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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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  • #4862
    sjb25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,416 ✭✭✭sjb25


    Out of interest at what point do the who declare a pandemic

    I know today they said it’s a real possibility today


  • #4863
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Level 42 wrote: »
    Enjoy all your thumbs up hope you get loads for it
    Do not post in this thread again


  • #4864
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Murple wrote: »
    The UK has their first confirmed cases on the 31st of January. It was the 28th of February by the time they had 21 cases. Within 10 days , 21 cases has gone to over 200 with 5 deaths.
    We had our first confirmed case on the 1st of March I think. We have 21 cases a week later. I don’t think we have any cause to think we may get off lightly.

    Well per capita 21 in a week is a lot more in that timeframe for Ireland than the UK


  • #4865
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    wadacrack wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Cartabellotta/status/1237103147992133633

    non capisco


  • #4866
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    Murple wrote: »
    The UK has their first confirmed cases on the 31st of January. It was the 28th of February by the time they had 21 cases. Within 10 days , 21 cases has gone to over 200 with 5 deaths.
    We had our first confirmed case on the 1st of March I think. We have 21 cases a week later. I don’t think we have any cause to think we may get off lightly.

    Whatever about containing, isolating and tracing the cases we have and know about, there's still flights landing that could have someone with the virus unbeknownst to themselves


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  • #4867
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/status/1237108889595887617


  • #4868
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Jez, this is one fast moving thread.

    Leave it for an hour and you're 15 pages back.

    Not you but I sense quite a few people on this thread are use to falling behind.:D


  • #4869
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,121 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Holiday to Israel is off!

    Glad I went there back in the day, it was something else, but I was younger then and took it all in my stride.

    I think I'd be a bit more questioning of the place right now though. Still, no reason to visit a place twice unless you have family or a house there is there?


  • #4870
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    https://www.ilmessaggero.it/televisione/coronavirus_nicola_porro_positivo_quarta_repubblica_ultime_notizie-5100680.html
    Italian journalist who criticised the global hysteria over the virus has now tested positive and talks about how much more serious it is than he first thought


  • #4871
    Abba987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 312 ✭✭Abba987


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Jez, this is one fast moving thread.

    Leave it for an hour and you're 15 pages back.

    You can never leave. Begin isolation now just to keep up


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  • #4872
    leavingirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 551 ✭✭✭leavingirl


    ElBastardo1 wrote: »
    I just had a check through the Boards threads on the Swine Flu pandemic back in 2009. The thread was discussing that 25% of the population could get the illness. in the end 1000 people in Ireland caught it. So i'm thinking this is more panic than what the reality actually will be.

    Good man. Someone's awake.


  • #4873
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    wadacrack wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/status/1237108889595887617

    That will force Ryanair to cancel the remaining flights.


  • #4874
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,372 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    wadacrack wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/status/1237108889595887617

    Sounds of door slamming and tyres screeching echo around Italy as we speak as hordes head for the borders on the basis of such rumours.


  • #4875
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Is it just my perception being off or are some people on here really giving the impression they are actually willing the number of new cases to keep increasing to try and prove a point? It certainly seems that way.


  • #4876
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    wakka12 wrote: »
    https://www.ilmessaggero.it/televisione/coronavirus_nicola_porro_positivo_quarta_repubblica_ultime_notizie-5100680.html
    Italian journalist who criticised the global hysteria over the virus has now tested positive and talks about how much more serious it is than he first thought

    I find the talk from people wanting others to get it vile Trump and so on.

    However in this case 8b24be0b449268501795b2116256a3e4.jpg


  • #4877
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    gabeeg wrote: »
    Look, if I've misunderstood something I apologise.
    The links you posted from the hse's website shows that the list of problem countries the HSE use is completely inadequate.

    If you're saying the info the HSE has published is rubbish and that they're actually using much better criteria then tell me what it is and how you know it. Please

    As I mentioned last night for up-to-date areas considered high risk areas or areas with sustained community transmission can be found via the WHO SitReps.

    The ECDC has deferred to the WHO on this topic also because they are better placed to track this information :)

    As it currently stands the HSE's list of affected areas is woefully outdated but it's also not the list the health service is taking direction from.

    Also, I want to apologise for being narky in my previous post. I'm sincerely sorry. It's been quite a long day!


  • #4878
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Sounds of door slamming and tyres screeching echo around Italy as we speak as hordes head for the borders on the basis of such rumours.

    It’s ok.
    Fiats can only go short distances before breaking down.


  • #4879
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Is it just my perception being off or are some people on here really giving the impression they are actually willing the number of new cases to keep increasing to try and prove a point? It certainly seems that way.

    I have be willing myself to win the Lotto and Euro Millions for years now.

    I will let you in on a little grownup secret willing something has zero effect in the real world.


  • #4880
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Is it just my perception being off or are some people on here really giving the impression they are actually willing the number of new cases to keep increasing to try and prove a point? It certainly seems that way.

    What point are they trying to prove? We're ****ed.


  • #4881
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,121 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Is it just my perception being off or are some people on here really giving the impression they are actually willing the number of new cases to keep increasing to try and prove a point? It certainly seems that way.

    I think sensible people see what is happening to the East of us who had zero, then one, then three, then hundreds.

    I suppose we might think St Patrick will keep the virus away just like he did with the snakes. We are different and all that.

    But hopefully we will buck the trend. Ever hopeful me.


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  • #4882
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    Not at all. He has a loyal fan base
    many of who will die from COVID19


  • #4883
    givyjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,287 ✭✭✭givyjoe


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Is it just my perception being off or are some people on here really giving the impression they are actually willing the number of new cases to keep increasing to try and prove a point? It certainly seems that way.

    Way way off.


  • #4884
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    many of who will die from COVID19

    Did you type that with one hand under the desk?


  • #4885
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I think sensible people see what is happening to the East of us who had zero, then one, then three, then hundreds.

    I suppose we might think St Patrick will keep the virus away just like he did with the snakes. We are different and all that.

    But hopefully we will buck the trend. Ever hopeful me.

    I'm hoping a combination of bad weather, social distancing, spread out population, good hygiene and even the way Irish people greet each other with a hello instead of a kiss will keep the numbers low.

    I can't believe how it's developed in Italy


  • #4886
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    I have be willing myself to win the Lotto and Euro Millions for years now.

    I will let you in on a little grownup secret willing something has zero effect in the real world.

    I am aware that your online pronunciations have zero effect in the real world, but thank you for the capitalisation and bold font. It left me in no doubt.


  • #4887
    gw80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭gw80


    Could this virus mutate into something even more dangerous, and if so would people who had the original virus be immune to the mutation?
    Sorry if this has been asked already.


  • #4888
    cannotlogin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,172 ✭✭✭cannotlogin


    Does anyone know if any of the charities have organisedto drop off food supplies to elderly people who don't want to venture out, can't use online shopping or have no one to support them?

    I'd happily do a number of drop offs at the weekend if it helped anyone elderly and living alone.


  • #4889
    2Mad2BeMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭2Mad2BeMad


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I think sensible people see what is happening to the East of us who had zero, then one, then three, then hundreds.

    I suppose we might think St Patrick will keep the virus away just like he did with the snakes. We are different and all that.

    But hopefully we will buck the trend. Ever hopeful me.

    The point of cancelling the parades is to slow it down. Containment is out the window at this point no matter how much the hse continue to say that we are in that phase. It's about slowing it down so the hospitals arnt over run with people who are critically ill.


  • #4890
    1641
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭1641


    TTLF wrote: »
    Something I didn’t understand from that press conference was, if testing so strict as we’ve seen, and we get low daily figures, wouldn’t their “phase 2” plan take a longer time to initiate if we only have maybe 50 ish people (Hypothetically) by Saturday since the numbers are still low? -Thus letting the virus potentially spread for longer

    I would like to know also, when they go into the next phase, does that mean testing criteria will be more fluid/less strict. (e.g. anyone with symptoms)

    From the UK press conference I understood that at a later stage, as the number of confirmed cases really escalates, people reporting symptoms will be told to self isolate at home. The assumption will be then that they probably have the virus, without testing. I suppose this is to stop the test process being overwhelmed. Probably something similar will apply here. We are some time away from that yet but I imagine they will have to keep to fairly tight criteria in the meantime.


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  • #4891
    Achasanai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Achasanai


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    I find the talk from people wanting others to get it vile Trump and so on.


    Was Trump not downplaying the virus thing and saying that he'd rather that cruise ship didn't dock so it wouldn't upset the figures?


    Is it not kind of the same type of situation as the guy in Italy?


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