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

splinter65 wrote: »

Your obsessed Kermit. Try to get out in the fresh air. Loads of good programmes on RTÉ for you to watch.

I am in the fresh air

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Your obsessed Kermit. Try to get out in the fresh air. Loads of good programmes on RTÉ for you to watch.

italodisco wrote: »

How risky is it to get a takeaway?
Tempted to go to the local and get one and just not touch anything there but is it high risk?

No. It's fine.

Larbre34 wrote: »

Impossible. We can put people in beds, but it won't be healthcare.

In the UK they have more than double the amount, per head, of intensive care beds in normal times and they acknowledge they'll be a million miles off in ventilators and trained staff. So where does that leave us?

Triage decisions along the lines of "he/she is older, sicker, more unhealthy so I'm putting the effort into the other fella and he's getting an O/D of morphine"

Assuming there's morphine.

I think you misread my post

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Caolanmcaree/status/1239527415644372994

We eat our children here too

What an absolute tosser

splinter65 wrote: »

Your obsessed Kermit. Try to get out in the fresh air. Loads of good programmes on RTÉ for you to watch.

...and if you get really bored, trumpdonald.org. Hours of entertainment.

bb12 wrote: »

fact is we're creeping up the league table of cases worldwide.

we're doing something wrong.

We can't stop it. The progression is inevitable. How many times does it need to be explained that the approach is to flatten the curve to allow the system to cope. Increasing cases are an envitable and part of the overall strategy. It remains to be seen if we can keep the cases in check enough to be successful with this approach but what we are doing is currently the best option available.

I know we’re only a few days in to what is likely to be a few very strange months but this crisis has given me serious perspective on the luxuries and freedoms I enjoyed only a few weeks ago.
I only realise now how much I took for granted.

I obviously washed my hands and kept good personal hygiene, but I never gave a second thought to touching my face or drinking from a mug in a coffee shop.
I used to touch clothes in shops, test makeup samples on the back of my hand, and use public bathrooms.
I’d be terrified to do any of that now.

Even things as simple as going out for a nice dinner, a few cocktails with my friends, going round the shops and buying new clothes, going to the gym, booking a nice holiday, having a productive, satisfying day at work... I know it’s the ultimate first world problem but I didn’t realise how lucky I was to be able to do those things any time I wanted.
I can’t imagine doing any of those things now, yet not too long ago I was lucky enough to be able to do them on a semi regular basis, and I didn’t even realise it. It was just life to me.

I can’t even go fo a walk any more, I was out earlier and had to cross the road to avoid a man who was coughing and spluttering into the air and I’ve been anxious about it ever since.

I don’t work in the hospitality or retail industry but as an employee of a small business, I’m likely to be temporarily laid off on Wednesday. I haven’t left my house since Friday and have no intention of leaving it any time soon.

I know life as we know it will change forever but I’ve promised myself that if I get to enjoy those simple pleasures again, I’ll appreciate them so much more. I wish for those days to be back again, this is like living in a nightmare.

risteard7 wrote: »

Anybody hear from Greta?

No, she wants to be alone, can’t blame her.

Isn't it amazing how fast this is spreading and how society has changed.

One month ago we were chatting about full employment, now unemployment just doubled in 2 days.

And it's to get a lot worse.

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

I remember reading about Nostradamus prediction about this, or something similar about 4 years ago, I actually tried to find the link the other day but couldnt find it.
He predicted that after the 'anti christ' presumably (Isis) as the timelines matched and there were allot of similarities, there would be a global viral epidemic. He said the virus would mutate and London would be put under lock down, no one will be allowed in or out of the city. He said the virus would mutate in London and Europe so much that it will be thought to be an entirely different strain from the US.

He also predicted that the anti christ would break up great britain and would aid in the unification of Ireland.

I dont really believe in it but it's interesting how it all worked out. I just wish I could find the link, if I do ill post it.

Be interesting to see how it plays out.

Sounds like he was a genius alright - did he dispense any useful information such as the winning Euromillions numbers so that I can buy my own uninhabited island and get **** out of here?

RogerThis wrote: »

Going by Leo's 30% increase per day, 38 days to go before everyone in Ireland getting it.

Date|Total|New Cases|Percent Change
02-Mar|1|1|100%
03-Mar|2|1|100%
04-Mar|6|4|200%
05-Mar|13|7|117%
[...]
20-Apr|2,169,313|500,611|30%
21-Apr|2,820,107|650,794|30%
22-Apr|3,666,139|846,032|30%
23-Apr|4,765,980|1,099,842|30%

Extrapolating exponential increase until you hit 100% infection is meaningless here because obviously the epidemic can't follow an exponential curve indefinitely.

Epidemics follow a logistic curve (S-shaped). In the early stages growth is very close to an exponential, but as the virus begins to infect a large proportion of the population, the growth has to start slowing down as the number of susceptible hosts declines.
It's the same as a bacterial growth curve.