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

Quantum Erasure · 09-03-2020 07:19PM

branie2 wrote: »

The parade in Ennis has been cancelled

saw a post on facebook

Regrettably there will be no St Patrick's Day parade in [village] this year (in line with cancellations elsewhere). The pubs WILL be open for people to celebrate (after mass), and [pub] will be open to musicians as usual. All welcome.

Necro · 09-03-2020 07:19PM

Weepsie wrote:

Should surely only apply to people specifically signed off because of this though.

I doubt it, the certificates would have to be screened individually then which cause massive delays.

Stheno wrote:

Would people not be sensible get the form from their doctor and just send it in?

I'd love to say yes.

But... nope

Mic 1972 · 09-03-2020 07:20PM

megatron989 wrote: »

But they suddenly do now? Sorry but many here saw this coming and even if we didn't have the means we still went out in early January (in my case) and started adding to our supplies. My n99's arrived in January, I restocked as much of my long term foodstuffs as I could afford each shopping trip.
Many ridiculed people for taking these actions. They were warned. The writing was on the wall even then. Still many won't take heed. They invite disaster.

To this day there hasn't been any need to stock pile, Wuhan and Italy are best examples of that

fritzelly · 09-03-2020 07:20PM

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

HSE briefing delayed to 7pm.

Sceptic in me says the numbers are bad and that's why they've cancelled the parades

Reckless Abandonment · 09-03-2020 07:20PM

Italy big jump again today 1800 new cases and nearly 100 dead. Jesus

CinemaGuy45 · 09-03-2020 07:20PM

paleoperson wrote: »

I saw a doctor on CNN advise stockpiling 2 weeks worth of canned items about an hour ago, first time I saw an "official" health authority advise anything like that.

I'm not really understanding it though. Food hasn't become scarce and young people aren't getting really sick/dying in big numbers. The food supply will continue.

Yes you cannot understand.

Supermarkets have to be stocked from warehouses which have to be stocked from factories and ports.

Truck drivers have to keep all this moving.

If you think this will all carry on in the middle of a deadly epidemic well sorry I can't help your understanding.

Myself and others have been saying this since early January.

el Fenomeno · 09-03-2020 07:21PM

We've come a long way in the space of a week.

Coronavirus gone from being a 3 minute long supporting story after the headlines on RTE news, to now having every story in the first 20 minutes focused on it.

OneColdHand · 09-03-2020 07:21PM

The ratio of deaths to recoveries in Italy is absolutely crazy!

otnomart · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

Meanwhile in France
3500 people gather (outdoors) dressed as Smurfs the break the Guinness World Record
If this is real, it's like the orchestra on the Titanic

https://twitter.com/Europeisnotdead/status/1237074221999759360

c montgomery · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Yes you cannot understand.

Supermarkets have to be stocked from warehouses which have to be stocked from factories and ports.

Truck drivers have to keep all this moving.

If you think this will all carry on in the middle of a deadly epidemic well sorry I can't help your understanding.

Myself and others have been saying this since early January.

Well aren't you amazing

Yurt2 · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Have you ever looked at how big China is geographically? If they were there for a whole year, the Chinese could still arrange for them to only see what they wanted them to.

Correct. Not to derail the thread but the Chinese Communist Party are excellent at the old dog and pony show to convince visitors that all is well when there is a very real problem being concealed out of view.

Witness how they attempted to reframe extra-judicial prison camps for Muslim minorities as 'training centres' to get foreign diplomats and media off their backs.

I don't think their numbers are credible as all numbers coming out of there need to be questioned (not just with Covid19).

dePeatrick · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

BigMo1 wrote: »

Is there any chance of warmer temperatures helping with containing this or is that a myth?

It's a theory, but does not seem to be having much effect in Iran, also humidity may help it survive, too early to know. Possibly little or no effect, humidity may though.

Cilldara_2000 · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

owlbethere wrote: »

When you say agressive measures what do you mean by that? Lockdown similar to China and Italy?

I don't know if that will be happening here. Not yet anyways. With the new sick pay regulations it looks as if the government will be letting this virus pass through Irish society.

The sick pay thing is to encourage people to self-isolate.

wirelessdude01 · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

branie2 wrote: »

The parade in Ennis has been cancelled

Every parade countrywide has been cancelled by order of the Government

Quantum Erasure · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

OneColdHand wrote: »

The ratio of deaths to recoveries in Italy is absolutely crazy!

takes longer to recover than to die, look at the numbers again in a month

DrumSteve · 09-03-2020 07:22PM

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Yes you cannot understand.

Supermarkets have to be stocked from warehouses which have to be stocked from factories and ports.

Truck drivers have to keep all this moving.

If you think this will all carry on in the middle of a deadly epidemic well sorry I can't help your understanding.

Myself and others have been saying this since early January.

I'm glad we are a food secure nation.

But I get the feeling the government are about to sell the elderly down the river here.

Itssoeasy · 09-03-2020 07:23PM

OneColdHand wrote: »

The ratio of deaths to recoveries in Italy is absolutely crazy!

It’s very worrying. Imagine what people in northern Italy are going through ?

amadangomor · 09-03-2020 07:23PM

OneColdHand wrote: »

The ratio of deaths to recoveries in Italy is absolutely crazy!

It's expected as the length of times for recovery is generally longer than length of time to death caused by the virus

Strazdas · 09-03-2020 07:23PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

What are the most optimistic forecast for european peak ?

If it levelled off at say 40k-50k, I'd say they'd be very happy and relieved.

The great unknown is the rate at which the virus grows or if it starts to slow down.

rubberdungeon · 09-03-2020 07:24PM

branie2 wrote: »

The parade in Ennis has been cancelled

‘The committee has decided to cancel all St Patrick's Day Parades around the country on the advice of health officials’.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0309/1121035-cabinet-virus-committee/

OneColdHand · 09-03-2020 07:24PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

takes longer to recover than to die, look at the numbers again in a month

Yeah that's what I was assuming, but it's still a bit scary looking at the figures.

Quantum Erasure · 09-03-2020 07:24PM

otnomart wrote: »

Meanwhile in France
3500 people gather (outdoors) dressed as Smurfs the break the Guinness World Record
If this is real, it's like the orchestra on the Titanic

https://twitter.com/Europeisnotdead/status/1237074221999759360

muppets...

Mic 1972 · 09-03-2020 07:24PM

OneColdHand wrote: »

The ratio of deaths to recoveries in Italy is absolutely crazy!

Recovery takes longer then death, the outbreak in Italy is too recent
Death/Recovery stats make sense if you look at the large sample of almost 70K resolved cases worldwide

frillyleaf · 09-03-2020 07:25PM

Cw85 wrote: »

Have a feeling the spread in Ireland won't get much worse, if at all. Usually hear of suspected cases during the day but seems a lot quieter today.

I wonder if it will be much less in Ireland due to our population being less dense than other countries

Trigger Happy · 09-03-2020 07:25PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

US could really be ****ed .... all those people that don't have healthcare, that can't afford to take sick days, going into work, infecting others .... jesus

And all those people who are dumb fck ignorant and dont believe there is a virus. All a Democrat and liberal media hoax apparently.

The US politicians seem more worried about the economic impact of this than the human impact.

Cilldara_2000 · 09-03-2020 07:25PM

fritzelly wrote: »

Sceptic in me says the numbers are bad and that's why they've cancelled the parades

I haven't watch the press conference but there's photos with Dr Holohan beside Leo and in the meetings earlier so hopefully it's just because he needs time to prepare rather time for them to count up extra cases.

00benski · 09-03-2020 07:26PM

Nijmegen wrote: »

In fairness in here there a lot of posters who have been sticking in data and facts, and I think if you were to look at some of the data presented together you'd see the same hockey stick in country after country. We now have enough datapoints to see a predictable fashion in which the virus will spread if it is not contained, and people being aware enough to change behavior will drive that containment or spread.

Again I agree with your point and I am not dismissing points made by people who are qualified to make them. I think that's who it should be left to, the rest of us should try get on with our daily lives as best as possible and to avoid to much panic.

ForestFire · 09-03-2020 07:26PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Noooooooo!

Not the parade in Ennis!?

I know, Can you imagine if they just held out......as the only parade to go ahead in Ireland ..... they could have made an absolute fortune in the local garage, from the 100's of thousands descending on Ennis for the day!!!

Gooey Looey · 09-03-2020 07:26PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

muppets...

No Smurfs

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 09-03-2020 07:26PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

What are the most optimistic forecast for european peak ?

With the revelations from Italy today that containment has failed utterly (1800 new cases), I'm not confident this virus will peak until virtually all are infected. There is no evidence to suggest that our containment measures are doing absolutely anything due to the massive lack of testing. Unless they have tested a further 1000 since the weekend started, we won't even begin to have a picture of what devastation has already begun to unfold here.

Mic 1972 wrote: »

No need to stockpile on food, there is enough evidence that food supply chain keeps functioning. Cleaning products on the other hand...

Are you disinfecting the products you get in the shop in case they have been contaminated with the virus?

https://mobile.twitter.com/kr3at/status/1236792832247160844

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Just to reiterate, all sorts of people have underlying health conditions, including ones they don't know about. If you drink, smoke or eat unhealthy food, there are any number of kidney, lung or heart complications that can lead to your death in the event that you don't get the medical treatment that you need, which it's looking increasingly likely that you won't, hence why if you're seemingly not "at-risk" now, you are NOT necessarily in the clear.

Covid-19 does damage to the lungs even in mild cases and can come back again, resulting in lung failure.

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