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

whodafunk wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but saw the video in Italy today - very serious situation and people of all ages hit with it. Do they have a different strain of it? Reason I ask eg: Dr Ciara Kelly did not require hospital treatment?

What video is that?

Blaze420 wrote: »

Tues April 28th

at 6:30 am

Andrew00 wrote: »

Dr Holohan speaking well with great sense on the Late Late tonight.

Ryan Tubirdy doesn’t look the best , very haggard looking tonight , hope he’s ok

wakka12 wrote: »

Maybe many had only stayed for a night or two, people get on and leave at many different stops throughout the cruise journey. Not everyone was on it for weeks . Anyway, what is your point? Everyone on the ship was tested, they got their figures by testing everyone so I dont see how else it could depend how the figures were gotten.

Anyway, it was about 745 tested positive, and it was 3700 on the ship.

My point is that I think the mortality rate was a lot lower than 1.2% I'm not disputing your figures, I'm just saying it's strange only 20% of people got the virus on a cruise ship that was riddled with no control measures to stop it.

acequion wrote: »

What video is that?

Its a Sky News report. Google Italy Coronavirus hospital. Pretty bad situation.

Duggie2012 wrote: »

This guy is a great communicator. Gives off a great vibe of calmness and self assurance. He may be freaking out on the inside but he does not show it. Most famous man in ireland now id say.

Absolutely fantastic communicator. Whatever he's paid it's not enough

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Swab didn't go up far enough on Tubridy

Went further than Claire Bryne

spookwoman wrote: »

Many joe soap have autoimmune disorders, heath problems and up in the upper age bracket and therefore at higher risk of complications if they get the virus. So if they wear proper masks etc are the not doing everyone a favour by protecting themselves by keeping themselves out of hospitals for as long as possible.

The vast majority of people are healthy and it is they who my post is aimed at. There are lots of people here in Switzerland wearing face masks where the general message is the same as elsewhere. You do not need to wear a mask unless you are at risk in which case you should stay isolated as much as possible. If you do need to go outside protect yourself as needed. It is not at these at risk people who the no need for a face mask is aimed at. It's at the generally healthy populace who are using face masks and may one day force a front line worker or a person at risk to go without.

People have to go out to the shops for essentials they cannot guarantee someone hasn't shed the virus onto some surface, you even said it there is a low risk but there is still a risk.

Surface contamination is not protected by a mask any better than a towel covering your face and regular washing of your hands. It is impossible to eliminate risk in our world, even before this pandemic.

If people are in that high risk category let them wear masks even if they are the low grade ones. Enough people worried as it and and even if a piece of paper gives them a bit of comfort let it.

Who am I to tell people what to do. I'm no one in the grand scheme of things. People were wondering why face masks weren't recommended when medical professionals use them and I attempted to explain. What people decide to do now is up to them. I just hope that in Ireland, Switzerland and any other country that there won't be a severe shortage of face masks. I think it's unlikely but I'm not an expert on their manufacture nor logistical supply.

What does worry me is people are overconfident when wearing a mask or using them incorrectly. Most are a single use item and would then need to be binned. I don't know how many people that wear them actually do that? They must have an enormous supply of them.

A quick google on the subject gives this or here. Front line staff are ALREADY reusing them and thus risking themselves and their patients. Those links are for the US but I guess it's a similar situation in many countries.

What would help more for front line staff would be practice social distancing, stay indoors while waiting for results, cover when coughing and stop bulk buying.

What would really help front line staff is to do all that and not unnecessarily wear masks. It's not an either or situation. We should try to do everything that we are told until this is beaten and then we can return to doing whatever we want.

I don't know what it is like in Ireland but Switzerland social distancing is being practiced by most though there are always plenty of idiots. That doesn't mean staying inside but just keeping a 2m gap between you and others who you don't live with. Unless of course your sick or at risk in which case into full isolation/quarantine with you.

I don't see the big problem with bulk buying per se. It reassures people that they are prepared. Certainly less of an issue than wearing face masks without a good reason in my opinion. The shelves are being restocked and once everyone has finished stocking up well then that will be the end of it. It's an inconvenience more than anything. No one is going hungry.

My goal with these posts are not to give out to people who wear masks but rather to hopefully make them think, "Am i really at risk", "Do I need to wear this" or should this be saved for someone who really needs it. Each person will have to decide this for themselves.

Stay safe out there everyone and once more I'm no expert!

whodafunk wrote: »

Excuse my ignorance but saw the video in Italy today - very serious situation and people of all ages hit with it. Do they have a different strain of it? Reason I ask eg: Dr Ciara Kelly did not require hospital treatment?

Dr Ciara Kelly illness started on Saturday and by Sunday evening she had her diagnosis. She says a man came to her house “in a hazmat suit” on Sunday morning and got the results later that day. Dr Ciara said it started with a headache, and a sore throat that developed into a cough. When she began experiencing a burning feeling from the back of her throat and nose to the back of her lungs, she thought to herself, “I don’t know this, I don’t recognise it, it’s nothing like I’ve had in my life – is it Corona?” And it was.
Other symptoms were “the sweats and chills” and a tightness in her chest. Now, she says she still has a dull ache in her house “most of the time.”
She said it was like having “a fairly lousy dose – but manageable.”Dr Ciara was being treated at home, taking paracetamol and solpadine “when paracetamol was not enough”.
Her go-to treatment was MiWadi orange, paracetamol and rest. And maybe a sneaky hot toddy, taken yesterday. Well it was St Patrick’s Day, after all!
Dr Ciara says that symptoms tend to peak at day 7 – 9, but those who get it are still infectious even after they begin to feel well. After that, coronavirus patients need to continue to self-isolate for 7 – 14 days.
When her illness passes, Dr Ciara says she is going to start seeing patients again – saying “it’s time.”

I think she has mild asthma also