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

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 12:50PM

Have we flattened the curve on the main Coronavirus thread?!

This one is noticeably slower!

yourdeadwright · 20-03-2020 12:51PM

correct horse battery staple wrote: »

Does it matter, the aim is to save lives

Yes yes it does ,

I d personal rather people from this nation get them
I'm not even that patriotic but at a time like this I have no problem saying if its lives of our people or someone's else's i'll pick to save ours first ,

Hector Savage · 20-03-2020 12:51PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Where you at Hector? Both my parents are there, Dad 70 next month, and even if they wanted to leave they can't now.

tbh I think they are better off here with Spain health system than Ireland.
Also if they self isolate and take careful trips to shops they should be fine

jamesf85 · 20-03-2020 12:51PM

dougm1970 wrote: »

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.

Feel for him. I imagine if he still has it at all it will show up.

A positive from this will be this young generation growing up and remembering this, remembering how fragile everything is and how important it is to look after each other and the planet.

There's a bigger fight on the way with global warming, to tackle that it means some serious changes from the way we live. I think this will be the eye opener to the world that we're not the God's we thought we were.

Wibbs · 20-03-2020 12:52PM

Naggdefy wrote: »

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:)

It's even more retarded when in America the babyboomers are in their 70's and 80's

Antares35 · 20-03-2020 12:53PM

Lyan wrote: »

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

Basically, yes.

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 12:53PM

Naggdefy wrote: »

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:)

That is exactly why they use it:pac:

Thelonious Monk · 20-03-2020 12:53PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

tbh I think they are better off here with Spain health system than Ireland.
Also if they self isolate and take careful trips to shops they should be fine

I agree. They live near a world class hospital. Also the supermarkets near them are big and spacious, around here they're so crowded and everyone on top of each other. Also with the restrictions in Spain I'm glad they're staying, who knows what will happen here as we don't seem to be doing much compared to others.

RobertKK · 20-03-2020 12:53PM

The doctor on CNN last night said Covid 19 was 2 to 3 times as contagious as influenza.

pjohnson · 20-03-2020 12:55PM

Naggdefy wrote: »

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:)

Boom goes the Boomer

MD1990 · 20-03-2020 12:56PM

when the test comes out determining whether you have had Covid 19 that will really determine how many have it & its true death rate

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 12:56PM

We will escape the worst of the disease because we are an island

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 20-03-2020 12:57PM

Boomer is used to refer to the CEOS and Politicians that f*cked the planet by policy and greed , mainly from the 50 60s and 70's

i see no problem with that analogy

New Home · 20-03-2020 12:57PM

Deleted User wrote: »

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.

That's the whole point, though. It IS necessary.

spookwoman · 20-03-2020 12:57PM

Father went to chemist today for a few thing and they have someone at the door asking what do people want. Father is wearing mask and is trying to tell this person what he need and they just can't understand him, then pharmacist starts asking him about temp etc and he's saying no temp i just was some items. Chemists then says if you are not sick why are you wearing mask.. Because I'm not sick at the moment and don't want to get sick!

Seriously have to wonder about some people

Antares35 · 20-03-2020 12:57PM

Hector Savage wrote: »

1903 new cases in Spain today, 171 new deaths , and it's only noon.

Lockdown not working

That's when they report their stats each day. Most of those people were probably infected before lockdown was properly enforced. Who are you to say "lockdown not working". You know there is a lag between implementing controls and seeing the results of them?

sjb25 · 20-03-2020 12:58PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

We will escape the worst of the disease because we are an island

A i r c r a f t / f e r r y s

tobefrank321 · 20-03-2020 12:58PM

otnomart wrote: »

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.

So almost 1 in 2 cases in Italy are hospitalised.

Either they are only testing severe or hospital cases, or its hitting Italians worse than elsewhere. Its likely the former. So the real prevalence in Italy must be massive, at least in the hundreds of thousands.

20-03-2020 12:59PM

New Home wrote: »

That's the whole point, though. It IS necessary.

Respectfully, I completely disagree with you, for the reasons stated in my post.

cherryghost · 20-03-2020 01:00PM

Lockdown/social distance does and will work. It just needs time to filter through, about 10 days before the signs are there that cases start coming down.

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 20-03-2020 01:00PM

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spookwoman · 20-03-2020 01:01PM

Doctor Shipman wrote: »

Its been said about a million times on this thread. The mask will not prevent you from getting sick.

he's wearing a ffp3 respirator mask but even then it was a bloody stupid question.

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 01:01PM

sjb25 wrote: »

A i r c r a f t / f e r r y s

The footfall is controllable

Land borders have a way higher footfall

Hector Savage · 20-03-2020 01:01PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I agree. They live near a world class hospital. Also the supermarkets near them are big and spacious, around here they're so crowded and everyone on top of each other. Also with the restrictions in Spain I'm glad they're staying, who knows what will happen here as we don't seem to be doing much compared to others.

I have to say people are really coming together and cooperating here, shops near me have a policy between 8-10am it's over 65s only allowed to shop

really good idea

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 01:02PM

RobertKK wrote: »

The doctor on CNN last night said Covid 19 was 2 to 3 times as contagious as influenza.

I don’t know much about how contagious it is but what I do know is that media in US whether pro democrat or republican put politics before real facts.

I only trust impartial sources. Never from journalists and straight from medics themselves who have no agenda.

pjohnson · 20-03-2020 01:02PM

Doctor Shipman wrote: »

Its been said about a million times on this thread. The mask will not prevent you from getting sick.

I doubt anyone is going to take medical advice from "Doctor Shipman" tbf

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 01:02PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

So almost 1 in 2 cases in Italy are hospitalised.

Either they are only testing severe or hospital cases, or its hitting Italians worse than elsewhere. Its likely the former. So the real prevalence in Italy must be massive, at least in the hundreds of thousands.

Several hundred tourists from dozens of countries leaving Italy were infected after leaving Italy, there must be at least a few hundred thousand cases in Italy

jackboy · 20-03-2020 01:02PM

Doctor Shipman wrote: »

Its been said about a million times on this thread. The mask will not prevent you from getting sick.

It does give significant protection.

SDKev · 20-03-2020 01:02PM

Doctor Shipman wrote: »

Its been said about a million times on this thread. The mask will not prevent you from getting sick.

FFP3 masks should prevent you from inhaling it

Hector Savage · 20-03-2020 01:02PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Lockdown/social distance does and will work. It just needs time to filter through, about 10 days before the signs are there that cases start coming down.

Italy has been on lockdown for 11 days now

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