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

4068ac1elhodqr · 09-03-2020 11:17PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Didn't Canada get SARS as well? What did they do?

Mainly localised to Toronto, slightly similar to COVID, but with SARS it knocks someone out much faster, and more severely, thus it can spread as far and wide (time = distance, incubation and spread capability).

09-03-2020 11:17PM

Jake1 wrote: »

Whats the story with the Dublin Bus? what happened?

It passed a hospital and got TB!

ACitizenErased · 09-03-2020 11:17PM

RIP the Dublin Bus.

igCorcaigh · 09-03-2020 11:17PM

I'm actually seeing the need now for a separate tech thread for this, as has been suggested previously.

Do we have mods with the expertise to do that job, as we have with the weather threads?

Humberto Salazar · 09-03-2020 11:18PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Is it time to buy some masks? Which ones to get ?

Halloween ones are all you'll get at this stage.

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 09-03-2020 11:18PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Can you build immunity if you catch this?

Everyone, by the time they reach adulthood, should have some immunity to some coronavirus,” said Tim Sheahan, a coronavirus researcher at University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. But because it doesn’t last, older people can get reinfected. The elderly also have a higher death rate from coronaviruses such as SARS and MERS, a pattern 2019-nCoV is following.

There is some evidence that people can be reinfected with the four coronaviruses and that there is no long-lasting immunity,” Dr. Susan Kline, an infectious disease specialist at of the University of Minnesota. “Like rhinoviruses [which cause the common cold], you could be infected multiple times over your life. You can mount an antibody response, but it wanes, so on subsequent exposure you don’t have protection.” Subsequent infections often produce milder illness, however.

Although at this point we're not sure about any of it because there is so little data. This was weeks ago so they clearly wouldn't even have any idea about the emergent situation at that point.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/04/two-scenarios-if-new-coronavirus-isnt-contained/

Hurrache · 09-03-2020 11:19PM

daheff wrote: »

?

I'd imagine now is the time most farmers need to be planting crops?

Why would they not?

09-03-2020 11:19PM

That bus is the COVID-19A

bekker · 09-03-2020 11:19PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Germany has apprehended 250,000 pieces of protective equipment on their way to Switzerland.

The Swiss government is demanding an explanation. Switzerland manufactures almost no medical equipment.

Germany has banned the export of all protective equipment to deal with the crisis.

That the same Germany that was lecturing Poles, Hungarians and others on European Values?

gabeeg · 09-03-2020 11:19PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

RIP the Dublin Bus.

It'll be grand it's only about five years old.

It's the big orange double-deckers from years back that we have to worry about.

Miike · 09-03-2020 11:19PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I'm actually seeing the need now for a separate tech thread for this, as has been suggested previously.

Do we have mods with the expertise to do that job, as we have with the weather threads?

I would posit that this is a bad idea. If even one person reads a single academic source linked in this thread and and learns ONE thing from it, that can only have a positive effect on controlling the spread of this in the public in terms of personal responsibility.

Just my take on it

bilston · 09-03-2020 11:19PM

Looking at the stats, it's been a very bad day for Spain.

Nearly a doubling in cases to over 1,200 in one day.

MD1990 · 09-03-2020 11:19PM

I have an important medical apointment April 9th in London

Anyone think any chance I will be able to go?

jam_mac_jam · 09-03-2020 11:19PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I'm actually seeing the need now for a separate tech thread for this, as has been suggested previously.

Do we have mods with the expertise to do that job, as we have with the weather threads?

I think it's badly needed.

Scuid Mhór · 09-03-2020 11:20PM

viewfromtheuk wrote: »

One of the Dublin Bus vehicle under quarantine
https://imgur.com/a/j4iYMeX
Covid-19 is more infectious that the regular Flu
6 fold increase in chance of getting infected with the Flu during a outbreak, if you travel on the Bus.
This is 8 fold during a TB outbreak and rises to 10 if the bus passes a hospital.

Relevant info in the following link
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-how-avoid-spread-tips-transport/

What's the source for the Dublin bus?

Gods Gift · 09-03-2020 11:20PM

Jake1 wrote: »

Whats the story with the Dublin Bus? what happened?

It arrived on time.

jam_mac_jam · 09-03-2020 11:20PM

MD1990 wrote: »

I have an important medical apointment April 9th in London

Anyone think any chance I will be able to go?

Ring the hospital? Nearer the time?

uck51js9zml2yt · 09-03-2020 11:20PM

Daniel Important Zen wrote: »

Why would they not go ahead and plant them?

Ground too wet

Cilldara_2000 · 09-03-2020 11:20PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Germany has apprehended 250,000 pieces of protective equipment on their way to Switzerland.

The Swiss government is demanding an explanation. Switzerland manufactures almost no medical equipment.

Germany has banned the export of all protective equipment to deal with the crisis.

Have you a source for this?

sean29 · 09-03-2020 11:21PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Can you build immunity if you catch this?

A healthy person after about 7 days of infection starts to produce antibodies that protect against being sick again. But some people may have a disorder in their immune system and they will not produce these antibodies. Those people may fall ill again. Luckily this is a very rare situation and does not affect the development of the epidemic.

However, there is a second problem, because the virus is constantly mutating, changing its structure. If these mutations are severe, then the virus can change so that being sick before will not give immunity against that mutation. There are no such mutations yet, but this is just the start of the virus.

PhantomHat · 09-03-2020 11:21PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

A bus contracted coronavirus.

The bus was spluttering big time on its route

daheff · 09-03-2020 11:21PM

Hurrache wrote: »

Why would they not?

If there was a quarantine...also Italy/China.....you know what's going on right now, yeah??

Mellor · 09-03-2020 11:21PM

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

No. It's not. Go and look it up. Wikipedia may help

Sigh. maybe you should take you own advice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARSr-CoV)[note 1] is a species of coronavirus that infects humans, bats and certain other mammals.[2][3] It is an enveloped positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus that enters its host cell by binding to the ACE2 receptor.[4] It is a member of the genus Betacoronavirus and subgenus Sarbecoronavirus.[5][6]

Two strains of the virus have caused outbreaks of severe respiratory diseases in humans: SARS-CoV, which caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) between 2002 and 2003, and SARS-CoV-2, which since late 2019 has caused an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).[7] There are hundreds of other strains of SARSr-CoV, all of which are only known to infect non-human species: bats are a major reservoir of many strains of SARS-related coronaviruses, and several strains have been identified in palm civets, which were likely ancestors of SARS-CoV.[7][8]

The SARS-related coronavirus was one of several viruses identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016 as a likely cause of a future epidemic in a new plan developed after the Ebola epidemic for urgent research and development before and during an epidemic towards diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines. The prediction came to pass with the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak.[9][10]

Severe acute respiratory syndrome is literally what SARS stands for. It's not a flu as people kept repeating. This is really basic stuff. We're doomed.

Ficheall · 09-03-2020 11:21PM

My friend who flew from Milan to Stansted this evening said there no extra checks - she didn't even have to speak to a human, just did the customs type thing on the machine and went on her merry way.

Fizzy Duck · 09-03-2020 11:22PM

viewfromtheuk wrote: »

One of the Dublin Bus vehicle under quarantine
https://imgur.com/a/j4iYMeX

This is the phrase they use when any bus has been soiled (by passenger or animal). It is just coincidence that they use this wording at this time.

Hurrache · 09-03-2020 11:22PM

Lydia Gigantic Prisoner wrote: »

Ground too wet

The coronavirus has nothing to do with that though.

daheff · 09-03-2020 11:22PM

bekker wrote: »

That the same Germany that was lecturing Poles, Hungarians and others on European Values?

Switzerland isn't part of the EU....but pretty sh1tty thing to do.

leck · 09-03-2020 11:22PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Can the government wheel out someone who has recovered and get them to tell the people how it was for them and how they feel now?

It's worthwhile watching the World Health Organization press conference from earlier today. They explained that different countries were using different criteria to regard a patient as recovered. One might be two negative tests. They went on to say that might take as long as six weeks.

The first diagnosed case was announced here on March 1 so could be a while before they are in the position to "wheel out someone who has recovered."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3IJZ2ahQjk

nocoverart · 09-03-2020 11:23PM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Stopped using Dublin Bus since Monday last week after having heightened awareness of people's habits in the morning.

Them places would be an absolute breeding ground for this virus. Bars and buttons, high throughput of commuters in confined spaces.

Strong sensible leadership from Netanyahu leaving aside his other indiscretions.

Was in the Chemist this morning, oldish woman quite concerned that she only has hand wash and can’t get any hand sanitizer whilst openly coughing on the displayed hand wash on the front counter.

ACitizenErased · 09-03-2020 11:23PM

bekker wrote: »

That the same Germany that was lecturing Poles, Hungarians and others on European Values?

To be fair to the Germans, the Swiss wouldn't be long shutting up shop if **** went sideways in there.

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