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

gmisk · 15-03-2020 09:20PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

New York City mayor considering complete shutdown of New York saying everything is on the table.

They need Chadwick Boseman stat to do the bridges!

TTLF · 15-03-2020 09:20PM

I'll be honest...

I'm not going to be seeing school until September, will I?

BarryD2 · 15-03-2020 09:20PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

We've a second house in the country side in Northern Ireland.

I toyed with the idea of bringing the family up there until this is over as it's more secluded and the kids have much more room to play outside - we live in Dublin.

What's people thoughts on this? Would I be mad to leave this jurisdiction in case I can't get back in. Or if I didnt get it up there somehow - would it be an issue getting treatment if needed.

What's your opinions folks ?

I've heard of another family thinking like this. Reported to have caused problems in Italy when people went off to holiday homes in the Alps/ seaside and spread it further.

As to travel, hard to see how the border here could be sealed - there are so many road crossings.

Cilldara_2000 · 15-03-2020 09:20PM

ITman88 wrote: »

Well that’s bleak. If that’s the case what will a lockdown for 2 weeks achieve?

It's going to be a lot longer than two weeks.

Kaisr Sose · 15-03-2020 09:20PM

GiveawayReborn wrote: »

On a side note, The HSE trolley watch figures show only 18 people on trolley's today compared to over 350 last week and 179 this day last year. I see reports of ED departments being very quiet. Just show the abuse of the system previously and it has taken something as serious as COVID19(or the fear of COVID19) to change behaviour

Very true. Some of the drop will be attibuted to little to no sports injuries at the moment.

On a general note, maybe this will mark a long term shift but thats not very likely. Irish people love going to A&E, spending hourd there for a minor matter, then complaining about the wasted hours to Joe Duffy or other outlets.

caveat emptor · 15-03-2020 09:20PM

1641 wrote: »

Very OTT.

Sure we are talking about a coronavirus and not a Flu. But both are virus resulting in a global pandemic. What we do not know is whether or not it will act like the Spanish Flu by reappearing in a number of successive waves. The eventual outcome will depend on this. If it comes in waves, will populations exposed in the first wave have any immunity in the second wave? It is not ignorant to consider this. The third wave of the Spanish Flu in Ireland had relatively mild impact in areas that had been severely impacted in earlier waves, but it struck harshly in areas (the west) that had been largely spared previously.

The Spanish Flu was a H1N1 variant, a subtype of Influena A. Variants of Influena A are common in seasonal Flu (but we know Covid-19 is not a Flu, OK?).
And as to a vaccine - we do not know if one will be successfully developed. AFAIK there was no vaccine developed for SARS, another coronavirus.

Yes but that was because no white people got it. / It was contained.

obi604 · 15-03-2020 09:21PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Do hotel bars close also even for residents?

Who cares really. Everyone just needs to learn to stay away from others for the next while.

Class MayDresser · 15-03-2020 09:21PM

TTLF wrote: »

I'll be honest...

I'm not going to be seeing school until September, will I?

I'd say not.

15-03-2020 09:21PM

blackcard wrote: »

Is this correct? I thought that there will be restrictions on the number of people attending a funeral but burials to go ahead as normal

That is certainly my understanding from this report:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-funerals-to-be-held-under-controlled-conditions-1.4202127

fritzelly · 15-03-2020 09:21PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Yes but that was because no white people got it.

What a stupid thing to say

wakka12 · 15-03-2020 09:21PM

New cases worldwide up about 2k over yesterday, 12.3k new cases today with 670 deaths.

Cuckoo7 · 15-03-2020 09:22PM

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

I was wondering the same myself. It's been a trend for a while now.

I read somewhere, but I can’t find the source now withso many news every few minutes, that for example in Spain they assumed everyone with even mild symptoms had it and only were going to test people on the mend.
Germany on the other hand recorded only deaths as coronavirus if the person had no other pathologies, so a person with cancer for example who got the virus and passed away would be counted as death because of the cancer.

paul71 · 15-03-2020 09:22PM

ITman88 wrote: »

Yes but if you read the rest of the post I replied to, with no immunity or vaccine the rest of our lives will be a cycle of lockdown after lockdown until we eventually pass on.
If that’s the case would survival of the fittest not be the best policy

Immunity comes with infection and recovery or vaccine. Most of what I have read says a vaccine normally takes a year to develop.

15-03-2020 09:22PM

landofthetree wrote: »

Grafton barbers closing all shops under further notice.

https://mobile.twitter.com/GraftonBarber/status/1239282450506952709

glad I got that quick haircut there yesterday.

dia squish · 15-03-2020 09:22PM

Visited my parents today (aged 67 and 69) because they wanted me to. Full of fear and regret now

15-03-2020 09:23PM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

To be honest a week ago, a lockdown or completely closing down of various systems in Ireland never crossed my mind. Now I'm beginning to think that anything is possible . Locking down the border is in the back of my mind as is a whole host of other doomsday scenarios .

I'm struggling to think straight its moving that fast .

Id go (assuming you can with work etc),realistically kids arent going back before end of easter holidays,if not september

If you own property here,you'll be allowed back in....even if border sealed its impossible to do so,just find backroad

Look after your family first

BetterWay · 15-03-2020 09:23PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

You seem to be lacking a basic understanding of what the figure actually means. I’d certainly recommend you read more on the subject.

Care to enlighten us all there?

wakka12 · 15-03-2020 09:24PM

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30195-X/fulltext
Lancet study finds that mortality rate amongst hospitalised patients could be as high as 20% if healthcare services are overwhelmed

Mad_maxx · 15-03-2020 09:24PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

Government need to open up the Apple bank account!

If they did, cheque in the post for approx. € 2,600 to every man, woman and child in the country!

Yipee!

Not as crazy as it sounds given the circumstances, we can write apple an IOU

Rob A. Bank · 15-03-2020 09:24PM

blackcard wrote: »

Is this correct? I thought that there will be restrictions on the number of people attending a funeral but burials to go ahead as normal

This is from last week :-

Spain has so far confirmed 430 cases of the virus – 60 of which originated among people who attended a funeral service in the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, according to Spain’s National Microbiology Centre.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/spanish-town-faces-police-lockdown-to-contain-coronavirus

Downlinz · 15-03-2020 09:24PM

Really huge numbers from Germany, France and Spain today. It's like we've got 3 more Italy's now hitting crisis point at the same time.

GiveawayReborn · 15-03-2020 09:24PM

Just noted with 40 new cases over the last 24 hours, there were 660 tests carried out for COVID 19. I would assume a large portion of these tests were done as part of a contact tracing procedure or in people with illness with known foreign travel or known contacts. This means that COVID19 may not be yet widespread here, and there could be still time to have effective national quarinteen measures put in place. Then we can judge the success or otherwise in 2 or 3 weeks

Sir Oxman · 15-03-2020 09:25PM

elperello wrote: »

Relax he's just a caretaker trying to get all the tenants to get rid of as much of their waste as possible tomorrow.

It's above his pay grade to know if waste services will be suspended.

I'm not worried by it myself whatsoever, but I can't talk for the almost 900 people here.

Stuff like this is ridiculous tbh.
The normal daily msgs about rubbish collections are just that - normal.

PS Is see there was a whatsapp msg spread earlier about 11am tmrw lockdown - I guess that's where he got this shtick from.
Rap on the knuckles for him i'd say.

micks_address · 15-03-2020 09:26PM

Downlinz wrote: »

Really huge numbers from Germany, France and Spain today. It's like we've got 3 more Italy's now hitting crisis point at the same time.

If nothing else big numbers from g8 countries will hasten a vaccine and anti virals

Cilldara_2000 · 15-03-2020 09:26PM

https://twitter.com/YoYo_Ma/status/1238572657278431234?s=20

Nice but I urge caution. Might be an emotional piece for some.

caveat emptor · 15-03-2020 09:26PM

fritzelly wrote: »

What a stupid thing to say

Is it really? There are plenty of infectious tropical diseases which no vaccine is available for. The main reason this is the case is financial return. Unfortunately it is not in companies interests to develop them. These diseases affect non white people disproportionally.

SARS was contained. This is not comparable in terms of the amount of resources globally being pumped in to find a vaccine.

We are not used to dealing with a deadly pathogen. Look up ebola , dengue fever or any major tropical disease.

Gods Gift · 15-03-2020 09:26PM

I love the way bars are putting up notices on Facebook that they’ve thought long and hard about closing. And have decided to do so for the safety of staff and customers. Tonight from 11.30. Not until they sucked the last of what they can get.
The 2 pubs I mostly go to closed last nite for the foreseeable future.

amadangomor · 15-03-2020 09:26PM

Gooey Looey wrote: »

Bill Gates predicted this years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Af6b_wyiwI

On the ball was auld Bill.

The idea of a trained medical reserve is a great idea. People could start the training in transition year maybe.

For example it looks like we don't have enough trained staff for the additional ventilators, would be great if we could call on a reserve of people trained for the likes of this.

hawkwing · 15-03-2020 09:27PM

Lottie Ryan looks like she just found the cure

weldoninhio · 15-03-2020 09:27PM

VinLieger wrote: »

Name and shame, report to the Gardai

Report what exactly? It’s not after hours? There is no legal impediment to a pub being open currently. Why waste his own and the Gardai’s time??

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