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

autumnbelle · 20-03-2020 10:05PM

deaglan1 wrote: »

So today, here was my experience when I decided to get out of the house and go to a wilderness for a walk where I knew I would meet nobody. Got there by car. On my way I observed road workers talking and working in close proximity to one another; I saw walkers along the road, side-by side; I saw a bunch of cycling enthusiasts compressed together as they rode along; I saw a golf course car park full with cars and more worryingly full of golfers chatting away with little evidence of distance between them. With the Italians going through hell with no sight of abatement, it is really strange that we are not heeding their warnings about what social exclusion means..the social distancing measures are not really been adhered to, at least to me in the small clip shot of mine for today. Check out the live covid site..we currently lie number 23 out of 172 countries in numbers of cases, yet we have such a small population compared to so many. http://ncov2019.live

This is exactly why we need lockdown

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 10:05PM

nocoverart wrote: »

And where are we in all of that? somewhere in the middle perhaps.

I think we are trying to be more like the first two especially in higher levels of testing and contact tracing and we have implemented a range of measures aimed at mitigating the spread. So time will tell and we'll see come the end of the month. You'd like to think we've got it right and have some level of control over it. The level of communication we've had has been very good.

shesty · 20-03-2020 10:05PM

To my understanding all the fatalities have been elderly with underlying conditions.
I'll see can I find sources on that.

Edit: (sources)
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0314/1123205-north-south-council-armagh-coronavirus/

Doesn't give an age, but confirms an underlying condition on the second. The first was an elderly lady, with a terminal condition, if I remember correctly , and the third was an 88 year old woman.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/i-could-only-hold-her-hand-while-dressed-in-a-biohazard-suit-with-gloves-1.4207819

ziggyman17 · 20-03-2020 10:06PM

when are the Chinese going to called out on this.........Their eating habits need to be looked at........The World is going to **** because of their disgusting eating habits..............

Kaisr Sose · 20-03-2020 10:06PM

nthclare wrote: »

I was in Aldi in Ennistymon this evening and a young lady from a well known ethnic group was walking around coughing and no regard for anyone.
The nice lady at the till told me that's the 4th time she came in and did that today.

It looked like she was testing people's tolerance, then off out to the hi ace or whatever they call them ffs

Im not racist by the way, seriously

I would suggest she is chasing compensation for being slandered or embarrassed in public. They are going in to shops now and pretending to shop lift in the hope they will be stopped. Insurance claims are a major source of income for them.

It is shameful to be going about coughing like this. Two of their community broke into my mothers house last night, but were caught. Kept in station last night and up in court this morning. My mother is in her 90's so its pretty low to invade her home in times like this. However, they dont care, and get away with lots by claiming they are persecuted and ostracised.

jackboy · 20-03-2020 10:06PM

Simon Coveney now encouraging us to confront young people in housing estates and street corners.

gabeeg · 20-03-2020 10:06PM

J. Marston wrote: »

Because our response so far doesn't seem haphazard or chaotic. Very low death-rate. Loads of testing. 24,000 people signed up to be emergency staff across the healthcare sector. Med-tronic is doubling its ventilator staff. People aren't being savages in supermarkets.

I'm aware of how dangerous this is but I'm confident we'll get through this strongly.

Oh I'm not having a go at our gov on this. They had a very, very slow start but have recovered strongly and I'm in favour of our approach to this in general.
And some of the very recent developments will really stand to us.

But the numbers are stark for the next few weeks. It's baked in. Our health system is going to be many times over capacity within a week or so.
Maybe less.

joeguevara · 20-03-2020 10:06PM

Seeing some of the posts here and on other social media sites, I think it is only a matter of time that people working in shops will say fcuck it, it’s not worth it. They have been working every hour god sends and in the line of fire. If there is not much difference between what they take home and what social welfare is (without the stress and risk) it’s a no brainer.

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 10:07PM

threeball wrote: »

S Korea and Singapore face the same issue. Repeat infections from external sources

But at a fairly low level.

Andrew00 · 20-03-2020 10:07PM

F*ck these young gangs of teenagers running around causing trouble.

Shelly66 · 20-03-2020 10:07PM

deaglan1 wrote: »

So today, here was my experience when I decided to get out of the house and go to a wilderness for a walk where I knew I would meet nobody. Got there by car. On my way I observed road workers talking and working in close proximity to one another; I saw walkers along the road, side-by side; I saw a bunch of cycling enthusiasts compressed together as they rode along; I saw a golf course car park full with cars and more worryingly full of golfers chatting away with little evidence of distance between them. With the Italians going through hell with no sight of abatement, it is really strange that we are not heeding their warnings about what social exclusion means..the social distancing measures are not really been adhered to, at least to me in the small clip shot of mine for today. Check out the live covid site..we currently lie number 23 out of 172 countries in numbers of cases, yet we have such a small population compared to so many. http://ncov2019.live

Unfortunately it’s not lockdown and whilst people have lost their jobs to limit social interaction this is not going to stop till we are ordered to stay home . Needs to happen sooner rather than later .

YFlyer · 20-03-2020 10:08PM

Are those teenagers hanging in groups stupid?

holyhead · 20-03-2020 10:08PM

Very touching scenes from West Kerry today. Locals lined the route of a funeral to pay their respects taking into account the need for social distancing. A gesture that was greatly appreciated by the deceased's family.

WicklowTiger · 20-03-2020 10:08PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Stats worldwide say 80% mild so you can expect the same here.

Yes I've seen up to 87% reported. But that is a percentage of what exactly? Testing numbers seem to vary erratically from country to country. And in all countries it is acknowledged that there are likely significantly more cases then are tested positive. Which is good as it can only increase the percentage of mild cases.

micar · 20-03-2020 10:09PM

YFlyer wrote: »

Are......teenagers ......stupid?

Yes of course they are

bottlebrush · 20-03-2020 10:09PM

Just back from a walk on my own. Big change from two nights ago. No groups of young people whatsoever. Mostly people walking alone, or couples, all went out of their way to adhere to the distancing.

Shelly66 · 20-03-2020 10:10PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Seeing some of the posts here and on other social media sites, I think it is only a matter of time that people working in shops will say fcuck it, it’s not worth it. They have been working every hour god sends and in the line of fire. If there is not much difference between what they take home and what social welfare is (without the stress and risk) it’s a no brainer.

I know of others who are so worried working in retail where hoping the store close to protect them can’t blame them

blackcard · 20-03-2020 10:11PM

So you hear on the News that the government is encouraging people, especially young people, to carry out 'social distancing'. I am not sure that 'social distancing' is a cool enough or trendy enough expression so I think we should come up with something better.
#stayawayfromme
#bodyspacing
Or my favourite
#mindthegap
I could imagine that trending

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 10:11PM

A woman in Algeria has died today, her brother also died of coronavirus on Monday.

10000maniacs · 20-03-2020 10:14PM

I remember people here a few weeks ago saying it's being blown out of all proportion, and defending people going to Cheltenham.
But people in Italy are dying at the rate one every two minutes. There is too much complacency here. When people start dying here in Ireland at the rate of one a minute, will it make a blind bit of difference?

Quantum Erasure · 20-03-2020 10:15PM

Nermal wrote: »

https://truepundit.com/stanford-professor-data-indicates-were-severely-overreacting-to-coronavirus/

In an analysis published Tuesday, Stanford’s John P.A. Ioannidis — co-director of the university’s Meta-Research Innovation Center and professor of medicine, biomedical data science, statistics, and epidemiology and population health — suggests that the response to the coronavirus pandemic may be “a fiasco in the making” because we are making seismic decisions based on “utterly unreliable” data. The data we do have, Ioannidis explains, indicates that we are likely severely overreacting.
...
Due to extremely limited testing, we are likely missing “the vast majority of infections” from COVID-19, he states, thus making reported fatality rates from the World Health Organization “meaningless.”

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cmmm/2012/978901/

Table 1 shows the coverage probability of the CFR for each set of parameters. When estimating the CFR based on early epidemic data, the exponential growth rate appears to play a critical role in determining reliability. To attain the coverage probability greater than 90% with r=0.05, 0.15, and 0.25 per day, respectively, the latest times of observation, T, should be at least 80, 40, and 30 days with the reference CFR value of 0.5%. This indicates that the smaller the transmission potential is, the longer the time it would take to obtain a reproducible estimate of the CFR. Of course, the coverage probability converges to 95% with longer observation times. Given a larger CFR, the coverage probability converges earlier due to smaller sampling errors. However, the coverage probability appears to be more sensitive to variation in r than that in the CFR value.

PokeHerKing · 20-03-2020 10:15PM

Nermal wrote: »

https://truepundit.com/stanford-professor-data-indicates-were-severely-overreacting-to-coronavirus/

In an analysis published Tuesday, Stanford’s John P.A. Ioannidis — co-director of the university’s Meta-Research Innovation Center and professor of medicine, biomedical data science, statistics, and epidemiology and population health — suggests that the response to the coronavirus pandemic may be “a fiasco in the making” because we are making seismic decisions based on “utterly unreliable” data. The data we do have, Ioannidis explains, indicates that we are likely severely overreacting.
...
Due to extremely limited testing, we are likely missing “the vast majority of infections” from COVID-19, he states, thus making reported fatality rates from the World Health Organization “meaningless.”

How is the collapse of one of Europes top tier health services unreliable data? If there is 10 times more cases than being reported and the mortality rate is closer to sub 1%, what difference does it make if that 1% still completely saturates health services the world over?

patnor1011 · 20-03-2020 10:15PM

GiftofGab wrote: »

Do you think it's ok to visit a friend tonight? I told her it's not safe but she wants to see me and wants to chance it. Have been staying in on my own all week. Have a family member showing symptoms which I told her about.

Sure, go ahead. It is called natural selection.
Or you may do her and everyone else favor and see her through whattsap.

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 10:15PM

10000maniacs wrote: »

I remember people here a few weeks ago saying it's being blown out of all proportion, and defending people going to Cheltenham.
But people in Italy are dying at the rate one every two minutes. There is too much complacincy here. When people start dying here in Ireland at the rate of one a minute, will it make a blind bit of difference?

It mainly affects older and sick people, so there will always be complacency. If this was SARS nobody would be out working in shops, nobody would be able to staff any shops, because nobody would put themselves at that risk unnecessarily

Rockbeast2 · 20-03-2020 10:15PM

Let's start a Boards vigilante group to protect the streets.

If we see a teenager wiping their nose with their hand...

WE ATTACK

If we see two teenagers standing in close proximity...

WE ATTACK

If we hear a teenager sniffle or cough out on the street...

WE ATTACK

There's a nation that needs to be protected here.

Who's with me?

Daz_ · 20-03-2020 10:15PM

Heard a large hotel in Dublin going to be used by HSE from next week.

cj maxx · 20-03-2020 10:16PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Asked to close which is not the same thing.

They're not being'asked' any more!

cj maxx · 20-03-2020 10:16PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Asked to close which is not the same thing.

They're not being'asked' any more!

jam_mac_jam · 20-03-2020 10:17PM

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

Let's start a Boards vigilante group to protect the streets.

If we see a teenager wiping their nose with their hand...

WE ATTACK

If we see two teenagers standing in close proximity...

WE ATTACK

If we hear a teenager sniffle or cough out on the street...

WE ATTACK

There's a nation that needs to be protected here.

Who's with me?

Obviously only if they are working class.

Duke of Url · 20-03-2020 10:17PM

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

Let's start a Boards vigilante group to protect the streets.

If we see a teenager wiping their nose with their hand...

WE ATTACK

If we see two teenagers standing in close proximity...

WE ATTACK

If we hear a teenager sniffle or cough out on the street...

WE ATTACK

There's a nation that needs to be protected here.

Who's with me?

Sign me up

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