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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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  • #1832
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,949 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    You don't need to get back on track in just one day though. A jump of 20 extra and today and 31-32% jumps thereafter will bring you to the same figure.

    I believe today or tomorrow more testing kits arrive so In the next week confirmed cases will automatically rise


  • #1833
    Tony EH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,708 ✭✭✭✭Tony EH


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Trump would be good as comedy value if it wasn't so serious. He's like a South Park character.

    Anyone who thinks he is a good president is immensely dumb.

    There is a lot of dumb people in the US

    I'm inclined to think that President Garrison would do a better job.


  • #1834
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,457 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    You don't need to get back on track in just one day though. A jump of 20 extra and today and 31-32% jumps thereafter will bring you to the same figure.

    90/365 is about the 25 percent mark..

    100 + today is the 30 percent mark


  • #1835
    beolight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭beolight


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Do the maths taking your example. Yesterday 475 people died. If each truck takes 10 coffins as you say? I'd say it's more like 6 or 7 if laid out flat.but even using your estimate of ten. Thats the whole of Italy. So not just that town but Bergamo is an epicentre so a video with 10 trucks transporting coffins is not fake news IMHO.

    475 / 10 = 47.5 trucks.




    I don't think it is an exaggeration at all. People are finding it hard to grasp the scale of this problem. Glad the government is procuring equipment on a grand scale to deal with this. Turning a stadium into a testing centre. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.

    Grim thinking but hard to not agree .... temporary morgue locations throughout the country will undoubtedly have already been located

    We can all play our part stay at home


  • #1836
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    I believe today or tomorrow more testing kits arrive so In the next week confirmed cases will automatically rise
    Officially today but apparently they arrived last night.


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  • #1837
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,457 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Trump would be good as comedy value if it wasn't so serious. He's like a South Park character.

    Anyone who thinks he is a good president is immensely dumb.

    There is a lot of dumb people in the US

    He’s deplorable!


  • #1838
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,748 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Beasty wrote: »
    People are trying to place too much reliance on reported "cases". It seems there is little if any consistency in testing, or indeed how long it takes test figures and results to come through

    Even the deaths figures are being distorted as some countries are not including people with underlying symptoms where this virus may have contributed to the death. However they are the most reliable stats we have

    Curious here...

    If an elderly person with existing conditions contracts regular seasonal flu and dies.. how is that recorded?


  • #1839
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Things look really bad in Indonesia.

    309 known cases and 25 deaths. That's eerily similar to the Iran ratio from just a while back.


  • #1840
    cozar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭cozar


    Sure Thing wrote: »
    https://www.thejournal.ie/exams-cancelled-5051120-Mar2020/

    Leaving cert and junior cert Orals cancelled.
    My kids going wild !

    on Today FM

    "if you cant speak French well you can now" :)


  • #1841
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,270 ✭✭✭Allinall


    Trolley crisis is all but resolved.

    Silver linings and all that.

    https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/21-patients-waiting-for-beds-in-irish-hospitals-988850.html


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  • #1842
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,949 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Trump would be good as comedy value if it wasn't so serious. He's like a South Park character.

    Anyone who thinks he is a good president is immensely dumb.

    There is a lot of dumb people in the US

    He is a political disaster , but he was never a politician
    Economy wise the States are (where) In the best shape for a very long time because of him ,

    Personal I don't like the guy but never in history has there been so many nonsense stories and miss quotes from certain media outlets about an American president , No coincidence he is the first president trying to actively stop all the bank hander and corruption of others in Washington

    He has his own money so can't be blackmailed or bought its pretty scary for all those that have been getting away with shady deals forever in the states ,


  • #1843
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    walshb wrote: »
    He’s deplorable!

    If you took his hair off and turned it over, it would indeed be a basket of deplorable.


  • #1844
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,457 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Just on state exams...

    Very likely they cancelled/postponed?


  • #1845
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    https://www.breakingnews.ie/business/cruise-liners-calling-to-port-of-cork-cancelled-for-one-month-988835.html

    Cruise ships calling to port of Cork now cancelled for a month


    Can't believe there are people still heading off on cruises ...


  • #1846
    PhantomHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭PhantomHat


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Only anti Trump opinion is permitted. I have been called stupid, not well I'm the head, asked what is wrong with me etc.

    If I say anything of a similar nature in return I will be reprimanded. Only one opinion permitted.

    Such is life. It's ok
    Some people are just obsessed with him. In fact alot are. Its just slightly annoying when you see a run of posts pretty much about him. I'm sure his advisers are making questionable choices not just him. There's another Trump thread to air your grievances


  • #1847
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Death rates in Germany. On phone so haven’t looked into it much yet. Perhaps the brainiacs here can peruse it

    https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/DEU/germany/death-rate
    Chart and table of the Germany death rate from 1950 to 2020. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.
    The current death rate for Germany in 2020 is 11.392 deaths per 1000 people, a 1.04% increase from 2019.
    The death rate for Germany in 2019 was 11.275 deaths per 1000 people, a 1.05% increase from 2018.
    The death rate for Germany in 2018 was 11.158 deaths per 1000 people, a 0.41% increase from 2017.
    The death rate for Germany in 2017 was 11.112 deaths per 1000 people, a 0.42% increase from 2016.


  • #1848
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    Chief EU negotiator, Michael Barnier has confirmed he is carrying the virus.


  • #1849
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    Some parents/grandparents need a kick up the hole! At post office and ole wan with 3 grandids just letting them run around and touch everything. Small place so they were playing with the barriers so they were brushing up against people etc. :mad:


  • #1850
    iwillyeah1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭iwillyeah1234


    UK government - "zero prospect" of restrictions on travel in and out of London ( sky news)

    ( i think that's going to escalate quite rapidly over the next few days.. )


  • #1851
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Trump would be good as comedy value if it wasn't so serious. He's like a South Park character.

    Anyone who thinks he is a good president is immensely dumb.

    There is a lot of dumb people in the US

    There are a lot of dumb people in the US.


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  • #1852
    EDit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 819 ✭✭✭EDit


    I posted this a couple of days ago re: the fact that many experts are saying that the confirmed cases are just the tip of the iceberg and there are huge numbers of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic people everywhere VS the encouraging numbers coming out of China. Still don’t get it...


    “See, this is what I don’t get. If this is correct (and I actually think he’s right) then how can China have, as they claim, almost eradicated it from the country. Unless they have tested absolutely everyone in China, then surely there must be 100s of 1000s of unknown asymptomatic people in the country”


  • #1853
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,270 ✭✭✭Allinall


    gozunda wrote: »
    https://www.breakingnews.ie/business/cruise-liners-calling-to-port-of-cork-cancelled-for-one-month-988835.html

    Cruise ships calling to port of Cork now cancelled for a month


    Can't believe there are people still heading off on cruises ...

    Could be the safest place in the world, if no-one on board has the virus.


  • #1854
    Foxx92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 561 ✭✭✭Foxx92


    Does anyone know if contact tracing teams are using google timeline in google maps to help with their efforts. I was able to tell almost all of the places I've been in the last month down to the exact shop and the exact time. If there was some ability to download this and send it on to the contact tracing team it would be an amazing tool to create a web of possible contacts. Im aware this is spilling into gdpr issues and what not, but for the majority of us we are opted in to this so may as well make the most of it.


  • #1855
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,511 ✭✭✭harr


    6 dead in Scotland now ( in total)


  • #1856
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Some parents/grandparents need a kick up the hole! At post office and ole wan with 3 grandkids just letting them run around and touch everything. Small place so they were playing with the barriers so they were brushing up against people etc. :mad:
    Don't touch anything, especially your face, wash your hands when you get home. Be calm!:)


  • #1857
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Only anti Trump opinion is permitted. I have been called stupid, not well I'm the head, asked what is wrong with me etc.

    If I say anything of a similar nature in return I will be reprimanded. Only one opinion permitted.

    Such is life. It's ok

    In H. G. Wells 1897 science fiction novel ‘ The War of the Worlds’ invading Martians are eventually "slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth": microbes.

    It looks like Trump's assault on decency, truth, democracy and on the planet's future will be halted by a virus.

    :cool:


  • #1858
    Kaisr Sose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    Does anyome know if you need a licence to sell Isopropyl alcohol?
    Its sold in chemists mainly, and some harware stores but now widely available at huge prices on Done Deal.


  • #1859
    enda1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,166 ✭✭✭enda1


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    There are a lot of dumb people in the US.

    Colloquialism


  • #1860
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Don't touch anything, especially your face, wash your hands when you get home. Be calm!:)

    All it takes is one little f*cker to get into your system


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  • #1861
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    dummy_crusher wrote: »
    Ok, orange man aside, do you think their government has handled this well so far?

    It's hard to get a full picture. Depends on which media and sources you consume. Also I have friends and family in New York and Florida who report everywhere is closed and people are working from home. They have have thrown a ton of money at the problem but like Italy , Spain etc the response is reactionary rather than proactive. I understand there were major issues with testing at the start.

    I think Ireland and Irish people are doing a fantastic job but it's much easier as we are a smal country. It's not so straight forward in a country with 300 million people and different laws and regulations in different states.

    People are so quick to jump down trump's throat without looking at the state our European neighbours are in. Trump was first to suggest a travel ban now most countries have followed.
    People need a boogeyman. They won't criticize the Germans, Italians or Spanish though


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