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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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  • #9572
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,041 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Corkgirl20 wrote: »
    Fair play and thank you to the 24,000 people who have come forward to help in hospitals. Some even coming from abroad !

    Yes thanks to them, I'm curious though how they are getting here if flights are halted
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  • #9573
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    Why haven't we implemented a stricter lockdown now?
    I would have expected a decree to close most non essential business by now.

    Are the decision makers trying to get a balance to keep some level of the economy going?

    We know the surge is coming.
    We know it's going to be bad.
    But we still have a chance to reduce it.

    Why aren't we doing more?

    We don't have the money.


  • #9574
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    DevilsHaircut wrote: »
    Read the link https://www.france24.com/en/20200318-avoid-ibuprofen-for-coronavirus-symptoms-who-says


    Asked about the study, WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told reporters in Geneva the UN health agency's experts were "looking into this to give further guidance."

    Isn't that exactly the same source you quote earlier?

    All I am asking is where is this information on the WHO website.

    The only mention I can find of Coronavirus and Ibuprofen on the WHO website is here:
    They should also stay home (or work from home) if they have had to take simple
    medications, such as paracetamol/acetaminophen, ibuprofen or aspirin, which may mask
    symptoms of infection
    Source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/getting-workplace-ready-for-covid-19.pdf


  • #9575
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,210 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    You're clutching at straws now. Besides, I stocked up before the pandemic. Whose laughing now eh?

    Nobody's laughing.


  • #9576
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,612 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Blaze420 wrote: »
    They can watch Ru Paul’s drag race for all I care about them, selfish stupid bastards every single one of them

    i can see that being cancelled too, filming for loads of shows is being put on hold,


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  • #9577
    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    borderlinemeath wrote: »
    The virus doesn't fare well on hot food. So hot takeaway food should be fine. Cold food such as sandwiches and salads I wouldn't risk.

    https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2020/03/16/COVID-19-and-food-This-virus-is-sensitive-to-cooking-temperatures

    Who would have thought a battered sausage would be the healthy option.


  • #9578
    dummy_crusher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭dummy_crusher


    gmisk wrote: »
    475 deaths in Italy today...that is pretty brutal

    While it is their largest number of daily deaths (previous largest was 368 on 15/03), they have also had their largest number of recoveries today - 1084 (previous largest was 527 on 14/03)


  • #9579
    jackboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,017 ✭✭✭jackboy


    Cody montana wrote: »
    I think he's using it as a distraction for his own failings.

    He is actually being very clever. A virus is not a tangible enemy. Blaming it on the Chinese and portraying the crisis as a war like event may work well for the next election. War is usually good for the incumbent’s chances.

    He is trying to use the pandemic to his advantage.


  • #9580
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    i can see that being cancelled too, filming for loads of shows is being put on hold,

    Ru who's what what?


  • #9581
    indough
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭indough


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Have we not moved on in 100 years?

    Ebola and Zika are both named after where they originated so we haven’t really.


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  • #9582
    Looptheloop30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭Looptheloop30


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I found great confidence in the number of people currently in ICU. 6 atm.

    In comparison to lots of countries so far we've managed to keep it relatively under control.

    To a large extent that statement will be severely tested in the next week or so.

    The county by county breakdown is needed sooner rather than later to make things hit home for those still not taking things seriously


  • #9583
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,612 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    sanjose1 wrote: »
    tough times for compulsive gamblers to get a fix

    shur they have virtual horses now, or did the nanny state ban them too?


  • #9584
    Sober Crappy Chemis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 461 ✭✭Sober Crappy Chemis


    Looptheloop30 wrote: »
    In comparison to lots of countries so far we've managed to keep it relatively under control.

    To a large extent that statement will be severely tested in the next week or so.

    The county by county breakdown is needed sooner rather than later to make things hit home for those still not taking things seriously

    I think the worry is that people in “low” counties will relax a bit too much and neglect vigalance...


  • #9585
    Gynoid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭Gynoid


    Kidchameleon wrote: »
    To all the people offended that president Trump refered to it as the "Chinese virus", tell me, what do you call the Spanish Flu?

    There has been a recent campaign to get that name changed to the 1918 pandemic. German measles next I guess. What about all the eponymously named diseases... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymously_named_diseases


  • #9586
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,337 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    jackboy wrote: »
    He is actually being very clever. A virus is not a tangible enemy. Blaming it on the Chinese and portraying the crises as a war like event may work well for the next election. War is usually good for the incumbent’s chances.

    He is trying to use the pandemic to his advantage.

    This is what he's trying to do but it won't work. The USA is facing it's worst humanitarian crisis ever and he's done absolutely nothing to combat it. He realises this and is now starting to panic.


  • #9587
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Filming for Doctors (BBC drama) is on hold for a while too


  • #9588
    Thespoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭Thespoofer


    Went back to work today ( on a large site).

    Absolutely no difference in the way people operated, no communication from both my employer and the main contractor ( bar them sticking up a few posters about the virus).

    I have to say it gives a false sense of security after a while and you begin to question social distancing ( there is none here).
    Nobody is wearing face masks just a very lassiez faire attitude by all involved ( management included).

    I'm between two minds in sending the HSA an email but feel legally they're doing nothing wrong.


  • #9589
    dummy_crusher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭dummy_crusher


    Blaze420 wrote: »
    Already happening in Limerick, majority of restaurants and some major hotels already shut. Public transport should be next - who in their right mind would take a bus with this going on?

    Unfortunately some people still have to go to work and still need to use public transport to do so... What else do you suggest for these people?


  • #9590
    Irish_peppa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Irish_peppa


    6 kids sitting on the wall up the road from my house between ages of 8 and 10 i can see from window. :confused:


  • #9591
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Every one of these "caretaker" ministers are on the ball. Paschal very clearly laying out what they plan to do with banks.


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  • #9592
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,965 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Nobody's laughing.
    Not true prior to this.


  • #9593
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,613 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Do they have any idea when the peak is going to be. Some analysts in the US are saying its going to be June for them but seeing as they have a much larger population i would assume ours is sooner.


  • #9594
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,949 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    I'm guessing it's stil lfine to e going out for runs


  • #9595
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,612 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    jackboy wrote: »
    He is actually being very clever. A virus is not a tangible enemy. Blaming it on the Chinese,,,

    well, it wasn't the mexicans,

    (although we do have to flatten that sombrero too)


  • #9596
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    nacho libre wrote: »
    Wow. No it is not true. So you can't accept they now have changed tack. It's as i suspected you can't accept that people are criticising the UK approach because it undermines are, you have to see an ulterior motive.

    They haven’t changed track at all. They are implementing measures at the rate that suits them, as they made clear from the outset.

    But how does any of this undermine what the Irish government is doing?


  • #9597
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Sober Crappy Chemis wrote: »
    Is there any solace in our low death rate or is too early to consider? No smartarse answers ....

    A point was made earlier that Italy are testing everyone who died, and including those if they had coronavirus in their numbers even if the death wasnt caused by corona, just that they died with it.

    We havent been testing the recently deceased for corona, but he low number is a good sign I believe as some stats given earlier on how to calculate total infected is to calculate the deaths and work from there by multiplying by the average mortality rate. Im an optimist, and as such hoping this is the case and the signs are good, and not that we are just in the early stages.


  • #9598
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    I'm guessing it's stil lfine to e going out for runs

    I have an ample supply of andrex in case of the runs.

    Enjoy. No rain


  • #9599
    Kidchameleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Kidchameleon


    What Username Guidelines wrote: »
    Which didn’t even start in Spain.


    I'm well able to read Wikipedia myself thanks. Have you a relevant response?


  • #9600
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,998 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    sanjose1 wrote: »
    tough times for compulsive gamblers to get a fix

    Bet365 were offering odds on esports yesterday...basically lads playing FIFA you could have a bet on


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  • #9601
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    I'm guessing it's stil lfine to e going out for runs

    What kind of runs?

    It's fine and healthy to be out and about just keep a bit of distance (1.5 - 2m) from others where possible.


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