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

griffinlee · 18-03-2020 01:54PM

Anyone got a link to Leo's full speech, UK friends are asking for it as they saw it being discussed in their papers..

Can't share rtes videos

tobefrank321 · 18-03-2020 01:55PM

murpho999 wrote: »

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.

Helpful to know if its a cluster.
Helpful to know if its community transmission.
Helpful to know if she picked it up on public transport, or in a shop, or in her place of work in which case the office should be shut down asap and deep cleaned.
Helpful for a number of reasons.

Refractions · 18-03-2020 01:56PM

Silverfish wrote: »

Kids do get it, that's the point. They can get it, and spread it, it just doesn't affect them as severely as adults.
This is why schools closed to prevent the spread from asymptomatic carriers.

Yeah i know they carry it but do any show symptoms? Pardon my ignorance but i haven’t heard of any. My thinking was that my daughter (5) just has a common bug but my wife/GP are more concerned.

SusieBlue · 18-03-2020 01:56PM

facehugger99 wrote: »

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

Its nothing to do with being obsessed with celebrities, its more to do with being able to put a face to the virus, meaning more of the deniers & naysayers might take it a bit more seriously.

The more famous people that come out with this, the more "real" it will feel to the public. The more real it feels, the better the chance they'll wash their hands, observe social distancing, and take other precautions, thus contributing to the delay of the spread.
That's why its a relief.

facehugger99 · 18-03-2020 01:56PM

Curlysue76 wrote: »

I think it will be very hard for people not to go to a funeral. It would seem so unnatural, but I think it needs to be done. Do something to pay respects after this has passed if need be.

One of the lads in work was at a removal over the weekend. Bottle of hand sanitiser on a table on the way in but other than that, completely normal. everyone shaking hands and hugging the deceased family, people queuing up in close proximity.

Tacitus Kilgore · 18-03-2020 01:57PM

griffinlee wrote: »

Anyone got a link to Leo's full speech, UK friends are asking for it as they saw it being discussed in their papers..

Can't share rtes videos

98fm have it on their facebook

limnam · 18-03-2020 01:57PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Helpful to know if its a cluster.
Helpful to know if its community transmission.
Helpful to know if she picked it up on public transport, or in a shop, or in her place of work in which case the office should be shut down asap and deep cleaned.
Helpful for a number of reasons.

If you're acting like it's pretty much everywhere then none of it really matters.

As we go on the chances of people been able to identify how they got it with will be less and less.

freshpopcorn · 18-03-2020 01:57PM

At work we had our busiest day ever on Monday and Tuesday was okay seen the fact that no where else was open apart from Supervalu.
All the other shops apart from supermarkets, chemists Banks and the post office are closed tough.(Maybe a newsagents).
Most people still paying with cash.

neonsofa · 18-03-2020 01:58PM

facehugger99 wrote: »

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

Not really. High profile people are more visible online etc, therefore certain information becomes accessible, you can keep an eye on their symptoms/how they are feeling, which gives comfort to those who are constantly hearing "X amount of cases" with no indication as to severity of symptoms/what to expect. Seeing others, who are relatable and accessible, going through it and coming out the other side is great comfort to many, and to dismiss it as some sort of celebrity obsessed culture is..... I'm not gonna get myself banned.

Gynoid · 18-03-2020 01:59PM

https://twitter.com/DrJamesKent3/status/1239534336996761609?s=19

I want to be this lady when I grow up.

facehugger99 · 18-03-2020 01:59PM

SusieBlue wrote: »

The more famous people that come out with this, the more "real" it will feel to the public. The more real it feels, the better the chance they'll wash their hands, observe social distancing, and take other precautions, thus contributing to the delay of the spread.
That's why its a relief.

Quite the opposite I'd imagine - the more famous people get it the less serious it's all going to seem, especially as a lot of them don't seem to be suffering any symptoms whatsoever.

Who know, it'll probably become quite the thing among the Facebook generation to brag about having contracted it for a few likes.

1800_Ladladlad · 18-03-2020 02:00PM

This is the Blanchardstown at the moment. Taken from the cafe in Marks and Spencer facing towards the fountain/Dunnes.

Dunnes is the only supermarket that has its own separate door which should be utilised for public to use. Keeping the entire centre open for the sake of a few shops is putting retail staff at risk along with the security and maintenance staff that have to be present as well. If you can afford to shop in Marks, then fair play to you but from what iv been told the food hall is not busy atall. There are three chemist's in the centre too, they should be closed as there are plenty in the surrounding areas that are open and are accessible.

I'm not only thinking of my mother but all of the unnecessary staff who's health is at risk. I was one of them for 10 years. I would much rather wait in a line outside a chemist in a surrounding area than risk possibly infecting staff in unnecessary and confined areas who should not have to be there

RugbyLad11 · 18-03-2020 02:01PM

griffinlee wrote: »

Anyone got a link to Leo's full speech, UK friends are asking for it as they saw it being discussed in their papers..

Can't share rtes videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30Sg2uqwXc8

bb12 · 18-03-2020 02:01PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Test doesn't work on most asymptomatic persons as the viral load is too little for the test to detect.

don't think that's true. didn't israel test some airline passengers entering the country and the asymptomatic ones had a much higher viral load than ones with symptoms and were seen as super spreaders

billybonkers · 18-03-2020 02:02PM

Are the banks and post offices closed? I would have thought they would be essential services.

whiskeyman · 18-03-2020 02:03PM

Newstalk's Ciara Kelly has it.
Probably been posted already?
Only a matter of time before more high profile people have it.

bottlebrush · 18-03-2020 02:05PM

billybonkers wrote: »

Are the banks and post offices closed? I would have thought they would be essential services.

Dont know about the banks but just heard on the news that post offices are extending opening hours

ChikiChiki · 18-03-2020 02:07PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Newstalk's Ciara Kelly has it.
Probably been posted already?
Only a matter of time before more high profile people have it.

Its hard not to think many people have had it at this stage and just written it off as the seasonal flu.

kowloon · 18-03-2020 02:08PM

neonsofa wrote: »

I've just been assuming those types of posts are parody/satire. Maybe I'm giving too much credit :pac:

That's the problem with satire: Done well and you can never tell the difference.

beolight · 18-03-2020 02:09PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Helpful to know if its a cluster.
Helpful to know if its community transmission.
Helpful to know if she picked it up on public transport, or in a shop, or in her place of work in which case the office should be shut down asap and deep cleaned.
Helpful for a number of reasons.

Have to agree and we need a journalist to probe this further next time Leo, Simon etc bring up South Kotea as the model to follow It’s basically a wartime situation and as such the HSE mantra/paranoia about privacy needs to be put to one side nobody is asking for identities or eircodes just locations .....: it may have a beneficial effect as it will dawn on some of the foolhardy ones just how close they maybe to it

bb12 · 18-03-2020 02:09PM

i see the government are in talks with the banks this afternoon re helping people with mortgages, loans etc

wonder if they will apply the same to themselves and if they're gonna take everyone's property tax bill out of their banks accounts on the 21st?

Retr0gamer · 18-03-2020 02:09PM

They probably have developed plenty of potential cures and vaccines to Cov19. That work isn't too tough. What takes so long is testing to make sure they are effective and safe. No Pharma company wants another Thalidomide and all the testing and regulations are in place and necessary to avoid that.

statesaver · 18-03-2020 02:09PM

bottlebrush wrote: »

Dont know about the banks but just heard on the news that post offices are extending opening hours

Makes sense, there will be a lot more people queuing for their dole. Sad times.

retro:electro · 18-03-2020 02:10PM

facehugger99 wrote: »

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

Eh how exactly? Hardly any good John from down the road coming out saying he has it. Sure he doesn’t have a profile and can’t use his voice/following to inform the masses. Nothing “celebrity obsessed” about it. Like it or not but there is a stigma attached to this illness, and the more people who come out and address their symptoms the better, even more so if they have large followings.

gabeeg · 18-03-2020 02:10PM

346 new cases in the Netherlands. 15 deaths.

The mad fools are still going down the herd immunity route. They're in huge trouble.

iwillyeah1234 · 18-03-2020 02:10PM

Hurrache wrote: »

Out of all the places in which you believe anything written, nevermind anything written about the EU, Spiked, and the peasant stock staff, is not one you'd even wipe your ass with

Nobody click through to that link.

From the European Court of Justice, dated March 12th:
"Judgment in Case C-576/18
Commission v Italy"

"Italy is ordered to pay pecuniary penalties for failing to recover aid unlawfully
granted to the hotel industry in Sardinia.
That Member State will therefore have to pay to the budget of the EU a lump sum of €7 500 000 as well as, as from today, a periodic penalty payment of € 80 000 for each day of delay"

bekker · 18-03-2020 02:11PM

Good article in Guardian yesterday by Dr Petra Klepac (assistant professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine).

Factual overview of were the science is at regarding COVID-19, covers much more than title indicates..

Content gives overview of nature of viral spread in context of COVID-19, basis of differing strategies for constraining spread, and results of study of how it is spread by different age groups

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/17/scientists-age-groups-covid-19-workplaces-shops-restaurants

amadangomor · 18-03-2020 02:12PM

SeaBreezes wrote: »

What were your symptoms for the last 2 weeks?

Cough that started in the chest, sore throat for 2/3 days, headache for maybe one day, slightly off food for a day or two. No temperature, little bit tired but nothing out of the ordinary. Was slightly out of breath for last few days and worse today. Sore chest when breathing today.

dummy_crusher · 18-03-2020 02:12PM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Its hard not to think many people have had it at this stage and just written it off as the seasonal flu.

I tend to agree, but it is certainly not a reason to become complacent since so many people are potentially high risk.

s7ryf3925pivug · 18-03-2020 02:12PM

I emailed a plumber this morning.

They're here now.

The end of days has arrived.

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