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

10-03-2020 12:22AM

The seating looks stupid for the audience ! One person every 2 seats , yet we all have to get buses and trains to work tomorrow and sit beside our colleagues ?

RandomName2 · 10-03-2020 12:22AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

You can't equate the profile of Taiwan and Italy. Or either of them with Ireland.

You're right. Taiwan had no time to prepare and is situated beside China. It isn't run by fcukwits and has apparently managed to reverse the tide

https://www.thestreet.com/latest-news/right-next-door-to-china-taiwan-has-largely-contained-covid-19-heres-how

See? You don't need to be a dictatorship like China, you just need some competency and determination.

theballz · 10-03-2020 12:22AM

Coveney is visibly shook by this. He came across (despite his best efforts) incredibly concerned earlier in the show.

ArchXStanton · 10-03-2020 12:23AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Foot and mouth was taken more serious than this because big business was going to lose a few bob.

Remember having to step into those disinfectant trays in places? They took a more serious approach to foot and mouth

tobefrank321 · 10-03-2020 12:23AM

Coveney and Varadkar do not fill me with confidence. And Harris is so far out of his depth it aint funny.

History Queen · 10-03-2020 12:23AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Where would you rather have the kids (who seem basically immune to its effects), in school and college or roaming around bored for months on end acting as superspreaders?

You do realise that students are in much closer proximity while in school and will be much more likely to act as super spreaders in that setting?in my classroom, for example, on a daily basis I have anything between 160 and 210 students coming in and out. Imagine one of them infected and the potential effect.

hotmail.com · 10-03-2020 12:23AM

wakka12 wrote: »

New Jersey and Illinois declare a state of emergency

US states do this all the time.

all about the mane · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The seating looks stupid for the audience ! One person every 2 seats , yet we all have to get buses and trains to work tomorrow and sit beside our colleagues ?

Well if it looks stupid we better get them to stop...seriously

Larbre34 · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

all about the mane wrote: »

Who are going to run them?

The staff, obvs. Theyre nurses and doctors arent they?

You requisition them under emergency legislation and put them under NPHET control.

Stheno · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

I thought Coveney actually came across well

Drumpot · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

Seen on multiple sources that regular Vitamin D intake can potentially help reduce chances of getting flu/cold. The feeling is it might help in the same way with COVID19 , although not yet verified. I’ve seen the Med cram lad below mention it more then once the last few weeks (hence why my wife and I have been taking them for a few weeks).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yVGmfivAk

Good info on study done from Dr John

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

Medcram video also explains why weather may help speed up or slow down spread.

hotmail.com · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

Harris should be replaced immediately.

This is too serious to allow such an incompetent person stay in charge.

BLIZZARD7 · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

Strazdas wrote: »

Very easy to say 'shut down everything' but that would wreak havoc on the country and the economy and there is simply not enough evidence Ireland is under that level of threat

Bologna is Bologna.....we just don't know if that will be replicated anywhere else in Europe

Spain. Today. Exact same type of escalation we saw in Italy last week. Germany and France too. Your head is firmly in the sand.

expectationlost · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

theballz wrote: »

Coveney is visibly shook by this. He came across (despite his best efforts) incredibly concerned earlier in the show.

he always looks concerned, its how he gets elected.

Quantum Erasure · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

Strazdas wrote: »

If we double cases every week...

If you assume worst case scenario is a cert when doing risk assessment, you would never leave your house again.

doubling every week is far from worst case

Stheno · 10-03-2020 12:24AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

The staff, obvs. Theyre nurses and doctors arent they?

You requisition them under emergency legislation and put them under NPHET control.

Exactly

Jinglejangle69 · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Coveney and Varadkar do not fill me with confidence. And Harris is so far out of his depth it aint funny.

Thank god they were voted out

tillyfilly · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

These lot running the show remind me of cowen n lenihan back in 2009

Atlantic Dawn · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

ArchXStanton wrote: »

Remember having to step into those disinfectant trays in places? They took a more serious approach to foot and mouth

Every place the public interacts with should now have mandatory sanitising gel on entry and exit or be shut down.

Fr Tod Umptious · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

pearcider wrote: »

She destroyed him. We can choose to be Taiwan or Italy and these dopes are going to choose Italy.

Someone should tell her it's easy for Taiwan because they had always had restricted travel between themselves and China.

Hamsterchops · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

She's absolutely right. On current trends we will be as bad as Italy in about 8 weeks time.

Current trends?

We've only notched up three cases since last Friday, with a total of 24, hardly a dramatic trend?

igCorcaigh · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

By all accounts I think the French Government are openly prioritising keeping the economy ticking.

Not the only country either.

That's why the WHO aren't declaring a pandemic, to stop countries moving on to the mitigation phase without even trying to contain it.

I see their logic, WHO, don't wave the white flag
They point to successful containment, with the measures in China.

Quite brave of them actually, under some pressure from economic interests

Jinglejangle69 · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Harris should be replaced immediately.

This is too serious to allow such an incompetent person stay in charge.

Replaced my who?

CinemaGuy45 · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

eclipsechaser wrote: »

Just a back of the envelope calculation. If say 2.5% of the population are infected at one time, that's 120,000 infected. Of those, if 5% need ICU care, that's 6,000 people needing an ICU bed. We have 255 beds. That's worse than 1 ICU bed for every 20 people needing it. That's 19 out of 20 people critically ill people not being treated.

I actually think those numbers are conservative if anything. Worst case scenarios could be 1 ICU bed for every hundreds of people needing it.

Tell me I'm missing something...

Yes proper pronunciation.:P

However that post in spot on I hate the though of people dying without proper medical attention or drugs.:(

all about the mane · 10-03-2020 12:25AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

The staff, obvs. Theyre nurses and doctors arent they?

You requisition them under emergency legislation and put them under NPHET control.

And what about the people who would normally use these hospitals?

ChikiChiki · 10-03-2020 12:26AM

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Thank god they were voted out

They won't be going anywhere for a while.

the butcher · 10-03-2020 12:26AM

https://twitter.com/davidasinclair/status/1237156953928892419

Funsterdelux · 10-03-2020 12:26AM

expectationlost wrote: »

he always looks concerned, its how he gets elected.

After a number of counts

Wombatman · 10-03-2020 12:26AM

It seems totally incredible to me now that everyone spent that evening as though it were just like any other. From the railway station came the sound of shunting trains, ringing and rumbling, softened almost into melody by the distance. It all seemed so safe and tranquil.

ULLA!

bekker · 10-03-2020 12:26AM

calgary bound wrote: »

I agree. She's been on the media a lot lately about this.

Cillian is probably the best placed as Chair of the new advisory group and a Virologist to advise regarding what comes next in terms of numbers.

Virologists study viruses that affect humans, animals, insects, bacteria, fungi, and plants in community, clinical, agricultural, and natural environments. Virologists typically work in research or teaching, and many split their time between these two activities.

It's epidemiologists we need there.

Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed.

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