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

Antares35 · 20-03-2020 06:38PM

tom1ie wrote: »

Not being smart, but you won’t find that here. I only come onto this thread once a day for a half hour or so to get some facts that are going around.
Positivity has long left boards.

I may need to start doing the same! I can't keep up with the feckin thing anyway

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 06:38PM

I remember being shocked that 130 in Italy had died in one day just last week. This is just a surreal situation

DOCARCH · 20-03-2020 06:39PM

France: +1,617 cases/+78 deaths.

A reduction on yesterdays figures.

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 06:39PM

Yakult wrote: »

Look around the now, people still not adhering to the social distancing. Thinking it's all just a game.

We need to get fairly serious about this and not in two weeks when we have an even higher number and it's too late to act.

Seek to raise spirits through other means, you will only be disapointed otherwise.

Most people doing most of the things most of the time is what he said. 100% compliance is impossible and even in a full lockdown very difficult. The message needs to be repeated 100 times a day.

Gods Gift · 20-03-2020 06:40PM

Hopefully when all this is over, we’ll keep practicing social distancing.

bilston · 20-03-2020 06:40PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

jesus. 627 ?

wasn't it 425 the other day, and even i thought that was getting hairy.

There's no sign of that Italian curve levelling off yet is there? Scarey..

New cases may start dropping in the next 4 or 5 days once we pass the 14 day mark since the lockdown. Unfortunately the deaths will continue to rise for some time after that. However fewer new cases may ease the stress on the health system a bit which may in itself lessen the rate of death. But it will probably still keep rising for a few days yet

eagle eye · 20-03-2020 06:40PM

Was just in Aldi, never again. People have no idea about social spacing. At the checkout people were on top of each other. You are less than three feet from the teller when you are bagging your groceries. At least in Dunnes and Tesco they have lines on the ground where you stand and wait your turn to get checked out. You can stand a fair distance from the teller as you bag your shopping too.

whiskeyman · 20-03-2020 06:41PM

Re the whole 'flatten the curve'.
The daily figures don't mean squat unless you test test test like crazy and take actions upon them.

The whole point is to reduce capacity to the health system.
We may not be testing enough and be fooled into thinking we're flattening the curve, but our hospitals will be under huge pressure shortly.

Without huge testing, we've no idea how bad this is and therefore can't determine best preventive measures (further restrictions and isolation of confirmed cases).

Anyone who is looking for solice at our daily case count without looking at the big picture is in for a shock in the next couple of weeks.

Xertz · 20-03-2020 06:41PM

eagle eye wrote: »

Was just in Aldi, never again. People have no idea about social spacing. At the checkout people were on top of each other. You are less than three feet from the teller when you are bagging your groceries. At least in Dunnes and Tesco they have lines on the ground where you stand and wait your turn to get checked out. You can stand a fair distance from the teller as you bag your shopping too.

People need to actually tell others to stand back. We're FAR FAR FAR too polite as a society to enforce this stuff.

It's all about being too shy to say 'boo' to our own shadow.

Failure to stand back needs to become a social taboo for the moment and people need to feel they can actually tell people to stay out of their space.

tobefrank321 · 20-03-2020 06:41PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

Is social distancing the new norm until a vaccine is widely in effect?

Sounds to me like it will be around for years !!

In all liklihood yes and not a bad thing.

CIARAN_BOYLE · 20-03-2020 06:41PM

paleoperson wrote: »

Headline on today's Irish Examiner says "Italy's healthcare system nears breaking point".... how exactly is it "near" breaking point? Saying it's near breaking point is for the common flu gone especially bad or something, what could possibly be worse than how it is?

627 new deaths today, they're sending patients to other countries, total lack of equipment, triage situation (allowing some people to die) - what exactly would breaking point be if they aren't at it now? I think it's fair to say they went past breaking point long ago, they're now trying to do the best they can with a broken system.

In my opinion Lombardy's health service is ****ing broken but health services in less effected regions are managing to keep buggering on (barely). The rest of the country is pretty close to failure imo.

citysights · 20-03-2020 06:41PM

Can anyone tell me again how long covid can live on card, paper packaging? What are people wiping their shopping with? Any tips as to what other people are doing: using? This is important I think.

Sam Hain · 20-03-2020 06:42PM

That Doctor freaking Eddie fella on the RTE news. Hes too creepy and unnerving an individual to be addressing the nation.

Podge201 · 20-03-2020 06:42PM

I see teenagers walking in groups today, parents worse too to be not curtailing their children in this emergency

fr336 · 20-03-2020 06:42PM

How is the public transport in Ireland now? Here Sunday timetables coming in from Monday.

Class MayDresser · 20-03-2020 06:44PM

Podge201 wrote: »

I see teenagers walking in groups today, parents worse too to be not curtailing their children in this emergency

I agree, but I'd hate to be the parent of a teenager right now.

iguana · 20-03-2020 06:44PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

cork and limerick have high numbers

Not really. Only 3% of the currently detected cases are in Limerick. Same as Wicklow but Limerick has a higher population, so less cases proportionally. 51% of the cases are in Dublin. 15% in Cork. Dublin is almost certainly the epicentre, with Cork as a secondary epicentre. There is a really, really good argument for restricting regional travel so that UHL and UHG can take overflow patients from worse affected regions if at all possible. It's why Italy is on a complete lockdown when it is Lombardy and some smaller regions around it that have the worst problems. By suppressing the spread in the rest of Italy, other regions hospitals aren't overwhelmed and can provide back-up.

Hobgoblin11 · 20-03-2020 06:45PM

How do you get a haircut with social distancing?

Knowall1 · 20-03-2020 06:45PM

Something odd about the deaths on UK. If they had the same numbers as us pro rata they should have between 30 and 40 deaths . Yet theyare are at 140

20-03-2020 06:45PM

Bono is fighting CV19 and is up in arms in Dalkey

Seems to be referring to cafe / restaurant owner with the tables outside

Need to turn the sound on

https://i.imgur.com/IxkZCLl.mp4

OhToBeByTheSea · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Class MayDresser wrote: »

I agree, but I'd hate to be the parent of a teenager right now.

Unfortunately, this is part of parenting. This may be an unprecedented situation but, parents have to take the good with the bad. If they keep them at home now, that will hopefully lessen the time that these measures will be in force.

Gods Gift · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

How do you get a haircut with social distancing?

Strimmers.

JP Liz V1 · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

Is social distancing the new norm until a vaccine is widely in effect?

Sounds to me like it will be around for years !!

It will be virtual shifting and virtual shagging for the
future

WhiteMemento9 · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

How do you get a haircut with social distancing?

You don't?

Tacitus Kilgore · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

How do you get a haircut with social distancing?

Crayola scissors and a nice clean spoon for a mirror

trapp · 20-03-2020 06:46PM

To those suggesting social distancing isn't working.

The schools are closed along with colleges and all other education centres.

Pubs are closed. There is no nightlife at the minute.

Every group, sports club, community organisation etc is no longer happening or training or meeting up.

There are no mass gatherings, matches etc.

There are no weddings, funerals, communions, confirmations etc with crowds together.

Many people are out of work or working from home.

These are huge restrictions and will surely make a difference

And again, maybe I'm wrong but perhaps the boards posters generally speaking don't appreciate this as many spend much time indoors, on computers etc anyway?

The only further restriction we have is to stop people going out doors.

As of yet this hasn't been necessary and hopefully will not be.

But to suggest there are not restrictions in place that could make a difference is foolish in the extreme, even if some people are not quite adhering as best they could.

On a final point, is there anything worse than the old biddies sitting on their computer moaning about a few teenagers having a chat with their friends. They're only kids who are already putting up with huge restrictions on their lives. How would you have felt at 16 if you were told to spend the next two months with nobody only your family. Give the whinging a break.

20-03-2020 06:46PM

Class MayDresser wrote: »

I agree, but I'd hate to be the parent of a teenager right now.

they should be shown this or some of the worse stuff from Italy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_aN1CfiIl8

edit - and no, it's not a fake
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/dont-take-any-chances-warning-of-woman-with-covid-19-shared-online

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 06:47PM

whiskeyman wrote: »

Re the whole 'flatten the curve'.
The daily figures don't mean squat unless you test test test like crazy and take actions upon them.

The whole point is to reduce capacity to the health system.
We may not be testing enough and be fooled into thinking we're flattening the curve, but our hospitals will be under huge pressure shortly.

Without huge testing, we've no idea how bad this is and therefore can't determine best preventive measures (further restrictions and isolation of confirmed cases).

Anyone who is looking for solice at our daily case count without looking at the big picture is in for a shock in the next couple of weeks.

Harris yesterday said 15000 a day will be the aim. With 32 test centres and 6 labs that sounds feasible. Not clear where they are on that and we'll have to wait till Monday until they release a number for testing.

iwillyeah1234 · 20-03-2020 06:47PM

Looks like the U.K. has experienced it’s first “Italy”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8134277/Two-London-hospitals-admit-turning-away-coronavirus-patients.html

Hospital in North West London. ICU full with Corona victims.

splinter65 · 20-03-2020 06:47PM

jackboy wrote: »

Masks give significant protection when used properly. They are not recommended because there is a shortage.

Yes and plonkers swaggering along Main Street Ballymegash wearing a face mask they’ve had on for 3 days are not using them properly and need to be pointed out and jeered and scoffed.

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