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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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  • #2042
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    Lord Trollington wrote: »
    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

    I'm reminded of an interview I seen with a liquidator at Chernobyl, when they asked him was he scared/did he want to refuse he simply replied "someone had to do it"


  • #2043
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    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.

    Only the more serious cases are being detected in other places. Unfortunately, Ireland, Italy, UK and US don't have the capacity for coping with additional influx of Ill people the virus is producing. This is why slowing its spread is so very crucial. As there will be indirect fatalities due to system overload too. :(


  • #2044
    hurikane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭hurikane


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I've been driven here by a lot of posters lies. I actually.domt want to be here. It's.just the lies and stupidity that drags me back here
    My natural home is FSA where the retard of The thread.

    Lay off the sauce. Log off and come back tomorrow with a clear head.


  • #2045
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,109 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    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.

    Unfortunately the reality of the situation is that most medical professionals will have to work on through potential exposure or we'll end up in serious trouble.

    If they are actually ill fair enough but it seems too broad a definition of what is not acceptable to be having 177 staff out for just 21 patients.

    That can't possibly be right compared to other jurisdictions. Imagine if France, Germany or Italy had that number of doctors and nurses out for every 21 cases. The health services would have collapsed by now.

    We won't be able to afford that in the weeks ahead if things don't change without severe shortage of man power.

    Seems an over reaction to have that many out.


  • #2046
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    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.

    You shouldn't be calling doctors for sick cows, mate


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  • #2047
    Ikozma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Ikozma


    thebaz wrote: »
    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

    Spread this news far and wide, not the other scaremongering crap we are getting


  • #2048
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Probably Saturday at the latest. The "intelligent poster" who made the claim has gone very quiet the last couple of hours. I've no idea what their agenda was. But for somebody.to.compromise patient safety like that. I couldn't stand for it.

    Daz, can you PM me the post in question? :pac:

    I've been at work and I haven't the will to live, never mind trawl through a full thread.


  • #2049
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    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.

    Found this number
    A new helpline 1890 300046 has been launched to provide information and support to the public in Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary who are considered a casual contact or close contact of confirmed cases in the Mid West. The HSE Mid West Helpline Opening Hours (1890 300046) are from 10am to 5pm seven days a week. I know 10am to 5 is not much help but if you want to hold out till tomorrow its there


  • #2050
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,011 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Scoondal wrote: »
    Mis-information about Covid19.
    Facts : There are 45,000 cases of Covid19 worldwide
    61,000 cases have recovered
    RTE are saying that there are now 109,000 cases of the virus. Yes, but only 45,000 cases of people now infected. 61,000 have already recovered.
    Can this fact be published somewhere. It seems trusted media is going down the sensatonalist route to get clicks or something.

    Those are numbers, not facts. Almost no cases in Turkey or Egypt or Indonesia just make those comforting numbers for the gullible to take comfort in.


  • #2051
    Jin luk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭Jin luk


    expectationlost wrote: »
    he had visited somebody at the CUH?

    The community transmission case in cork had connections to cuh so could be spreading around the hospital


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  • #2052
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭kenmc


    6 wrote: »
    China, and now South Korea hopefully peaked. How's Iran doing today?

    Italy are far from peaked yet by the looks of it.

    You forgot Ireland, we've peaked too ;)


  • #2053
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    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.

    Ever see the equine hospital in Meath. Thats where I want to go if Im ever sick.


  • #2054
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    Lord Trollington wrote: »
    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

    The people that contract the virus and recover fine will be perfect for this.


  • #2055
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,121 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Some posts that are saying we are heading for Italian like numbers of infection, would the same apply to UK?

    Their numbers seem low for their population size, and the size of the their big cities like London, Manchester, Birmingham etc. and all the International flights into multiple airports from the likes of Northern Italy and other affected areas.

    Well they seem relatively low to me.


  • #2056
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    expectationlost wrote: »
    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

    It'll allow a virus in, but not women.


  • #2057
    Bob24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


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

    Even with excellent healthcare, no death for 1000 cases is massive outlier.

    Japan, South Korea, France or Switzerland aren’t too shabby either in terms of healthcare systems and none of them managed to have a track record of no casualty once their passed a few hundred cases.

    I don’t know what it is, but I am convinced there je something about Germany we don’t understand. Either something they are doing differently, something different in their circumstances, or something different in the way they produce their figures.


  • #2058
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Not to be a pedant but 3 into Dublin tonight from Milan after 19.00.

    19.25, 21.30, 23.05

    How the **** is this still happening? These flights should not be allowed to leave Milan and should definitely not be allowed to land in Dublin.


  • #2059
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,295 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    thebaz wrote: »
    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

    This would tie in with the South Korean example. It may be that medics worldwide have concentrated way too much on the fatalities and not realised that the vast majority of people are only getting mild symptoms.

    Figures like 3.5% and 5% mortality rate have been thrown around but S.Korea (where they are testing 10k people a day) suggests the real figure might be as low as 0.5%.


  • #2060
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    ArchXStanton wrote: »
    I'm avoiding society... Its a petri dish

    We will lay you beside the grave marked 'Unknown'.


  • #2061
    New Home
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    Scoondal wrote: »
    Mis-information about Covid19.
    Facts : There are 45,000 cases of Covid19 worldwide
    61,000 cases have recovered
    RTE are saying that there are now 109,000 cases of the virus. Yes, but only 45,000 cases of people now infected. 61,000 have already recovered.
    Can this fact be published somewhere. It seems trusted media is going down the sensatonalist route to get clicks or something.

    The point is that all of those who are (or were) a case, are (or were) infected - the more infected people you have, the more the chances of contagion.
    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.

    In my personal experience, I'd sooner trust a vet than a doctor, at least vets look a their patients and visit them, instead of just looking at the paperwork and dismissing their patients as hypochondriacs.
    Turtwig wrote: »
    Only the more serious cases are being detected in other places. Unfortunately, Ireland, Italy, UK and US don't have the capacity for coping with additional influx of Ill people the virus is producing. This is why slowing its spread is so very crucial. As there will be indirect fatalities due to system overload too. :(

    They've already said (see earlier posts in the thread) that they're now forced to choose who to cure, the health system is on its knees.


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  • #2062
    RandomName2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    How the **** is this still happening? These flights should not be allowed to leave Milan and should definitely not be allowed to land in Dublin.

    The EU is run by incompetent fools only interested in lining their own pockets.


  • #2063
    dan786
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭dan786


    Three deaths in UK.

    Cheltenham on Tuesday with a lot of old folks attending and with an average of 66000 people per day.

    Its not looking good for UK.


  • #2064
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Snow Garden wrote: »
    The people that contract the virus and recover fine will be perfect for this.

    yay!

    we're saved - all we have to do is force people who've recovered to go work on the front lines


  • #2065
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    How is the beerVirus thread going ?


  • #2066
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    RandomName2 wrote: »
    The EU is run by incompetent fools only interested in lining their own pockets.

    Sacrilege ;)


  • #2067
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,475 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    dan786 wrote: »
    Three deaths in UK.

    Cheltenham on Tuesday.
    would we miss anybody who attends Cheltenham?


  • #2068
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Miike wrote: »
    Daz, can you PM me the post in question? :pac:

    I've been at work and I haven't the will to live, never mind trawl through a full thread.
    US2 wrote: »

    They got their positive results back on friday evening
    .


  • #2069
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,426 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    thebaz wrote: »
    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

    Not so great from the community transmission aspect though...

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



  • #2070
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,612 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    coastwatch wrote: »
    Quick calculation of current (active) cases per million population,

    Iceland 162 per million (pop 340,000)
    South Korea 140
    ...

    that reminds me of the time the Seychelles had the highest rate of incarcerations in the world, with 799 inmates per 100,000 population.

    the population at the time was 92,000 and there were 735 in prison


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  • #2071
    2lazytogetup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 859 ✭✭✭2lazytogetup


    Just had an Irish election. Who would have thought a China bat and not FF, fg or sf to solve our housing and hospital trolley problem.... Too soon?


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