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

stephenjmcd · 17-03-2020 05:49PM

69 new cases

Shn99 · 17-03-2020 05:49PM

69 new cases according to VM1

JP Liz V1 · 17-03-2020 05:49PM

69 new cases

Mwengwe · 17-03-2020 05:49PM

Lundstram wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1239967123486564354?s=20

Do you not need beds as well though or how does it work

fritzelly · 17-03-2020 05:49PM

69 new cases - not 30% increase, so good

statesaver · 17-03-2020 05:49PM

cosanostra wrote: »

Not sure this is the best idea! https://twitter.com/Jim_Sheridan/status/1239951175602049027?s=20

Ah Jesus Jim ffs, how is that good ? :mad:

ChikiChiki · 17-03-2020 05:49PM

completedit wrote: »

I don’t know what to do with these numbers. It just boggles my mind we have shut down the whole economy, and I mean that in a global sense, from numbers which while absolutely heartbreaking, are minuscule as a percentage of the population. I just can’t get my head around the severity of the situation.
When I say it boggles my mind, I don’t mean that I don’t agree with it, just my pea brain cannot see how it’s happened.

The whole economy is not shut down ffs. Sure a couple of industries are taking a hit but there are plenty of us tipping away. Even on Paddy's day.

We have shut down industries that have a reliance on social contact. Rightly so.

That is not the whole economy and that action will get us out this hole much quicker.

ITman88 · 17-03-2020 05:50PM

jamesf85 wrote: »

Why are people reporting this figure. It’s a waste of time. It’s may as well be a randomly made up number that’s just causing panic.

Everyone knows we don’t know the true number of infected so it’s definitely not 7.9% unless Italy have tested every single person in their country.

Or why not quote Germany’s figure of 0.2%.

Italy was very unique regarding the age of population as many posters have stated.

wild turkey · 17-03-2020 05:50PM

292 in Republic of Ireland

stephenjmcd · 17-03-2020 05:50PM

6636 tests carried out up to yesterday.

292 cases in ROI

amadangomor · 17-03-2020 05:51PM

greenfield21 wrote: »

That's complete rubbish, pharma companies are here purely for transfer pricing reasons and we all know this. They are saving billions by locating in Ireland completely ripping of the American consumer. The US gov need to be smart and they will get them back.

I think you are confusing companies that are here and actually make stuff for the European market and avail of our low corporate tax rate and companies that set up headquarters here for as u say transfer pricing reasons.

I work in Intel and they have made billions of profit from the plant here because the plant is profitable not from using it to fiddle tax.

Amazing that people that want to cut our economy to bits would be the first to blame the government if we went back to being an agrarian backwater with all the ****ty outcomes for people that that entails.

Lollipop95 · 17-03-2020 05:51PM

Hope people also spare a thought for the parents who have kids with special needs/disabilities at home full time for the foreseeable. A challenging period ahead for them. My brother’s respite services have been shut down and my parents who are 60+ are fretting over the uncertainty

Shn99 · 17-03-2020 05:51PM

A relief that its not as high as predicted, hopefully it stays that way

JohnnyFlash · 17-03-2020 05:51PM

Lundstram wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1239967123486564354?s=20

The benefits of having them made in Galway I suppose.

GM228 · 17-03-2020 05:52PM

69 new cases today.

grindle · 17-03-2020 05:52PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Apparently China is beating this virus. Can they send over some ventilators to us?

They're not beating it. They're maintaining the figures by operating with and pursuing the largest scale draconian measures any society has ever seen or had to persevere. People literally bolted into their own homes, no escape in some provinces. This isn't beating it. They're slowing it down very well and what we have to ask ourselves is: Are we willing to become like China to neuter disease?

Away With The Fairies · 17-03-2020 05:52PM

Fcuking hell 292 cases in the south of Ireland, 350 in the whole of Ireland.

Are they going to introduce any more measures to control this?

There's no talk of how much are serious cases?

Toffeeboy · 17-03-2020 05:52PM

Funsterdelux wrote: »

Creche/school/college prob all the same.

Its life for the foreseeable

School and college automatically closed for summer. Creche open all year round, so fingers crossed...

Stevieluvsye · 17-03-2020 05:52PM

fritzelly wrote: »

69 new cases - not 30% increase, so good

Fcuk all were tested today

JP Liz V1 · 17-03-2020 05:52PM

Why did so many people still go abroad during this pandemic, life is more important than money, the scenes at Lanzorate airport is maddening, no way social distancing, I hope all returnees are being checked at Irish airports and self isolating for 14 days on return etc.,

Hobgoblin11 · 17-03-2020 05:52PM

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

Boris Johnston talked about a 'last gasp' attempt to get ventilators.

OMFG

What an eegit !

He seems to be unable to help himself, like Tourette’s

bekker · 17-03-2020 05:53PM

marilynrr wrote: »

China already sent ventilators and doctors to Italy!!

Both Chine and Cuba are sending equipment and medical staff to help other countries.

You can bet it will be remembered by the recipients for a very long time.

Fakediamond · 17-03-2020 05:53PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Apparently China is beating this virus. Can they send over some ventilators to us?

They’ve sent a lot of equipment to Italy.

crisco10 · 17-03-2020 05:53PM

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Fcuk all were tested today

Would they not be yesterdays tests?

Stevieluvsye · 17-03-2020 05:54PM

crisco10 wrote: »

Would they not be yesterdays tests?

I would have thought today and anything after 7pm yesterday

is_that_so · 17-03-2020 05:54PM

Shn99 wrote: »

A relief that its not as high as predicted, hopefully it stays that way

And no increase in the deaths is great as well.

leavingirl · 17-03-2020 05:54PM

As of the 13th of March, just two people in Italy died from COVID19 who did not have other underlying health issues.

otnomart · 17-03-2020 05:54PM

Esel wrote: »

Italy has a lot of connections with China through the textile industry.

Iran is connected to China through their common hatred of the US.

I can see how these two countries are the hardest hit outside of China tbh.

The cases in Italy originated from the Bavaria outbreak at the end of January.

Know we now (from genomic data) that the virus was introduced early in Europe, with early cases in the Netherlands and Germany which appear to have been the main gateways thanks to the busy airport hubs.
There was also a death in Valencia on the 13 February.

See for NL
https://nextstrain.org/ncov/2020-03-...ry=Netherlands

and for Germany
https://nextstrain.org/ncov/2020-03-...ountry=Germany

cameramonkey · 17-03-2020 05:54PM

Lundstram wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1239967123486564354?s=20

That is going to safe a lot of lives if we can get operators.

statesaver · 17-03-2020 05:55PM

69 new cases today, but when would they have been tested, 2, 3, 4 days ago ?

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