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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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  • #3002
    efanton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭efanton


    Shelga wrote: »
    I would absolutely do this- try to get infected deliberately and "get it over with" if there was hard evidence that this grants immunity.

    It doesn't; there have been multiple cases of reinfections.

    Thanks for that.

    Was wondering why it had not been discussed or mentioned by the different health organisations around the world.


  • #3003
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,496 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    kerrycork13 wrote: »
    Is the front door open and can everyone see its open. Why hasn't this made the news. It's surely newsworthy

    Yes. Niall Collins TD said pubs in the town of Rathkeale were still trading. The Gardai cant do anything as of yet as no legislation is in situ


  • #3004
    jojofizzio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,332 ✭✭✭jojofizzio


    paddythere wrote: »
    31% of cases here have been hospitalized..is that correct? That seems very worrying.

    At the outset most/all suspected cases were hospitalized,this is now not the case


  • #3005
    billyhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,496 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    kerrycork13 wrote: »
    Is the front door open and can everyone see its open. Why hasn't this made the news. It's surely newsworthy

    Yes. Niall Collins TD said pubs in the town of Rathkeale were still trading. The Gardai cant do anything as of yet as no legislation is in situ


  • #3006
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,881 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    paddythere wrote: »
    31% of cases here have been hospitalized..is that correct? That seems very worrying.

    I don't think they all need to be. Reason is that while there is some capacity, for now, medical teams want to observe first hand.


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  • #3007
    mohawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭mohawk


    paddythere wrote: »
    31% of cases here have been hospitalized..is that correct? That seems very worrying.

    31% of cases we know about. We don’t know the true number of cases.


  • #3008
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,955 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    People need to clam down we are testi g alot at this stage so it'll go up like this for about 5 days then drop off again,
    Also the social distancing won't kick in for over a week


  • #3009
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,363 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    I don't think they all need to be. Reason is that while there is some capacity, for now, medical teams want to observe first hand.

    Yeah, this was confirmed, the first infected were basically treated like guinea pigs, well treated very well, but you know what I mean.


  • #3010
    vladmydad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭vladmydad


    Boggles wrote: »
    The FDA came out 10 minutes later and tempered his bullshít.

    The absolute fúcktárd is in some ways just as dangerous as the virus.

    No it’s being allowed on compassionate grounds for now as it’s being studied further. I swear if Trump developed a cure for covid 19 some of you would rather die than take it lol #TDS


  • #3011
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,288 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Same. Was out for Cheltenham Thursday and Friday, as was most of the town, pub was packed. Was at my aunts 70th in a local pub on Saturday and went for food and a few pints on Sunday.

    Since Monday it’s been boring af though. Worked on Monday, went for a spin with a mate on Tuesday and Weds, was meant to be a Paddys Day party on Tues but my mate broke up with his bird and cancelled it, although got a Mickey Ds and had a stroll around a shopping centre and for a few games in case there is a lockdown. Back to work again today and tomorrow. Not looking forward to the weekend.

    Bye bye Auntie Weldoninhio


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  • #3012
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Ya, because they're trying to get us out of this sh*t.

    Leo, fg and the outgoing/caretaking government got us into this sh*t. The day the island of Ireland got its first case was the day they should have put a stop to flights coming in from the known European hotspot at the time. There was no quarantine measures either. People were told to self isolate if they show symptoms. They got us into this and the mess that is going to unfold here.


  • #3013
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,593 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Same. Was out for Cheltenham Thursday and Friday, as was most of the town, pub was packed. Was at my aunts 70th in a local pub on Saturday and went for food and a few pints on Sunday.

    Since Monday it’s been boring af though. Worked on Monday, went for a spin with a mate on Tuesday and Weds, was meant to be a Paddys Day party on Tues but my mate broke up with his bird and cancelled it, although got a Mickey Ds and had a stroll around a shopping centre and for a few games in case there is a lockdown. Back to work again today and tomorrow. Not looking forward to the weekend.

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  • #3014
    Mocha Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭Mocha Joe


    efanton wrote: »
    I would have no problem doing that. We have all had the flu or a bad cold before and got through it without panicking about losing our jobs or homes.

    The country is going to be an economic disaster in 3 months time.
    Other countries can afford to start massive bailout, Ireland is still paying for the last bailout and will be doing so for decades.

    Surely, as drastic as my suggestion sounds, the quicker we an build up a national immunity the better, and sooner people can get back to work.

    In a few months time all those small business that laid off people will not exist to employ them again once this epidemic is over. It will be the 1980's all over again, only worse because people will not be able to emigrate for work, because those foreign jobs will not exist.

    There's no such thing as national immunity.


  • #3015
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    I think that is skewed because at the start they hospitalized everyone regardless of condition.

    They arent, many with mild conditions are told to self isolate, theyre not going to have people in mild states clogging up hospitals


  • #3016
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,363 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    vladmydad wrote: »
    No it’s being allowed on compassionate grounds for now as it’s being studied further. I swear if Trump developed a cure for covid 19 some of you would rather die than take it lol #TDS

    You do know I'm not the FDA right?

    It was the FDA who came out and contradicted his bullshít, not me.


  • #3017
    Gynoid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭Gynoid


    Boggles wrote: »
    The FDA came out 10 minutes later and tempered his bullshít.

    The absolute fúcktárd is in some ways just as dangerous as the virus.

    Yeah. No.


  • #3018
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    When do they expect Italy to peak ? its been 10 days since total lockdown and still rising rapidly


  • #3019
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,881 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    When do they expect Italy to peak ? its been 10 days since total lockdown and still rising rapidly

    Possibly could still be 2 weeks away!


  • #3020
    Hobgoblin11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Hobgoblin11


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Same. Was out for Cheltenham Thursday and Friday, as was most of the town, pub was packed. Was at my aunts 70th in a local pub on Saturday and went for food and a few pints on Sunday.

    Since Monday it’s been boring af though. Worked on Monday, went for a spin with a mate on Tuesday and Weds, was meant to be a Paddys Day party on Tues but my mate broke up with his bird and cancelled it, although got a Mickey Ds and had a stroll around a shopping centre and for a few games in case there is a lockdown. Back to work again today and tomorrow. Not looking forward to the weekend.

    Disgrace

    Dundalk, Co. Louth



  • #3021
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,244 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    owlbethere wrote: »
    Leo, fg and the outgoing/caretaking government got us into this sh*t. The day the island of Ireland got its first case was the day they should have put a stop to flights coming in from the known European hotspot at the time. There was no quarantine measures either. People were told to self isolate if they show symptoms. They got us into this and the mess that is going to unfold here.

    When did Ireland get its first case? You mean 1st positively tested case? At that stage it was too late. In reality, the first case was probably here weeks beforehand. If it was so easily avoided why are there 140+ countries with cases? Are Leo and FG in charge of all those countries too?


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  • #3022
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,471 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Has anyone mapped today's results into Italian curve, how's the flattering going?

    The median age is a bit worrying here at 43yrs old.


  • #3023
    vladmydad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭vladmydad


    Boggles wrote: »
    You do know I'm not the FDA right?

    It was the FDA who came out and contradicted his bullshít, not me.

    No they didn’t. They said it was being given to some patients and showed promise but it needs more study before it’s used widespread. Cheer up mate .. this is good news


  • #3024
    DevilsHaircut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭DevilsHaircut


    Re gloves, masks, etc., advice from HSE consultant in Coronavirus 'ask me anything' earlier in the week https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058062219#4


  • #3025
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,099 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    https://twitter.com/jabinbotsford/status/1240701140141879298


  • #3026
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    wakka12 wrote: »
    They arent, many with mild conditions are told to self isolate, theyre not going to have people in mild states clogging up hospitals

    at the start


  • #3027
    Shn99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,353 ✭✭✭Shn99


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    If it's your one from twitter, didn't she say her mother was in her late 80s?

    If its her, she had Athsma and COPD.


  • #3028
    bb12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭bb12


    mohawk wrote: »
    I have noticed an uptick in people wearing gloves that are wasting their time. If your wearing gloves when your out would you stop touching your faces. A dirty glove touching your face is the same as a dirty hand touching your face.

    As for use of face masks I wonder how many people are following proper techniques to put them on, replacing them once there are damp etc.

    From what I can see most people wearing gloves and masks are no more protected then those who are not using them.

    disagree completely esp for people who don't have any sanitiser and are out and about. disposable gloves are a life saver. put them on before leaving the vehicle, do your shopping and dispose of them into bin before hopping back in vehicle. the door handles won't even be infected them.

    i believe the only reason why there is a message against mask wearing is because there are none available to buy. if they don't work why are they mandatory for anyone going outside in china or south korea? anyone i know who works in pharma or biomed tells me to wear masks at all time when venturing outside.


  • #3029
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


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  • #3030
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    When did Ireland get its first case? You mean 1st positively tested case? At that stage it was too late. In reality, the first case was probably here weeks beforehand. If it was so easily avoided why are there 140+ countries with cases? Are Leo and FG in charge of all those countries too?

    The first reported case. A woman from the north travelled through Dublin airport.

    I know the virus was probably in our country before that but it makes no sense to continue importing cases. From today, all these numbers are going climb and our health service is going to collapse and our numbers could have been lowered if the government stopped importing cases.


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  • #3031
    SleetAndSnow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,806 ✭✭✭SleetAndSnow


    This guy is really mapping the cases here

    https://twitter.com/higginsdavidw/status/1240704187157164032?s=20

    https://twitter.com/higginsdavidw/status/1240716173806886920?s=20


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