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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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  • #4472
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Wombatman wrote: »
    Galway plant making ventilators gone to 24/7 shifts.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/medtronic-to-double-number-of-staff-making-ventilators-in-ireland-1.4207316

    Sounds great, but no guarantee many will end back in Irish hospitals.
    No doubt Trump or someone else trying to get them.

    Also, as someone points out - if a case is found in these factories, we're in deep trouble.


  • #4473
    TheAsYLuMkeY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭TheAsYLuMkeY


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Because D too many people are morons too much of the time.

    And yep you're dead right we are extremely pampered. Your average person today in Europe lives in comfort, health and plenty that kings from a couple of centuries ago would be astounded at. The ways to amuse oneself at home today would be fantasy land to someone from the 1950's, Hell the 1980's.

    And that is part of the problem. We're so used to such plenty that even the slightest hint of restricting that has so many flipping the hell out. Never mind that in no lockdown anywhere, no matter how strong have people been starving or needing to wipe their pampered arses with a rag on a stick.

    So yeah we need to sack the fuck up. Play a tune on the world's smallest violin because your Netflix is buffering a bit slowly today, but don't hoard, stay indoors where possible and keep your bloody distance, wash your hands and if you have a mask or a scarf in a pinch, wear it.

    Sack the fuck up, or you'll really have reason to be whinging if and when this bloody virus hits close to home.


    Alas, no matter how many times you say this, and with the vigour you have said it, people still are ****ing morons.

    I have been telling people who work in offices close to me for two weeks to prepare for this, thats it going to escalate dramatically and we will have to all modify our lifestyles.

    Today one of the women asked if she would be able to get a hairdressers open, i said surely you could get through the next three months without it and dye your hair at home, her reply.......

    'I suppose'


  • #4474
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    Woodsie1 wrote: »
    Whats the point of those sad pics?
    Do you think we all need to be reminded of the seriousness?
    Seems like more doomsday porn.
    Cop yourself on,no need to go all Daily Mail on the thread!!

    What the actual ****?

    If you don't want to read or hear about what's happening don't follow the news.


  • #4475
    bob mcbob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 971 ✭✭✭bob mcbob


    Really interesting article from the Guardian about a GP (in Edinburgh) and their view / experience of Covid-19.

    It is a diary of the first mention on the virus until now.

    The most interesting point for me was on March 6th

    A GP friend in Fife told me that she was convinced the disease was already widespread among her own patients – she was seeing more viral breathlessness than usual, but none from people who had travelled to the “at risk” areas, and none who fulfilled the criteria for testing


    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/were-clearing-the-decks-a-gp-on-watching-the-coronavirus-pandemic-unfold


  • #4476
    Lyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭Lyan


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    This seems to be good news in itself but where are these extra ventilators going to be used? Here in Ireland or be exported?

    Is this sort of stuff low-key race preference? Is the rest of the world not deserving?


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  • #4477
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    Wombatman wrote: »
    Galway plant making ventilators gone to 24/7 shifts.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/medtronic-to-double-number-of-staff-making-ventilators-in-ireland-1.4207316

    Great to see and these workers are heroes in my eyes. They should be supported any way we can help.

    Its time for us to identify critical workers who need to be protected and supported. I was just reading a story about a nurse in the UK who came off a 48 hour shift only to find shops stripped bare and she was unable to buy essentials.

    The story is here.

    https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/coronavirus/critical-care-nurse-breaks-down-in-tears-over-empty-shelves-as-she-tells-stockpilers-just-stop-it/ar-BB11sdCg?ocid=spartanntp

    We need to set aside a day or two per week for critical workers or their spouses to be able to shop.

    As for the panic buyers, you have only my contempt.


  • #4478
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,277 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    jmayo wrote: »
    Hell if Eamon and his fellow thinkers had their way half of Ireland would be under forest with wolves roaming around and we would importing all our food from half way across the world. :rolleyes:

    He said if parts of Ireland were rewilded that maybe in 50 years wolves could be reintroduced, read the context. We already do import loads of food, and export most of what we produce!


  • #4479
    MipMap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭MipMap


    BluePlanet wrote: »
    Pet dogs should be taken to a converted stadium for kenneling.




    What is the problem with pet Dog?


  • #4480
    jamesf85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭jamesf85


    Drumpot wrote: »

    I know a person under 50 fighting for their lives in a coma right now. All the symptoms of Corona and just waiting for test result. Reading some of the lazy attitude to this is so concerning. A lot of people really don’t know what they are talking about and are not grasping how bad this is going to get.

    Has this person any underlying conditions? Were they perfectly fine and then contracted the virus and deteriorated rapidly?

    From everything I've read this virus seems to mainly affect those with underlying conditions. I think 3 people with no underlying issues have died this week in Italy. That's 1 out of over 1,000.

    Any death is tragic, but that's cause for optimism, but it also means we need to take care of those who's immune systems may not take care of them. We all know and love people who are in this risk category.


  • #4481
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    My hair grows really fast, get it cut every 4 weeks, had been shaving my head for 25 but decided to let it grow back a few years ago. Might shave it all off again as I wouldn't go near a barber at the moment.


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  • #4482
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,277 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I wonder if unkempt longer hair will come back in fashion


  • #4483
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    So it seems like that there are no plans for any implementation of a Italy/Spain style lockdown in the near future. We are in deep ****e.


  • #4484
    crossman47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,597 ✭✭✭crossman47


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Why do you need to know what neighbourhoods to avoid based on results that are probably out of date. Also, it could lead to vigilantes who could attack people or demand they leave.

    Don’t think anyone is safe and avoid contact.

    I agree. And if an area is not listed, some morons will feel its safe to drop their guard. Only sane approach is to regard everywhere as high risk.


  • #4485
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Seamai wrote: »
    My hair grows really fast, get it cut every 4 weeks, had been shaving my head for 25 but decided to let it grow back a few years ago. Might shave it all off again as I wouldn't go near a barber at the moment.

    Don’t do a Danny devito and shave everything on always sunny

    https://youtu.be/SYhTQ5-AiHI


  • #4486
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I wonder if unkempt longer hair will come back in fashion

    they'll be some shocking attempts at a fade for the next few months


  • #4487
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I wonder if unkempt longer hair will come back in fashion

    It actually might, in the same way that some claim beards grew out of the fact that some men stopped shaving as they had no jobs to go to during the recession.


  • #4488
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,122 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    So it seems like that there are no plans for any implementation of a Italy/Spain style lockdown in the near future. We are in deep ****e.

    They aren't gonna tell us of there is plans.

    Don't be so dramatic.


  • #4489
    Kaisr Sose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51963486


    "Years" .....F*cking YEARS.....

    Jesus, seriously thinking of doing myself in at this stage ...

    If some non expert told you that you had a a terminal illness would you believe them? I hope not. Please, for your own sake, take it day by day and try to tune out as much you can. Best wishes.


  • #4490
    bottlebrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,215 ✭✭✭bottlebrush


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I wonder if unkempt longer hair will come back in fashion

    I wonder if the peaky blinder haircuts will go out of fashion


  • #4491
    Lyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭Lyan


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    So it seems like that there are no plans for any implementation of a Italy/Spain style lockdown in the near future. We are in deep ****e.

    We will be better off for it in the end.


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  • #4492
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    Lyan wrote: »
    Is this sort of stuff low-key race preference? Is the rest of the world not deserving?

    We will soon need every ventilator we can get our hands on in this country. The rest of the world will have to wait in line.


  • #4493
    dougm1970
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,148 ✭✭✭dougm1970


    godson / nephew of mine...16...very sick today...sick since Saturday night but awful bad today....huge fever, headache and coughing...dry cough too....seemingly someone coming out to test him today and it'll be two days for results
    a young fella whos never sick ..not a pick of fat on him.. does a lot of boxing and football.
    facetimed him there and was shocked how he looked, face swollen and sweaty...hes in bed and has no energy at all.

    may not be it at all....but its just hes never sick and has these symptoms at this time.

    his family have been told to self isolate.


    that was posted monday....he was sick since last saturday night...family told he'd be tested on monday, someone would call to house.....but nothing since...family are under isolation and can't leave the house, my wife doing shopping etc for them and leaving at their gate.
    he's improved in last couple of days, but he was savage sick...doctor instructed him to stay in bedroom and not go around the house.
    maybe it wasnt the virus at all....but his family are convinced it was, due to symptoms and how first time he was ever this sick happened to fall on this week.
    dunno if he'll be tested at all now that hes on the mend.

    edit / update : he sent me a text this morning...

    "isolation rules got changed last nite n now i have to wait another week in isolation im so annoyed, tomorrow was meant to b my last day"

    seemingly hes going to be tested on monday....but will traces of him having it, as far as these tests go, be gone ? (if he had it of course)...that'll be like nearly 10 days since he got it.


  • #4494
    jamesf85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭jamesf85


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    So it seems like that there are no plans for any implementation of a Italy/Spain style lockdown in the near future. We are in deep ****e.

    No we're not...we all need to practice good hygiene and stay indoors where possible and isolate.


  • #4495
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,949 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    bottlebrush wrote: »
    I wonder if the peaky blinder haircuts will go out of fashion

    They did in the 1930s


  • #4496
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    plodder wrote: »
    44 deaths but only two are in critical care and according to wikipedia they had 11 deaths in the last recorded day. Doesn't sound credible. Or else people are dying at home without getting to hospital.
    It is difficult to understand how Germany is treating those cases that "they are catching early via wide spread testing", if they do not publish the split between: cases treated at home in quarantine, and cases treated in hospital.
    For Italy, we know this.
    Yesterday:

    • 33190 positives
    • 15757 in hospital
    • 14935 with lesser symptoms treated at home and in quarantine
    • 2498 in intensive care
    So, from the Italy data, we know how the virus can impact a population in terms of hospital requirements.
    And any other Country can take this data and take their own decisions.

    For Germany, we have no clue.


  • #4497
    [Deleted User]
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    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    So it seems like that there are no plans for any implementation of a Italy/Spain style lockdown in the near future. We are in deep ****e.

    I believe that that is the right approach. A complete lockdown, and the resulting failure of tens of thousands of small business, driving thousands of families into poverty and fear, will probably result in more deaths through the impact of depression, chronic stress / anxiety and suicide, than the virus itself. People at risk should stay the f*** inside for as long as it takes, and I’ve made that very very clear to my parents, so that a full lockdown for the rest of us is not necessary.


  • #4498
    Lyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭Lyan


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    We will soon need every ventilator we can get our hands on in this country. The rest of the world will have to wait in line.

    So **** everyone else's Grandparents but our own.


  • #4499
    dummy_crusher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 114 ✭✭dummy_crusher


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    So it seems like that there are no plans for any implementation of a Italy/Spain style lockdown in the near future. We are in deep ****e.

    I see 'lockdown' being implemented based on a certain percentage of total ICU beds being occupied. It will be implemented quickly, possibly frequently for shorter periods of time over a long period of time.


  • #4500
    BluePlanet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,444 ✭✭✭BluePlanet


    jamesf85 wrote: »
    No we're not...we all need to practice good hygiene and stay indoors where possible and isolate.
    That's called living in denial.


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  • #4501
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Of all annoying American terms 'boomer' really grates me.

    If someone thinks your middle aged you're starting to get replies on here like 'Hey boomer!' 'Ok boomer!'.

    I'm not a man of violence but if i met any of those American sitcom addicted, juvenile, cultureless sh*ts in real life I'd do damage to them:)


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