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

branie2 · 15-03-2020 01:01AM

I've just been on the website for our local cinema, and it's closed until further notice.

Strazdas · 15-03-2020 01:02AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with people who think they're overreacting?

It seems most people on Ireland have a fair amount of cop on and are being very cautious and sensible, and the government have done a good job at shutting lots of stuff down.

I'm over in the UK at the minute and it's mostly business at usual. All the hand gel and toilet paper sold out, yet pubs are busy, restaurants are busy, trains packed.

I'm avoiding being inside anywhere I don't need to be, including supermarkets, and some people here are mocking me and telling me I'm insane. I had a friend come round for a glass of wine and asked him to wash his hands for 20 seconds when he arrived (because he showed no sign of going to do it, and started touching the bottle and other stuff in the kitchen) and he went mental at me and stormed out.

Am I being totally paranoid here? I feel like I'm on another planet compared to the people around me.

I think the Irish public and Govt (along with the French and Germans and everyone else) have it spot on.

I'm a bit shocked at the lack of reaction in the UK and the way people are carrying on as if it's business as usual.

Lord Trollington · 15-03-2020 01:02AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with people who think they're overreacting?

It seems most people on Ireland have a fair amount of cop on and are being very cautious and sensible, and the government have done a good job at shutting lots of stuff down.

I'm over in the UK at the minute and it's mostly business at usual. All the hand gel and toilet paper sold out, yet pubs are busy, restaurants are busy, trains packed.

I'm avoiding being inside anywhere I don't need to be, including supermarkets, and some people here are mocking me and telling me I'm insane. I had a friend come round for a glass of wine and asked him to wash his hands for 20 seconds when he arrived (because he showed no sign of going to do it, and started touching the bottle and other stuff in the kitchen) and he went mental at me and stormed out.

Am I being totally paranoid here? I feel like I'm on another planet compared to the people around me.

I went to Liverpool for the match on Wednesday. I could not get over how laid back and normal it was there. Cv19 never came up in any conversation.

Shops stocked. Streets busy. Was a but surreal when I returned to Ireland to empty shelves and schools closed in the space of 24hrs

Spook_ie · 15-03-2020 01:02AM

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Ok Canary Islands in full lockdown from Monday surely I have to get a refund for my flights and hotel due to travel on Monday?

You could always self isolate at the airport, would seem it's going to be pretty quiet there!

Quantum Erasure · 15-03-2020 01:02AM

It won't be that ordered. There'll be gardai outside each supermarket and everyone will stand a safe distance apart in a queue in the car park until they're ushered in.

keep a trolley length apart at all times

theballz · 15-03-2020 01:04AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with people who think they're overreacting?

It seems most people on Ireland have a fair amount of cop on and are being very cautious and sensible, and the government have done a good job at shutting lots of stuff down.

I'm over in the UK at the minute and it's mostly business at usual. All the hand gel and toilet paper sold out, yet pubs are busy, restaurants are busy, trains packed.

I'm avoiding being inside anywhere I don't need to be, including supermarkets, and some people here are mocking me and telling me I'm insane. I had a friend come round for a glass of wine and asked him to wash his hands for 20 seconds when he arrived (because he showed no sign of going to do it, and started touching the bottle and other stuff in the kitchen) and he went mental at me and stormed out.

Am I being totally paranoid here? I feel like I'm on another planet compared to the people around me.

You are not paranoid. You’re just a little weird.

lainey_d_123 · 15-03-2020 01:04AM

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

Eh yeah! My parents are 59/60 and think I'm bonkers. I've suggested they pop a few bits aside but don't seem to be taking my advice, much to my worry and disappointment. I don't know how much more I can do.

My parents (in their 60s) are attending a family party this weekend, with very elderly people (90+) in attendance. I absolutely despair. I refused to go, on the off chance I am infected, and I begged them to cancel the bloody thing, but absolutely nobody is taking it seriously.

I'm absolutely terrified that they will come to regret this.

Spanish Eyes · 15-03-2020 01:05AM

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Ok Canary Islands in full lockdown from Monday surely I have to get a refund for my flights and hotel due to travel on Monday?

If your airline cancels I would think you would be refunded the flight costs. Hotel, not so sure, but your travel insurance may help there.

spookwoman · 15-03-2020 01:05AM

UrbanFret wrote: »

I'm told the post has been taken down. Can anyone confirm Please?

Yep shes deleted it that she posted people are so rude and ignorant she won't be updating any more

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 15-03-2020 01:05AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with people who think they're overreacting?

It seems most people on Ireland have a fair amount of cop on and are being very cautious and sensible, and the government have done a good job at shutting lots of stuff down.

I'm over in the UK at the minute and it's mostly business at usual. All the hand gel and toilet paper sold out, yet pubs are busy, restaurants are busy, trains packed.

I'm avoiding being inside anywhere I don't need to be, including supermarkets, and some people here are mocking me and telling me I'm insane. I had a friend come round for a glass of wine and asked him to wash his hands for 20 seconds when he arrived (because he showed no sign of going to do it, and started touching the bottle and other stuff in the kitchen) and he went mental at me and stormed out.

Am I being totally paranoid here? I feel like I'm on another planet compared to the people around me.

You are not being paranoid. Your survival in the next couple of weeks could be depending on you not getting infected.

People aren't taking it seriously at all. I feel like I'm waving into blind eyes.

15-03-2020 01:05AM

Naggdefy wrote: »

That's what WHO predict.

Do the maths. 0.2 % of 2,000,000 aged 18-42 is 40,000.

Do the maths again 0.2% of 2m is 4000. A lot of people don’t appear to understand percentages.

Fiftyfilthy · 15-03-2020 01:05AM

Gym I train at is still open

Very little precautions apart from one sanitizer dispenser and a small pack of flash antibacterial wipes on the 2nd floor

Are they foolish to remain open? It’s not a commercial gym , maybe 10 train at once and distance apart would be adhered to

I’m not going either way as much as I’d like to

Not worth the risk

Ironicname · 15-03-2020 01:07AM

Lord Trollington wrote:

I went to Liverpool for the match on Wednesday. I could not get over how laid back and normal it was there. Cv19 never came up in any conversation.

You should have stayed over there.

Really.

Martina1991 · 15-03-2020 01:07AM

Spook_ie wrote:

Can they test for antibodies?

Not routinely right now but eventually Ab testing will be available.
That wouldn't be of much use to detect a current/active infection. It takes time for antibodies to develop. It would determine post exposure to the virus.

fritzelly wrote:

You don't get a negative test - you are either positive or not positive (undetectable) I assume the HSE are doing follow up testing - anyone know?

I think anyone currently infected is deemed recovered after 2 consecutive negative results. I may be corrected on that.

Remember the test numbers aren't just to determine new cases. Infected patients are tested every day until they recover.

bekker · 15-03-2020 01:08AM

Spook_ie wrote: »

Random thoughts.

RIP to any families this affected

Did you know that there were some 140 deaths in Ireland on Friday 13th according to death notices published for that day.

Maybe we could graph the deaths per day to see if there is an increase in "normal" deaths for people who were never tested?

Good idea, hopefully someone in the HSE is already doing that, but I wouldn't risk any money on it. Panic the undertaking profession if a divergence from the expected figures emerged.

WhiteMemento9 · 15-03-2020 01:08AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with people who think they're overreacting?

It seems most people on Ireland have a fair amount of cop on and are being very cautious and sensible, and the government have done a good job at shutting lots of stuff down.

I'm over in the UK at the minute and it's mostly business at usual. All the hand gel and toilet paper sold out, yet pubs are busy, restaurants are busy, trains packed.

I'm avoiding being inside anywhere I don't need to be, including supermarkets, and some people here are mocking me and telling me I'm insane. I had a friend come round for a glass of wine and asked him to wash his hands for 20 seconds when he arrived (because he showed no sign of going to do it, and started touching the bottle and other stuff in the kitchen) and he went mental at me and stormed out.

Am I being totally paranoid here? I feel like I'm on another planet compared to the people around me.

It is what I would call the far away syndrome. People watch bad things on the news, hear about the devastation the virus is causing and the hardship that so many people are enduring but it's the same as any other bad thing that is going on in the world. Most people don't really care until it effects them directly. They will get a dose of reality over the next fews months if the UK continue to handle the situation as they are at the moment.

SleetAndSnow · 15-03-2020 01:08AM

To be fair to the Cork City pubs, the main ones have shut their doors. Reardons, Dwyers, Grand central, Oliver Plunkett to name a few all closed which is great to see. Usually quite local pubs though are seeing a lot of younger people come in due to them being closed though

The Undecided One · 15-03-2020 01:09AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with people who think they're overreacting?

It seems most people on Ireland have a fair amount of cop on and are being very cautious and sensible, and the government have done a good job at shutting lots of stuff down.

I'm over in the UK at the minute and it's mostly business at usual. All the hand gel and toilet paper sold out, yet pubs are busy, restaurants are busy, trains packed.

I'm avoiding being inside anywhere I don't need to be, including supermarkets, and some people here are mocking me and telling me I'm insane. I had a friend come round for a glass of wine and asked him to wash his hands for 20 seconds when he arrived (because he showed no sign of going to do it, and started touching the bottle and other stuff in the kitchen) and he went mental at me and stormed out.

Am I being totally paranoid here? I feel like I'm on another planet compared to the people around me.

I think you are being perfectly reasonable.

It is your health and wellbeing and if somebody is deciding not to follow simple precautions then they shouldn’t be around you.

I have stopped sending kids to training before the schools closed and have no problem telling their friends that they will not be playing with them outside.

I understand that they’ll propably be fine if they contract the virus but whoe will look after them if my wife and me are down with the virus and possibly in the hospital?

Nobody can guarantee that they won’t get sick and will be able to look after someone’s children.

In the case of the corona virus I choose to be overly cautious and it is my own choice.

15-03-2020 01:09AM

statesaver wrote: »

No we don't ffs.

Yes we absolutely do.

Quantum Erasure · 15-03-2020 01:10AM

UrbanFret wrote: »

I'm told the post has been taken down. Can anyone confirm Please?

Lord Trollington · 15-03-2020 01:10AM

Ironicname wrote: »

You should have stayed over there.

Really.

Maybe. But at the time there was no talk of lockdown in any European county . No talk of schools closing .

Liverpool itself at only a handful of cases. I'd have as much a chance of catching it during my normal work.

The risk at the time seemed low. I did contemplate not going

Blueshoe · 15-03-2020 01:11AM

All offices with more than 100 staff must be closed from Monday. Maybe even ones with 50 staff if that's what it takes

Andrew00 · 15-03-2020 01:11AM

Not looking forward to all the funeral we'll have to attend over the next month or beyond.

Its something that hasn't dawned on me until now

spookwoman · 15-03-2020 01:12AM

Shock at reports of Waterford students holding 'virus parties' as 39 new cases of coronavirus confirmed
https://www.waterfordlive.ie/news/home/525775/shock-at-reports-of-waterford-students-holding-virus-parties-as-39-new-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed.html

lainey_d_123 · 15-03-2020 01:12AM

WhiteMemento9 wrote: »

It is what I would call the far away syndrome. People watch bad things on the news, hear about the devastation the virus is causing and the hardship that so many people are enduring but it's the same as any other bad thing that is going on in the world. Most people don't really care until it effects them directly. They will get a dose of reality over the next fews months if the UK continue to handle the situation as they are at the moment.

Yep.

It just doesn't seem to dawn on these people that they or their loved ones could get really sick. I've been mocked and had people get genuinely annoyed for refusing to shake hands or whatever. Asked someone who came into my own home to wash his hands (he'd been on the Tube and a bus!) and he stormed off, acting as if I'm a mean, unreasonable lunatic.

I feel like if I survive this I'll be all alone because everyone around me thinks I'm just a nag and a whinge.

Whatsisname · 15-03-2020 01:12AM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

Is anyone else struggling with people who think they're overreacting?

It seems most people on Ireland have a fair amount of cop on and are being very cautious and sensible, and the government have done a good job at shutting lots of stuff down.

I'm over in the UK at the minute and it's mostly business at usual. All the hand gel and toilet paper sold out, yet pubs are busy, restaurants are busy, trains packed.

I'm avoiding being inside anywhere I don't need to be, including supermarkets, and some people here are mocking me and telling me I'm insane. I had a friend come round for a glass of wine and asked him to wash his hands for 20 seconds when he arrived (because he showed no sign of going to do it, and started touching the bottle and other stuff in the kitchen) and he went mental at me and stormed out.

Am I being totally paranoid here? I feel like I'm on another planet compared to the people around me.

I live in Manchester, completely agree with you. Live on quite a busy street in the city centre and theres loads of drunk people out and the bars a few feet across the road from me look far from dead.

Nobody gives a **** over here and the dumb government have a lot to do with it. I can't imagine how bad it might be in a week or two.

bekker · 15-03-2020 01:12AM

Jeffery Brief Show-off wrote: »

Do the maths again 0.2% of 2m is 4000. A lot of people don’t appear to understand percentages.

Anyone can just google '.2% of 2000000' to have it worked out for them.

CinemaGuy45 · 15-03-2020 01:13AM

Andrew00 wrote: »

Not looking forward to all the funeral we'll have to attend over the next month or beyond.

Its something that hasn't dawned on me until now

In the middle of this there wont be any funerals.

blackcard · 15-03-2020 01:13AM

Andrew00 wrote: »

Not looking forward to all the funeral we'll have to attend over the next month or beyond.

Its something that hasn't dawned on me until now

It is likely that funerals will be cancelled along with weddings

Andrew00 · 15-03-2020 01:13AM

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

In the middle of this there wont be any funerals.

Oh ffs true.

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