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

daheff · 19-03-2020 08:44PM

Nermal wrote: »

Why? What’s your reasoning? Why not relax the measures if we are nowhere near ICU capacity?

Because this stuff spreads like wildfire.

1 case becomes 5 before it's caught. 5 becomes 25...and then you are back to where we are in about 3 weeks after a lockdown....and off we go for another 2 months.

I think when we get to that stage..take a few extra days to be sure rather than risk another outbreak

Gynoid · 19-03-2020 08:44PM

https://twitter.com/thebryman530/status/1240367716864647168?s=19

Encouraging the teens to stay home and play games.
The young man in red needs a bigger pair of trousers though.

cosanostra · 19-03-2020 08:44PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

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.

We want the median age to be as low as possible younger people wont require hospitalisation as much and we wont have as high a mortality rate as Italy which has a median rate of 63 although i think their figures are skewed if they have a high number of untested people

pH · 19-03-2020 08:45PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

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.

Median age of the Irish population is 38.2 years and given the reports of how asymptomatic the very young are, 43 is not that surprising.

daheff · 19-03-2020 08:45PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

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

Talking with an Italian colleague today , they think it's still another 7-10 days away.

Deeper Blue · 19-03-2020 08:45PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

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.

I don't think this is worrying at all, it's the median age of the fatalities that we should be worried about, I know it's about 80 in Italy.

rob316 · 19-03-2020 08:45PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

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.

Isn't it better that our median age is low, meaning we will have less critical cases.
Sorry it goes against the doom grain in here.

rossie1977 · 19-03-2020 08:46PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

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

Sunday 29th if following same trajectory as Hubei province.

weldoninhio · 19-03-2020 08:46PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Bye bye Auntie Weldoninhio

I’m sure she’ll be grand.

DOCARCH · 19-03-2020 08:46PM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

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.

That's the median age of infection, not death!

Hector Savage · 19-03-2020 08:47PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

Possibly could still be 2 weeks away!

Christ !!! We could be looking at 60/70 K NEW cases a day at that stage...

walshb · 19-03-2020 08:47PM

Why is the median age worrying? If anything, at least older people not contracting it more..

Mervyn Skidmore · 19-03-2020 08:47PM

owlbethere wrote: »

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.

Well fire up the time machine so. Might as well send an email to those 140 countries as they might want to come with us.

19-03-2020 08:47PM

bb12 wrote: »

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.

Think this through - you're wearing the gloves to protect your hands from picking up the virus in the store. So assume this works, you touch something in the store that carries the virus, but it stays off your skin, and you dump the gloves outside the store. Perfect ....

HOWEVER, everything you touched while wearing the gloves may now be carrying the virus. Your wallet, cards, the outside packaging of everything you purchased. You still need to cleanse everything you touched with the gloves in order for the gloves to protect you.

That's why medical personnel change their gloves constantly.

I'm not saying they're useless, they have their place, but....

weldoninhio · 19-03-2020 08:47PM

pjohnson wrote: »

Nothing hard about it. It’s my usual weekend routine minus Thursday.

Mervyn Skidmore · 19-03-2020 08:48PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

Christ !!! We could be looking at 60/70 K NEW cases a day at that stage...

They probably can't test that many.

Marty Bird · 19-03-2020 08:48PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

AFAIK they were hospitalising everyone in the early stage, partly to ensure their self-isolation...

That’s what I was thinking the reason was behind the high numbers makes sense.

weldoninhio · 19-03-2020 08:49PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

Disgrace

Talk to Joe

is_that_so · 19-03-2020 08:49PM

bb12 wrote: »

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.

I find not touching my face is the best option and hand washing coming in and out of the house.

DOCARCH · 19-03-2020 08:50PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

Christ !!! We could be looking at 60/70 K NEW cases a day at that stage...

Possibly, but only if they have the resources to test to be able to confirm the figures!

There are probably x10 the number of actual/unconfirmed cases in Italy (and many other countries).

billyhead · 19-03-2020 08:50PM

Your Local TD wrote: »

191 new cases? Christ, time to open a bottle...

Was in town today and a junkie/wino got in my face and asked to 'borrow' my phone. These idiots are going to spread it.

There probably immune from itðŸ˜

MOR316 · 19-03-2020 08:50PM

Antares35 wrote: »

Took the dog for a stroll after work and came upon a couple who had randomly decided to park their car in the mountain and were having a game of Frisbee with each other. If one of them has it, then they were literally throwing their germs around the place. :pac: I tried to keep to one side of the road with the dog on a very short lead until I passed them. On the way back, they were still at it and made no attempt to stop their germ throwing so I stopped walking and they eventually moved to one side so we could pass. Commenced the virus throwing again as I was passing and I had to say "distance please!" so yer man could feck off out of my 2m space. Numpties :mad:
Sorry I mean isn't it so nice to see people out and about enjoying the scenery

Sooooo...

You're giving out about two people, being outside with each other, both whom you are assuming are carrying the virus, whilst you're outside in the same area as them and you're assuming they're not thinking this about you?

Right, OK...

is_that_so · 19-03-2020 08:51PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

Christ !!! We could be looking at 60/70 K NEW cases a day at that stage...

They'll have an indication come the end of the month how effective the measures to date are.

19-03-2020 08:51PM

weldoninhio wrote: »

Talk to Joe

Sincere question, have you any fear at all, that someone would dox you , report you to your job?

rob316 · 19-03-2020 08:52PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

That's the median age of infection, not death!

No its the same thing, don't be ridiculous. We're all going to die

RandomName2 · 19-03-2020 08:53PM

Huge disparity between different countries

t3bfdxn

DOCARCH · 19-03-2020 08:53PM

rob316 wrote: »

No its the same thing, don't be ridiculous. We're all going to die

Can't argue with that fact!

bb12 · 19-03-2020 08:53PM

2016 wrote: »

Think this through - you're wearing the gloves to protect your hands from picking up the virus in the store. So assume this works, you touch something in the store that carries the virus, but it stays off your skin, and you dump the gloves outside the store. Perfect ....

HOWEVER, everything you touched while wearing the gloves may now be carrying the virus. Your wallet, cards, the outside packaging of everything you purchased. You still need to cleanse everything you touched with the gloves in order for the gloves to protect you.

That's why medical personnel change their gloves constantly.

I'm not saying they're useless, they have their place, but....

you have to disinfect everything you bought either way, at least the gloves are keeping the crap off your hands to begin with.

pH · 19-03-2020 08:53PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

In what way is 15,000 a 'worst prediction'

Here's what Leo Varadkar actually said:

so far the number of cases in Ireland has been relatively small.

However, we believe that number will rise to 15,000 cases or more by the end of the month and rise further in the weeks thereafter.

The vast majority of us who contract Covid-19 will experience a mild illness… but some will be hospitalised and sadly some people will die.

We cannot stop this virus but working together we can slow it in its tracks and push it back.

We can, as you have heard by now – flatten the curve. But only if everyone takes sustained action. Nothing less will do.

From this statement you can also conclude that the official Irish government policy is the same as the Dutch policy (ie the policy the UK abandoned) of flattening the curve and slowing it down (rather than suppression).

Maybe the Irish government have a different model to the UK one (if they do they haven't shown it to anyone)?

celt262 · 19-03-2020 08:53PM

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.

I see this type of message popping up on FB from supporters of a party gone into hiding they reckon the country should have been in lockdown before the first case came in but I dont think it announced its arrival.

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