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

completedit wrote: »

Realistically the reality of the situation will be somewhere in the middle. The panic merchants and the ostriches with their head in the sand are one side of the same coin truth be told

I kind of agree but the problem is that somewhere in the middle is some way in excess of the capacity of the health service to deal with.The ~277 ICU beds number seems to be accepted as genuine. I have also seen people say that they can turn ORs into temporary ICUs. So there might be more but it won't double it.

OTOH for the numbers to far exceed the capacity, and erring on the optimistic side, if 20,000 people get infected, 1,000 will be critical and require intensive care. That's beyond the current capacity of the health service and is less than half of a percent of the population. That's way, way below "somewhere in the middle".

blade1 wrote: »

The drama of the parades only seems like a drop in the ocean now.

So does the Premier league being off

TheQuietBeatle wrote: »

Preview for us in a week or so if not already in some parts - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2rZ_Qqyyb5M
(Madrid)

It was just a few days before when the government here was pushing for the St Patricks parade to go ahead

tom1ie wrote: »

Right. Lets say the country’s health service will be hopelessly overwhelmed and the death rate starts going Italian.
If I have symptoms, the Hse aren’t gonna be any help.
I’ll probably have a fever so I need to take medication to try and combat this.
I’ve read on here ibuprofen can have a bad effect coupled with having with c19, so what do I take?
Paracetamol?
Aspirin?
Please, people that don’t believe this scenario will happen just hold your tongue on this post and humour me for a bit.

Paracetamol, tepid water baths. Do not give children Aspirin.

If anyone needs cheering up make sure you watch this movie



It's about hope over fear, triumph over adversity and smiles over frowns

Really uplifting movie for any nervy people and germophobes

id rather go to pub and get a shot 80% alc prob will kill more then c%nts who let their kids roam for a month now, or those that go rampage on shops when theres no shortage, same ejjits asking for one thing yet will happily go into stores and act like lunatics prepping for doomsday. as if either scenario will make virus dissapear.


5k+ deaths almost in 5 months is peanuts compared to any even in history regarding viruses wars or other diseases.
If any clown cant do simple maths or take into account real facts we have yearly for deaths, then f off to your social media cult lunatic hub.

Andrew00 wrote: »

Why is horse racing the only sport that's continuing to be held?

they were running at navan today, behind closed doors

tom1ie wrote: »

Right. Lets say the country’s health service will be hopelessly overwhelmed and the death rate starts going Italian.
If I have symptoms, the Hse aren’t gonna be any help.
I’ll probably have a fever so I need to take medication to try and combat this.
I’ve read on here ibuprofen can have a bad effect coupled with having with c19, so what do I take?
Paracetamol?
Aspirin?
Please, people that don’t believe this scenario will happen just hold your tongue on this post and humour me for a bit.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/anti-inflammatory-drugs-may-aggravate-coronavirus-infection

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Italy stopped flights from China in January.

How is that working out for them?

Italy's first case came from Germany who got it from a visiting Chinese business woman

gmisk wrote: »

That's never going to happen.
For a start do you know how many people would be needed and the kind of infrastructure to be put in place?!

Well, something may have to be done. It does depend on how much the UK mainland's approach influences what the NI government does which would be, if sanity prevails, nothing at all. In the scenario where this is not the case, however, we'll have to put some measures in place. You can't have a full lockdown on a country but still have a completely open border.

In fairness any pubs I have seen have limited the numbers in.

scamalert wrote: »

id rather go to pub and get a shot 80% alc prob will kill more then c%nts who let their kids roam for a month now, or those that go rampage on shops when theres no shortage, same ejjits asking for one thing yet will happily go into stores and act like lunatics prepping for doomsday. as if either scenario will make virus dissapear.


5k+ deaths almost in 5 months is peanuts compared to any even in history regarding viruses wars or other diseases.

Maybe stick this rubbish up on your Facebook? Some of your mates might understand this utter gibberish and agree with you.

Just 2 months ago the biggest issue in the world was the US and Iran having a bit of a spat and a few missiles flying in the Middle East.

Mav11 wrote: »

No tinfoil hat, regardless of how good that quip sounds, the point is, which you seem to have missed, is that it has NOT been reported. Why?

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

Probably because the recovered person hasn't met the required criteria to be listed as recovered. I don't know what that criteria is but maybe it's time based or a set number of false test results. If the person has recovered but hasn't completed these steps then that would explain it.
Many have recovered to get 'reinfected' or perhaps just show symptoms again with the same infection. We don't know or don't have enough evidence. Hence I believe the recovered criteria may be quite hard to reach in a way. Gotta be sure.