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

Cody montana · 18-03-2020 06:19PM

Close the border immediately!

JP Liz V1 · 18-03-2020 06:19PM

Downlinz wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1240325975239516160

There is no decrease, slow down in Italy, heartbreaking for that country

Kermit.de.frog · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

Nobody wants to be Italy

josip · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

Trump has described himself as a "wartime" president and will invoke a federal provision that allows the government to marshal the private sector in response to coronavirus.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/18/coronavirus-live-news-updates-outbreak-us-states-uk-australia-europe-eu-self-isolation-lockdown-latest-update

Gooey Looey · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

MD1990 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1240325975239516160

very depressing

Fcuk!

Ulysses Gaze · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

BattleCorp wrote: »

It's fcuking sad what's happening in Italy. Seriously. I'm a heartless cnut and this is upsetting me.

4207 new cases in the last 24 hours with 475 deaths in the last 24 hours.

That's us if people don't cop the fcuk on and engage in the whole social distancing thing.

And yet gob****es here want us to experiment with Herd Immunity.

bb12 · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

plodder wrote: »

I notice some oil companies quoting 4-5 day lead time for home heating atm.

Prices have dropped significantly, but I would hope they will go further, if people can hold off.

kersosene should drop a lot more in coming weeks...oil at 21 dollars a barrel at the moment...it was 65 just a couple of weeks ago...don't fill your tanks yet!

Professor Moriarty · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Schools closed in england from friday until further notice

Too little, too late. Horse has bolted.

BattleCorp · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

2,978 total deaths in Italy. Could easily surpass China (with deaths) tomorrow.

I think China's figures are a pile of ****e to be honest. I'd love to be wrong.

fritzelly · 18-03-2020 06:20PM

Maybe they should be making more of this in the news to show what can happen

SleetAndSnow · 18-03-2020 06:21PM

Ah jesus my hearts breaking for italy. Lost for words

DOCARCH · 18-03-2020 06:21PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Nobody wants to be Italy

The way the UK are acting/dealing with this, they could be it (in a week or so).

Naggdefy · 18-03-2020 06:22PM

gmisk wrote: »

Don't worry....they might not be around much longer....

Well gmisk. I thought you were tolerant. What an obnoxious post.

I don't mind what people believe in but it's funny how when you say a lot of your peers go to mass, you get all these horrible comments.

Kidchameleon · 18-03-2020 06:22PM

10000maniacs wrote: »

There is a time and a place for Trump to be discussing those things. And not calling COVID-19 the Chinese virus.
Bit bloody late now anyway.

It orignated in China. I orignated in Ireland so by your logic it would be racist to call me Irish.

owlbethere · 18-03-2020 06:22PM

If I had a ticket booked for a holiday right now, I wouldn't continue with plans. The risk is too much. The risk of picking it up abroad, getting sick while away, coming home with a contagious infection - for me, I definitely wouldn't continue with plans. I would pull out from plans and probably more than likely lose money on whatever booked.

Any Irish people with plans last week for Cheltenham - how can they be trusted to do what's right and self isolate themselves and contain this contagious infection/disease?

I'm more mad now at Leo's speech from last night because so many people are taking this seriously and doing their bit while our government invites more and more cases of this disease in.

bilston · 18-03-2020 06:22PM

spookwoman wrote: »

fack! 8.34% mortality!

Forget the mortality rate, it won't be accurate, there will be thousands, probably tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of cases that aren't being confirmed or reported.

Bigboldworld · 18-03-2020 06:22PM

Jesus, it is devastating what is happening in Italy, how on earth is it so bad there yet not so in likes of germany etc? Are figures being downplayed elsewhere?

GM228 · 18-03-2020 06:22PM

Finally they are closing schools in the UK, but not until the end of the week.

zvone · 18-03-2020 06:23PM

I just want to share with you something nice. Today my landlord come to my door, ask me how I am, how is a family and just say..."about rent, don't worry. Pay half, if you can. If you can't it's still ok. After this finish, we will come back to normal price, till then just mind yourself and your family..."
With people like this, and with this spirit, we can go thru any trouble. Maybe we can share more positive thinks like this here... boost our spirit and raised optimism.

Blaze420 · 18-03-2020 06:23PM

GM228 wrote: »

Finally they are closing schools in the UK, but not until the end of the week.

Too little too late, shame on the Uk.

EDit · 18-03-2020 06:23PM

GM228 wrote: »

Finally they are closing schools in the UK, but not until the end of the week.

NI schools closed today.

Bob24 · 18-03-2020 06:23PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

The way the UK are acting/dealing with this, they could be it (in a week or so).

They might even be worse (not that I wish for it to happen, but they and the Netherland are looking for trouble with their strategy - although they seem to be slowly realising it isn't going to work).

ACitizenErased · 18-03-2020 06:24PM

It'll take another week, at least, before Italy's numbers come down.

skellig_rocks · 18-03-2020 06:24PM

People need to be more positive. I know the numbers are scary. But if we follow strict guidelines from the government we should be able
to control the spread of the coronavirus. Places like Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, even Japan and South Korea are able to
control the community transmission of the virus, without complete lockdowns. It is proven COVID-19 can be controlled, with strict measures. Of course we all need to do our parts. We have time advantage compared to mainland Europe.

c.p.w.g.w · 18-03-2020 06:24PM

So did Scotland/Wales force Boris hand re the closure of schools

kingshankly · 18-03-2020 06:24PM

leavingirl wrote: »

In solidarity with everyone who is losing their jobs, the teachers should go on the dole too. We cant afford to pay them. Makes sense, right? We are heading into the greatest economic depression.

Never heard so much crap they will be continually preparing work at home uploading work for kids also attending school 1/2 days a week getting packs ready for kids

ZX7R · 18-03-2020 06:26PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

There is no decrease, slow down in Italy, heartbreaking for that country

They need another week for the lock down to start affecting the numbers.

Stevieluvsye · 18-03-2020 06:26PM

skellig_rocks wrote: »

People need to be more positive. I know the numbers are scary. But if we follow strict guidelines from the government we should be able
to control the spread of the coronavirus. Places like Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, even Japan and South Korea are able to
control the community transmission of the virus, without complete lockdowns. It is proven COVID-19 can be controlled, with strict measures. Of course we all need to do our parts. We have time advantage compared to mainland Europe.

We don't have their resources

Hector Savage · 18-03-2020 06:26PM

+4207 in Italy, 475 new deaths,
And the media were saying it's slowing there ????

literally the end of the world.

I see no end to this, no end ....

joeguevara · 18-03-2020 06:27PM

bilston wrote: »

Forget the mortality rate, it won't be accurate, there will be thousands, probably tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of cases that aren't being confirmed or reported.

But that is every country. What it does show is the fact that once symptoms are severe a huge amount don’t survive.

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