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

murpho999 · 20-03-2020 03:35PM

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 03:35PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Here's a previous one.

Please stop.

Funsterdelux · 20-03-2020 03:38PM

spookwoman wrote: »

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

My invention

Antares35 · 20-03-2020 03:38PM

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 03:39PM

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 03:40PM

m17 wrote: »

Italian air force we will win coronavirus outbreak

Video is from ages ago.

skellig_rocks · 20-03-2020 03:41PM

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 03:41PM

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 03:42PM

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

murpho999 · 20-03-2020 03:43PM

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 03:43PM

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 03:44PM

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?

statesaver · 20-03-2020 03:44PM

skellig_rocks wrote: »

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.

Do you live and have a vote in the States ?

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 03:45PM

Good to see USA testing a lot more people now. Cases hitting almost 15,000 now, will likely be over 20,000 by tonight.

SEPT 23 1989 · 20-03-2020 03:45PM

Ryanair cut all wages by 50%

Cee-Jay-Cee · 20-03-2020 03:45PM

jamesf85 wrote: »

I genuinely can't understand how/why people are hung up on how many infected we have.

"We're on track to be worse than Italy"

Really? How many tests had Italy administered at this stage after their first positive test or their first death? How many did we test that were counted with yesterdays figures? We don't even know what days were counted in yesterdays figures.

Italy has a population of 66 million with one of the oldest populations on earth. We have a population of 5.4million.

Italy is very densely populated in particular the North of the country. Ireland has a very sparse population with the exception of Dublin.

We are in no way like Italy and unlikely to ever be unless everyone starts licking everyone else to purposely spread the virus.

caveat emptor · 20-03-2020 03:45PM

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1241009047530332160?s=20

tobefrank321 · 20-03-2020 03:46PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

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.

The point was not her going out from her house. The point was her using an atm machine, typing in her pin, collecting cash, going to the counter to purchase something, taking the change, putting it in her pocket or her purse.

We've been told to minimise social contact - that also means surfaces used by others. For most of us, it doesn't matter. For someone in the vulnerable category it could be lethal.

I have a feeling this is why Italy is seeing it so bad among the elderly. They just don't understand the need to cut down touching surfaces, shaking hands, hugs and kisses. There will be exceptions of course who are very up with it.

sheepsh4gger · 20-03-2020 03:46PM

Just went outside. People sitting outside of cafes, like nothing is happening. The Tesco Metro has a silly line and signs but the place is so small that people step on each other's toes.
Ireland is kill

Tea drinker · 20-03-2020 03:47PM

Corkgirl20 wrote: »

I would also like a lockdown. My 66 year old mum is a retired nurse who went back to work for the hospital this week on request. She’s so petrified of contacting it and not knowing and then passing it onto my dad, she’s sleeping in a separate room to him. She doesn’t leave the house only to go to work. I’m a teacher so off work and able to run all the errands for them. But it pains me to see how careful she is being and risking a lot ( she’s not young the virus may not be so kind if she contracts it). I was driving through my town this evening and I saw a group of about 10-12 teens hanging out and it angered me. Then I saw someone had posed about it on the town Facebook page and some parents were writing back asking what the issue was and for people to calm down.
The issue is these teens will go home and pass it onto family members who may end up in hospital , taking up hospital beds when it could have been prevented if they just told their kids to stay in for a matter of weeks. It’s not forever , kids have phones and TV’s , they can go for walks and ride their bikes. They won’t die from a bit of social distancing and it may save the lives of others.

I know this rant doesn’t apply to most parents are doing an excellent job keeping their kids away from groups. I applaud those who are doing this !!

Well the kids didn't lick it off a stamp, the parents have infected their kids with their own disregard (or just maybe stupid)

tobefrank321 · 20-03-2020 03:49PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Ryanair cut all wages by 50%

A sad but necessary step. There's no hope of controlling this without controlling air travel. A couple of weeks or months from now, air travel could be gradually increased.

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 03:49PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

source?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-china-face-masks-boots-amazon-stock-flu-hygiene-a9309771.html

This report quotes from an expert.

I looked him up and he did say it. But other experts differ. Health organisation will always want to protect supply. But most agree if social distancing then masks are not required.

Timberrrrrrrr · 20-03-2020 03:50PM

sheepsh4gger wrote: »

Just went outside. People sitting outside of cafes, like nothing is happening. The Tesco Metro has a silly line and signs but the place is so small that people step on each other's toes.
Ireland is kill

And Dundalk racing going ahead today, a few hundred people from all over the country mixing and risking carrying the virus home.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-03-2020 03:52PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

The point was not her going out from her house. The point was her using an atm machine, typing in her pin, collecting cash, going to the counter to purchase something, taking the change, putting it in her pocket or her purse.

We've been told to minimise social contact - that also means surfaces used by others. For most of us, it doesn't matter. For someone in the vulnerable category it could be lethal.

I have a feeling this is why Italy is seeing it so bad among the elderly. They just don't understand the need to cut down touching surfaces, shaking hands, hugs and kisses. There will be exceptions of course who are very up with it.

None of that goes against what I said. That old lady might need to step out for herself. Not everyone has support. If she's cut excursions down to the bare minimum, that is still of value, a lot less interactions than normal and therefore less chances for transmission. The last thing vulnerable people need is people tsking at them.

statesaver · 20-03-2020 03:52PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

And Dundalk racing going ahead today, a few hundred people from all over the country mixing and risking carrying the virus home.

Madness, why can't the Government stop it ?

Loafing Oaf · 20-03-2020 03:53PM

wadacrack wrote: »

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

South Korea was hit by COVID-19, a novel coronavirus, in mid-January 2020 and

has been able to rapidly flatten the curve in 8 weeks using a comprehensive suppression strategy of:
High-Availability Testing
Clear Quarantine/Isolation Protocols
Extensive Contact Tracing
Social Distancing
— and without a complete shutdown of commercial and retail economy.

To me that doesn't seem any more extreme than what most European countries have been doing for several days now. With no discernible effect so far.:(

billybonkers · 20-03-2020 03:53PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Ryanair cut all wages by 50%

Source on this?

dummy_crusher · 20-03-2020 03:53PM

murpho999 wrote: »

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

Coronavirus is spread in sneeze or cough droplets. To infect you, it has to get from an infected person's nose or mouth into your eyes, nose or mouth. This can be direct or indirect (on hands, objects, surfaces). Keep this in mind. It will help you remember all the things you need to do to protect yourself and others from the virus

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/protect-yourself.html

An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosol

Timberrrrrrrr · 20-03-2020 03:54PM

statesaver wrote: »

Madness, why can't the Government stop it ?

Thurles is on tomorrow, Downpatrick and Naas sunday.

Tacitus Kilgore · 20-03-2020 03:54PM

statesaver wrote: »

Madness, why can't the Government stop it ?

let alone not stopping it, we're fuckin payin for it too - €67 million to it this year.

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