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CoVid-19 Part IX - 785 cases ROI (3 deaths) 108 in NI (1 death) (20 March) *Read OP*

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  • #602
    Sandz066
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭Sandz066


    Tony Holohan comes across as very knowledgeable, calm and collected.

    I'm thankful it is him leading out the communications on this.


  • #603
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    I have a feeling that most of the country are social distancing to the extreme which is closer to isolating themselves and there families.

    But I’m guessing as I refuse to leave the house for longer then 5 min each day.


  • #604
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,104 ✭✭✭This is it


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Leitrim still has no cases.

    It's not a real place.


  • #605
    shesty
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,916 Mod ✭✭✭✭shesty


    froog wrote: »
    to be honest we aren't doing nearly enough. we are nowhere near the lockdown of other countries. we closed pubs and schools, and gently encouraged people on social distancing. i'm not sure why we seem to be patting ourselves on the back. we are nowhere near what they are doing in spain, france and italy for example.

    Actually I would say the opposite..We haven't gone into full lockdown, yet shops, and the odd remaining cafe around me anyway are closing or heavily policing social distancing.Lines drawn on floors, X marks for people to stand on...only 2-4 people allowed in at a time.Many businesses have closed their doors voluntarily.

    We can do better yes, but I would say we have taken the whole thing on board pretty well so far, particularly since Monday.


  • #606
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,389 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    walshb wrote: »
    Yes...

    I was confused. 5/69 is well below 25 percent..

    Folks are posting 25 percent increase...?

    No that's wrong. Use the daily increase figure, not the difference between the two daily increases.


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  • #607
    sideswipe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭sideswipe


    https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1239676109731647491?s=20


  • #608
    extra gravy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,238 ✭✭✭✭extra gravy


    https://twitter.com/Care2much18/status/1240013024028737536?s=19

    "We're not doing enough testing"


  • #609
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    dark crystal wrote: »
    And yet our numbers are way lower. Why shouldn't we pat ourselves on the back?

    That depends on how many we are actually testing in a particular day.


  • #610
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,448 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Interesting that the cases are 40% male and 59% female. Do the other 1% self identify as an ergonomic two-slice toaster now?


  • #611
    STB.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    RogerThis wrote: »
    The 30% a day, going to 15,000 by the end of the month. It's the only official Irish figures that I've heard of. Do you know a better model?


    I wasn't having a go. If I remember correctly you are the rteplayer github guy ?

    I was just asking whether it was based upon incremental increses seen already in other countries.

    As far as I am aware we have a little bit of a long finger testing regime. We haven't been lashing the tests out of it and the qualifiers have been set high up until quite recently. There's a lot in the system due to be tested and come back etc. There's also ongoing retesting. Neg Neg Positive can happen over 2 weeks.


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  • #612
    Itssoeasy
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Leitrim still has no cases.

    Sure you'd need to have people in a county to have cases.


  • #613
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Im thinking its going to stand for us that we are a small Island, with containment, and contacting people who were in contact with infected people, being the two biggest challenges that can be best achieved within an island.

    edit to also mention the people we have who are running the show, have to say any time they appear in public they seem to know what they are talking about - reassuring


  • #614
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,098 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    appledrop wrote: »
    So Tony Holahan announced there some of breakdown by county in Ireland etc.

    Is this information published anywhere that we can read it?

    Any news outlet has it.


  • #615
    blackcard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭blackcard


    Doyler99 wrote: »
    So what I get from reading the last few posts we are fairly out of the woods (Thankfully). Assume everything back to normal on the 29th March?

    Not a chance, it would be stupid to not keep current measures in place


  • #616
    beolight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭beolight


    blackcard wrote: »
    So Tony Holohan was asked about a third person dying, he said they had not been notified about this

    Hard to believe that they wouldn’t be notified within minutes

    I’m guessing that HSE figures are complied at 2pm or sometime everyday and that’s the figures he is sticking to his figures for other countries never match the update number either


  • #617
    [Deleted User]
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    spookwoman wrote: »
    Probably just buried them out in the bog

    Somewhere only Shergar knows.


  • #618
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    With more tests available soon cases will go up much more.

    But only 6 in ICU is the most encouraging statistic.


  • #619
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Loughc wrote: »
    Go on Ireland. We’re doing really well. It’s there for the taking now. 6 weeks from now we should be back up and running I’d say.

    It's one positive day for the ROI in a battle over months. Even if we do really well we are only as good as our neighbours. We still won't be able to travel to the UK, Spain, US, Italy etc.

    The recession will be global.

    An awful lot of silly posts on here.


  • #620
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,477 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    Dept of Health update on Covid-19 https://www.pscp.tv/rtenews/1OdKrqbvObqxX?t=

    84 hospitalisation including those who hospitalised for isolation


  • #621
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,468 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    I’d love to know how many tests per day they conduct..


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  • #622
    Hobgoblin11
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    Syncpolice wrote: »
    Kick this thing back to China

    We need to push it back to the wild !

    Dundalk, Co. Louth



  • #623
    Biggest lickspittle on boardz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 558 ✭✭✭Biggest lickspittle on boardz


    Speak Now wrote: »
    Jaysus a question straight of the neighbourhood WhatsApp group.....I heard Mary down the road got tested then i saw her going out to the shops while she was waiting for her results!

    Why won't she have some sense?


  • #624
    shesty
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,916 Mod ✭✭✭✭shesty


    Doyler99 wrote: »
    So what I get from reading the last few posts we are fairly out of the woods (Thankfully). Assume everything back to normal on the 29th March?

    I am thinking we will start looking to return to normal after the school Easter holidays.About 4.5 weeks from now.
    That's my guess!!!


  • #625
    dublinman1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    I'm not happy with hearing the amount of cases in Dublin. That's got me a little worried.

    I would like to see the figures broken down into which town & village within each county have got cases to get a more detailed picture.


  • #626
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭kilkenny31


    How is 74 good news. Its 25% growth that means that roughly every 3 - 4 days the amount of cases will have more than doubled. I seen from England last week that sometimes they had a low number of cases but it still got out of hand. Even 10,000 cases could result in 300 deaths or more by the end of the month.

    The way some people here are talking it feels like they are disappointed that the numbers are lower than expected.


  • #627
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,098 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    begbysback wrote: »
    Im thinking its going to stand for us that we are a small Island, with containment, and contacting people who were in contact with infected people, being the two biggest challenges that can be best achieved within an island.

    That didn't hold in Iceland though.


  • #628
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    It's one positive day for the ROI in a battle over months. Even if we do really well we are only as good as our neighbours. We still won't be able to travel to the UK, Spain, US, Italy etc.

    The recession will be global.

    An awful lot of silly posts on here.

    Nothing wrong with having a positive outlook.

    I think some posters want more cases.


  • #629
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,477 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    dublin 129
    cork 48
    limerick 14


  • #630
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,974 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Sandz066 wrote: »
    Tony Holohan comes across as very knowledgeable, calm and collected.

    I'm thankful it is him leading out the communications on this.

    Obviously numbers of confirmed cases will rise but I think when this under control he will be viewed very well.


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  • #631
    blackcard
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    beolight wrote: »
    Hard to believe that they wouldn’t be notified within minutes

    I’m guessing that HSE figures are complied at 2pm or sometime everyday and that’s the figures he is sticking to his figures for other countries never match the update number either

    He said that the media might have information in relation to a possible third fatality but he didn't. I believe him


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