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

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..

Over 4,000 people in 3.5 weeks approx.

Are we still contrbuting the guts of a billion per annum to Foreign aid these days?

Should be scaled back. We need it now.

megabomberman wrote: »

Don't think it will have as big an impact in Africa as elsewhere, looking at the DRC only 2.5% of their population are over 65. Countries like Brazil and India are the ones I worry about most.

It could be worse there because they have much poorer medical facilities that Europe.

trashcan wrote: »

Was thinking the exact same yesterday watching a news report from South Africa. It will wipe out millions in Africa I would think.

I also can't understand the figures out of india. Les cases than here (hard to believe), 5 deaths. Another country with huge poverty and massively dense population.

America could be the outlier here. 1st world country with 3rd world cities existing inside their cities. Those people won't get a second thought. Look what they did to Flint in normal times.

milhous wrote: »

Easier to track the amount that have died as a result from corona... that's much easier to follow and then reverse engineer from there.. The numbers in Italy are probably really 100s of thousands..Or maybe not. I don't know. But I do know there are alot of ppl that got referred since Monday who havent got tested yet so at the very least.. Our numbers mean very little.

Yes I know of two people who have been waiting for tests .

LaFuton wrote: »

but no more than a shop, if they are following protocols then whats the problem

Shops are necessary, pubs are not, and I very much doubt such establishments will insist on social distancing..

They should be named and shamed.

BattleCorp wrote: »

This might sound stupid but you have to be taught how to take off contaminated gloves as you could easily contaminate your hands while taking off the gloves.

People also need to be taught effective hand washing...

The exact same logic could be used regarding that ...

Perhaps we need the same level of coverage as is being pushed for proper hand washing

It's really not rocket science ....

megabomberman wrote: »

Don't think it will have as big an impact in Africa as elsewhere, looking at the DRC only 2.5% of their population are over 65. Countries like Brazil and India are the ones I worry about most.

65 in the DRC is like a 95yr old here. Their lifespan is much shorter and life is much harder. Age is just a number. Its the condition of the body to take the battering thats the key. A fighting fit 70yr old will fare better than a 40yr old with poor health.

boege wrote: »

30,000 test kits arrived yesterday and more on order. The lab in UCD stated in RTE they were running 900 tests per day and we hear capacity.I guess 1,000 tests per day is their limit.

New labs coming on line but test capacity unknown. I suspect number would be low. Getting the lab up and running is hard enough but scaling the test is a reliable manner will be the challenge.

the agri labs are being drafted in to help. they would have large enough capacity to do testing considering all the tb tests that have to be done in the country

megabomberman wrote: »

Don't think it will have as big an impact in Africa as elsewhere, looking at the DRC only 2.5% of their population are over 65. Countries like Brazil and India are the ones I worry about most.

Only that age has not so relevant but rather state of your health is.
Generally older people do have health issues but quite a lot of them are keeping fit. A lot of young people do have underlying health issues which they do not have a clue about. Sihtty diet and lifestyle is what make fighting this virus harder.
People who are the most at risk are immunicompromised people please do not think you are safe simply by being younger.

Africa is most likely going to suffer a lot.

threeball wrote: »

I also can't understand the figures out of india. Les cases than here (hard to believe), 5 deaths. Another country with huge poverty and massively dense population.

America could be the outlier here. 1st world country with 3rd world cities existing inside their cities. Those people won't get a second thought. Look what they did to Flint in normal times.

I'd say the vast majority of people in India who get sick with flu-like symptoms aren't being tested for COVID-19 so therefore even if they have it, they aren't recorded as COVID-19 patients.

threeball wrote: »

I also can't understand the figures out of india. Les cases than here (hard to believe), 5 deaths. Another country with huge poverty and massively dense population.

America could be the outlier here. 1st world country with 3rd world cities existing inside their cities. Those people won't get a second thought. Look what they did to Flint in normal times.

Indeed. We complain a lot about this country ( well, some of us do). But I don't think I'd choose anywhere else to face this.

threeball wrote: »

Once this thing takes hold in Africa its going to be Carnage. Entire townships with not an ounce of medical backup will be decimated.

in 34 countries there already, most cases in northern coastal African countries and South Africa, but its starting to take off in sub saharan africa

Egypt, South Africa, Algeria, Morocco, Burkina Faso and Tunisia make the top 6

https://twitter.com/WHOAFRO/status/1240971046196477952

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

Does anyone believe like me that European epicenters will be worse than the Chinese epicentre and the US epicentres will be worse than Europe for deaths , this I believe will be due to the more free the movement of Europe versus China and the US versus Europe

Beginning to look that way!