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

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  • #2942
    RandomName2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    pjohnson wrote: »
    Holy fùck.


    I knew they were slow to react but fúck. Thats the ICU beds and Health Service ****ed.

    They just sat on it.

    They let it come in. They let it fester. They didn't seem to feel that they had a mandate to do anything until somebody died.

    Travel restrictions, enforced quarantines, and scaled up testing needed to be in place by February.


  • #2943
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Based on the 30% increase the entire country will have been exposed by the 24 April.

    I am calling BS, how come China is not completely saturated at this stage?

    Yeah likewise I cant see where the 30% figure is coming from.

    People are quite clearly keeping distance from each other and most non essential services and offices are basically shut down already with people working from home.


  • #2944
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,118 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Very impressed with that briefing and all involved, a great call to arms and unity


  • #2945
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Based on the 30% increase the entire country will have been exposed by the 24 April.

    I am calling BS, how come China is not completely saturated at this stage?

    Did you not see the lengths they went to to curb this?
    Do you still believe they are telling the truth?


  • #2946
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,949 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Based on the 30% increase the entire country will have been exposed by the 24 April.

    I am calling BS, how come China is not completely saturated at this stage?

    Those daily numbers should start declining if the social distancing has worked by the first week of April.

    China did it cus they are authoritaian as fvck


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  • #2947
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,205 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Shouldn't these updates be live on RTE 1 every day?

    That would interfer with the cash they take in from advertisements and sponsorship.


  • #2948
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Conchy wrote: »
    Boylesports is closing on Wednesday night until the 30th of March. Not sure why they are waiting until Wednesday though.

    I wonder how much of their revenue is online these days? Lots of older customers cant use the net.

    I suppose their biggest problem is they have nothing to offer odds on.


  • #2949
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    expectationlost wrote: »
    is it possible to not get it from your family living together?

    If none of your family have it that is true as long as you stay away from sources of the virus. ( It is impossible to tell if your family do not have it as some people can be asymptomatic)

    Sources of the virus are people and surfaces that infected people may have touched.


  • #2950
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,338 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    That's what he said. There could be an element of preparing people for the absolute worse case scenario and hoping what actually occurs is much less severe.

    Not a bad strategy. Frighten the bejaysus out of us into radical social distancing and then nobody will ever know whether he actually believed those figures or not.


  • #2951
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Based on the 30% increase the entire country will have been exposed by the 24 April.

    I am calling BS, how come China is not completely saturated at this stage?

    Have you forgotten about the complete lockdown in Wuhan during the first outbreak?


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  • #2952
    Akrasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,235 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Based on the 30% increase the entire country will have been exposed by the 24 April.

    I am calling BS, how come China is not completely saturated at this stage?
    I thought you were supposed to be banned from this thread?

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • #2953
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Those daily numbers should start declining if the social distancing has worked by the first week of April.

    China did it cus they are authoritaian as fvck

    Thats what I was thinking. We would have 2-3 weeks of increases and then a stabilisation of new cases with a slow decline to follow in the month after that


  • #2954
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,495 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    FitzShane wrote: »
    Do you not understand what social distancing means.
    The problem is not alcohol, it's being in close confined spaces beside each other.
    but the CMO again said that restaurants don't need to close,you can limit numbers in both.

    cafes were complaining about being very busy, best to spread the people between restaurant, pubs, cafes and fastfood etc.


  • #2955
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    This is going to lead to issues. So many men rely on the bookies to escape their homes.

    Addiction aside, pathetic to use a bookies to "escape" your house.


  • #2956
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Shouldn't these updates be live on RTE 1 every day?
    The time they do it is just not precise. It has been 6.05, 6.20 and I think before 6. RTE News Now is available and doesn't really run to a fixed schedule.


  • #2957
    Lundstram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Lundstram


    Would it kill RTE to fcuk off with Eastenders and put theses conferences out live? Such hoops you've to jump through to get watchng it.


  • #2958
    SomethingElse
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    Could we be looking at a jump of over 100 today given the projected numbers?


  • #2959
    optogirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,040 ✭✭✭optogirl


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    This is going to lead to issues. So many men rely on the bookies to escape their homes.

    Perhaps those lads need a wake up


  • #2960
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,057 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Those daily numbers should start declining if the social distancing has worked by the first week of April.

    China did it cus they are authoritaian as fvck

    We should have copied China not Italy :(



    Thats fúcking depressing to hear.


  • #2961
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    Did I see correctly that the mortality rate for closed case for Italy is 44% currently??

    This shocking, absolutely horrific if that's the real rate.

    China not telling the truth at all about this infection, I know we thought the figures were not the full truth but this is proof, this virus is lethal.


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  • #2962
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Lundstram wrote: »
    Would it kill RTE to fcuk off with Eastenders and put theses conferences out live? Such hoops you've to jump through to get watchng it.

    Or shagging Nationwide


  • #2963
    greenpilot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭greenpilot


    This might sound daft, but my missus is a veterinary nurse and she is Willing to help where she can. I wonder if folks with any medical experience would be useful in this situation



    *waits for expected slating....*


  • #2964
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,949 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    SomethingElse wrote: »
    Could we be looking at a jump of over 100 today given the projected numbers?

    Likely to see that by end of week


  • #2965
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Addiction aside, pathetic to use a bookies to "escape" your house.

    Dont mock us. I dont gamble but I used to go watch sky sports football matches for free. :D

    Better than in the pub paying for overpriced drinks( even soft ones) during the day.


  • #2966
    Sonics2k
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    IAMAMORON wrote: »
    Based on the 30% increase the entire country will have been exposed by the 24 April.

    I am calling BS, how come China is not completely saturated at this stage?

    Why are we suddenly so keen to trust China?

    A country that's famous for lying about so damn much that happens in the country, a place so damn locked down you can't even mention Tienanmen Square without being thrown in a jail cell. A country with a human rights record so bad even the Saudi's think they need to chill out.


  • #2967
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,766 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    is_that_so wrote: »
    The time they do it is just not precise. It has been 6.05, 6.20 and I think before 6. RTE News Now is available and doesn't really run to a fixed schedule.

    I think they could work something out and interrupt Eastenders. It's important to keep the public informed and RTE News Now is not watched by many as it doesn't feel like a proper news channel to me.


  • #2968
    WriteThings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭WriteThings


    Anywhere to watch the announcements live?


  • #2969
    Strazdas
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    VinLieger wrote: »
    Likely to see that by end of week

    The prediction is the high hundreds by the end of the week.


  • #2970
    spookwoman
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    greenpilot wrote: »
    This might sound daft, but my missus is a veterinary nurse and she is Willing to help where she can. I wonder if folks with any medical experience would be useful in this situation



    *waits for expected slating....*

    They do says vets are probably better at diagnosing becuase their patients can't speak. Fair play to her


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  • #2971
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Yeah likewise I cant see where the 30% figure is coming from.

    People are quite clearly keeping distance from each other and most non essential services and offices are basically shut down already with people working from home.
    It sounded like they now have a model and that's what it is telling them is the potential.


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