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

Heighway61 · 20-03-2020 06:02PM

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 06:02PM

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

BorneTobyWilde · 20-03-2020 06:02PM

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 06:02PM

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 06:02PM

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 06:02PM

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 06:02PM

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 06:02PM

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 06:03PM

The UK are now ahead of us in shutting gyms etc

autumnbelle · 20-03-2020 06:03PM

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 06:03PM

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 06:03PM

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 06:03PM

dougm1970 wrote: »

why does worldometer say 184 deaths ?

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

RugbyLad11 · 20-03-2020 06:04PM

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

Not in Kansas · 20-03-2020 06:04PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

My uncle is deteriorating rapidly, from cancer, not COVID19. If he dies in the near future, the family isn’t going to have a funeral because there are quite a few immunocompromised people amongst our ranks. There’s me, my aunt who is 60ish and has a serious autoimmune disease and two of her children, aged early to mid 30s who have a different autoimmune disorder. One of them has it very bad, it almost killed him a few years ago. I’m so sad that we won’t be able to honour my uncle’s life at the time of his passing. But we can’t risk it.

Then, my husband’s aunt is also in the final stages of cancer. Her husband is distraught because the hospital are only allowing him 5 minutes with her a few times a day. They actually set a timer on his visits. I’m not sure why they are doing that. She’s not going to bounce back at this stage. She’s in the final stages of the disease. It seems like they could use their discretion.

I'm so sorry to hear all of the above. Please try to steer family and funeral directors towards somewhere that has a webcam for the funeral ceremonieswhen the time comes and have a small number who are not vulnerable present and distanced. My mother's best friend died last week - non virus related - and it gave my mother and her friends great comfort to watch the service which was attended by 10 family members, live from the Church website.

This will become the new normal soon sadly.

Poor Italy and Spain. Terrifying.

tobefrank321 · 20-03-2020 06:05PM

otnomart wrote: »

Here is a chart on: tests vs cases

https://lab24.ilsole24ore.com/coronavirus/#box_6

Thanks, appreciate the stats you provide. The italian mortality rate is running close to 10% which is very high. The median age is also high of confirmed cases, roughly 65. I think the prevalence is likely high of untested cases in Italy. This means they could be in for a long road of a high death rates.

iwillyeah1234 · 20-03-2020 06:05PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

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

exactly. it's unreal.. like living in a movie.

the other half went to an enormous mega-Tesco nearby today - meat section completely cleared out. Never seen anything like it.

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 06:05PM

is_that_so wrote: »

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

The new cases in reporting is up to date.

The rest is up to date from the surveillance centre as of midnight Wednesday

https://twitter.com/Adam_Higgins27/status/1241059841721974784?s=19

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-03-2020 06:05PM

retro:electro wrote: »

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

I wonder are they monitoring people? Maybe they are being treated as case studies to gather as much information as possible.

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 06:05PM

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

I think it's the total since beginning

He said 12 as of today.

Balmed Out · 20-03-2020 06:05PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

The UK are now ahead of us in shutting gyms etc

Most closed here without being told to

mikeoc85 · 20-03-2020 06:05PM

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

How do you know? Call them out on it if it's true. They should be adhering to restricted movement, not self isolating, unless they have symptoms of course.

Because I seen that they were on social media. We were talking about it earlier on WhatsApp. Trying to pass it off as a good deed then. If it was a good dead you wouldn’t have it all over social media while putting people’s lives at risk. The worst part is they’re actually at the hospital

Quantum Erasure · 20-03-2020 06:06PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

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

won't somebody please think of the postal workers...

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 06:06PM

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

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

The ICU figures issued today as the figures as they stood midnight 18th. Read the press release

IvoryTower · 20-03-2020 06:06PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

I wonder are they monitoring people? Maybe they are being treated as case studies to gather as much information as possible.

Keeping them away from others you would assume

nacho libre · 20-03-2020 06:06PM

walshb wrote: »

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

So are you happy for airlines not to ground all flights between Ireland and the UK?

Andrew00 · 20-03-2020 06:06PM

Might be a silly question but why has there only been 3 deaths in Ireland so far despite there being 683 confirmed cases (probably thousands infected though)

I pray this mortality rate stays low

Tacitus Kilgore · 20-03-2020 06:06PM

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

€ 205 per week and three month moratorium added on at the end is an insult , our economy will collapse.

I'd say it's bolloxed anyway, damned no matter what they do

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 06:06PM

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?

Total since beginning.
Still no recovered numbers released

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 20-03-2020 06:07PM

Not in Kansas wrote: »

I'm so sorry to hear all of the above. Please try to steer family and funeral directors towards somewhere that has a webcam for the funeral ceremonieswhen the time comes and have a small number who are not vulnerable present and distanced. My mother's best friend died last week - non virus related - and it gave my mother and her friends great comfort to watch the service which was attended by 10 family members, live from the Church website.

This will become the new normal soon sadly.

Poor Italy and Spain. Terrifying.

That’s a definite possibility. My father will want to have a funeral for his brother even if it’s only him and my mother there. If they can broadcast it, the rest of the family can watch.

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