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

amadangomor wrote: »

Has to be for a business , maybe hotel/restaurant or something. Nobody could need that much or be that stupid surely?

Good point. He had a few packets of toilet roll too. I hope he enjoys his cereals anyway.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The fundamental issue with the UK is we have people freely coming in and out of the country with no restrictions from my understanding

Said it elsewhere but Cheltenham alone will cause a massive spike in cases for people in direct contact and community transmissions with lads being rattled from beer and immune systems down because of the booze

In essence the government here are taking the correct action but the UK government are ****ing it up for us

Fact check: UK sticking to actual logical reasoning and scientific data, has lower rate of infection per capita than Ireland. Ireland is a monkey smacking every button on the dashboard in the hope of activating the treat release button.

Funsterdelux wrote: »

Countries will just keep reinfecting each other until theres real travel restrictions/quarrantine

This ^^

We could do with a good cull in society really.. hopefully all the panic hoarders with multi but Easter eggs and boot loads of short life perishable goods are the first to go..

amacca wrote: »

could you tell me the logical reasoning for letting cheltenham going ahead?

factcheck he says..

Deleted User wrote: »

Professor Peter Piot of the London school of hygiene and tropical medicine suggesting there could be an ‘effective therapy’ for the disease available next month based on antiviral drugs used to treat HIV and Ebola.

Sounds good
any link please?

IQO wrote: »

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/coronavirus.html#Testing


Also having a bit of cough and a slight headache myself for the last three days. Still working from home (I was already since the beginning of the week). It's not very severe - and if I would have had the same around this time last year, before Corona, I would probably just have gone to work.

Not sure if I have the virus now, but there is a chance - and probably the same applies for many other people at the moment, who won't call their GP but are risking the spread of the virus.

I'm now staying at home and intending to call the GP for testing when the situation would get worse (if it would get) - but at the same time I'm then also realising that the numbers of infections we're currently seeing are a bit skewed. Only the more severe cases with visible symptoms (who call their GP for testing and to double check) are currently being counted.

Call your GP. If the stats are meaningless because people aren't coming forward, then we will have no idea where we are (baseline) and therefore no idea if any of the protection measures are working.

youreadthat wrote: »

Fact check: UK sticking to actual logical reasoning and scientific data, has lower rate of infection per capita than Ireland. Ireland is a monkey smacking every button on the dashboard in the hope of activating the treat release button.

I bet you thought putting "Fact Check" at the start of that drivel was a very clever move. :pac:

Premier League will ****down!

https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2020/mar/13/premier-league-and-british-football-set-for-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus-live

Just thought I’d put this up here.

Message from consultant respiratory paediatrician at cork university hospital . I hope you all stay safe during this difficult time . The children will get through this no problem . Paediatric hospitals are empty in Italy at present after 3 weeks of school closure as the usual viruses stopped circulating . Remember with corona children are vectors not victims . In most epidemics young children are the transmitters . Therefore for school closure to be effective it’s really important that the kids aren’t mixing with other kids while out of school . They will give it to each other silently pass it on to our loved ones. What we do now will contribute to how this develops in cork . Avoid situations that the children will interact . If the community respond to this it will shut it down more than anything we do in hospital . From my experiences in the hospital this last week I would say that corona virus is closer to all of us than we realise and the degrees of separation for all of us is getting narrower . I’m not that good at social media but if this could be shared as widely as possible with parents in cork it will help. This messsge needs to go viral to stop the virus .

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

The US and the UK are fecked. Their response has been disgraceful.

We’re miles ahead of them.

I watched the last few UK press conferences. They seem to be going for a slightly different strategy than us.

Like us they are also talking about "flattening the curve". But they seem to be putting the emphasis on using period this in order to develop popuation-level herd immunity, while spreading out the pressure on the health service. They are talking about a 16+ week period of infection spread with the highest intensity in a 8-9 week period in the middle. They see the start of this as a few weeks off yet.

During the high intensity period they are going to call on the elderly and the vulnerable to effectively self-isolate. They are not calling on them to do so now, as they think the 8-9 week period as the maximum that can be endured. During this period they obviously see the infection as raging through the community, the NHS stretched to the limit, but at the end of there will be widespread immunity and the infection will be under natural control as it will have far fewer potential hosts. I assume that after this they will gradually begin to relax the controls. They are hoping that self-isolation during the high intensity period will be the best protection for the elderly.


They obviously don't put faith in the theory of "stopping the virus in its tracks". Beyond temporary delay, they do not see this as effective, and that the virus would continue to circulate for longer, and the population would become fatigued. They indicate that when schools close it will be right into the summer, hence why they are trying to delay starting it.


Whether this approach will be better or worse time will tell.

youreadthat wrote: »

Fact check: UK sticking to actual logical reasoning and scientific data, has lower rate of infection per capita than Ireland. Ireland is a monkey smacking every button on the dashboard in the hope of activating the treat release button.

Absolutely, UK is following the advice of its Chief Medical and Scientific officers.

Ireland is more concerned with placating the social-media doom merchants by being seen to be doing something. Closing the schools is likely to have absolutely no effect.