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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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  • #3512
    Poor_old_gill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    It's getting to the stage where Chernobyl looks like it was a handier mess to clean up.

    The thing with Chernobyl is that it was a government cover up - in this the Gov have been very open, its the general populace who have been stupid and disingenuous


  • #3513
    dougm1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭dougm1970


    i'll try posting this again....today's numbers...

    another day of coVid-19 milestones.....today has seen the global death rate hit 10,000....1,000 of which died in last 24 hours !!
    italy reported over 5,000 cases in one 24 hour period...and overtook china as the country with the most deaths to date.
    spain and switzerland's cases increased by over 30% of previous total respectively.
    usa cases increased by almost 50% of previous total.
    ireland increased by over 50% of previous total.
    25,000 cases worldwide added today, which accounts for 10% of all reported cases globally, highest daily increase to date.
    .


  • #3514
    Macdarack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Macdarack


    Winter is coming.


  • #3515
    RugbyLad11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭RugbyLad11


    neonsofa wrote: »
    You bought them because you value your health, but you just posted a few minutes ago that like another poster, you are too afraid to wear them in case people laugh at you or think you look suspicious.

    K.

    I haven't gone outside in 6 day, I will definitely be wearing it next time I venture outside.


  • #3516
    Achasanai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Achasanai


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    What's happening is its now endemic. And the government bottled it on a proper lockdown. Might as well go down the herd immunity route now as we really don't have the willpower to impose a lockdown here.


    There are different ways to approach this. We seem to be following no. 3 in this article. Herd immunity sounds more like no. 1.


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  • #3517
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,277 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Your Local TD wrote: »
    A certain ethnicity no doubt.

    Ha, that's exactly what I thought, they seem to love running amok in A and E


  • #3518
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Your Local TD wrote: »
    A certain ethnicity no doubt.

    report this


  • #3519
    Cilldara_2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Cilldara_2000


    dougm1970 wrote: »
    i'll try posting this again ...
    .

    It's alright, we saw it the first time.


  • #3520
    sheepsh4gger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭sheepsh4gger


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That's charming. My husband fits all those criteria. Nice to know you consider him expendable! Except - he's not.
    Aside from the moral and emotional repercussions, like many of our generation, we babysit grandchildren so our kids can work. We're also con sumers, have no debt burden, and assist our family in many other ways other than babysitting. We're not quite as expendable to the economy as you might think. Nor are many, many others who are older or have a health condition.
    >reading with understanding

    I didn't say anyone is expendable.


  • #3521
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    If only we had fields to grow stuff in.

    :D:D


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  • #3522
    martin101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭martin101


    Teenagers on the green near where I live today playing football. I counted 12 of them. Having a 6 a side game. Not a care in the world, jumping all over each other and acting the maggots. I said to my neighbour what you make of that? She said "I know,it's like the summer holidays already, and she laughed. It went totally over her head. Is it just me watching too much on this or her and these kids parents being idiots.


  • #3523
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Achasanai wrote: »
    There are different ways to approach this. We seem to be following no. 3 in this article. Herd immunity sounds more like no. 1.

    I think our approach has been sensible, if a bit late.

    I also think there will be a ramp up in interventions. I don't know what that could be though.

    Lockdown may come, but maybe an intermediate step first. They did mention advising elderly people to isolate - cocooning - perhaps that's next, before people on the street are fined.


  • #3524
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,277 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    This doctor is making sense on prime time. We all need to avoid each other. People are not heeding to this so we only have ourselves to blame for the coming storm.


  • #3525
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    dougm1970 wrote: »
    i'll try posting this again....today's numbers...

    another day of coVid-19 milestones.....today has seen the global death rate hit 10,000....1,000 of which died in last 24 hours !!
    italy reported over 5,000 cases in one 24 hour period...and overtook china as the country with the most deaths to date.
    spain and switzerland's cases increased by over 30% of previous total respectively.
    usa cases increased by almost 50% of previous total.
    ireland increased by over 50% of previous total.
    25,000 cases worldwide added today, which accounts for 10% of all reported cases globally, highest daily increase to date.
    .

    I presume many of those cases are in southern Italy because of the thousands who fled there from the North. If it takes off in the south it will make the north look like small fry as they have much poorer health infrastructure.


  • #3526
    Route1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 181 ✭✭Route1


    What’s the logic in not going into lockdown here?


  • #3527
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    We have 5 cases totally recovered, are there any reports anywhere from any of these?

    Id imagine their symptoms were bad in order to be diagnosed this early, so Id expect their stories to be on the extreme side, but Id still like to hear their experiences.


  • #3528
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    We'll probably see another spike next week when the panic buying morons and cheltenham punters test positive.


  • #3529
    20silkcut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,734 ✭✭✭20silkcut


    Dohnjoe wrote: »
    Died, a lot. Smallpox alone killed hundreds of millions in just the 20th century. 30% death rate. We eradicated it completely in the early 80's.

    You weren’t expected to live very long.
    200 years ago surviving child birth was an achievement. Virus outbreaks were the least of your worries.


  • #3530
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    martin101 wrote: »
    Teenagers on the green near where I live today playing football. I counted 12 of them. Having a 6 a side game. Not a care in the world, jumping all over each other and acting the maggots. I said to my neighbour what you make of that? She said "I know,it's like the summer holidays already, and she laughed. It went totally over her head. Is it just me watching too much on this or her and these kids parents being idiots.

    I don't know, but it's not fair to call kids maggots and idiots for just being kids. But yeah, parents have to be more aware now.


  • #3531
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,122 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    This doctor is making sense on prime time. We all need to avoid each other. People are not heeding to this so we only have ourselves to blame for the coming storm.

    Listen to the Italians.

    Everything they said was correct.


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  • #3532
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,277 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Route1 wrote: »
    What’s the logic in not going into lockdown here?

    The Irish national psyche of "Be grand".


  • #3533
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Over 1000 deaths in Europe today, hard to comprehend


  • #3534
    UrbanFret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    The general public does not need to wear masks.

    Health service works who are around a patient for 12 hours do.

    It's common sense, this was said by the hse over and over at the start and even a few days ago that there was no need for the public to be wearing masks. If someone has a respiratory issue then that's a different story.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-face-masks-sell-out-but-hse-say-no-evidence-that-they-benefit-those-not-sick-38994645.html


    One of the most useless links I have ever clicked.


  • #3535
    kingshankly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,012 ✭✭✭kingshankly


    Might have to get that kid from Donegal to write a letter to god


  • #3536
    Kaisr Sose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    Your Local TD wrote: »
    A certain ethnicity no doubt.

    Not sure. Some people that identify as Irish are quite feral when told what they can or cannot do.


  • #3537
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    kowloon wrote: »
    qvmLrte.jpg

    There is a company from Derby who's test diagnoses in 10

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8118165/British-company-claims-created-coronavirus-test-detect-COVID-19-ten-minutes.html


  • #3538
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Route1 wrote: »
    What’s the logic in not going into lockdown here?

    Compliance, or lack thereof; this will last for months. And it's still early days.


  • #3539
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,165 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    There is a company from Derby who's test diagnoses in 10

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8118165/British-company-claims-created-coronavirus-test-detect-COVID-19-ten-minutes.html


    The big money will be when someone gets it down to 9 minutes ;)


  • #3540
    mad m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,039 ✭✭✭mad m


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Over 1000 deaths in Europe today, hard to comprehend

    Yeah hard to take in. Where do they put bodies. Then seen on news the army ships them out at night in trucks.


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  • #3541
    klose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,181 ✭✭✭✭klose


    splinter65 wrote: »
    My daughter works in Costa. She’s had her 23 year old eyes well and truly opened at how spoilt stupid petulant disobedient and selfish people are.

    I've often said everyone could do with working in some kind of retail at some stage in their life to open their eyes to the type of <insert long list of profanities here> types of people are out there.


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