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

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Is it? Nearly 1000.
I thought it was higher than yesterday ... I'm losing track.

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

6.21, so far...

caveat emptor wrote: »

But what about freedom of movement? I thought their hands are tied? It's an internal border but?

Eliana Uptight Caterpillar wrote: »

So far:
Indeed
Twitter
Cork University Hospital
University Hospital Limerick
A bunch of other medical facilities
Apple
Abtran Bishopstown Cork
Trinity College Dublin
Google


a litany of pharmaceutical companies

have all shown that they are taking this public health emergency (which has been at SOS level according to the WHO since mid-February) at least somewhat seriously because they, y'know, don't want to be responsible for potentially many deaths due to infections which occur in their facilities.

What about all the transmission going on in schools in Cork and Limerick? Close contacts of close contacts are not being told to self isolate so it is reasonable to believe that there are children living with parents who have the virus and they are transmitting it.

Unless HSE have stepped up their testing five-fold on last week and modified the criteria for testing people (afaik still only those who travelled from infected regions and their close contacts, as well as close contacts of confirmed cases) there are untold numbers walking around transmitting the virus that did not meet the HSE criteria.

I realise that there are those of you on here who will have a knee-jerk reaction to this post and want to maintain composure by not becoming alarmed by the emergency we are facing. Please, if my post angers you take the time to look up the surgeons' testimonies from Italy where they say that they are so overwhelmed, they are triaging because there aren't enough respirators so those with any comorbidities, even young people, are on a 'do not resuscitate' notice.

Look at the guy whose 30 year-old sister is dead beside him in her bed and the medical staff wouldn't test him and he has nobody to help him with the body. Look at the army on the streets of Italy last night blasting out of a speaker that they are on lockdown it's curfew and nobody is to leave.

Look at Wuhan where they say that they are getting control of it now but there are still current reports of healthcare workers dying from dehydration because they don't have enough protective suits and can't open them while on shift due to the risk of contamination. Also we don't know their figures so Italy is all we have to look to for an accurate picture of the potential for containment, and we're not on lockdown yet.

We are not winding down our contact with the world in a way that is conducive to stopping this, based on the evidence available from the furthest-on countries in this. We are winding down in such a way that the economy keeps tipping over for a long as possible. Are you willing to be collateral damage in this race to the bottom so that the government can self-perpetuate, at the risk of having your loved ones potentially get infected, or die yourself due to complications from a lack of treatment?

There are many articles coming out saying the Italian lock down is too little too late and that it's going to send economies spiraling out of control in a way that means everyone is going to lose their jobs anyway. I'm going to stay at home and do my best to protect my family.

Stheno wrote: »

Average age was 80 iirc

josip wrote: »

Just their school or all the schools?
Does each region in Spain make their own decision regarding closures or does it come from Madrid?

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/adamparsons/status/1237427052644651015?s=20

spookwoman wrote: »

Probably have said **** it sue me later