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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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  • #3242
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Ipso wrote: »
    Has the source/cause of the Italian cluster been identified?

    I don't have a source now but heard it was a German businessman who who caught it in China, went to meeting in Northern Italy and it went from there. Apparently he is cured now and working away in Germany. If you find a source to verify this please post it.


  • #3243
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Very important to highlight this as our government doesn't appear to give a sh*t. You're probably not in the vulnerable category so you'll be alright.


    I agree, the government is definitely paying attention to every 2nd post in the thread, which is basically the same as the post 2 posts up from it, by the same poster, every 2.3 seconds, on the same thread, in the same forum, saying the same thing, every 2.3 seconds, on the same thread


  • #3244
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Almost 400 cases in Switzerland now, almost 250 each in Sweden and Belgium


  • #3245
    2ygb4cmqetsjhx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭2ygb4cmqetsjhx


    New Home wrote: »
    Yes, it was a person from Munich.

    Correct. It was the first guy who got infected in Germany and everyone was like. Ah be grand. Just one case.


  • #3246
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    The coronavirus COVID-19 is now affecting 108 countries and territories worldwide.

    Having a big celebration with huge crowds celebrating and spreading the virus around... while the rest of the world are burying their grandparents!

    Yeaaaa....that will do wonders for Ireland's image abroad


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  • #3247
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,733 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Ryanair with their regular flights to and from the Northern Italy red zone have managed to obliterate both the containment and delay phases in Europe almost single handily. Research and mitigate will be largely pointless because of this. Hope yer proud lads.

    Its not up to Ryanair to contain this, its up to the governments in charge to govern.


  • #3248
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    Reading this thread,there soon could be people wanting to catch this virus to get a few weeks of work!
    Please do not do this. As a carrier, you may not know you are infected and infect others, including vulnerable people. You do not want to get this illness, even 'non-serious' cases can require intubation, it is so easy for healthy lungs to get pneumonia and get permanently damaged. Seriously, read accounts of it from people who have experience.

    1. https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-days-leading-up-to-the-outbreak-at-life-care-center-in-kirkland
    2. https://twitter.com/silviast9/status/1236933818654896129?s=20
    3. 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


  • #3249
    ThePopehimself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭ThePopehimself


    Coronavirus Ireland: Over 100 parades on brink of cancellation

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-ireland-over-100-parades-on-brink-of-cancellation-39027370.html

    "More than 100 St Patrick’s Day parades and festivals are on the brink of cancellation as organisers face “significant pressure” to put public health first.

    Organisers of dozens of events will meet over the next 72 hours to decide on next steps, amid the ongoing coronavirus threat.

    The Government decision to allow the major city parades to proceed has been criticised by both health officials and campaigners."

    ..............................................................................................................

    What's to decide? How much moola to pull in before they call it?

    72 hours from now is Thursday morning...are they hoping it will be loo late for people to cancel plans so that even if they don't get to go to the parade they will spend anyway?

    Cancel it now and give people the chance to change their plans.

    This should have been done last week. It's awful.


  • #3250
    Bob24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Odd how it seems to be getting into government buildings a lot
    Ted Cruz in self isolation in the US too apparnetly was in contact with an infected person

    Yes. The cynical person in me thinks that what might get into government buildings more than in other building is test kits, not the virus :-)


  • #3251
    BLIZZARD7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭BLIZZARD7


    Spain has joined the 1k club, 1,033 cases there with 26 deaths now.

    Madrid looking like a new hot-spot in Europe now with almost 500 cases confirmed.

    https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20200309/mapa-del-coronavirus-espana/2004681.shtml


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  • #3252
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,842 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Was in a crowded cafe on Saurday and ther was a little kid running around coughing away , no hand to mouth , mother seamed oblivious, now in Australia :-
    https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-51797751/coronavirus-australia-did-you-cough-at-me-row-on-sydney-train


  • #3253
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    eviltimeban wrote: »
    Why would they fly to Ireland though, when they can pack up their Fiat or Alfa Romeo and drive over the border to a neighbouring country?

    They can't if they are in northern Italy - Lombardy under lock down now.

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



  • #3254
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,733 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    Yeah, it's the Italian/Milan fashion industry, with cheap Chinese labour brought in....

    Is there a source for that? I have seen this repeated but not in any news source.


  • #3255
    howamidifferent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,819 ✭✭✭howamidifferent


    bb12 wrote: »
    does anybody have any idea when hand sanitizer should be available again? who manufactures it and where? i'm sure production has ramped up wherever the factories are but surely there should be more supplies available soon? or is that wishful thinking?

    I know of one such facility in Cork which produces it, has thousands of gallons ready to ship for the past two weeks but cant get the small plastic bottles which they source from China!


  • #3256
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    14 new cases in the UAE: 4 Emiratis, 3 were Italians, 2 from Bangladesh ,1 from Nepal, 1 Russian, 1 Syrian and 1 from India. If that aint the sign of a pandemic..

    Almost all of those countries bar Italy only have a handful of confirmed cases.


  • #3257
    Scotty #
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    ThePopehimself wrote: »
    Cancel it now and give people the chance to change their plans.

    This should have been done last week. It's awful.
    Nobody is compelling you to attend!


  • #3258
    Tootsie_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭Tootsie_1


    howamidifferent wrote: »
    I know of one such facility in Cork which produces it, has thousands of gallons ready to ship for the past two weeks but cant get the small plastic bottles which they source from China!

    Flemming ?


  • #3259
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »
    I agree, the government is definitely paying attention to every 2nd post in the thread, which is basically the same as the post 2 posts up from it, by the same poster, every 2.3 seconds, on the same thread, in the same forum, saying the same thing, every 2.3 seconds, on the same thread

    Honestly, if you've nothing better than that to contribute...

    There's more to be done - pester your local TD, email Varadkar and Harris, and contact Ryanair. These flights need to be shut down, and public opinion seems to be the only way to do it.

    The only thing that surprises me is that Varadkar isn't out in Dublin airport taking selfies with those flying in to show what a welcoming country we are.


  • #3260
    ITman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭ITman88


    Tootsie_1 wrote: »
    The kids will spread it !

    But they aren’t at risk from it!
    It’s the elderly


  • #3261
    boardise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,530 ✭✭✭boardise


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    Reading this thread,there soon could be people wanting to catch this virus to get a few weeks of work!

    Just observing that if you were gonna get stricken with this baby -better it happen right now . Best of treatment , no queues , no shortages .
    Then when it runs its course -you can go where you like with an easy mind.:D


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  • #3262
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,445 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    ITman88 wrote: »
    But they aren’t at risk from it!
    It’s the elderly

    And immuno compromised people of all ages.


  • #3263
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Bahrain the 20th country to record over 100 cases


  • #3264
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    Deleted User wrote:
    Closing the schools seems like a no brainer to me. I mean, there is not too long left this term anyways and i'm sure they'll survive / catch up. Obviously exam years would have to be considered separately.
    Who will look after the children of healthcare workers if all schools and creches close?


  • #3265
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,879 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Honestly, if you've nothing better than that to contribute...

    There's more to be done - pester your local TD, email Varadkar and HArris, and contact Ryanair. These flights need to be shut down, and public opinion is the only way to do it.

    The only thing that surprises me is tha Varadkar isn't out in Dublin airport taking selfies with those flying in to show what a welcoming country we are.

    I am trying to construct a sentence with the words bolted and stable door in it!

    Too late!!!

    Have to start looking at flights from Spain, Germany, France, Netherlands....etc., etc.

    Banning flights within the EU is unlikely to happen (without the EU imposing it).


  • #3266
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Tootsie_1 wrote: »
    Flemming ?
    Bob? I'll definitely get me coat



  • #3267
    1641
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭1641


    Hodors Appletart wrote: »
    wtf
    that is some serious tinfoil hattery




    Maybe she means in the DSM sense?


  • #3268
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Martina1991 wrote: »
    Who will look after the children of healthcare workers if all schools and creches close?

    In many cases the grandparents who are in the high risk category


  • #3269
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    ThePopehimself wrote: »
    Coronavirus Ireland: Over 100 parades on brink of cancellation

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-ireland-over-100-parades-on-brink-of-cancellation-39027370.html

    "More than 100 St Patrick’s Day parades and festivals are on the brink of cancellation as organisers face “significant pressure” to put public health first.

    Organisers of dozens of events will meet over the next 72 hours to decide on next steps, amid the ongoing coronavirus threat.

    The Government decision to allow the major city parades to proceed has been criticised by both health officials and campaigners."

    ..............................................................................................................

    What's to decide? How much moola to pull in before they call it?

    72 hours from now is Thursday morning...are they hoping it will be loo late for people to cancel plans so that even if they don't get to go to the parade they will spend anyway?

    Cancel it now and give people the chance to change their plans.

    This should have been done last week. It's awful.
    It's leverage at the moment, "oh look what we did, we cancelled the parades but don't mind the fact that we've only done 1000 tests since the outbreak started and freely admit to many cases (3+) of community transmission, but at least you won't be at risk from voluntarily standing in a crowd now". There are definitely aspects of them hoping people will still travel as well. Dublin on Earthcam over the weekend was frighteningly mobbed with Italians, we're fncked now really and we might start to see the full impact of these continued mistakes in 7-14 days

    I believe our inertia is some sort of solidarity to Europe, but they won't be in a position to help us by the time our outbreak is known to be as bad as theirs. This whole exercise is going to collapse the EU and I say that as somebody who has seldom felt ill-will regarding our membership. The UK don't look like they're faring much better, but I suppose they really are trying to significantly decrease the population to take some of the strain off their very overstretched economy. I suspect our government may be doing the same.


  • #3270
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Honestly, if you've nothing better than that to contribute...

    There's more to be done - pester your local TD, email Varadkar and Harris, and contact Ryanair. These flights need to be shut down, and public opinion seems to be the only way to do it.

    The only thing that surprises me is that Varadkar isn't out in Dublin airport taking selfies with those flying in to show what a welcoming country we are.


    I suppose, when I compare it with your own contribution of the same post every 1.3 seconds it's fairly poor.



    Yes, I am definitely going to take you seriously now, with a mensa accredited comment like the bolded one above.


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  • #3271
    Ninthlife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,460 ✭✭✭Ninthlife


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Honestly, if you've nothing better than that to contribute...

    There's more to be done - pester your local TD, email Varadkar and Harris, and contact Ryanair. These flights need to be shut down, and public opinion seems to be the only way to do it.

    The only thing that surprises me is that Varadkar isn't out in Dublin airport taking selfies with those flying in to show what a welcoming country we are.

    The airlines have to fly as under current rules if they dont they can lose their flight slot

    Think the UK minister has asked for this to be reconsidered given the current situation


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