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

facehugger99 wrote: »

I'd imagine one of the biggest problems the health service will face is an influx of panic-merchants with dry coughs clogging up A&E.

It’s not ideal but what’s the alternative. Communication needs to be relaid. Retail workers, shop workers, all these type of jobs have pretty strict absentee criteria. People need to be sure. Ultimately, you have to look after yourself. So, people need to have confirmation they have the CV, to avail of income support.

Our whole society completely devalues the jobs that are the most vulnerable and essential for everyday life. The lad at the till in centra can’t work from home.

Miike wrote: »

If you're worried you should contact HSELive on 1850 24 1850 for a telephone screening to determine your risk. They will advise further as required. Get well soon

I don't think your advice is correct. People who suspect that they have symptoms should contact their GP by phone as a first move. Your GP will advise if you should then contact HSE.

That's my understanding of the advice being given. The GP network has the first screen task and will assess from a list of pre-determined questions that they have been circulated with.

Full official HSE advice is here - https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/coronavirus.html

Naggdefy wrote: »

I'm really surprised at Strazdas. He/she is a poster I've admired for years for being calm, sensible.

However he/she doesn't seem to be grasping the incubation phase and time lag with this virus at all.

Also the stance that parades should go ahead. Bringing large congregations into a small area outdoors who will then cram into pubs, restaurants, chippers etc after could only increase the chances of spreading infection.

My point is that the response should be measured in correlation to risk. I've no issue at all with the parades being cancelled if that is what the HSE decide, ditto if schools are closed soon.

The Govt here cannot just move straight to nationwide lockdown today without even being able to quantify the risk to the country.

Cupatae wrote: »

Ive a question... at what point does one go to get tested for coronavirus? Ive had a cough since before the outbreak, but for all i know i could be killing the nation here, ive no other symptoms.. do you get checked? do you wait for it to get worse?? do you need more than one symptom???

Theres a big hype about it but not much on what to do if you suspect you have it.

Same here. Near the end of a course of anti biotics, but still have it.

Miike wrote: »

Can you tell me what you've taken from this? I dont get the relevance of it

It can show if you've had cryptic community spread. If you see that there's a genetic link between cases, then you know it's being passed around.

There are now lots of these clusters of community spread showing up, where a particular mutation is detected in multiple individuals from the same place: e.g. Washington State, Queensland Aus, NSW (Aus), Netherlands etc. That was one of the first signs that the virus had been in Washington State for weeks (also the first cases detected coincided with the first deaths, and a heuristic says that each death in a situation where no control measures have been applied represents ~1k cases).

You can also see how cases are being spread around the world - e.g. the January cluster in Bavaria is now seen to be a major source of cases in Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and also further afield: the UK, S. America and a recent case in Taiwan.

If you have enough sequences to work on you can even begin to get a crude estimate of the size of the epidemic that you can then compare with estimates from other data.

So due to go on family holiday in a couple of months a good chunk paid already where we are going isn’t restricted but we have a child with a serious compromised immune system and our GP and his specialist have advised against travel so looking like we will have to cancel holiday , rang insurance company and they said we aren’t covered as it’s not a new sudden illness that is stopping us .. even though we have letter from hospital and GP .. its money we can’t afford to lose but it’s looking like we have no choice.
Seriously Pissed off as I taught a medical letter would have been enough to claim insurance.

So all the confirmations around the country are about to start.

Have the church decided on the prudent move to postpone all confirmations that are upcoming?

harr wrote: »

So due to go on family holiday in a couple of months a good chunk paid already where we are going isn’t restricted but we have a child with a serious compromised immune system and our GP and his specialist have advised against travel so looking like we will have to cancel holiday , rang insurance company and they said we aren’t covered as it’s not a new sudden illness that is stopping us .. even though we have letter from hospital and GP .. its money we can’t afford to lose but it’s looking like we have no choice.
Seriously Pissed off as I taught a medical letter would have been enough to claim insurance.

Surely it's a new risk though? I.e covid-19 didn't exist before 3 ish months ago.

facehugger99 wrote: »

Another couple of weeks paid leave for the teachers - they'll be delighted no doubt.

In trusted boards fashion, never miss an opportunity for a bit of teacher bashing. I actually thought most of your other posts were quite good.

Pistachio19 wrote: »

You've had enough time to put a halt to her visit. Why have you not told her she cannot stay with you?

Do you have a mother-in-law Pistachio?
In particular an Italian one?

If the schools close , it means they will have to close creches for the same reason .. alot of people are going to go out of business. If this takes hold we are really looking at a recession in a matter of months. The knock on effects on everyday life will be huge.

56 in the UK, I can see Ireland having 2-4 again which would be nice and positive and more looking like its very well contained

bilston wrote: »

Outdated joke...but nice try

Gatherings of people will be banned. Stormont MLAs only ever need the slightest excuse to skive off. It will be empty. They are already preparing for it.

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/coronavirus-stormont-mlas-could-conduct-their-work-at-home-via-video-link-if-crisis-grows-39026845.html

Cw85 wrote: »

56 in the UK, I can see Ireland having 2-4 again which would be nice and positive and more looking like its very well contained

How does it look like its well contained? These cases are infections arising from before we took any action, i.e. Paddys day etc, which are events that hadn't happened yet anyway. Strange logic altogether.