of Doctors in Lombardy infected. Similar issues in china. Even with Personal protective equipment a large cohort get infected. We don't understand fully how it transmits yet. Doctors being exposed to higher viral load day in day out likely doesn't help.

iguana · 08-03-2020 10:53PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

or die, none of us have a crystal ball.

For the most part, the deaths happen faster than recovery which can take several weeks as the virus lingers in the system after the patient's symptoms have cleared up.

08-03-2020 10:53PM

J_1980 wrote: »

The US?

I realised it was a bit of a silly post so I deleted it

Abba987 · 08-03-2020 10:54PM

tina1040 wrote: »

The out of hours clinic closed at 6 this evening. I phoned the call out service and theres an 8 hour wait. I was asked if he travelled recently or had contact with a confirmed case. How can I know confirmed cases?

Can you not wait and phone gp in morning? Unless there is breathing difficulties that is probably your best option

niallo27 · 08-03-2020 10:55PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

177 absent medical staff for 21 patients???

Does anyone know if health services around the world are doing that?

We can't afford to be taking medical workers away like that.

They will just have to take risks.

Is this not a good thing, the Italians ignored their patients and it spread like crazy.

leavingirl · 08-03-2020 10:55PM

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

Anyone who called another poster a conspiracy theorist or anything about tin foil hats when another poster has questioned the official WHO or CDC narrative would have NO PROBLEM taking part in these vaccine trials, right?
They should be made take the vaccine:)

expectationlost · 08-03-2020 10:55PM

Portmarnock Golf Club to remain open after member diagnosed with coronavirus https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/portmarnock-golf-club-to-remain-open-after-member-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-1.4196921 avoid the posh

Lord Trollington · 08-03-2020 10:55PM

I'm in my 30s and healthy . If I was asked to do some basic training to do basic assistant work in a hospitals to relieve the professionals i would.

This should probably be looked at along with a host of other things .

If it comes to it, we will need all hands on deck

Strazdas · 08-03-2020 10:55PM

thebaz wrote: »

looks like the numbers in South Korea have peaked - and are now dropping - 272 new cases -

Interesting stats from South Korea that coronavirus may be far less deadly than has been reported. They have tested over 150k people but with a fatality rate of around 0.6% among positive cases. It may simply be that lack of testing in other countries is giving a quite distorted impression of how lethal it is.

Burty330 · 08-03-2020 10:56PM

Don't understand the panic for bog roll. Ill shower my anus clean if need be. Hell , i do that anyway.

Quantum Erasure · 08-03-2020 10:56PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Still waiting for the Drogheda three.

still waiting....

can I ask when you were expecting the next official update?

dan786 · 08-03-2020 10:57PM

Third Death in UK

Coronavirus: Man in his 60s becomes third person to die in UK after testing positive

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-man-in-his-60s-becomes-third-person-to-die-in-uk-after-testing-positive-11953382

expectationlost · 08-03-2020 10:57PM

wexfordman2 wrote: »

Because he exhibits all the symptoms, because he was in a place (cuh), where there were cases and because he is now in his second dose of antibiotics to try and clear what his gp is claiming is a flue. He is young, but quite ill.

he had visited somebody at the CUH?

martingriff · 08-03-2020 10:58PM

spookwoman wrote: »

bahaha! Can def say cleanliness was no top priory there last time. Try praying to the porcelain god and at the same time trying to avoid the sh*t smeared all over the toilet seat. I was not responsible for the sh*t, that was someone else in the A+E department.

I was trying to be optimistic due to the virus and if anyone need to go but ya unlikely

mean gene · 08-03-2020 10:59PM

Corona virus is media click bait - what's with the panic buying like sheep

coastwatch · 08-03-2020 10:59PM

Quick calculation of current (active) cases per million population,

Iceland 162 per million (pop 340,000)
South Korea 140
Italy 112
Iran 50
Switzerland 38
Norway 32
Sweden 20
China 17
Belgium 17
France 17
Netherlands 15
Spain 14
Germany 12
Austria 12
Singapore 11
UK 4
Ireland 4
Portugal 3
Japan 3
Denmark 3
USA 2
Czech Republic 2
Canada 1
Poland 0 (0.280

ChikiChiki · 08-03-2020 10:59PM

Daniel Important Zen wrote: »

We should probably be nice to the medical professionals on this thread. Regardless of what we think of their posts, we will be expecting them to put themselves in harm's way to deal with this.

Big love to the heroes on the front line who have a mammoth few months ahead. Extraordinary people.

Most peoples anger is geared at the strategic level. Its the entitled, gold plated pensioned, non removeable halfwits in suits that have ballsed the whole thing up before the virus even really got going.:mad:

Gods Gift · 08-03-2020 10:59PM

Tis odd.
I rang the vet about a sick calf 10 mins ago and he’s on the way out to look at it now.

Rang him at 4am Wednesday morning and was out in 15 mins.
But you can’t get a doctor.

thebaz · 08-03-2020 11:01PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Interesting stats from South Korea that coronavirus may be far less deadly than has been reported. They have tested over 150k people but with a fatality rate of around 0.6% among positive cases. It may simply be that lack of testing in other countries is giving a quite distorted impression of how lethal it is.

I would guess South Korea is managing better than the West (Europe and US ) could ever hope for - another positive I read today was about the amount of people who have it and show little symtoms, small fever / sore throat , virus lingers for awhile and eventually goes - This is good new for many, particularly those under 40 (not me

Miike · 08-03-2020 11:01PM

Gods Gift wrote: »

Tis odd.
I rang the vet about a sick calf 10 mins ago and he’s on the way out to look at it now.

Rang him at 4am Wednesday morning and was out in 15 mins.
But you can’t get a doctor.

:rolleyes:

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