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

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    #6062
    joseywhales
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭joseywhales


    Skiing is still on, I suppose I don't need to touch anyone or be close to them, might get one last trip in.

    https://www.sugarloaf.com/conditions-and-cams

    I see Vail resorts have all closed.


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    #6063
    firemansam4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭firemansam4


    bilston wrote:
    Ah, but you see you just assume it's Arlene playing politics. Maybe it's Michelle O'Neill who is playing politics (or whoever it is that tells her what to do).


    Ãde dare say both of them are, as usual politics in the North before people's lives.
    Only thing is its going to affect us this side of the border.


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    #6064
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,379 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    Harry Palmr wrote: »
    I'm sure the following public access retailers would not be closed short of the "end of the world" type situation

    -food and essential groceries retailers
    -pharmacies
    -post offices

    banks will be an interesting one - it's probably true that the great majority of the population has a credit or debit card (or ready access to one in their family circle) but some people are definitely cash only types.
    Public transport aswell I assume?


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    #6065
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Wombatman wrote: »
    Paid sick leave for 2 and 3 according to company policy?

    Then you're grand :)

    2 and 3 do depend on the company, but for we'll say the majority of workers who may not have paid sick leave then it would be Illness Benefit.


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    #6066
    nthclare
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,316 ✭✭✭nthclare


    joseywhales wrote: »
    Skiing is still on, I suppose I don't need to touch anyone or be close to them, might get one last trip in.

    https://www.sugarloaf.com/conditions-and-cams

    I see Vail resorts have all closed.

    Im thinking of going out for a surf later, i need to get some oceanic air and a dip


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    #6067
    Happy_Harry
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭Happy_Harry


    dominatinMC wrote: »
    You can be cynical about the numbers all you want, but what the Chinese have achieved in containing this is nothing short of miraculous in country so densely populated and with a population of over a billion.

    Indeed , nothing short of miraculous.

    Do you believe in miracles ? Not being flippant here, but I simply find it very hard to understand how they managed.


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    #6068
    KathleenGrant
    Registered Users Posts: 3,777 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    nthclare wrote: »
    Those people in pubs won't be singing and huddling if their lungs sound like they're breathing through a crinkled up brown paper bag which sounds like a straw sucking up the last bits of Coca-Cola and the ice rattling in a paper cup.....

    You know what? You are an absolute.....won't finish the sentence, might want to post in thread. But still..


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    #6069
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    is_that_so wrote: »
    I think some stiff words with publicans about numbers might work better, so that punters get the message. Some venues can manage that 100 limit, while others will realistically have to close. Anyway that's the weekend over so a week of quieter activity is likely.

    With a national holiday on Tuesday. How many people will be in Temple Bar and the likes again then if they are not shut down by then.


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    #6070
    Prop Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭Prop Joe


    beolight wrote: »
    Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) Tweeted:
    Germany has c. 25,000 intensive care beds equipped with ventilators.
    France has 5,065 intensive care beds equipped with ventilators.
    Why does Germany have five times more?
    All of a sudden this matters!
    @TobiasBuckFT @davideghiglione
    https://t.co/tpcdcm1uRH https://t.co/0JkkdUN2wK


    We need some journalists to ask Minister Harris how many ventilators do we have?
    Looking at that chart Andorra has better facilities than us

    the UK have 1 ventilator per 12,000 people id imagine we’d have something similar.So id say approx 500


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    #6071
    SuperTortoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭SuperTortoise


    dominatinMC wrote: »
    You can be cynical about the numbers all you want, but what the Chinese have achieved in containing this is nothing short of miraculous in country so densely populated and with a population of over a billion.


    I really think it puts into perspective all the quotes we hear from the politicians that 'we can't contain this' and 'we'll just have to let it run it's course' sort of thing.



    If a country with a population of 1.2 billion people can contain up to a point of <100,000 infections then the rest of the world can too, it needs massive ammounts of resources and cooperation i get that, but it could have be done.


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    #6072
    amacca
    Registered Users Posts: 6,823 ✭✭✭amacca


    johnnyskeleton wrote: »
    Right. So basically the policies followed by Italy and Spain which have lead to the health services being overwhelmed should be followed in the Uk, right up to the magic point where the health service is at max capacity and then they put isolation in place.

    Leaving aside the fact that there is up to a 14 day lag before symptoms, youd need to be pretty clever to know the exact point that the health services will reach full capacity about a week or even two beforehand.

    And the UK have noted supergenius Boris Johnson ready to make that call

    Thank you, I was getting depressed reading the twitter responses below that video coming out in support of what the UK have done so far (I can only hope they turn it around)


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    #6073
    pawdee
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭pawdee


    Watching this thread over the last week or so I notice so many Americanisms being used. Not so long ago if you used any of them you'd be considered a bit of an asrehole. Three examples.......

    Lockdown
    Do the math
    My bad

    Also, (and I don't know if this one is an Americanism) but when people finish a post with "Thoughts?" I reach for my revolver.


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    #6074
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,599 Mod ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    I went out for a meal last night.

    I went to a restaurant with people I live with. The restaurant practiced social distancing with wide spaces between tables.

    I was impressed with how the restaurant handled the situation. I had hope that we would be able to have a limited restaurant trade continue through this crisis. Then I got home and saw the **** in temple bar.

    Now I fear that new legislation will be passed on Monday and orders issued to close all pubs cafes and restaurants.


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    #6075
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    beolight wrote: »
    Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) Tweeted:
    Germany has c. 25,000 intensive care beds equipped with ventilators.
    France has 5,065 intensive care beds equipped with ventilators.
    Why does Germany have five times more?
    All of a sudden this matters!
    @TobiasBuckFT @davideghiglione
    https://t.co/tpcdcm1uRH https://t.co/0JkkdUN2wK


    We need some journalists to ask Minister Harris how many ventilators do we have?
    Looking at that chart Andorra has better facilities than us
    250 according to this and another 60 purchased.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/medics-raise-concerns-about-staffing-levels-as-hse-stocks-up-on-ventilators-1.4201544


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    #6076
    SuperTortoise
    Registered Users Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭SuperTortoise


    Prop Joe wrote: »
    the UK have 1 ventilator per 12,000 people id imagine we’d have something similar.So id say approx 500


    We have 250 ventilators for the entire country.


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    #6077
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,379 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    pawdee wrote: »
    Watching this thread over the last week or so I notice so many Americanisms being used. Not so long ago if you used any of them you'd be considered a bit of an asrehole. Three examples.......

    Lockdown
    Do the math
    My bad

    Also, (and I don't know if this one is an Americanism) but when people finish a post with "Thoughts?" I reach for my revolver.

    The most American part of your post


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    #6078
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users Posts: 4,470 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    pawdee wrote: »
    Watching this thread over the last week or so I notice so many Americanisms being used. Not so long ago if you used any of them you'd be considered a bit of an asrehole. Three examples.......

    Lockdown
    Do the math
    My bad

    Also, (and I don't know if this one is an Americanism) but when people finish a post with "Thoughts?" I reach for my revolver.

    This is what you are worried about?


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    #6079
    kevcos
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭kevcos


    beolight wrote: »
    Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) Tweeted:
    Germany has c. 25,000 intensive care beds equipped with ventilators.
    France has 5,065 intensive care beds equipped with ventilators.
    Why does Germany have five times more?
    All of a sudden this matters!
    @TobiasBuckFT @davideghiglione
    https://t.co/tpcdcm1uRH https://t.co/0JkkdUN2wK


    We need some journalists to ask Minister Harris how many ventilators do we have?
    Looking at that chart Andorra has better facilities than us
    By extension, looking at that chart would you also infer that Romania has x3 better facilitates and Bulgaria has x2 better facilities than Ireland?


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    #6080
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,379 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »
    I went out for a meal last night.

    I went to a restaurant with people I live with. The restaurant practiced social distancing with wide spaces between tables.

    I was impressed with how the restaurant handled the situation. I had hope that we would be able to have a limited restaurant trade continue through this crisis. Then I got home and saw the **** in temple bar.

    Now I fear that new legislation will be passed on Monday and orders issued to close all pubs cafes and restaurants.

    Theres too many idiots to let them stay open.


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    #6081
    amacca
    Registered Users Posts: 6,823 ✭✭✭amacca


    Prop Joe wrote: »
    the UK have 1 ventilator per 12,000 people id imagine we’d have something similar.So id say approx 500

    I dont know about ventilators but we are way down on ICU beds per hundreds of thousands heads of population

    less than UK :(


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    #6082
    Syncpolice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Syncpolice


    pjohnson wrote: »
    The most American part of your post

    He means the album


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    #6083
    castletownman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,132 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    If the pubs are to close on Monday, you kbow what that means....an apocalyptic amount of pints today.


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    #6084
    Nibs05
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭Nibs05


    People are still able to go out and walk around in Milan it’s not the end of the world.

    https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/lombardia/milano/duomo-milano.html


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    #6085
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »
    I went out for a meal last night.

    I went to a restaurant with people I live with. The restaurant practiced social distancing with wide spaces between tables.

    I was impressed with how the restaurant handled the situation. I had hope that we would be able to have a limited restaurant trade continue through this crisis.

    Now I fear that new legislation will be passed on Monday and orders issued to close all pubs cafes and restaurants.
    Legislation can't just be approved without the stages and a fully functioning Dail. If anything it will come via changes to the DoH advice but this still seems like the army on the streets rumour of last week.


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    #6086
    20silkcut
    Registered Users Posts: 2,557 ✭✭✭20silkcut


    PhantomHat wrote: »
    That's sobering. Although one has to keep in mind that depends on official figures from China. I suspect there are swathes of Chinese deaths that have been unaccounted for

    Carmen regan on the radio now saying 5% mortality rate.

    The Chinese were lying.
    That is absolutely no surprise.


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    #6087
    dermiek
    Registered Users Posts: 327 ✭✭dermiek


    pawdee wrote: »
    Watching this thread over the last week or so I notice so many Americanisms being used. Not so long ago if you used any of them you'd be considered a bit of an asrehole. Three examples.......

    Lockdown
    Do the math
    My bad

    Also, (and I don't know if this one is an Americanism) but when people finish a post with "Thoughts?" I reach for my revolver.


    Hmmm.

    Thoughts?

    :pac:


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    #6088
    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 25,017 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Sittingpretty wrote: »
    I’m starting to wonder if this is how the dinosaurs felt?

    Me too, maybe a velociraptor was stood under a tree thinking... “ fûck it, I’ll be up early in the morning, hit Tesco, then Aldi, I better fill up the car too... MAUREEN ! Make a list yet ? You’ll be giving out if I forget your Jaffa cakes !”


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    #6089
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,853 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Prop Joe wrote: »
    the UK have 1 ventilator per 12,000 people id imagine we’d have something similar.So id say approx 500

    We have 250 based on what doctors have said and ordered an extra 72 according to Irish Times...
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/medics-raise-concerns-about-staffing-levels-as-hse-stocks-up-on-ventilators-1.4201544?mode=amp


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    #6090
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    pawdee wrote: »
    Watching this thread over the last week or so I notice so many Americanisms being used. Not so long ago if you used any of them you'd be considered a bit of an asrehole. Three examples.......

    Lockdown
    Do the math
    My bad

    Also, (and I don't know if this one is an Americanism) but when people finish a post with "Thoughts?" I reach for my revolver.

    And heres you typing in english

    Language is fluid


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    #6091
    1800_Ladladlad
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭1800_Ladladlad


    Such a conscious disregard for the health many many people, shown by a vile person in S Korea, who refused to be tested and to social distance themselves, instead, they went to church and a buffet lunch, is the source of over 1,000 infections.

    See the tracking below.

    https://graphics.reuters.com/CHINA-HEALTH-SOUTHKOREA-CLUSTERS/0100B5G33SB/index.html


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