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

Achasanai · 19-03-2020 11:14PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

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.

Yeah, I think our approach is the most sensible - very difficult to initiate no. 4 (China-style lockdown) in a country like ours. And yeah, I think they will reassess the situation if there's no discernible reduction relating to the measures introduced recently.

Route1 · 19-03-2020 11:14PM

Just go into lockdown for **** sake

martin101 · 19-03-2020 11:15PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

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.

Didn't call the kids idiots. I said acting the maggot. Since when is that so bad? And yeah I stand by what I say their parents are idiots for letting them out. Don't be so offended so easy. Now is not the time to be a snowflake

YFlyer · 19-03-2020 11:15PM

Anyone with editing online clips experience. Could you edit tonight's Primetime to have the section where they are showing the hospital section?

Thanks

JP Liz V1 · 19-03-2020 11:16PM

Former Dublin hurler Mick Carton has revealed he has tested positive for coronavirus.

The 35-year-old father, who is now a firefighter, started to suffer from flu-like symptoms in recent days and decided to self-isolate.

However, soon after being tested for Covid-19 he was made aware that he had contracted the virus.

Taking to Twitter from his hospital bed, Carton has issued a warning to stay vigilant about all the different symptoms of the contagious disease.

"I had been self-isolating for a few days with flu-like symptoms, got tested and came back positive for Covid-19 on Saturday," he wrote.

"A few things I've learned; it's very tough self-isolating when you're feeling really sick, but texts and phone calls from friends and family really do help.

"The symptoms I had were a headache, chills and fever.

"I had no respiratory problems so don't just be looking for a cough," he added.

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/ive-got-coronavirus-former-dubs-ace-mick-carton-reveals-hes-sick-in-hospital-39054087.html

The symptoms seem different for some, I keep thinking temp of over 39 get checked

gmisk · 19-03-2020 11:16PM

kowloon wrote: »

https://youtu.be/eirq4laOhcU

Hobgoblin11 · 19-03-2020 11:16PM

HSE are scaling up , like Spider-Man

billyhead · 19-03-2020 11:17PM

It will soon hit people hard that are not obeying the distancing rules when a loved one is on a ventilator in ICU.

sheepsh4gger · 19-03-2020 11:17PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

No but they have grotesque animal factory farms where diseases spread that could spread to humans, for that reason I don't think any of us can look down on the Chinese. We should perhaps think about how we keep animals worldwide, it might even mean, gasp, eating less meat.

The problem is with eating wild animals, bats especially as they carry diseases.

20silkcut · 19-03-2020 11:17PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

No but they have grotesque animal factory farms where diseases spread that could spread to humans, for that reason I don't think any of us can look down on the Chinese. We should perhaps think about how we keep animals worldwide, it might even mean, gasp, eating less meat.

There’s more to it than that sanitation in China is about 100 years behind the west .

Check out this video from a South African guy who lived in China for 15Year

https://youtu.be/rbHxeOQA1Mc

Warning not for the faint hearted !!

begbysback · 19-03-2020 11:18PM

Route1 wrote: »

Just go into lockdown for **** sake

relax - we've had 3 deaths, kids in blanchardstown and finglas have a higher kill rate this year

ShaneU · 19-03-2020 11:20PM

I've had some mild symptoms come and go the last three days, cough, headaches, burning/itchy eyes, pains at the side of my head, and a strange "swarming" feeling in my head (hard to concentrate) Feel grand now just the odd cough. No fever

Thinking of ringing HSE tomorrow

Route1 · 19-03-2020 11:20PM

begbysback wrote: »

relax - we've had 3 deaths, kids in blanchardstown and finglas have a higher kill rate this year

Why not take preventive measures, would it not be a reasonable idea to try avoid a scenario like in Italy or Spain?

igCorcaigh · 19-03-2020 11:20PM

billyhead wrote: »

It will soon hit people hard that are not obeying the distancing rules when a loved one is on a ventilator in ICU.

Exactly.

Strazdas · 19-03-2020 11:20PM

Route1 wrote: »

Just go into lockdown for **** sake

If you go too soon with this, how do you get back out of it? The govt have to be really careful here......people would not accept a six week lockdown, their mental health would really start to suffer.

19-03-2020 11:21PM

Was talking to my dad the other day (69 years old) and he was saying he wouldn't mind if he got the virus and died from it.

I, a bit perplexed as you can imagine, questioned his thinking. He said that from what he understands of it, people that get it are off their heads in and out of fevers and their breathing slows until they die. He reckons the respiratory system giving up, whilst you're so out of it with the 'flu', that you'd barely notice, and "with a few whiskeys in you" it'd be a grand way to go.

I did have to laugh, but it got me thinking: how do you actually die from this? It does seem to be mostly related to the breathing issue, from what I can see (it shuts down your ability to breath properly?). Are people dying in their sleep and over night with it, just by suffocating?

tobefrank321 · 19-03-2020 11:21PM

billyhead wrote: »

It will soon hit people hard that are not obeying the distancing rules when a loved one is on a ventilator in ICU.

Even then a lot of people won't put 2 and 2 together.

Sometimes you have to spoonfeed people truths like this before they get it.

martin101 · 19-03-2020 11:22PM

begbysback wrote: »

relax - we've had 3 deaths, kids in blanchardstown and finglas have a higher kill rate this year

Hope your still saying that this time two weeks. Why not do it now before it gets totally out of hand? Ah sure it be grand eh?

caveat emptor · 19-03-2020 11:22PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Ok believe what you want.

Those countries have worn masks for years due to air quality and pollution.

But fire away wear a mask, they offer no additional support to someone walking around a street if your not ill.

Again theres no proven benefit,

You are contradicting yourself.

There is no benefit but health workers need them to stop getting sick.

Do you actually listen to yourself? Have you ever had to apply critical thinking skills to understand something?

HSE said.....

They said it was low risk
They now advise doctors it can last in the air for up to 3 hours after someone coughs. Imagine that in a supermarket. Do you think you won't get it cause the HSE said so. Good luck

begbysback · 19-03-2020 11:22PM

Route1 wrote: »

Why not take preventive measures, would it not be a reasonable idea to try avoid a scenario like in Italy or Spain?

we are taking preventative measures, and each individual is entitled to restrict themselves even further if they so wish

Call Me Jimmy · 19-03-2020 11:23PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

No but they have grotesque animal factory farms where diseases spread that could spread to humans, for that reason I don't think any of us can look down on the Chinese. We should perhaps think about how we keep animals worldwide, it might even mean, gasp, eating less meat.

What is the comparable risk I wonder between our regulated and monitored (horrible as it is) factory farming vs seemingly unregulated wet markets or similar?

If the risk is similar you have a point, but you still can't account for the damage of suppressing information like this as well.

Blueshoe · 19-03-2020 11:23PM

The virus lives on surfaces for a surprising long time

Thelonious Monk · 19-03-2020 11:24PM

sheepsh4gger wrote: »

The problem is with eating wild animals, bats especially as they carry diseases.

oh I know, we're far better, but we still have some ghastly practices

Kaisr Sose · 19-03-2020 11:24PM

billyhead wrote: »

It will soon hit people hard that are not obeying the distancing rules when a loved one is on a ventilator in ICU.

I would hope they cop on before that, but you maybe rignt. Then, will they be talking to Joe about the HSE not doing enough... Soon enough? Its always someone else's fault types.

igCorcaigh · 19-03-2020 11:24PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Was talking to my dad the other day (69 years old) and he was saying he wouldn't mind if he got the virus and died from it.

I, a bit perplexed as you can imagine, questioned his thinking. He said that from what he understands of it, people that get it are off their heads in and out of fevers and their breathing slows until they die. He reckons the respiratory system giving up, whilst you're so out of it with the 'flu', that you'd barely notice, and "with a few whiskeys in you" it'd be a grand way to go.

I did have to laugh, but it got me thinking: how do you actually die from this? It does seem to be mostly related to the breathing issue, from what I can see (it shuts down your ability to breath properly?). Are people dying in their sleep and over night with it, just by suffocating?

That's a grim question but an interesting one

Pneumonia means your lungs get filled with fluid; there may be organ failure too.

I don't know how peaceful or not it is for people who pass, but very good question. We need a HCW here to answer that.

Strazdas · 19-03-2020 11:24PM

martin101 wrote: »

Hope your still saying that this time two weeks. Why not do it now before it gets totally out of hand? Ah sure it be grand eh?

Those demanding a lockdown are probably isolated / loners and wouldn't even be impacted by it. It's a different for the broader society who are used to socialising and not being prisoners in their own home....it would hit them hard if it went on too long.

Quantum Erasure · 19-03-2020 11:25PM

ShaneU wrote: »

I've had some mild symptoms come and go the last three days, cough, headaches, burning/itchy eyes, pains at the side of my head, and a strange "swarming" feeling in my head (hard to concentrate) Feel grand now just the odd cough. No fever

Thinking of ringing HSE tomorrow

you're not you when you're hungry, have a snickers

Mervyn Skidmore · 19-03-2020 11:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Was talking to my dad the other day (69 years old) and he was saying he wouldn't mind if he got the virus and died from it.

I, a bit perplexed as you can imagine, questioned his thinking. He said that from what he understands of it, people that get it are off their heads in and out of fevers and their breathing slows until they die. He reckons the respiratory system giving up, whilst you're so out of it with the 'flu', that you'd barely notice, and "with a few whiskeys in you" it'd be a grand way to go.

I did have to laugh, but it got me thinking: how do you actually die from this? It does seem to be mostly related to the breathing issue, from what I can see (it shuts down your ability to breath properly?). Are people dying in their sleep and over night with it, just by suffocating?

Tell your Dad that just before you die from this, you gain complete awareness and your b*llocks explode. He might have second thoughts and start loving life again.

fritzelly · 19-03-2020 11:26PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Was talking to my dad the other day (69 years old) and he was saying he wouldn't mind if he got the virus and died from it.

I, a bit perplexed as you can imagine, questioned his thinking. He said that from what he understands of it, people that get it are off their heads in and out of fevers and their breathing slows until they die. He reckons the respiratory system giving up, whilst you're so out of it with the 'flu', that you'd barely notice, and "with a few whiskeys in you" it'd be a grand way to go.

I did have to laugh, but it got me thinking: how do you actually die from this? It does seem to be mostly related to the breathing issue, from what I can see (it shuts down your ability to breath properly?). Are people dying in their sleep and over night with it, just by suffocating?

Good breakdown here
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51214864

Really not something you want to go thru

Hobgoblin11 · 19-03-2020 11:26PM

I wish people would stop eating BATS all around the world, they are meant for other things.

Makes my stomach turn

Have a Snickers

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