CoVid-19 Part VIII - 292 cases ROI (2 deaths) 62 in NI (as of 17th March) Read OP

BorneTobyWilde · 16-03-2020 06:26PM

Italy are fighting back, COME ON ITALY !!!

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spookwoman · 16-03-2020 06:26PM

Honestly don't know if peaked China peaked at about 55k out of its 80/81k but Italy's death rate make me wonder what their real infection rate is

Hobgoblin11 · 16-03-2020 06:26PM

Bojo wants to squash the sombrero, racist ?

Quantum Erasure · 16-03-2020 06:26PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

This thread has been ruined by people continually whinging about Britain.

Close it down da feck.

wouldnt be anything to do with the press conference going on

Reckless Abandonment · 16-03-2020 06:26PM

We really need to see the Italian cases drop soon. It's a real test on how quarantine euro style will work. Unfortunately I expect the death rate to stay very high.

mloc123 · 16-03-2020 06:26PM

splinter65 wrote: »

What scientific evidence are you basing this on?

Italy...

They are basically following the same plan as Italy did

igCorcaigh · 16-03-2020 06:27PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

Wasn't that Iran?

Was it? I don't have access to the article now.

yourdeadwright · 16-03-2020 06:28PM

So lockdown in Italy hasn't made a difference yet ,

Kermit.de.frog · 16-03-2020 06:28PM

UK may not be exempt from EU travel ban

https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1239597628758908929

Jpmarn · 16-03-2020 06:28PM

Hoping Italy has peaked. About 44000 tests carried out in UK.

dummy_crusher · 16-03-2020 06:28PM

bdmc5 wrote: »

Died at home? So new cases literally have no where to go and have to hope they can recover at home?

Is it still older age group with underlying that are passing away or is there any breakdown

If anybody comes across any detailed data like this, I'd be very interested to take a look, thanks.

mloc123 · 16-03-2020 06:28PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

So lockdown in Italy hasn't made a difference yet ,

It will take 2 weeks to see the results

BorneTobyWilde · 16-03-2020 06:28PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

So lockdown in Italy hasn't made a difference yet ,

At the turning point, cases lower, deaths lower. Hopefully it continues

Vudgie · 16-03-2020 06:29PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Was it? I don't have access to the article now.

Would it not have been prudent to check the source before posting it as fact?

tobefrank321 · 16-03-2020 06:29PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

UK may not be exempt from EU travel ban

https://twitter.com/DaveKeating/status/1239597628758908929

They have to be. We are going to get lumped in with them if we don't cut ourselves off. We need to choose between Britain or Europe/rest of world.

Our government need to choose soon, no delays like banning flights to Italy.

ChikiChiki · 16-03-2020 06:29PM

"The objective is to flatten the curve and slow down the infection rate so that it can be manageable for the NHS"

Pubs open, schools open, advise to not congregate in crowds.

These lads are an absolute shower of grade A spoofers.

Saying one thing and doing the opposite.

pH · 16-03-2020 06:29PM

Stheno wrote: »

Think up to Saturday it was 4300

They are doing 600 per day I think

The press conference at six will have figures iirc

So given the relative population sizes, up to now the UK (44,000 tests) and Ireland (4,300 tests) have been doing pretty much exactly the same thing.

also ...

Our Pub closure was announced a mere 12 hours ago, the only major difference is the schools situation. I think they will be closed in the UK by the end of the week, things are changing hour by hour, and everyone's an expert!

amadangomor · 16-03-2020 06:29PM

madcabbage wrote: »

How this man is a leader i can never understand.

Sinn Fein are the most popular party here, post truth world, chancers rule:)

Gynoid · 16-03-2020 06:30PM

If Irish doctors, like the one a few pages back in a linked tweet, are saying that they are waiting 6 days for people to be tested here, then really we are coping no better than the UK re testing. On matters like this I think it would be better for the Irish authorities to admit if they have limited tests, or limited testing capacity, and that therefore we do not know the true numbers. Pretending otherwise gives a false sense of security that discourages many people from being serious about taking responsible measures. In my opinion.

Jeju · 16-03-2020 06:30PM

Daughter has has bad cough, throat and other symptoms since Friday. The OH got through and booked a test for the 3 if us. Got a call saying I was only to attend. I managed to get my daughter included as she has the worst symptoms. Went to Mahon popup centre and they were very good. When leaving the guy who was going to the cars taking the names and escorting the people into the centre was helping an elderly gent when approached by 2 ferrile youths who were shouting "Test us for Corona"
He told the to get lost and was met with "Fkuc u ya Langer , what ya gonna do"

Humberto Salazar · 16-03-2020 06:30PM

FTA69 wrote: »

Boris Johnson and his puppets on the telly there promising “drastic action” which proceeded to be a few recommendations that people avoid going to the pub (if they feel like it), or that maybe people should avoid mass gatherings (if that takes their fancy). In other words; no state action whatsoever despite they themselves saying we’re in the process of a massive upswing of infection and subsequent deaths.

These people are absolutely asleep at the wheel.

I'm getting sick of these posts criticizing a foreign countries intervention, one might as well criticize Iceland's. We have issues here and I don't see enough critical appraisal of that. Just a morbid fixation on Boris and his cronies. If it was Corbyn you'd probably be praising him.

cameramonkey · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Down 200 new cases on yesterday.

Surge in deaths though.

Their should be a surge in deaths before this thing gets better. If the number of people getting infected is decreasing or flattening this is a very good sign.

The point at which people get really ill seems to be about 9-10 days after infection, so we will still see deaths increasing as people who have been ill for more than 10 days succumb to the virus as well as new patients hitting the 10 day threshold.

If new infections continue to fall we can see the light at the end of the tunnel for Italy.

Kermit.de.frog · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

Not looking good for Madrid

https://twitter.com/joethebrew/status/1239351859057434625

niallo27 · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

According to the guardian, 15pc of those who died in Italy were aged under 40.

That's just plain bollox. Only 2 people under 40 have died up to last saturday.

Donald Trump · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

Reckless Abandonment wrote: »

We really need to see the Italian cases drop soon. It's a real test on how quarantine euro style will work. Unfortunately I expect the death rate to stay very high.

I think I read somewhere the median time from onset of symptoms to death has been shown to be about 14 days.

That means that the deaths today are likely to have had first symptoms maybe 14 days ago. Lets say it took 4 days to seek help and be diagnosed (that's generous), then we have another 10 days of increasing deaths even if new cases are falling.

I'd imagine that any experience gained, or lessons learned from the earlier cases would be outweighed by the increasingly stretched resources over those 10 days too.

Yurt2 · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

kalkat2002 wrote: »

As per italy news they expect to hit the peak there in aprox 2 weeks

Absolutely devastating for Italy, another two weeks of this is absolute cruelty.

PTH2009 · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Italy are fighting back, COME ON ITALY !!!

How so ?

FTA69 · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

splinter65 wrote: »

You’re absolutely bricking it that they might turn out to be right in the end. These kind of posts based on nothing but a ludicrous childish dislike of all things British are just cringe making.

Yeah I hate everything British and that’s why I’ve lived here for almost 13 years. P*ss off, you haven’t a clue what you’re on about.

flynnlives · 16-03-2020 06:31PM

Italian figures wont drop for another week or so. They are still in the surge phase.

Seamai · 16-03-2020 06:32PM

dark crystal wrote: »

I work in the civil service in a department that's having to deal with the huge deluge of claims coming in from people being currently laid off. Let's just say it's crazier than we've ever seen. We're all being asked to work overtime, forego pre-booked holidays/annual leave etc. That's fine, you do what needs to be done in times like this.

However, it also highlights the absolute pr*cks who work for the CS who are taking advantage of the crisis to take 'sick leave'. One such pr*ck who works in our office and rarely makes it in for a full week has just told us he's 'self-isolating' for the next two weeks due to having a cold and he's worried that this puts him at higher risk than the rest of us. This has been signed off by a doctor apparantly. I'm raging. Absolutely raging at the selfishness of it.

Sorry for venting. I'm just so upset that while the rest of us are working non stop, some having to leave their kids at home with elderly relatives, others being laid off from their jobs altogether, there are still selfish people like him out there willing to take advantage of the situation. :mad:

I can see this being an issue in many work places, these sort of people are everywhere. 4 weeks ago were jokingly taking bets on how long it would be before our resident work shy colleague would use COVID19 as an excuse to take time off work, even though most of us are taking her claims of infection with a grain of salt, people are still worried. I had a bug last week (the other end, no worries) and worked from home, I haven't taken a sick day in over 18 months and this one doesn't give a flying fúck about her colleagues

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CoVid-19 Part VIII - 292 cases ROI (2 deaths) 62 in NI (as of 17th March) Read OP