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

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    #7832
    industry accountant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 47 ✭industry accountant


    RobertKK wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/thejournal_ie/status/1237361566527426560?s=21

    It could be spreading like crazy here, and I doubt Blindboy was protected by a plastic bag over his head that had holes in it.

    Anyone going to that sh1te could do with being isolated permanently


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    #7833
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,314 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    1600, 1700 tests possibly carried out.

    All Eyes On Rafah



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    #7834
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,339 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    1600 - 1700 tests carried out, according to rte news


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    #7835
    landofthetree
    Registered Users Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Unearthly wrote: »
    Wasn't there 1 day China announced nearly 15k in 1 day? I think it was when they had changed the criteria for a positive case then had to backdate it. Still scared the feck out of me when I woke up to the news

    Yes.

    Feb 12th.

    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/


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    #7836
    Silent Running
    Registered Users Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Silent Running


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I wasn't expecting us to have tested 1000 people. RTE just said it there. Surely a good sign if we have 1000 tested and only ~30 confirmed cases? Or am I wrong?

    RTE have been saying that for about a week. Either nobody is telling RTE that there's been more testing done, or they're fibbing, or... no tests are being done!


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    #7837
    Lord Trollington
    Registered Users Posts: 4,411 ✭✭✭Lord Trollington


    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 .


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    #7838
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    Spain has forbidden direct flights from Italy since midnight until the 25th of March.


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    #7839
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Always find Emma just a bit too excitable in her reports!


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    #7840
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    1600 - 1700 tests carried out, according to rte news


    that's great news

    I wish they told us what areas are being tested


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    #7841
    Mr_Muffin
    Registered Users Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


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


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    #7842
    eviltimeban
    Registered Users Posts: 5,088 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    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.


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    #7843
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,869 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Scotty # wrote: »
    Heavy smokers, like the Chinese.

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


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    #7844
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    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.


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    #7845
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    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


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    #7846
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,874 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    I wrote an article earlier today for Irish Tech News on how businesses can prepare for Covid-19. It can be read here https://irishtechnews.ie/preparing-your-business-for-covid-19/ I also did a podcast about how to prepare for remote working in the face of Covid-19 and it can be heard here https://irishtechnews.ie/lisa-murphy-covid-19-remote-working-podcast/ and also iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify and Stitcher.


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    #7847
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    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


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    #7848
    lawred2
    Registered Users Posts: 24,305 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    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"?


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    #7849
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,616 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    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.


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    #7850
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,641 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    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?


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    #7851
    ErnestBorgnine
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭ErnestBorgnine


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


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    #7852
    Cuckoo7
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Cuckoo7


    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.


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    #7853
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    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?


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    #7854
    froog
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    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??


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    #7855
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


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


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    #7856
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    Where can we watch the ongoing briefing?


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    #7857
    Indestructable
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Are we certain it's 4?


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    #7858
    facehugger99
    Registered Users Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭facehugger99


    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.


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    #7859
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,874 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    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?


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    #7860
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    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/


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    #7861
    Lord Trollington
    Registered Users Posts: 4,411 ✭✭✭Lord Trollington


    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


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