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

Dcully wrote: »

- People cramming into Shops
- Teens Spitting on shopping trolleys

Show these people the latest report on sky news from Italy and they would change their tune fairly rapidly as its pretty grim.

I really don't think they would.
You could be showing them the same scenes in Dublin and they still wouldn't care, because it wasn't them personally.

is_that_so wrote: »

Do you have a link to this?

I linked one of them? You can search for more and theres a lot of articles on it.

Snippet:
Their study, which has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that the virus could survive in droplets for up to three hours after being coughed out into the air. Fine droplets between 1-5 micrometres in size – about 30 times small than the width of a human hair – can remain airborne for several hours in still air.

So while its not 'airborne' it can linger in the water droplets in the air which can float around for hours.

murpho999 wrote: »

Read it properly, article about Korea is for people voting only.

Is it not more dangerous to be holding elections?

Yes because Korea is in a semi lock down, but they are allowing people to come out and vote but only if they wear a mask

megatron989 wrote: »

What about the air in a shop or other indoor environment.
I'd rather be overly cautious than roll the dice on your assumption that it's safe. Evidence to date says this stuff can float about for some time in the right conditions. Not to mention the muck savages that cough openly wherever they go.

So how do you stop it going into your eyes or ears then. Should wear swimming goggles, ear defenders and butt plugs?

is_that_so wrote: »

Modern day ring a ring of roses ...

ring a roses is more of a warning passed on thru the generAtions, covid tag is not, it's shameful!

I'm surely not the only person that didn't find that footage inside an Italian hospital last night THAT scary.

Going by previous comments, I was expecting masses of patients taking up every inch of available room and dead bodies being carried out. Instead, it looked quite orderly all things considered, and there even appeared to be less people on trolleys than during our hospital crisis at the end of last year.

That isn't me downplaying the virus by the way, only being a bit 'meh' by the video.

Deleted User wrote: »

I enjoy how Irish people who have no history whatsoever of wearing masks know better than Asians who wear them routinely either when they're sick or for air pollution, and have history in dealing with the last Coronavirus.

Asian governments aren't making it law to wear one and just for the craic. I didn't wear one the last time I was sick just for the craic.

I feel like a lot of people are saying they are useless because they were not able to buy any. So now they spout out that they are useless to make themselves feel better

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

Would it not have been far more effective to completely lock down the elderly and at risk and let everyone else work their way through this?

Unfortunately mindless-hysteria has trumped sensible solutions.

is_that_so wrote: »

So it's could not does and it needs someone to cough first.

Yeah but i was replying to the poster who said it doesn't linger at all which also, could be untrue. It's too new to know exactly how it works.

is_that_so wrote: »

So it's could not does and it needs someone to cough first.

Just the possibility is terrifying when you know how many people are pigs who can't cover their mouth when coughing, even right now.

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Might be unenforceable but that doesn't mean the policy itself is stupid...

Any policy that is unenforceable is stupid by definition.

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

Would it not have been far more effective to completely lock down the elderly and at risk and let everyone else work their way through this?

I dont think you comprehend how large a part of the population this is.

https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/icp/chronic-disease/
1 million Irish people have at least one Chronic illness. Only 2/3 of this group are over 65, so there are about 330,000 'younger' Irish people who are at risk.

And then all people over 65.Nearly 15% of Irish people are over 65.
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp3oy/cp3/agr/

Then very young kids kids, smokers and pregnant women too, all at risk too.

Youre talking about locking down at least 1/4 irish people indefinitely. This is why the world is taking it so seriously, because the 'at risk'group is actually the majority of the population in some countries like America which has very high obesity rates, Italy which has a very old population, and developing countries with very poor healthcare and high levels of malnutrition.

deisedevil wrote: »

Complete and utter shíte!

Which part is sh!te?

Clearly a shutdown will afford breathing space and will be effective in the short term but it comes at a massive economic cost the consequence of which are unknown.

When the phrase Economic Cost is mentioned a lot of people think this means that there will be temporary month long lay-offs and they may have to cancel this years summer holiday but everything will be back to normal by Christmas.

The remedy being worse than the disease is an outcome that must be considered, a terrible scenario to imagine in the face of the vulnerable, elderly and those in the high risk category.

I assume this entire outbreak stemmed from one single person infecting another?
We now have hundred of thousands infected. There is no controlling this virus, we have to learn to live with it and soon.

Doctor Shipman wrote: »

Fake news should always be called out do you not think ?

I'm happy not caring what Trump says most of the time but each to their own.