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

stockshares · 20-03-2020 02:23PM

interlocked wrote: »

Over a thousand people have signed this petition, not requesting, but "demanding" that the Leinster Schools Rugby competition be completed.

https://www.change.org/p/irish-rugby-football-union-have-leinster-schools-cup-finals-played

Paul Howard must be banging his head off his laptop, the art of satire is dead:rolleyes:

Dont you know that they are above us all.

Rob A. Bank · 20-03-2020 02:23PM

Only 18 beds short today in Irish Hospitals.

https://www.inmo.ie/Trolley_Ward_Watch

Akrasia · 20-03-2020 02:23PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Anyone with OCD social distancing don't look at webcams. Tramore's one can see groups of people together

If those groups of people are all from the same household then that's fine. If they're a bunch of different households together, then this is irresponsible

Hector Savage · 20-03-2020 02:24PM

https://twitter.com/rteliveline/status/1240998851521232896?s=20

Joe will stop this virus in it's tracks..

DevilsHaircut · 20-03-2020 02:24PM

WildWater wrote: »

I do understand fatalism and acceptance if one actually gets critically ill, but feck me 73 is too young for that malarkey. My mum is 88 and is fully intent on getting through this. Plenty of living yet to do as far as she is concerned. I'm pretty sure her target is the President's cheque:D

Extremely worried for her but taking all the precautions we can. Only contacts are two of my sisters and the rest of us it's FaceTime. She's hilarious, gets all dressed up for the calls

Even the fatalistic have a moral obligation not to add to the health system's burden/take up an ICU bed.

TheAsYLuMkeY · 20-03-2020 02:24PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

And that has happened how often in the history of till transactions?

You can do offline transactions by the way.

The whole point of a lockdown is removing the vectors of transmission.

I know what you are saying, but did you not see one of the EU heads ask the major streaming companies to stop all HD services because the entire network is under pressure?

The current situation now more than ever the cash needs to be there in case.

dummy_crusher · 20-03-2020 02:25PM

murpho999 wrote: »

As i said in my other posts you should only wear a mask if you have it.

You should wear the mask if you're infected as your sneeze will spread more.

Me wearing a mask in your example would not stop it going to other surfaces such as head, clothes etc.

Have you seen any images of the Chinese doctors who are arriving in Italy and the ones that are already there? Do you think these doctors are infected? Does anything from those images stand out for you?

EDIT: I'm not advocating that everybody needs or should wear a mask, but I am trying to dispel the idea that murpho999 has become fixated on which is that you can only get this from surfaces...

ShyMets · 20-03-2020 02:26PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Maybe a shade smug

pH · 20-03-2020 02:26PM

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

Only 18 beds short today in Irish Hospitals.

https://www.inmo.ie/Trolley_Ward_Watch

Health service doing a great job preparing for what's to come. Fair play. I've heard anecdotal evidence that A&E are very quiet, anyone attended an A&E in the last few days?

spookwoman · 20-03-2020 02:26PM

https://twitter.com/rteliveline/status/1241007681361588224?s=20

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 02:26PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Of what use is this ?

mick987 · 20-03-2020 02:27PM

greenpilot wrote: »

"People are dying who have never died before."

Donald Trump.

To be fair to the orange one it is true

gabeeg · 20-03-2020 02:27PM

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

I know what you are saying, but did you not see one of the EU heads ask the major streaming companies to stop all HD services because the entire network is under pressure?

The current situation now more than ever the cash needs to be there in case.

Look at you, filling up valuable internet space with this guff.

The internet is at no risk of breaking. Relax.

Antares35 · 20-03-2020 02:30PM

Gooey Looey wrote: »

Expect people to have a few drinks in their own home when they can't go out to mingle and socialise. We have 4 adults living here as my son (21) and daughter (22) live with us. You can expect we'll be having drinks at home with some music to cheer us up.

I don't think people are referring to 4 co-habiting adults having some drink and music at home when they talk about "house parties". Nobody is trying to stop you doing that.

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 02:30PM

gabeeg wrote: »

Look at you, filling up valuable internet space with this guff.

The internet is at no risk of breaking. Relax.

Internet wont break, but the infrastructure is under serious pressure. I work with some of the countries data providers and they've spent the last 2 weeks trying to maximise capacity.

Even at that the mobile networks are currently taking a hammering with engineers from all the main networks working overnight to try and build out infrastructure which usually takes weeks to be done. If your using a mobile currently some calls may not connect and it's purely a capacity issue. Its become worse since the end of last week when major companies all went to remote working.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-03-2020 02:31PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Entirely predictable. People can give out about ordinary people not respecting the lockdown. But our government are worse. They are not enforcing it and they are letting thousands into Ireland with no checks and not imposing mandatory isolation. The whole thing is a farce.
I was in a shop earlier and wouldn't you know a little old lady was withdrawing cash from the atm machine inside the shop. Completely ignoring the news about cash possibly being a carrier of coronavirus. If anything catches the older generation out its their love of cash. There's no point isolating yourself for a week, and then going to the ATM to collect cash. Might as well not isolate at all. Might be time to shut down ATMS while this cv crisis is ongoing.

Well, no, by spending most of one's time in isolation, a person is minimising contact with others. That old lady had that excursion. It might have been her only one that week. In a normal week, she might have, say, seven similar excursions. You don't think there's any value to seriously cutting down your contact with others if it's not 100%? Don't be such a busybody. If everyone drastically cuts down their trips out, the spread can be slowed but it's not realistic to expect that people will never step out. That old lady might not have much support.

caveat emptor · 20-03-2020 02:34PM

Here's a previous one.

Rob A. Bank · 20-03-2020 02:34PM

gabeeg wrote: »

Look at you, filling up valuable internet space with this guff.

The internet is at no risk of breaking. Relax.

YouTube joins Netflix in reducing video quality in Europe.

Streams now set to standard definition by default

YouTube is reducing the quality of its videos in Europe, as an increase in home usage strains the continent’s internet during the novel coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. “We are making a commitment to temporarily switch all traffic in the EU to standard definition by default,” the company said in a statement.

The decision comes after EU industry chief Thierry Breton called on streaming platforms to help reduce their load on the continent’s infrastructure. Internet traffic is increasing as more people spend time at home in line with social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic. There are fears about the strain this could place on the internet’s infrastructure, and cause further disruption to remote workers and e-learning activities now that businesses and schools have been shuttered.

murpho999 · 20-03-2020 02:35PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

How do you know that you are not in direct contact with infected people?

Because I've been avoiding direct contact with people all week. Simple.

Also, if I was in direct contact with an infected person then a surgical mask that most people want to get would not really offer me any protection.

20-03-2020 02:35PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Here's a previous one.

Please stop.

Funsterdelux · 20-03-2020 02:38PM

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/rteliveline/status/1241007681361588224?s=20

My invention

Antares35 · 20-03-2020 02:38PM

is_that_so wrote: »

They all do that with alarming frequency at that age! I had a neighbour who used to say that every year from her late seventies. She was 92 when she died.

My Dad is 73 and I can't imagine him saying something like that! He has more life in him than I have at times! He is eagerly awaiting the arrival of his first grandchild (our daughter who is due in a couple of weeks) and can't wait to spoil her rotten

I think I would be heartbroken if he came out with something like that.

elperello · 20-03-2020 02:39PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Because I've been avoiding direct contact with people all week. Simple.

Also, if I was in direct contact with an infected person then a surgical mask that most people want to get would not really offer me any protection.

You have got it in one there.

Zero contact = Zero risk.

Any contact is a compromise.

weldoninhio · 20-03-2020 02:40PM

m17 wrote: »

Italian air force we will win coronavirus outbreak

Video is from ages ago.

skellig_rocks · 20-03-2020 02:41PM

walshb wrote: »

What is right and wrong in this mad world?

Trump is vile. Rather than trying to be a decent human, that should be bringing people together, he is deliberately stoking division and hatred and hostility. He’s truly disgusting.

What actual help is him deliberately offending so many people?

He is even starting to emphasise his words when mentioning it. Unreal..

Dangerously odd man.

I think Xi Jiping is much more dangerous than Trump. Like Trump or not he may not be the US President by Januray next year, but Xi and CCP will rule China for the next few decades. And the crisis is caused by Xi wrong decisions back in January.

Actually we may be helping Trump to get re-elected by giving him much need air-time and publicity. While Xi is hiding and never made any national address to his nation during this crisis.

TheAsYLuMkeY · 20-03-2020 02:41PM

gabeeg wrote: »

Look at you, filling up valuable internet space with this guff.

The internet is at no risk of breaking. Relax.

Ahh yes, thats why a senior EU official asked the major tech companies to stop HD streaming service, for the craic.

Have you ever been in a shop where the card machine system had gone down?

I have experienced it twice in total, but countless times when it took an age to do the transaction.

If the infrastructure is under constant and prolonged pressure (months possibly from this), cashless transaction could suffer and cash would bridge that gap.

Dont try and blow out of proportion what i was getting at.

Cash should be maintained in reserve always.

wadacrack · 20-03-2020 02:42PM

https://medium.com/@stevejang/flattening-the-curve-the-south-korean-approach-to-covid-19-49cb55d1e782

murpho999 · 20-03-2020 02:43PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Hand washing will only get you so far. The governments stated objective is to flatten the curve.

People who are at risk should have a different objective. Don't get it.
People should treat everyone they come into contact with as potentially having it.
They should reduce that risk wherever possible.

It's a respiratory disease. We know that.
It's spread by aerosol. We know that.
Respirators can filter out aerosols.
Do they work? HSE says "masks" don't work.

This is not true and you're basing it on one study where it said it was plausable.

You're either scaremongering or have shares in a mask manufacturing company.

It's not just HSE who say they're not required, but the NHS, WHO, CDC, Dutch Health ministry etc.

fr336 · 20-03-2020 02:43PM

Social distancing needs to be in place for most of a YEAR, say UK government advisers. I think UK (ie me) are going to get a big wake up call very shortly.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-social-distancing-needs-to-be-in-place-for-most-of-a-year-say-government-advisers-11960920

caveat emptor · 20-03-2020 02:44PM

murpho999 wrote: »

This is not true and you're basing it on one study where it said it was plausable.

You're either scaremongering or have shares in a mask manufacturing company.

It's not just HSE who say they're not required, but the NHS, WHO, CDC, Dutch Health ministry etc.

source?

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