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

MD1990 · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

not bad today.
Something positive.

An Ciarraioch · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

Shn99 wrote: »

Holohan says he doesnt expect further measures to be announced, will the lockdown end on the 29th then?

No, the measures would only be removed when daily cases are virtually zero.

froog · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

Loughc wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but is today’s number good that it dropped from 191 yesterday?

even at this extremely early stage it is, especially considering more and more tests being done.

ACitizenErased · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

Shn99 wrote: »

Holohan says he doesnt expect further measures to be announced, will the lockdown end on the 29th then?

Dare I say that's a good sign? That they expect peak to be near?

Shn99 · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

GM228 wrote: »

What lockdown?

Schools, pubs, hotels ect

Jim_Hodge · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

Shn99 wrote: »

Holohan says he doesnt expect further measures to be announced, will the lockdown end on the 29th then?

There is no lockdown.

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

Loughc wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but is today’s number good that it dropped from 191 yesterday?

Well its not worse. It is still a very significant almost 25% increase though

neonsofa · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

Shn99 wrote: »

Holohan says he doesnt expect further measures to be announced, will the lockdown end on the 29th then?

I think he meant additional measures, like an increase in closures in addition to the school closures- cafes, restaurants etc

walshb · 20-03-2020 07:14PM

GM228 wrote: »

What lockdown?

Britain seem to be more pushing lockdown than us now..

expectationlost · 20-03-2020 07:15PM

amadangomor wrote: »

Very weird post, you would swear you haven't a fecking bulls notion of what you are talking about:rolleyes:

if they want treatment ask for it

iwillyeah1234 · 20-03-2020 07:15PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Worldometeres says peak in Italy is still two weeks away...jesus

where did you see that? or are you calculating from the existing curve?

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/italy/

munsterlegend · 20-03-2020 07:15PM

I wish they would give the date that the results relate to. It could have been Patrick’s day or Wednesday but for some reasons it’s not revealed.

Acosta · 20-03-2020 07:16PM

Jin luk wrote: »

But if it stops health workers from getting the virus or at least helps them why would it not help the average joe? I honestly dont get the contradiction on this 1

Surely masks would be appropriate PPE for people who work in supermarkets or airport's where staff will be in close contact with people that have it?

Gooey Looey · 20-03-2020 07:16PM

Jin luk wrote: »

But if it stops health workers from getting the virus or at least helps them why would it not help the average joe? I honestly dont get the contradiction on this 1

Health workers adhere to the right protocols putting them on and taking them off and change them regularly disposing of them properly. The general public does not know how to do this and could be constantly readjusting once for comfort thereby providing themselves no protection

CSSE09 · 20-03-2020 07:16PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Dare I say that's a good sign? That they expect peak to be near?

They don't expect the peak to be near, he said we'll still be going up the curve just at a slower rate, one of the reporters asked if it went up by 15% per day would that be good and he said they'd be happy to see it be 15%.

iwillyeah1234 · 20-03-2020 07:16PM

sky news on the streets of South London now. Outside a pub that is packed.

Jesus - you'd think people would have got the message now.

murpho999 · 20-03-2020 07:16PM

Loughc wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but is today’s number good that it dropped from 191 yesterday?

Yes it's good but it's going to vary each day.

The point is they are new cases. The numbers are going to ramp up.

Too many people are reading too much into each day's increase and comparing it to the day before.

Jin luk · 20-03-2020 07:16PM

The cases were lower today for 2 reason folks,

1. They were running low on testing kits and just recieved more kits yesterday

2. Paddys day would create a lag.

Would love if it was declining but thats not the case im afraid.

Donald Trump · 20-03-2020 07:17PM

Andrew00 wrote: »

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

It probably has a lot to do with testing.

UK are only testing people hospitalised. They might have 100k people presenting with symptoms, they hospitalize and test 10k of those. Then 1k of those die. Their figures will say 10k cases and 1k deaths.

The death rate gives a better (lagged) indicator of actual infection rates. If 10 people die today, that is an indication that e.g 1000 people were newly infected say on the Friday 2 weeks ago.

TheValeyard · 20-03-2020 07:17PM

walshb wrote: »

Britain seem to be more pushing lockdown than us now..

Probably because they've just figured out how totally fcuked they could be.

Shn99 · 20-03-2020 07:17PM

When do we expect to peak and for the new cases to be near zero?

lbj666 · 20-03-2020 07:17PM

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

I prefer our approach

Yup and if we get out of this sooner than other countries being very simplistic it would means our economy will rebound quicker than theirs.

munsterlegend · 20-03-2020 07:18PM

TheValeyard wrote: »

Probably because they've just figured out how totally fcuked they could be.

Yep. They could be in serious trouble which also means we could be.

ACitizenErased · 20-03-2020 07:18PM

CSSE09 wrote: »

They don't expect the peak to be near, he said we'll still be going up the curve just at a slower rate, one of the reporters asked if it went up by 15% per day would that be good and he said they'd be happy to see it be 15%.

All I'm saying is in my opinion the fact that they don't think a full lockdown is necessary suggests an inkling of positivity.

Jin luk · 20-03-2020 07:18PM

Gooey Looey wrote: »

Health workers adhere to the right protocols putting them on and taking them off and change them regularly disposing of them properly. The general public does not know how to do this and could be constantly readjusting once for comfort thereby providing themselves no protection

So they would work if a video was circulated on how to properly put on and take off? Its pure contradiction regarding masks

SDKev · 20-03-2020 07:19PM

schmoo2k wrote: »

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

Anyone know why this hasn’t been updated since 29th Feb? - the demographic elements

murpho999 · 20-03-2020 07:19PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

sky news on the streets of South London now. Outside a pub that is packed.

Jesus - you'd think people would have got the message now.

Interviewing people bunched up together including the interviewer. Compared to RTE who are using microphones on extension handles.

This all has an influence on people's behaviour.

lbj666 · 20-03-2020 07:19PM

Shn99 wrote: »

When do we expect to peak and for the new cases to be near zero?

Too early to tell. Testing only ramped up yesterday and the effects of the social distancing will only be seen next week.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 07:19PM

Loughc wrote: »

Forgive my ignorance but is today’s number good that it dropped from 191 yesterday?

Same trend in other countries, some days lower but most days higher and loads of other variables as well.

You'd need a downward trend in new cases for multiple days to read much in to it.

Perhaps a backlog of cases was being cleared yesterday?

Jim_Hodge · 20-03-2020 07:20PM

Shn99 wrote: »

When do we expect to peak and for the new cases to be near zero?

Nobody knows bit probably months away.

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