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

TheW1zard · 20-03-2020 08:51AM

Hse expects surge to hit first week in april. My wife works in a hospital.

Blueshoe · 20-03-2020 08:52AM

Off to work again today. Will today be the day I pick it up from some snotball?

Who knows maybe I have it and il pass it on to someone else.

Stay safe and keep guessing.

jay0109 · 20-03-2020 08:52AM

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.

The waiting times seem to be 10 days minimum from what I've read on other threads. And they are often now bringing only half what you ordered due to shortages....no substituting taking place

whatswhat · 20-03-2020 08:54AM

As it is business as usual at airports all around the country still, I wonder how they are checking incoming passengers????????

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 08:57AM

jay0109 wrote: »

The waiting times seem to be 10 days minimum from what I've read on other threads. And they are often now bringing only half what you ordered due to shortages....no substituting taking place

I’m very lucky. I live 10 feet opposite a corner shop. While not greatly stocked, the owner knocked over to me last week and said to write anything I need down and he will get it from the cash and carry and drop it into me. Life saver and something I won’t forget.

plodder · 20-03-2020 08:58AM

GooglePlus wrote: »

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

I think the hydroxy- variant has fewer side-effects, which are:

skin rashes, especially those made worse by sunlight
feeling sick (nausea) or indigestion
diarrhoea
headaches
bleaching of the hair or mild hair loss
tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
visual problems.

Bob24 · 20-03-2020 08:58AM

amadangomor wrote: »

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

Definitly. But it also shows we have now idea how widespread the issue is at the moment due to our initial restrictive testing policy.

WildWater · 20-03-2020 09:02AM

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

Just made a donation.

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 09:03AM

Morning Ireland hyping up yesterdays numbers yet again and referring to numbers by the island of Ireland.

No point in giving massive airtime to the numbers when testing has been ramped up and we wont see the benefits of social distancing for at least a week - 2 weeks. Only then will we have a clearer picture as to if we can reduce the curve.

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 09:04AM

whatswhat wrote: »

As it is business as usual at airports all around the country still, I wonder how they are checking incoming passengers????????

Had a look at flight radar live map and was shocked at number of flights arriving. DAA said it was their responsibility to keep flights open to ensure supply chain isn’t effected. If tourists are coming in then it is shocking. One saving grace is because most countries have closed their borders and stopped air travel it severely diminishes passengers arriving. But it’s the one thing that needs to be stopped immediately.

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 09:06AM

Mr.S wrote: »

It's not business as usual, passenger travel has been massively reduced and the main airports are running limited services.

All passengers are told to self-isolate for 2 weeks on arrival.

That plus EI and the DAA announcing massively scaled back operations yesterday.

Airport is like a ghost town supposedly

Akrasia · 20-03-2020 09:06AM

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

This is why we need emergency measures to get shopping delivered to people’s houses for free if they’re in a position where they are the sole carers for one or more children.
Take away every excuse for bringing kids into supermarkets for the time being

There are plenty of people who have just been laid off work who would be more than happy to do this if supplied with the correct PPE

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 09:06AM

joeguevara wrote: »

Had a look at flight radar live map and was shocked at number of flights arriving. DAA said it was their responsibility to keep flights open to ensure supply chain isn’t effected. If tourists are coming in then it is shocking. One saving grace is because most countries have closed their borders and stopped air travel it severely diminishes passengers arriving. But it’s the one thing that needs to be stopped immediately.

Flights might be arriving but the vast majority have only a handful of people on them who are being brought back to Ireland

OhToBeByTheSea · 20-03-2020 09:06AM

I don't think 52% will continue or worsen. I think we'll probably return to the "expected" 30% or thereabouts today, with a few more spikes from the Italians, Cheltenham and then see a slow drop when we see the impact of the schools and colleges closing. There may be some further spikes in the middle from before air travel was curtailed.
This is not an exact science, even for the experts, they're all learning more about this virus every day. In the same way as we're getting a drip feed of information every day, they're also getting a drip feed of test results, patient information etc.

Just try to do your part. Stay at home if you can, there are so many people who don't have that option. Limit social interactions, it may be hard but, if we do this now, we won't have to do it forever. Keep yourself clean, keep your germs to yourself. Keep your children at home now or you'll have to keep them at home for a lot longer. Stay away from hospitals, GPs, medical centres etc, unless you absolutely have to be there. Ring ahead if you need a prescription and, ring ahead to the pharmacy to make sure they can fill it for you, otherwise you could make a wasted trip. Try to keep your calm. Be considerate of those among us who are at risk of dying from this virus.

As an aside, it's quite eerie seeing all of the pubs closed and hotel carparks empty.

olestoepoke · 20-03-2020 09:07AM

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.

Lidl and Aldi don't do deliveries and not everyone can afford to shop in Tesco.

Unearthly · 20-03-2020 09:09AM

Akrasia wrote: »

This is why we need emergency measures to get shopping delivered to people’s houses for free if they’re in a position where they are the sole carers for one or more children.
Take away every excuse for bringing kids into supermarkets for the time being

There are plenty of people who have just been laid off work who would be more than happy to do this if supplied with the correct PPE

Yes and there is a lack of drivers at the moment to. So something like the government helping to pay for more drivers to deliver shopping

Doctors room ghost · 20-03-2020 09:09AM

The biggest mystery for me is where did all the drama queens and their “sources” go,that were sending whats ap messages about the Tuesday morning lock down.
Great work people.
Probably the same clowns that emptied Aldi’s shelves last week. The shelves are full again ye selfish swine despite yere selfish efforts.

caveat emptor · 20-03-2020 09:12AM

amadangomor wrote: »

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

You are assuming that we are now testing at a rate similar to Italy etc. From the anecdotal evidence on here. I wouldn't be so sure. If people are struggling to test and they recover. There is no telling how many more people they infect. There's evidence that it is possible to transmit to people after symptoms subside.

Most people's attitude in that cohort will say "no I didn't have that" etc.

crisco10 · 20-03-2020 09:13AM

joeguevara wrote: »

Had a look at flight radar live map and was shocked at number of flights arriving. DAA said it was their responsibility to keep flights open to ensure supply chain isn’t effected. If tourists are coming in then it is shocking. One saving grace is because most countries have closed their borders and stopped air travel it severely diminishes passengers arriving. But it’s the one thing that needs to be stopped immediately.

There is also cargo on those flights, even the passenger jets.

whiskeyman · 20-03-2020 09:13AM

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

Seems to be a different group doing same thing below.
Surely they are best to collaborate and learn failings and successes.
Or maybe a sense of competition is good?

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/irish-project-for-easy-to-assemble-covid-19-ventilators-bears-fruit-1.4205999

weemcd · 20-03-2020 09:13AM

joeguevara wrote: »

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

Before I even clicked that link I knew it was gonna be him. If the devil was real, he'd be it.

bilston · 20-03-2020 09:13AM

More good news from China regarding two consecutive days without community transmission...however can we believe their stats?

Either way it is clearly a much better picture there than it was six weeks ago, so that has got to be hope for the rest of us.

PokeHerKing · 20-03-2020 09:14AM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Morning Ireland hyping up yesterdays numbers yet again and referring to numbers by the island of Ireland.

No point in giving massive airtime to the numbers when testing has been ramped up and we wont see the benefits of social distancing for at least a week - 2 weeks. Only then will we have a clearer picture as to if we can reduce the curve.

No, the world is in this mess for two reasons, people eating bat's and governments suppressing information about the disease.

The public need to be frightened, we should be going FOX news level of scaremongering. It might make the public at large take it seriously and actually self isolate.

mohawk · 20-03-2020 09:17AM

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

Initial numbers from Italy are indicting that children are not the main carriers of this particular virus. In that town they tested in Italy the majority of children didn’t test positive for the virus. You need to carry the virus to spread it.
For many viruses kids are asymptomatic carriers but initial data is not supporting that for the virus.
Can’t remember where I got that study from.

Akrasia · 20-03-2020 09:19AM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Morning Ireland hyping up yesterdays numbers yet again and referring to numbers by the island of Ireland.

No point in giving massive airtime to the numbers when testing has been ramped up and we wont see the benefits of social distancing for at least a week - 2 weeks. Only then will we have a clearer picture as to if we can reduce the curve.

At this point in time It is much much better for the media to highlight the surging numbers in Ireland than it is to downplay the seriousness of the situation or tell people a cure is around the corner (like Boris Johnson is doing)

This is an extremely time sensitive crisis and we need everyone to take it seriously right now because we are only weeks away from being Italy if people don’t prevent it from spreading

Jurgen Klopp · 20-03-2020 09:19AM

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

They've hit their 52k target and climbing, hell ya!

Akrasia · 20-03-2020 09:20AM

mohawk wrote: »

Initial numbers from Italy are indicting that children are not the main carriers of this particular virus. In that town they tested in Italy the majority of children didn’t test positive for the virus. You need to carry the virus to spread it.
For many viruses kids are asymptomatic carriers but initial data is not supporting that for the virus.
Can’t remember where I got that study from.

If you can’t remember your source then all you’re doing is spreading gossip on the internet. Do you want to be ‘that’ person?

ihdxwz4a3pem9j · 20-03-2020 09:22AM

I have a very long-shift ahead of me today. The neighbours threw a massive party. It is bloody frustrating to be woken in the middle of the night.

Gooey Looey · 20-03-2020 09:24AM

Mallory Rich Salad wrote: »

I have a very long-shift ahead of me today. The neighbours threw a massive party. It is bloody frustrating to be woken in the middle of the night.

You'll need to get used to it, this could go on for awhile

gozunda · 20-03-2020 09:25AM

Covid-19 restrictions 'likely' to last longer than two weeks ...

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0320/1124269-coronavirus-ireland/

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