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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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  • #4052
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    WhiteMemento9 wrote: »
    He has been bloody amazing today. Both in the press briefer and that interview. No BS, fully informed and gives clear, consise and straight answers while pulling no punches. He has been everything you would want in the current situation. Well done to him.

    Now compare him to the Three Amigo **** show coming out of London..

    Who would you rather in charge during a crisis?


  • #4053
    sterz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭sterz


    ricero wrote: »
    Harris couldn't help but be smarmy

    Is that you or your councillor speaking?


  • #4054
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    WhiteMemento9 wrote: »
    He has been bloody amazing today. Both in the press briefer and that interview. No BS, fully informed and gives clear, consise and straight answers while pulling no punches. He has been everything you would want in the current situation. Well done to him.

    Totally agree. Just turned around to my wife and said they are playing an absolute blinder... I’m just gobsmacked at how good they are handling this.

    One of the things Dr Aylward said was that you have to communicate with your population, you have to have them work with you and our government are just knocking it our of the park this last 8 days...


  • #4055
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,723 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    MD1990 wrote: »
    doctor from the states acting a bit of a prick there

    Dr. Eddy can stay where he is. Thanks.


  • #4056
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭amacca


    bekker wrote: »
    Where can you get a €200 hooker that looks like that?

    That is a question for another poster I'm afraid.


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  • #4057
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    tigger123 wrote: »
    That Doctor made an embarrassment of himself.

    Yeh a tool. Only wanted to benefit himself.

    Id say he annoy the bollix out of fontline workers too.


  • #4058
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    YFlyer wrote: »
    He is right.

    Complaining about no reply from an email 2 days ago.

    Everyone probably a bit busy atm


  • #4059
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    Wibbs wrote: »
    No offence TC, but maybe "just stop" and think yourself because you're posting some "clueless" material yourself.

    1) That link to the CT lung damage is of patients during the progress of the disease. It's not a month after. Some may have reduced lung function, but we don't know how many or how severe. We simply don't know yet.

    2) From what we know of other coronoviruses in humans(and there are a lot of them) people do acquire immunity after infection. That includes MERS and SARS. To that strain at least and if the virus doesn't mutate much, some immunity to new strains. Again it's early days and talk of limited or no immunity is down to people apparently becoming reinfected, but more and more it looks more like they have a relapse from the original infection because they haven' fully cleared the virus from their bodies. Again we simply don't know yet.
    On the vaccine front the best likely outcome is biannual inoculations of a yet to be developed COVID-19 vaccine, which will mitigate the spread of epidemics recurring every 3 or 4 years.*

    So our best hope with COVID-19, lie in developing new effective treatments based on interfering with the reproduction mechanisms of the virus.

    Unfortunately it's unlikely that the above will occur sufficiently quickly, even with testing regimes stripped down completely, to be available in time, or in sufficient quantities to prevent national health systems being overwhelmed.

    The miracle to be hoped for is the discovery that some existing drug inhibits the progress of the infection, and that such a drug is capable of being produced quickly, and in the quantities needed.

    *
    'Our results provide strong evidence that SARS-CoV antibodies are reduced >3 years after the symptom onset. Because antibodies play an important role in protective immunity against SARS-CoV (15), the findings from this study will have important implications with regard to assessing risk for reinfection among previously exposed populations (e.g., hospital staff) and evaluating the duration of antibody-mediated immunity that any candidate vaccine could provide.'


  • #4060
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,124 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Drumpot wrote: »
    Totally agree. Just turned around to my wife and said they are playing an absolute blinder... I’m just gobsmacked at how good they are handling this.

    One of the things Dr Aylward said was that you have to communicate with your population, you have to have them work with you and our government are just knocking it our of the park this last 8 days...

    The homeless issue was their downfall.

    Which was a myth.


  • #4061
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    This is it wrote: »
    What did he say? Missed it

    The doctor? Said he'll need an official Government letter to work in Ireland so he can give to his employer.


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  • #4062
    cosanostra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 886 ✭✭✭cosanostra


    Phibsboro wrote: »
    No, she specifically said said she is following hse advice to self isolate as she has the symptoms of a cold. The advice is not that. In fact, sneezing/running nose is specifically excluded from the possible symptoms of COVID-19. We are going to have half the country self isolating on that basis. Which is possibly where we'll be by the end of the week so maybe a moot point!

    Problem is when everyone with a runny nose phones their GP demanding a test it will cripple the system


  • #4063
    NSAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,481 ✭✭✭NSAman


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Many people on here are talking about how the U.K. have got it wrong. The U.S. are beyond ****ked when you listen to what the giant wotsit is saying and how all the states are completely out of sync on this thing.

    Agreed also people here have no idea what they are facing. All shops stripped today, people crying, and these are the same people complaining cause the bars and restaurants are closed.

    No milk, bread, meat but tons of frozen stuff left????? Tinned good everywhere but they are purchasing perishables??

    No testing here yet, it’s a **** show


  • #4064
    tigger123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,594 ✭✭✭tigger123


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    He had made his point. Repeating it was unnecessary.

    Using a pandemic and a national health crisis so he could have his little moment.


  • #4065
    amacca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭amacca


    cosanostra wrote: »
    She said at the beginning that she has the cold and contacted her GP, in the mean time shes gone in to isolation

    Fair enough.


  • #4066
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    tigger123 wrote: »
    That Doctor made an embarrassment of himself.
    That is a heartless, scummy thing to say. He's a young, terrified healthcare worker in a situation where his government won't work to help him. And he wants to come home and help with the crisis here. Who are you like?
    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    Yeah watching tv and movies you can see all the ways that things have changed in such a short time. Everyone is walking on crowded streets, shaking hands, touching door handles, going to bars and sporting events etc without a care in the world. It seems jarring already and we're only a few weeks in.

    I too will appreciate things a lot more if it ever gets back to that form of normal.
    I love watching live gigs and now they give me the heebie jeebies.
    SusieBlue wrote: »
    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.
    You sound like you have a real lust for life, I know that you can find pleasure in the simpler things during this time too. Imagine how much you'll appreciate those things you loved when you do them next. From the insight you've given there, getting through this will definitely enable you to really live that wonderful life you have to the fullest. Remain cautiously optimistic.


  • #4067
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Hugos.

    Anyone here ever been?


  • #4068
    regedit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 864 ✭✭✭regedit


    MD1990 wrote: »
    doctor from the states acting a bit of a prick there

    Was thinking the same thing!
    A chip in his shoulder! Philosophy: 'I am a doctor, therefore, I am a God'


  • #4069
    ax530
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 492 ✭✭ax530


    Tony EH wrote: »
    Dr. Eddy can stay where he is. Thanks.
    I didn't fully get what he wanted - does he want to leave NY come back here to 'help out' then return to his job in NY again?
    I'd presume if he takes a job in HSE would just hand in letter of resignation in NY? Why would he need a gov document for that


  • #4070
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,856 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    owlbethere wrote: »
    That looks like pig on a spit. It's different.


    Bat is disgusting. Bats are wild, they fly and swoop and carry disease.

    So do pigeons, people still eat them.


  • #4071
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Complaining about no reply from an email 2 days ago.

    Everyone probably a bit busy atm

    I apologies.

    Was replying that an official letter be vital.


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  • #4072
    bottlebrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,215 ✭✭✭bottlebrush


    Wouldn't that doctor be needed where he is?


  • #4073
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    irishlad123456 wrote: »
    Due to fly Wednesday to Sunday for a funeral in the UK, would you advise to go or not ?

    People will understand I would not be going I was meant to fly today alas the flight went without me.


  • #4074
    Renjit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Renjit


    893bet wrote: »
    These jokes were in the last thread around 700 pages ago.

    Thread moves fast!

    https://www.thejournal.ie/garda-hire-car-coronavirus-5048342-Mar2020/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpZwEs-z4QY


  • #4075
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,652 ✭✭✭Talisman


    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    Slowing it down is the only thing we can do.

    The difference between us and the UK is the UK seems to only want to isolate the elderly, and let everyone else fend for themselves, although given the worldwide backlash, they're coming around now.

    We're trying to isolate everyone, in order to "flatten the curve".
    We're not trying to isolate everyone - it's social distancing that is being practised in Ireland.

    For anyone that doesn't understand the concept the simulation by the Washington Post explains it best.

    Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”

    The aim is to control the rate of infection in the population.


  • #4076
    lbj666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭lbj666


    Drumpot wrote: »
    Totally agree. Just turned around to my wife and said they are playing an absolute blinder... I’m just gobsmacked at how good they are handling this.

    One of the things Dr Aylward said was that you have to communicate with your population, you have to have them work with you and our government are just knocking it our of the park this last 8 days...


    We haven't a clue how well they are doing but it's refreshing that they are taking a no bull****/non waffly tone like them and everyother politician do on a normal basis.

    Weather its no bull**** in just tone is another thing.


  • #4077
    regedit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 864 ✭✭✭regedit


    irishlad123456 wrote: »
    Due to fly Wednesday to Sunday for a funeral in the UK, would you advise to go or not ?

    Not go (myself)


  • #4078
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,466 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    bottlebrush wrote: »
    Wouldn't that doctor be needed where he is?

    Every bit as much.

    I honestly believe he only cares about himself. And he should **** off.


  • #4079
    moeblogs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭moeblogs


    505906.jpg


  • #4080
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    Compare that doctor to the restaurant owner.

    Fair play to Murphy doesn't have to shut her business hope she gets some leeway or help.


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  • #4081
    RurtBeynolds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭RurtBeynolds


    Lyanna Some Gut wrote: »
    That is a heartless, scummy thing to say. He's a young, terrified healthcare worker in a situation where his government won't work to help him. And he wants to come home and help with the crisis here. Who are you like?

    He was being a ****. There's nothing stopping him from coming home if he's that eager to help. He's a doctor ffs, he could walk into any job in any location. He doesn't need a note from the government.


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