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    Covid-XIX Part VI - 90 cases ROI (1 death) 29 in NI (as of 13 March) *Read OP*

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    • #3842
      giveitholly
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      Friends going to a wedding in tenerife next week,I don't want them to go but they are going and don't seem to care,I presume the general consensus here is they would be mad to travel to the wedding,they have a very young family that are been left at home


    • #3843
      [Deleted User]
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      They say society is 3 meals away from anarchy. Anyone with a stockpile needs to think about home defense.


    • #3844
      Pudsy33
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      gmisk wrote: »
      Is his jolly to the US off?

      He's there now!


    • #3845
      drunkmonkey
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      Lord TSC wrote: »

      Father is mid sixties, diabetic, overweight, asmatic and has other conditions. He’s terrified now,

      Have a look at a keto diet for him depending on what type he is, get medical advice but get him on it asap if it's got a chance of helping the diabeties. Not to panic you but he's ****ed if he gets this. He won't mind the food as it's good and fatty, he could drop a lot of weight, feel better and possibly halt the diabeties in a very short space of time. It's worth a go... download an app to help him track what's he's eating.


    • #3846
      gmisk
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      Pudsy33 wrote: »
      He's there now!
      Ah brilliant is he announcing he is staying ?
      Great if so


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    • #3847
      sternn
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      sternn wrote: »
      Funny! Been announced on RTE now, Leo is going to be making a statement.

      I'm hearing it's going to be school closures and asking offices to work from home...in line with what other countries are doing.


    • #3848
      wakka12
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      DrumSteve wrote: »
      Probably got it in Turkey

      Perhaps but given that 3 days is on the very low end of the incubation period that makes it less likely. She most likely contracted it in Belgium, Belgium also has the most known cases per capita out of those countries.


    • #3849
      Sir Oxman
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      Varadkar at 11am
      Harris and HSE joint conference at 11.30am


    • #3850
      gmisk
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      [Deleted User] wrote: »
      They say society is 3 meals away from anarchy. Anyone with a stockpile needs to think about home defense.
      Honestly....is there really any need for this rubbish?
      I am not gonna home alone my own house.
      Little evidence of law and order breaking down in other countries even Italy (bar the jail break)


    • #3851
      LirW
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      Lillyfae wrote: »
      Again, it's to prevent them being sent to grandparents who are at a higher risk.

      It's a pretty bad chain reaction: schools are transmission nests, many of the staff have children themselves and while there is the recommendation to not send small children to creches, people have no choice, so schools and creches are open regardless and as long as it's open, irresponsible people (people who would have other options, not slamming working parents) will send their children. Yes, they won't be as affected but it's essentially said that the government doesn't care about the well-being of teachers and school workers and their own families.
      Again, it is a pretty horrible situation.


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    • #3852
      ThePopehimself
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      RTE are going to play the Special Bulletin live...


    • #3853
      Funsterdelux
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      Funsterdelux wrote: »
      Getting married?

      Mike Pence is taking over and declaring the The Rep of Gilead


    • #3854
      Gods Gift
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      [Deleted User] wrote: »
      They say society is 3 meals away from anarchy. Anyone with a stockpile needs to think about home defense.

      All I ever used my oven for was warming my socks.

      2mins at 60 degrees.

      Toasty.


    • #3855
      SEPT 23 1989
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      HSE to close offices?


    • #3856
      leahyl
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      Friend of mine works in a newspaper and said a reporter there said they are making an announcement to close schools with immediate effect.


    • #3857
      05eaftqbrs9jlh
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      Pseudonym121 wrote: »
      All of the people talking about how it'll only be 0.9% mortality should consider the following:

      1. 20% of people will be hospitalised.

      2. Many of these will develop Bilateral Interstitial Pneumonia.

      3. Even if you survive this episode the long-term consequences can be devastating. There are many types of interstitial lung disease but mean survivals range from 2.5 to 7 years. Let's be optimistic and assume that with this it is 5 to 10 years.

      Well, reducing the life expectancy of a large number of people in Ireland to 5 to 10 years and having these years be very limited in terms of their ability to do anything active and maybe people will begin to realise that even if we only have a 1% death rate now having a 9% rate of long-term complications from interstitial Lung Disease reducing life expectancy for this cohort to 5 to 10 years would be utterly devastating to the country and really drop average life expectancy for the next couple of decades.

      There's a reason China is doing full lung transplants on survivors already.

      People are just far too blase about this.
      Thank you for posting this reality. On the radio now, they're talking about traffic. I don't think they realise wtf is coming. Or I just think they don't care enough to let it disrupt their lives because it's so far outside the realms of what their imagination can fathom.

      https://www.change.org/Covid-19IE
      Sign this petition please to encourage IMMEDIATE actions to save lives.


    • #3858
      gmisk
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      sternn wrote: »
      I'm hearing it's going to be school closures and asking offices to work from home...in line with what other countries are doing.
      It could well be as I said here I talked to friend in department of education and school closures just waiting to be stamped by the government


    • #3859
      jam_mac_jam
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      gmisk wrote: »
      Honestly....is there really any need for this rubbish?
      I am not gonna home alone my own house.
      Little evidence of law and order breaking down in other countries even Italy (bar the jail break)

      Absolutely insane. Italy is having huge problems and nobody is raiding each other's houses.


    • #3860
      Gods Gift
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      ThePopehimself wrote: »
      RTE are going to play the Special Bulletin live...
      Live
      Okey doke


    • #3861
      Ulysses Gaze
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      Deleted User wrote: »
      They say society is 3 meals away from anarchy. Anyone with a stockpile needs to think about home defense.

      In the event of a Mad Max scenario?

      I remember reading somewhere that you should throw all your major electronic valuables (TV etc) out on the front lawn and smash in a downstairs front window.

      Makes it look like your place has already been looted.

      Not that I think this is going to get anywhere near that bad!


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    • #3862
      DOCARCH
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      1075 additional cases confirmed in Iran and 75 additional deaths.


    • #3863
      MonkstownHoop
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      Funsterdelux wrote: »
      Mike Pence is taking over and declaring the The Rep of Gilead

      Blessed be the fruit


    • #3864
      Tacitus Kilgore
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      Deleted User wrote: »
      They say society is 3 meals away from anarchy. Anyone with a stockpile needs to think about home defense.

      Seems like someone got to your brain already hoss :pac:


    • #3865
      lawred2
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      Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
      In the event of a Mad Max scenario?

      I remember reading somewhere that you should throw all your major electronic valuables (TV etc) out on the front lawn and smash in a downstairs front window.

      Makes it look like your place has already been looted.

      Not that I think this is going to get anywhere near that bad!

      jesus


    • #3866
      Call Me Jimmy
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      Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
      It's the same here.

      Both my parents are in their 70's, one with underlying health issues. I have a sibling that has an auto-immune disease who lives with them.

      People may mock those stockpiling food over the last few weeks, but my folks have been because neither wants to go anywhere near a shop or supermarket if a mass panic happens. Particularly if there are going to be sick, or potentially sick, people there.

      Easy to mock those that are "hysterical", as some posters here have called people who are being prudent. But to those people, I would say this - Unless you know the circumstances of each "hysteric", kindly fcuk off.

      This. Absolutely this. Question the toilet roll thing all you want, I thought it was a bit 'trendy' but the bottom line is, if everyone is doing it *for whatever reason* it means if you don't do it you'll have to go out during the rush or be without. Or if you are in an at risk group or afraid of spreading it to someone in such, you obviously will just want to steer clear of shops for a good while.


    • #3867
      Funsterdelux
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      MonkstownHoop wrote: »
      Blessed be the fruit

      May the lord open?


    • #3868
      Gods Gift
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      Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
      In the event of a Mad Max scenario?

      I remember reading somewhere that you should throw all your major electronic valuables (TV etc) out on the front lawn and smash in a downstairs front window.

      Makes it look like your place has already been looted.

      Not that I think this is going to get anywhere near that bad!

      Like Clondalkin


    • #3869
      iguana
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      Schools and universities to close presumably. I wonder if kids/teens leisure facilities will also be closed?


    • #3870
      DOCARCH
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      leahyl wrote: »
      Friend of mine works in a newspaper and said a reporter there said they are making an announcement to close schools with immediate effect.

      What happens if kids are already in school? Leave them there?


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    • #3871
      Ulysses Gaze
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      lawred2 wrote: »
      jesus

      LOL....I know right?

      Mad stuff you find online sometimes.

      :pac:


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