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

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 07:55AM

Deleted User wrote: »

As an aside, I genuinely think I've had this in December / January, or at least a weaker version of it.

I looked back at messages I sent when I was very sick and then I vividly remember being worried about how I used to vape because my chest was sore for a good while. Loads of people around me had it and I was even wearing a mask because I was coughing so much before ending up bedridden for around four days. It was the worst I've ever been sick but I didn't think it was the flu. My brother here had it as well but not as bad.

Since I'm only a few hundred miles from China and we share a land border, it seems entirely plausible. In my near decade here, I've never seen so many people sick with what what was much worse than a cold but not full on flu.

I thought same but looks like a different strain known as AH. Also the deaths from it were only on high side of normal. https://www.hpsc.ie/news/newsarchive/2019newsarchive/title-18727-en.html

robinph · 20-03-2020 07:56AM

Gynoid wrote: »

^^^I hope lots of people have finally adopted the eminently sensible practice of leaving your outer world shoes at the door.

Have people taken to breathing on each others shoes as a greeting?

Other than the usual issue of walking dog crap into your house, what's so risky about shoes and spreading the virus?

20-03-2020 07:57AM

joeguevara wrote: »

I thought same but looks like a different strain known as AH. Also the deaths from it were only on high side of normal. https://www.hpsc.ie/news/newsarchive/2019newsarchive/title-18727-en.html

Well if that's the case, then I'm happy I've had it because I'd hate to have something else make me sick now.

SoapMcTavish · 20-03-2020 08:00AM

joeguevara wrote: »

I thought same but looks like a different strain known as AH. Also the deaths from it were only on high side of normal. https://www.hpsc.ie/news/newsarchive/2019newsarchive/title-18727-en.html

That refers to January 2019 ?

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 08:00AM

robinph wrote: »

Have people taken to breathing on each others shoes as a greeting?

Other than the usual issue of walking dog crap into your house, what's so risky about shoes and spreading the virus?

Well some of it is psychological and when coming in I strip off as anything I have read said clothes can hold onto germs. But I had thought of someone getting sick in a supermarket and although mopped up, I could walk through it. So leaving them outside is a preventative measure. I a, doing everything I can think of.maybe overboard but it is not hurting anyone.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 08:04AM

United States likely to pass Iran, Spain and Germany today in new cases to become the world's 3rd most affected country.

DOCARCH · 20-03-2020 08:05AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

United States likely to pass Iran, Spain and Germany today in new cases to become the world's 3rd most affected country.

Yes. US is on a very scary path/curve!

New York being the epicentre with 5,712 cases/38 deaths (as of yesterday).

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 08:06AM

Worldometers must be anticipating something...they have put an Ireland coronavirus stats page on their site

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/ireland/

pc7 · 20-03-2020 08:07AM

meath4sam wrote: »

Anyone know the wait time to get a test and then results, I was put on test list Wednesday evening by doctor due to contact with a positive person. No symptoms and it’s been over a week since contact.

I’ve a family member with cough, chills and waiting since Monday. No word. Think there is a big backlog. The person they live with has no symptoms so hopefully just a cold/flu

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 08:08AM

SoapMcTavish wrote: »

That refers to January 2019 ?

It was the one from late November.,different strain. But was a fcucked. I had it and .asted weeks.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/hse-warns-flu-actively-circulating-937462

laurah591 · 20-03-2020 08:11AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Worldometers must be anticipating something...they have put an Ireland coronavirus stats page on their site

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/ireland/

I think it's because they have good source info from gov.ie

meath4sam · 20-03-2020 08:12AM

pc7 wrote: »

I’ve a family member with cough, chills and waiting since Monday. No word. Think there is a big backlog. The person they live with has no symptoms so hopefully just a cold/flu

Hopefully I will get trough the 14 days before they call then

pc7 · 20-03-2020 08:15AM

meath4sam wrote: »

Hopefully I will get trough the 14 days before they call then

If they hear nothing by Monday and are feeling better they are just going to ring and get taken off the list. Might save a test/time but they’ll never know if they had it.

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 08:23AM

pc7 wrote: »

If they hear nothing by Monday and are feeling better they are just going to ring and get taken off the list. Might save a test/time but they’ll never know if they had it.

Hopefully they’re ok. The concern would be if they didn’t have it and now think they are immune. Have heard loads that say they had it in December and are not worried. No convincing them that it was a different flu and they are not safe from this.

Jurgen Klopp · 20-03-2020 08:26AM

Lads I just think this deserves sharing. A team in Galway are currently trying to design an easily built and put together ventilator which can be rapidly built and deployed. It's to be an open source device so anyone or any nation will be free to use the designs to make their own. Non profit

Saw it in the journal this morning

https://www.thejournal.ie/emergency-ventilators-ireland-5051956-Mar2020/

They currently have about 36k of the 50k needed, just said I'd share it

https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-breathing-fund-emergency-covid19-ventilators

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 08:32AM

Jurgen Klopp wrote: »

Lads I just think this deserves sharing. A team in Galway are currently trying to design an easily built and put together ventilator which can be rapidly built and deployed. It's to be an open source device so anyone or any nation will be free to use the designs to make their own. Non profit

Saw it in the journal this morning

https://www.thejournal.ie/emergency-ventilators-ireland-5051956-Mar2020/

They currently have about 36k of the 50k needed, just said I'd share it

https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-breathing-fund-emergency-covid19-ventilators

Amazing.

carolmon · 20-03-2020 08:32AM

joeguevara wrote: »

I’m adopting the same behaviour I had when About 5 showers a day. And walking around the house (self isolating by myself) in a kimono. Seriously all I need is a pina colada and a cigar and I would be the spit of Del Boy.

I really hope we retain some of these practices when this is all over.
I always take my outside shoes off the minute I get home... when I see people spitting on the street and think of all the muck and dog crap I'm dragging inside it seems the best thing to do.

I also host international students regularly and they always bring slippers to change into when they come home... I'd love to ask irish friends to do the same but I'm afraid of being seen as "up myself" ...hopefully this will change attitudes

Jin luk · 20-03-2020 08:37AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Worldometers must be anticipating something...they have put an Ireland coronavirus stats page on their site

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/ireland/

Have they only stats for the few countries at the bottom of the page? And then ireland all them countries listed at the bottom are in a bad shape,

plodder · 20-03-2020 08:39AM

Some more info on the status of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as treatments

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/03/19/trump-says-fda-approved-anti-malaria-drug-chloroquine-to-test-as-coronavirus-treatment/

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 08:39AM

In times like this, people will try anything to be safe. Unfortunately fraudsters will prey on this. While usually only financial impact occurs, doing it now is downright dangerous. I’ve come across this guy before and he clearly is evil. Flies around in a jet funded by his followers. He should be arrested and charged with intentional poisoning.

Healing through the tv is disgusting and disturbing.

https://youtu.be/EU5hjBtDkjE

GooglePlus · 20-03-2020 08:40AM

plodder wrote: »

Some more info on the status of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as treatments

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2020/03/19/trump-says-fda-approved-anti-malaria-drug-chloroquine-to-test-as-coronavirus-treatment/

Won't be taking that at any stage with my irregular heartbeat..

pjohnson · 20-03-2020 08:40AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Worldometers must be anticipating something...they have put an Ireland coronavirus stats page on their site

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/ireland/

With a 52% jump we are on track to be worse than Italy.

amadangomor · 20-03-2020 08:43AM

pjohnson wrote: »

With a 52% jump we are on track to be worse than Italy.

It's more to do with a jump in testing as we widened the testing criteria this week.

gozunda · 20-03-2020 08:44AM

I noticed on another thread some parents givng out about new restrictions on bringing children into supermarkets

Two things:

You risk your children becoming infected with a potentially life threatening disease

Children are often asymptomatic and children are known superspreaders of a number of diseases

It has been found that "more than 90 percent of the cases in children had no symptoms, or with mild or moderate illness. However, approximately 6 percent of the coronavirus cases in children were severe or critical"

"asymptomatic children are unlikely to be tested. These children can transmit the virus to other people without them knowing"

https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20200319/Some-children-may-become-seriously-ill-with-coronavirus-experts-warn.aspx

Gooey Looey · 20-03-2020 08:44AM

pjohnson wrote: »

With a 52% jump we are on track to be worse than Italy.

That just means more testing early on

GooglePlus · 20-03-2020 08:44AM

amadangomor wrote: »

It's more to do with a jump in testing as we widened the testing criteria this week.

Yeah, but it shows that things are worse than they seemed before the increase.

20-03-2020 08:48AM

Jin luk wrote: »

Have they only stats for the few countries at the bottom of the page? And then ireland all them countries listed at the bottom are in a bad shape,

They added breakdowns overnight for about 20 more countries across the globe.

It's nothing ominous. They're improving their site, essentially.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Worldometers must be anticipating something...they have put an Ireland coronavirus stats page on their site

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/ireland/

Just shut up. That post of yours is designed to alarm people and it's baseless.

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 08:48AM

gozunda wrote: »

I noticed on another thread some parents givng out about new restrictions on bringing children into supermarkets

Two things:

You risk your children becoming infected with a potentially life threatening disease

Children are often asymptomatic and children are known superspreaders of a number of diseases

It has been found that "more than 90 percent of the cases in children had no symptoms, or with mild or moderate illness. However, approximately 6 percent of the coronavirus cases in children were severe or critical"

"asymptomatic children are unlikely to be tested. These children can transmit the virus to other people without them knowing"

https://www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20200319/Some-children-may-become-seriously-ill-with-coronavirus-experts-warn.aspx

Why home delivery isn’t used by everyone is bizarre. If it’s an option then it should be mandatory. If need fresh air or get out of house then a walk to park is better than a supermarket with crowds of people.

alroley · 20-03-2020 08:51AM

joeguevara wrote: »

Why home delivery isn’t used by everyone is bizarre. If it’s an option then it should be mandatory. If need fresh air or get out of house then a walk to park is better than a supermarket with crowds of people.

I tried to arrange home delivery and all my local supermarkets had no times available until April

marklazarcovic · 20-03-2020 08:51AM

https://twitter.com/saurabh_supriya/status/1240861178563375109?s=19

The rise of Italy and Iran are a stark warning .. scary

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