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

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

She said she hasn't a clue. This is pretty much everywhere now.

Wishing her a speedy return to health. On the flip side she is now a prime candidate to go back working in hospitals or as a GP as hopefully in a few weeks she will have antibodies.

Wishing her a full recovery. The more “high profile” who come out and say they have this illness, the more relief I seem to feel. It’s good to put faces to some of the patients and be informed on how they’re managing.

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Then sent to gulag?


Nah feck that, we're civilised round here.

The fact they arent is the problem. Just lock them in a room and let them "fight the flu" maybe stick on some old horse racing on a TV. They'll be in heaven.

Should we ban the sale of cigarettes?

tobefrank321 wrote: »

It would be helpful is she could identify the possible anonymous source of it.

I think contact tracing is almost pointless at this stage though. Nearly impossible to contact everyone you've been in contact with. And then you have contacts of contacts.

The best thing is if everyone restricts movement as much as possible and almost take the view they are already infected.

Most of us are going to get it eventually, but the best we can hope for is to slow down the spread.

Please explain to me how it would be helpful? She's got it and she's self isolating and I'm sure she's informed everyone she knows that she's been in contact with.

She also sounds fine by the way which should reassure people.

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Is arranging a test possible, as they are without symptoms?

It would not be top priority for a test especially since tests are in short supply. Guidance is self isolation. And if no isolation, chance of being in contact with someone else who is positive is high anyway. Follow guidelines is recommended.

She is going to milk this for all its worth

SusieBlue wrote: »

Had to deactivate my FB this morning after seeing a whingy post from a woman who thinks the government should be giving a "corona bonus" to those on social welfare so they can keep their kids entertained at home in these troubling times. She says its not fair to keep the kids cooped up with nothing to do and the money would help with toys and games for them.

Mass lay offs, businesses going under, the country on its knees and the looming threat of a killer virus and this wagon is moaning about needing a corona bonus. I despair.

Jesus that is infuriating. Especially when you've got plenty of parents balancing working from home and trying to keep young children active whilst paying for childcare that they are no longer recieving.

People need to be wary of articles where it states that a cure has been found. A lot of pharma companies to this to gain revenue by people buying stocks and shares. The WHO and any reputable experts I have heard from all state that it will be at least 12 months.

Cw85 wrote: »

People need to be wary of articles where it states that a cure has been found. A lot of pharma companies to this to gain revenue by people buying stocks and shares. The WHO and any reputable experts I have heard from all state that it will be at least 12 months.

We don't need a cure. It'd be nice to have of course.

We need treatments that make this fecker more manageable. I'm confident we'll see progress here with a vast numbers of doctors/scientists working on it.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Is he also going to write a songs for Ireland, Spain, Germany, France, USA, Iran....????

Oh please God no. Aren’t we all suffering enough .

retro:electro wrote: »

Wishing her a full recovery. The more “high profile” who come out and say they have this illness, the more relief I seem to feel. It’s good to put faces to some of the patients and be informed on how they’re managing.

If ever a sentence summed up the sad state of our celebrity-obsessed culture....

Cw85 wrote: »

People need to be wary of articles where it states that a cure has been found. A lot of pharma companies to this to gain revenue by people buying stocks and shares. The WHO and any reputable experts I have heard from all state that it will be at least 12 months.

This seems like a mad sentence to actually have to write, but... companies don't gain revenue by people buying their stocks and shares.

If you think a CEO is doing this to artificially boost share price so that he, and other shareholders, can cop a big gain, then that would be illegal.

keps wrote: »

A lot of taxi drivers are out of work/pay as there are no customers


The Gov should engage with the Taxi Union and pay the drivers to do Home deliveries of essentials

A lot of people are out of work, why not pay everybody who wants to do home deliveries?

If it's groceries, the last person I'd want dropping my stuff off is a taxi driver anyway, they'd have little to no knowledge of food handling and hygiene, nor the equipment.

gabeeg wrote: »

We don't need a cure. It'd be nice to have of course.

We need treatments that make this fecker more manageable. I'm confident we'll see progress here with a vast numbers of doctors/scientists working on it.

As leading experts have stated, the answer to controlling this virus is in better treatments, alongside the restrictive measures being taken, a vaccine will not solve the issue. These reports about a vaccine being found remind me of various articles claiming a cure for cancer.

That said A vaccine will be of course be developed but its takes time for it to be trialled and approved for human usage. According to the experts that can take up to a year.