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

Mr_Muffin · 10-03-2020 07:11PM

Where is this going? I have the option to work from home is needed, I'm just not sure if I need to yet?

eviltimeban · 10-03-2020 07:11PM

Relieved it's only 4. However I fear that it'll get higher once Paddy's weekend is over.

Saying that I think the people of Ireland are generally being vigilant - I was in my local gym (small with very few members - only one other person there when I was there) and they had about ten bottles of Dettol spray and cloths around the place with instructions to wipe down any equipment you used before and after use.

Hand sanitiser and wipes in supermarkets.

Parades and flights cancelled. Companies making people stay home.

We're doing what we can.

Edit - I realise it is 10 and I was mistaken with 4.

PopePalpatine · 10-03-2020 07:11PM

Scotty # wrote: »

Heavy smokers, like the Chinese.

I blame the Marlboro logos plastered all over Ferraris until the 2000s.

is_that_so · 10-03-2020 07:12PM

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

Where is this going? I have the option to work from home is needed, I'm just not sure if I need to yet?

Wait and see seems to be the message so far.

Gooey Looey · 10-03-2020 07:12PM

Cw85 wrote: »

Only another 4 here, all close contact. Still only the two/three community cases so no real spread through the public as of yet. Can see why they are telling us to get imon with our lives.

How do we know? If they're only testing those who had contact and those who've been to Italy and nobody else. We are not really doing many tests

skimpydoo · 10-03-2020 07:12PM

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Mic 1972 · 10-03-2020 07:12PM

eviltimeban wrote: »

Relieved it's only 4. However I fear that it'll get higher once Paddy's weekend is over.

Saying that I think the people of Ireland are generally being vigilant - I was in my local gym (small with very few members - only one other person there when I was there) and they had about ten bottles of Dettol spray and cloths around the place with instructions to wipe down any equipment you used before and after use.

Hand sanitiser and wipes in supermarkets.

Parades and flights cancelled. Companies making people stay home.

We're doing what we can.

WHERE?? i cant find any

lawred2 · 10-03-2020 07:12PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Over 100 tests carried out daily in Ireland. Are we supposed to be impressed with those figures ?

They've carried out 1000 only.

Those kind of figures does not inspire me. I reckon there are quite of lot of people with CV19 that hasnt been tested .

Who are they supposed to be testing? Do you think they should just pick the first 1000 they see and test them for optics reasons? To be seen to be doing something so that the likes of you are "impressed"?

banie01 · 10-03-2020 07:12PM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

1600 - 1700 tests carried out, according to rte news

Back of the beermat maths would indicate a testing capacity of 50-60 per day on those numbers versus known inbound tests of likely double that!

Take the NAS test total as 80 and hospitals as 60bor so!!

That really highlights an immediate capability gap.

I'm sure one of our medico-scientific heads can correct me on that.
But.
From those quick sums on my part, show there is a pile of backlogged tests building up in the system before we got peak outbreak.

ACitizenErased · 10-03-2020 07:13PM

Cw85 wrote: »

Only another 4 here, all close contact. Still only the two/three community cases so no real spread through the public as of yet. Can see why they are telling us to get imon with our lives.

Source for this?

ErnestBorgnine · 10-03-2020 07:13PM

https://twitter.com/redfishstream/status/1237422970940862469

Cuckoo7 · 10-03-2020 07:13PM

eviltimeban wrote: »

Relieved it's only 4. However I fear that it'll get higher once Paddy's weekend is over.

Saying that I think the people of Ireland are generally being vigilant - I was in my local gym (small with very few members - only one other person there when I was there) and they had about ten bottles of Dettol spray and cloths around the place with instructions to wipe down any equipment you used before and after use.

Hand sanitiser and wipes in supermarkets.

Parades and flights cancelled. Companies making people stay home.

We're doing what we can.

Are there hand sanitizers again in the shops?
I haven’t been today.

cameramonkey · 10-03-2020 07:13PM

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/10/hopes-rise-over-experimental-drugs-effectiveness-against-coronavirus

This drug is being assessed for use against the virus. They seem to be very hopeful that it will have a good outcome.

The articles says

“Gilead is trying to do two different trials in China, but they’re competing with all these other things going on. They’re actually having some trouble with recruitment now that the case load is decreasing.”

Along with the WHO they are saying that case loads are really dropping, I wonder do the anti WHO and Chinese brigade here think that Gilead are part of the conspiracy to hide numbers?

froog · 10-03-2020 07:13PM

if every single person in a country wore masks at all times wouldn't this have a dramatic impact on new cases. not protecting people - but massively reducing infected spreading??

Cork Boy 53 · 10-03-2020 07:14PM

So officially we have the containment phase, the delay phase and the mitigation phase. What comes after that?

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 10-03-2020 07:14PM

Where can we watch the ongoing briefing?

Indestructable · 10-03-2020 07:14PM

Are we certain it's 4?

facehugger99 · 10-03-2020 07:14PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Over 100 tests carried out daily in Ireland. Are we supposed to be impressed with those figures ?

They've carried out 1000 only.

Those kind of figures does not inspire me. I reckon there are quite of lot of people with CV19 that hasnt been tested .

Well I'm certain that your feelings are more important than the actual facts.

skimpydoo · 10-03-2020 07:15PM

eviltimeban wrote: »

Relieved it's only 4. However I fear that it'll get higher once Paddy's weekend is over.

Saying that I think the people of Ireland are generally being vigilant - I was in my local gym (small with very few members - only one other person there when I was there) and they had about ten bottles of Dettol spray and cloths around the place with instructions to wipe down any equipment you used before and after use.

Hand sanitiser and wipes in supermarkets.

Parades and flights cancelled. Companies making people stay home.

We're doing what we can.

Where did you get 4 from?

otnomart · 10-03-2020 07:15PM

Lord TSC wrote: »

You don’t think the reason it’s all being linked to Italy is because they are only testing people who have links to Italy? :pac:

We won't know until they share the genomic data of samples from the patients in Ireland.
Then they can compare and find out if there is spread also from the US, for example.
https://nextstrain.org/

Lord Trollington · 10-03-2020 07:15PM

lawred2 wrote: »

Who are they supposed to be testing? Do you think they should just pick the first 1000 they see and test them for optics reasons? To be seen to be doing something so that the likes of you are "impressed"?

What's the likes of me exactly

Cuckoo7 · 10-03-2020 07:15PM

froog wrote: »

if every single person in a country wore masks at all times wouldn't this have a dramatic impact on new cases. not protecting people - but massively reducing infected spreading??

I really think so, but as we don’t have enough ...

Cw85 · 10-03-2020 07:15PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Source for this?

Rte news at 6

10-03-2020 07:16PM

Mic 1972 wrote: »

WHERE?? i cant find any

Soap out of a container or a bar of soap is prob better according to some, since a proper handwash associated with a good rinse removes more virus due to more vigorous action.

NegativeCreep · 10-03-2020 07:16PM

Cw85 wrote: »

Rte news at 6

I think it was 4 in Northern Ireland. ROI figures not out yet.

wirelessdude01 · 10-03-2020 07:17PM

Cw85 wrote: »

Rte news at 6

That's the numbers for NI, Republic numbers not released yet.

Ludo · 10-03-2020 07:17PM

4 in the North..hot here.

ACitizenErased · 10-03-2020 07:17PM

Cw85 wrote: »

Rte news at 6

I'm watching RTE news. They've said nothing? The press conference hasn't even happened yet. It's 4 in Northern Ireland.

Cuckoo7 · 10-03-2020 07:17PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Soap out of a container or a bar of soap is prob better according to some, since a proper handwash associated with a good rinse removes more virus due to more vigorous action.

Yes but you need water too if you use soap.

GolfNut33 · 10-03-2020 07:17PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Over 100 tests carried out daily in Ireland. Are we supposed to be impressed with those figures ?

They've carried out 1000 only.

Those kind of figures does not inspire me. I reckon there are quite of lot of people with CV19 that hasnt been tested .

That's shocking, 1000 is practically nothing is the overall scheme of things. Sh1t is gonna get worse very quickly here.

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