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

Tony EH · 20-03-2020 02:00AM

statesaver wrote: »

I always thought a virus needs a living host

A lot of the body goes on "living" when the brain is dead.

Padre_Pio · 20-03-2020 02:01AM

Larbre34 wrote: »

We actually manufacture quite a bit of high tech gear in this Country. If car builders converted to building bombers during the war, I don't think we're beyond making masks and ventilators.

Ventilators are made in Galway.
Certain anti viral drugs are made in Limerick.
Even Jameson has switched from whiskey to hand sanitiser.

We're better off than most here.

patnor1011 · 20-03-2020 02:03AM

davedanon wrote: »

I believe it looks like you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

There may be some truth in what he said.
Germany confiscated every virus related material coming through Hamburg port. Switzerland summoned german ambassador and demanded release of goods destined to Swiss market and then other countries started making noise as their masks and other stuff were stopped too.
At the end Germans claimed that they were just checking it and agreed to release some of it.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 02:06AM

jimmycrackcorm · 20-03-2020 02:07AM

saabsaab wrote: »

This is very interesting. How many of the thousands of Italian tourists had it coming here? Too late now but it was insane to let them travel.

This is a silly arguement as is the whole "Cheltenham" travel.
Wuhan didnt suffer becuase of their airport or because of horse races.

It's ridiculous to point the blame to single points of mass gatherings. It's very clear that community transmission is the problem.

The virus was coming here regardless. People would still be going to the pub and unwittingly transmitting the virus if we had a fake sense of safety from cutting off flights\

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 02:07AM

Wonder how long it would take for an electric cattle prod to be delivered. Sure make social distancing a whole lot easier and definitely a lot more fun.

fritzelly · 20-03-2020 02:08AM

Los Angeles issues 'stay at home order' due to coronavirus, telling citizens to limit non-essential movements

Was against a "lockdown" til what I saw today and some of the comments on here - I think we need it. Don't need to go full on shoot on site if you break curfew but we seriously need to stop all external activity or we are gonna be screwed in the next few weeks. Even if you live in an apartment block there is a recreational area

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1240801221755183104

Hotblack Desiato · 20-03-2020 02:13AM

Christy42 wrote: »

It really won't work fine without the banks. If the banks stopped taking notes tomorrow then any notes you had would be worth the paper they are printed on and nothing more.

Banks were closed due to a strike for months in the 70s, society kept functioning and the value of money did not change.

kowloon · 20-03-2020 02:14AM

joeguevara wrote: »

Wonder how long it would take for an electric cattle prod to be delivered. Sure make social distancing a whole lot easier and definitely a lot more fun.

mount a bunch of fence posts on a belt pointing out horizontally like spokes of a wheel. Then just run an electric fence around it.

20-03-2020 02:14AM

Stheno wrote: »

Depends on your age

There are quite a few overweight people there but they dont all look 70 plus which is old to me

Breakdown of deaths by age group when deaths reached 2,003. 88% of total are 70+, 96% if you include the 60-69 age group.

BonnieSituation · 20-03-2020 02:15AM

kowloon wrote: »

I wonder if there's someone working on a nine-minute test.

This deserved more kudos than it got.

old_aussie · 20-03-2020 02:16AM

rob316 wrote: »

I use my debit card alot but cash is absolute king. Untraceable and when the banks meltdown it'll still work just fine.

Hundreds of shops here with signs on windows ...

NO CASH accepted ,.,.,.,. contactless payments only!

kowloon · 20-03-2020 02:16AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

This deserved more kudos than it got.

I'm guessing most people don't remember the scene/film.

Monkeynut · 20-03-2020 02:17AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Breakdown of deaths by age group when deaths reached 2,003. 88% of total are 70+, 96% if you include the 60-69 age group.

1/500 if your 30-39

fritzelly · 20-03-2020 02:18AM

Added a map based view of cases in Ireland (from published numbers) at

https://coronavirus-ireland.com/map.php

rough around the edges

rob316 · 20-03-2020 02:18AM

Most the big retail stores have shut, all education, pubs, clubs, salons. I'm not sure doing more will make much of a difference. We've got a median infection age of 43 so far, that tells me the most vulnerable are taking precaution.

Maestro85 · 20-03-2020 02:19AM

saabsaab wrote: »

This is very interesting. How many of the thousands of Italian tourists had it coming here? Too late now but it was insane to let them travel.

Today I had the joy of manning the "observation boot" of my tourism site job (we are closed) and the amount of rental cars/campers coming in is staggering. These are Europeans mainly with the rest being about 15% of them being Americans and 10% Irish. Between work and home life I haven't checked if the government has stopped flights coming in yet but we damn well need to. I am talking over a hundred cars during my shift (there are several shifts rotating between a handful of us). I am afraid of being without work this year and the future of tourism but this seems like madness if they are still letting people into the country from abroad.

BonnieSituation · 20-03-2020 02:24AM

kowloon wrote: »

I'm guessing most people don't remember the scene/film.

Clearly it's the age differential. It's definitely the most memorable part of that movie for me. I always think about it when I see unsustainable one-upmanship.

FYI, the movie has not aged at all. Keep the memories of it that you have.

Monkeynut · 20-03-2020 02:25AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

Clearly it's the age differential. It's definitely the most memorable part of that movie for me. I always think about it when I see unsustainable one-upmanship.

FYI, the movie has not aged at all. Keep the memories of it that you have.

Too me, it was either the zipper or hair do.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 02:30AM

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1240803958421106688

BonnieSituation · 20-03-2020 02:33AM

Monkeynut wrote: »

Too me, it was either the zipper or hair do.

It lacks the subtlety of the hitchhiker's meltdown.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 02:33AM

https://twitter.com/YiddishNews/status/1239999356507389956

nocoverart · 20-03-2020 02:33AM

If the Universe is indeed a simulation, numpty at the keyboard got a little sadistic with this chapter.

bekker · 20-03-2020 02:34AM

Deleted User wrote: »

its varying hugely from place to place

the instructions from dper are clear enough imo but local depts just do as they wish regardless.

some depts simply arent communicating at all, some have instructed staff to attend work under threat of disciplinary regardless of wfh capability or urgency of work, some places have told staff stay home regardless of there being work they can do remotely

some depts far, far better prepared for remote working than others.

therell be major inquests into how some depts have found themselves still in the 90s or how they just havent reacted since the whole thing broke.

line managers left in a rotten position in places.

unions hopeless also, maybe there'll be an article about it in the next forsa mag eh

That would be the 1890s, mind set never changed after '21.

Monkeynut · 20-03-2020 02:35AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

It lacks the subtlety of the hitchhiker's meltdown.

Most definitely, but it's still first thought when i hear of that film.

20-03-2020 02:38AM

bekker wrote: »

That would be the 1890s, mind set never changed after '21.

heh ive seen ppl refer to the 1850s in some policy arguments

but i was referring specifically to where some are in terms of relevant tech for teleworking in this case

Satturnfalls · 20-03-2020 02:39AM

nocoverart wrote: »

If the Universe is indeed a simulation, numpty at the keyboard got a little sadistic with this chapter.

or dave was let near the computer again

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 02:41AM

https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice/status/1240666763425128449

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 20-03-2020 02:42AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/YiddishNews/status/1239999356507389956

Is he talking in Hebrew?! I didn't even know that language was in mainstream use.

https://twitter.com/RTE_PrimeTime/status/1240767106955821059?s=20
They need a Catherine Motherway. It's just a shame the demographic who could use that message most probably definitely don't watch Prime Time.

Strazdas · 20-03-2020 02:46AM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

This is a silly arguement as is the whole "Cheltenham" travel.
Wuhan didnt suffer becuase of their airport or because of horse races.

It's ridiculous to point the blame to single points of mass gatherings. It's very clear that community transmission is the problem.

The virus was coming here regardless. People would still be going to the pub and unwittingly transmitting the virus if we had a fake sense of safety from cutting off flights\

Yes indeed, all countries our size in Europe have the virus and many have more cases than us - Austria, Norway, Denmark, Czech Rep etc

This thing with the 5000 Italian rugby fans is almost an urban myth at this stage.

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