CoVid-19 Part VII - 169 cases ROI (2 deaths) 45 in NI (as of 15 March) *Read OP*

Serious question. Does anyone suspect that there might be a cluster in Cork? I think it telling that Ireland’s first drive through testing centre was set up there.

niallo27 wrote: »

Its around 17 or 18 degrees and due to get colder. It's pretty miserable for madrid.

I'm in Spain.
I have all my windows open, the sun is streaming in.
Temperature on the pharmacy sign in my sight says 22.
Been walking around in sandals and tshirt.

Computer Science Student wrote: »

You're not understanding herd immunity then.

It means there are far less available nodes in the network which can be used to create infection paths from a new case to a person that doesn't have immunity.

So if a new case arrives, it can only pose a threat to the minority if one of this minority comes within 1st degree contact with it, far less likely with decent herd immunity.

I think he is understanding it quite well...........but I stand to be corrected

also if its not closed, new mutations can be imported....the thing gets going, nodes wont matter then to those only immune to first weaker strain.......

Subsequent waves of Spanish flu caused the most deaths


Not trying to slow the spread to prevent overload of health service has to be a bad idea. Time will tell .....I know theres a hell of a lot I dont know but I absolutely dont trust those zealots over there for a second

In Estonia, as a poster previously pointed out, they jumped up by 80 confirmed cases today to 109. The main source so far was a birthday party attended by approx 80 people at a place called Voru (I've been there) 1 person had it unknowingly and 1 by 1, all those others are being confirmed. All of the parties attendees went their separate ways infecting others and so on. All the shops in Voru are shut with the place on lockdown.

BluePlanet wrote: »

no Costa Blanca

What's it like down there, are all the bars still open. I need a holiday.

fr336 wrote: »

"You have to let people live their lives" which roughly translates as "you have to let people carry on as normal leading a disorganised life of convenience which mustn't be interrupted or reorganised in any way because me me me and I want that holiday, that meal i have every week, that pub night I have several times a week, because holidays, pubs and restaurants will not exist in a few months time. By the way, me me me"

Exactly

This is like a world war situation, with an invisible enemy.

It will take a real lockdown for it so sink into those peoples heads.

expectationlost wrote: »

how are healthcare workers still getting sick are they not taking precautions?

They are taking precautions, but the infectiousness of this seems understated. The level of protection being employed is likely insufficient, due to a lack of resources. I'm guessing that full positive pressure suits are probably called for.

niallo27 wrote: »

What's it like down there, are all the bars still open. I need a holiday.

Yes they are.
Small shops are only allowing a single person enter at a time, so people are queuing on the footpath. This is for shops like little pharmacies or butchers that kind of thing.

Supermarkets are busy, meat and toilet roll seems to be the first things that sell out, but i wandered in today at about 11:30 and there was plenty of meat available.

Noticed that the kids playgrounds and other areas where a lot of people congregate are closed off with police tape.

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Where do you live? Only asking for a friend.

Underground bunkers are hard to find - that is point of them.

From Guardian live blog

Germany is urging people returning from Italy, Switzerland and Austria to self-isolate for up to two weeks, in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus

Maybe it is time for Germany to stop urging and start acting?

The cult of open borders no matter what is aiding the contagion all across the continent.