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

Cork Boy 53 · 10-03-2020 11:44PM

skimpydoo wrote: »

He?? Nadine is female.

Apologies for my typo. Edited now.

little bess · 10-03-2020 11:44PM

fritzelly wrote: »

Now go watch World War Z and you're ready for anything

Read the book, even better.

10000maniacs · 10-03-2020 11:45PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

She was in 10 Downing Street last Thursday apparently with Boris and started feeling ill on Friday. I'd probably have same reaction.

Boris looked a bit peaky yesterday. Somebody pointed that out to me when he was giving that conference on the virus.

josip · 10-03-2020 11:45PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Great news, at least on my side!

Mother-in-law has decided not to come, and instead fly back to her homeland, Argentina, tomorrow. Best decision really instead of lumping about in Italy or ****ing our family over in Dublin. A huge sense of relief off my chest anyway.

What happens if Argentina don't let her back in?

NIMAN · 10-03-2020 11:45PM

I can't believe people are saying the gov is making decisions to protect the economy.

This is going to have a major impact on the economy one way or the other.

The world will be lucky to avoid another recession.

statesaver · 10-03-2020 11:45PM

Listening to Michael Osterholm on the Joe Rogan Experience and it's scary

Harry Palmr · 10-03-2020 11:47PM

Test test test, Korea has and the USA hasn't. The difference will surely become apparent.

JohnnyFlash · 10-03-2020 11:47PM

An immediate €50 euro deduction in dole and pension payments?

How would that work for people?

US2 · 10-03-2020 11:47PM

The latest Joe Rogan Experience on YouTube is good

bb12 · 10-03-2020 11:47PM

dublin99 wrote: »

You have to differentiate between surgical mask (one way protection) and respirators without valve (two way protection).

Surgical mask will work if EVERYONE wears one including asymptomatic spreaders, as in the case in Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In any event, it will reduce the risk (from droplets) if someone sneezes or cough near you. You are also less likely to touch your mouth and nose with your (contaminated) hands when wearing a mask.

Respirators (ffp2 and 3) can filter out the virus but only if properly fitted and more importantly, put on and taken off with sanitised hands. They are however very uncomfortable to wear over an extended period of time.

Here is a good explanation of the various types/specs:

https://fastlifehacks.com/n95-vs-ffp/

The truth is there aren't enough masks/respirators for everyone so they tell us they are useless. The Asian cities where everyone was supplied with masks all did really well after the initial outbreak.

i bought a half face ffp3 respirator about a month ago...although it looks pretty hard core and i don't see myself wearing it in public as yet...but who knows where all this will end up.

faceman · 10-03-2020 11:48PM

Great article in New York Post about Farr’s law and the decline of this virus

https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-peak-and-start-falling-sooner-than-you-think/

Jinglejangle69 · 10-03-2020 11:48PM

Cheltenham was a good idea.

igCorcaigh · 10-03-2020 11:48PM

statesaver wrote: »

Listening to Michael Osterholm on the Joe Rogan Experience and it's scary

Don't listen to Joe Rogan.
He's an American fear jockey.

Atlantic Dawn · 10-03-2020 11:48PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

An immediate €50 euro deduction in dole and pension payments?

How would that work for people?

What possible benefit would that have?

joe40 · 10-03-2020 11:48PM

little bess wrote: »

Read the book, even better.

I wonder are amazon and other booksellers seeing a big rise in dystopian fiction.

skimpydoo · 10-03-2020 11:49PM

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

An immediate €50 euro deduction in dole and pension payments?

How would that work for people?

Where would the deduction go?

Poor_old_gill · 10-03-2020 11:49PM

NIMAN wrote: »

I can't believe people are saying the gov is making decisions to protect the economy.

This is going to have a major impact on the economy one way or the other.

The world will be lucky to avoid another recession.

A recession is a certainty in my eyes and one that will be worse than the 13 years ago.
A lot of economic activity will grind to a halt in the next few weeks and we are starting to see that with the hospitality industries already.

I just can’t understand why the minister doesn’t book out and eat in all these restaurants that are experiencing cancellations

Larbre34 · 10-03-2020 11:49PM

Daz_ wrote: »

I just watched the movie Contagion.. I really shouldn’t have

I wouldn't worry, Contagion suggested a death total of about 190 million, worst case for C19 is only about 140 million. And also the illness is not as nasty a way to go.

igCorcaigh · 10-03-2020 11:50PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What possible benefit would that have?

Don't feed nonsense.

Loughc · 10-03-2020 11:50PM

faceman wrote: »

Great article in New York Post about Farr’s law and the decline of this virus

https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-peak-and-start-falling-sooner-than-you-think/

Great article spot on too. It’s definitely hit it’s peak already.

Kermit.de.frog · 10-03-2020 11:50PM

Washington State reports two more coronavirus deaths, bringing the total up to 24 and 267 cases.

6th patient dies from Cov-19 in UK

US CDC Chief: "the US is beyond virus containment in some areas"

Washington State considering "Rapid Lockdown", new benefits announced for workers

Mortality rate in Lombardy hits 8% - higher than Wuhan

Lagarde calls on European governments to embrace "rapid fiscal action."

Austria, Switzerland close borders with Italy

NJ Governor declares state of emergency

North Carolina declares state of emergency

Air Canada latest airline to suspend routes to Italy as traffic expected to plunge due to quarantine

Mass. declares state of emergency after confirming 51 'presumptive' cases; Boston cancels St. Patricks Day Parade

NYC Mayor says outbreak "evolving very rapidly"

Harvard moves classes online

Xi takes victory lap in Wuhan

Trump says had 'great' meeting with Repubs on stimulus plan, but no details released

Italy reports 36% jump in deaths, cases climb above 10,000

Three Canadians test positive in Calgary

Spain suspends parliament after lawmaker infected

Austria total cases hits 182

First case reported in Philly

EU suspends parliament indefinitely

Italian government suspends mortgage payments across country

CDC says nearly 5,000 tests have been conducted in US through Monday

National Guard is deploying to New Rochelle, area businesses, schools will close, Cuomo says

New Jersey confirms first death

Trump arrives on Capitol Hill to discuss stimulus plan with Republicans

Hilarious

DonnieCorko · 10-03-2020 11:51PM

bb12 wrote: »

i bought a half face ffp3 respirator about a month ago...although it looks pretty hard core and i don't see myself wearing it in public as yet...but who knows where all this will end up.

Me too as it was the only protection mask i could get online. We should shop in the same stores so we dont look too oddballish. I even asked my friend whos in Shanghai if she saw anyone wearing similar and she hadnt. I also learnt that they arent used by medical personell for the most part as they are very hard to disinfect so more likely to cause spread

gmisk · 10-03-2020 11:52PM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Where would the deduction go?

Hickeys to buy a third of a pack of face masks?

Bob24 · 10-03-2020 11:52PM

10000maniacs wrote: »

Nadine Dorries, Tory health minister has tested positive for Coronavirus.

I think Western officials are exposing their health by not protect protective equipment when they are exposed to many people or attend potentially more infectious environments. For example if you look at recent pictures of Asian officials visiting hospitals where Covid-19 patients are treated (maybe the best place to get the virus), they almost always wear masks. While Western official absolutely never wear one on similar pictures.

It probaly in order to protect the "mask are not useful for the general public" motto, but the difference is very obvious.

loughside · 10-03-2020 11:52PM

My goodness!

Coronavirus: Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive

2 minutes ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51827356

JohnnyFlash · 10-03-2020 11:52PM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Where would the deduction go?

Into ensuring the self-employed and small businesses can continue to trade out of this.

political analyst · 10-03-2020 11:53PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

The whole of Italy is on lockdown.

I think you'll find no one gives a flying fiddlers fùck about the leaving or Junior Cert if this kicks off here .

Would you dare say that to the students and their parents? They constitute a huge part of the population. You'd get a lot of eggs thrown at you if you dared say it to them.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 10-03-2020 11:53PM

Loughc wrote: »

The slow spread rate of the virus in Ireland seems to be a good indication.

The company I work for just sent an email saying they envision no closure days due to coronavirus so that’s something. Yay.

Absolutely impossible for any one to state that categorically as how do they know one of the employees wont get infected through community spread in the next week or two and pass it onto others??? Sounds like the kind of Shiite middle-management comes out with.

tom1ie · 10-03-2020 11:54PM

Loughc wrote: »

Great article spot on too. It’s definitely hit it’s peak already.

Yeah defo.........just wondering what scientific evidence you have used to arrive at your conclusion?

expectationlost · 10-03-2020 11:54PM

anyone have link to the today's HSE briefng video

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