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

Movementarian · 20-03-2020 06:58PM

retro:electro wrote: »

What does it mean when Tony says some are hospitalised for public health reasons rather than clinical reasons?

Would guess its where people maybe cant isolate at home with other vulnerable people. Not that they themselves need hospitsl treatment but to minimise risk to others. Thats just my guess though

An Ciarraioch · 20-03-2020 06:58PM

retro:electro wrote: »

What does it mean when Tony says some are hospitalised for public health reasons rather than clinical reasons?

For example, if cases were living with elderly parents, it would be more practical for them to self-isolate in hospital.

coolshannagh28 · 20-03-2020 06:59PM

Since the start in Italy I calculate the rate of increase at 22% per day so I expect ours to do the same ; vital that the numbers in Italy plateau soon or the near future is bleak.

20-03-2020 06:59PM

I'm relieved that the numbers aren't exploding. I was expecting somewhere in the vicinity of 400. Obviously the wider availability of testing kits will inevitably spike numbers in coming days, but I take some small measure of consolation from the 24 hour total to this evening.

JP Liz V1 · 20-03-2020 06:59PM

140 hospitalisations so far

Timberrrrrrrr · 20-03-2020 06:59PM

kcools wrote: »

Don't think you're comparing apples with aples there. Isn't the €203 our unemployment assistance whereas the 80% thing is a grant to an employer to keep someone on, rather than lay them off?

Basically yes.

You dont "lose" your job, rather just told stay at home. Boss pays you (all/or most) wages and can claim back from the government. Some will.pay 100% of your monthly wage and claim back 80% some only pay 80% but still better than a kick in the nuts for most.

iwillyeah1234 · 20-03-2020 06:59PM

+643 new cases in the UK today - it's now jumped to over 3000

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14

walshb · 20-03-2020 07:00PM

UK figures today?

BorneTobyWilde · 20-03-2020 07:00PM

TheValeyard wrote: »

The virus wasnt given lessons on gender equality? Or pot luck?

Men are just filthy animals

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 07:00PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

same here. i said to my English other half "now i know how your grandmother felt during the war"

this is our generations version of an emergency like the world wars were

Amirani · 20-03-2020 07:00PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The gender imbalance is striking, anyone know why?

Dealing with small segments of the population so far, wouldn't necessarily expect it to be uniform.

What is quite stark is the gender difference in mortality rate in Italy.

dougm1970 · 20-03-2020 07:00PM

Shn99 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1241060501972561922?s=21

why does worldometer say 184 deaths ?

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 07:01PM

15% a day is a number they would be pleased to see from the end of the month.

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 07:01PM

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

There was only 7 in ICU yesterday, so it has almost doubled

Those ICU figures are only up to date as of the 18th

Harry Palmr · 20-03-2020 07:01PM

lbj666 wrote: »

That number has doubled in the space of 2 days. It's not good news

It was six for several days, then a belated jump, these are small numbers so we could see a jump, a plateau, a small jump then a bigger one and so on.

bekker · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

retro:electro wrote: »

What does it mean when Tony says some are hospitalised for public health reasons rather than clinical reasons?

Maybe asymptomatic/minor symptoms, not individually able to self-isolate?

Heighway61 · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

At what stage will they lockdown the place? Are they waiting until we reach 1k cases

It won't happen while the numbers remain relativly small and while the health system can still cope. I'd say they have a lockdown activation timeline in mind as ICU cases increase.

walshb · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

All our cafes need to close...and shopping centres..food shops stay open..

BorneTobyWilde · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Postvox/status/1241042158578253824?s=19

It's so silly considering it's spreading the virus on objects, ie cards. We all have phones, it's not the 1920s .
What BS

It's not helping, many will get virus from this for sure, 1 would be too many, but 1000s will.

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Those ICU figures are only up to date as of the 18th

Did he say that? Reporting is up to noon on the day.

Tippex · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

+643 new cases in the UK today - it's now jumped to over 3000

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/f94c3c90da5b4e9f9a0b19484dd4bb14

Those figures are yesterdays figures.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1241060501972561922

cnocbui · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

threeball wrote: »

You do realise that if we continue the path we're on that climate change will make this look like a teddy bears picnic and that there will be no end, it will be permanent. You can laugh all you want because its not on your door yet, but 3 months ago we were all looking at China and never expected we'd be in the midst of this today.

No, you have fallen for the nonsense peddled by the alarmists. Current global average temperature is about 14.5°C. Lets say it gets to 20°C - that's the annual average temperature of Sydney. Clearly no one could possibly live in Sydney so everyone will die. The optimum temperature for photosynthesis is around 30°C. So if the planet warms up, and there is more CO2 in the atmosphere, plants, given enough water, will go absolutely mental. The very reason there is so much coal and oil is thought to be because of exactly this - abundant plant growth, which supported vast and abundant animal life, namely the dinosaurs.

Fun fact: For the length of time there has been life on Earth, most of that time there weren't any polar ice caps, because it was much warmer than at present - like mid twenties. The time slice in which we live is one of the coldest periods life on Earth has ever known.

RugbyLad11 · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Those ICU figures are only up to date as of the 18th

and today's are only up to the 19th...

iwillyeah1234 · 20-03-2020 07:02PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Basically yes.

You dont "lose" your job, rather just told stay at home. Boss pays you (all/or most) wages and can claim back from the government. Some will.pay 100% of your monthly wage and claim back 80% some only pay 80% but still better than a kick in the nuts for most.

actually the way i read it , the boss will stop paying you - the government will step in and pay you directly.

"Today I can announce that for the first time in our history the government is going to step in and pay people's wages"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51982005

To be honest , that's probably easier to implement - you just reverse the tax system.

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 07:03PM

The UK are now ahead of us in shutting gyms etc

autumnbelle · 20-03-2020 07:03PM

I wonder are 12 still in icu or is that the figure in total that had need icu. 9 left in it at the minute?

kowloon · 20-03-2020 07:03PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The gender imbalance is striking, anyone know why?

For the hospital cases I would guess it's because there are more women in the older age ranges than men due to life expectancy. For younger cases no idea.

regedit · 20-03-2020 07:03PM

Antares35 wrote: »

If you look at it in isolation (pardon the pun) rather than in the context of total number of cases.

Why are some people so determined that everything has to be bad, bad, bad.

I agree. Looking at Italy where 2600+ are in ICU, our numbers are small and are likely spread nationally so there's no huge pressure on the system

An Ciarraioch · 20-03-2020 07:03PM

dougm1970 wrote: »

why does worldometer say 184 deaths ?

144 was widely reported yesterday, and there were 40 today.

RugbyLad11 · 20-03-2020 07:04PM

autumnbelle wrote: »

I wonder are 12 still in icu or is that the figure in total that had need icu. 9 left in it at the minute?

I think it's the total since beginning

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