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

Blueshoe · 20-03-2020 11:35PM

Level 42 wrote: »

Because it doesn't work

Why do they wear them in hospitals then!?

niallo27 · 20-03-2020 11:35PM

wakka12 wrote: »

They can do tests to prove that somebody had been infected by it, an antibody tests.

Ok but the figures you quoted, the negative tests would not have picked up anybody that had it and recovered. Over 2k could have it on that boat and we will never know. I'm just saying only 20% getting it seems a bit on the small scale. I'm just looking for reasons to be positive.

Blueshoe · 20-03-2020 11:35PM

Level 42 wrote: »

Because it doesn't work

Why do they wear them in hospitals then!?

paddythere · 20-03-2020 11:35PM

Level 42 wrote: »

Because it doesn't work

But it works for doctors and nurses?

amadangomor · 20-03-2020 11:35PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Not necessarily 'casual' contact though. Working alongside someone, being in a hospital or nursing home, living with someone.....all these count as community transmission.

I thought community was when there was no known reason.

Strazdas · 20-03-2020 11:35PM

paddythere wrote: »

wut?
Of course you CAN get it if someone sneezes near you

Theoretically, though there seems to be some debate as to how high the risk is in that scenario. If it was ultra contagious, millions or even tens of millions would already have the virus.

MrMusician18 · 20-03-2020 11:35PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Hard to do that in the current climate of sybil liberdees, 'ah shur god luv dem' hard luck stories and kids will be kids type excuses.
What to do when parents don't cough up a fine?

Take their car and crush it.

Lisha · 20-03-2020 11:36PM

paddythere wrote: »

wut?
Of course you CAN get it if someone sneezes near you

The doctor on the ama thread gets his groceries delivered and won’t touch the groceries fir 3-6 hours , after which he sanitises each items packaging. From that I’m inferring thst if I walk into someone’s sneeze cloud them I can get the virus if the have it.

Blueshoe · 20-03-2020 11:36PM

Are the UK going to pay up to 80% of people's wages?

Level 42 · 20-03-2020 11:36PM

UK a week behind my god what a disgrace

ITman88 · 20-03-2020 11:37PM

paddythere wrote: »

If they were told teenagers have a 25% mortality rate you can bet your bollix they wouldnt feel invincible

Oh of course.
Is that the mortality rate?

forgodssake · 20-03-2020 11:37PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

You sound like your about 16 maybe 17.

14 year old do not behave like 14 year olds did 20 or 30 years ago. They have no fear or respect for anyone. A good hard thump would do many of them the world of good just to let them know that they are not in charge, that on their own they are mainly pathetic little weak pricks and that they have a lot of growing up to do.

Agree. I was so proud of my two younger kids today..they went out to play on the green in the estate we live and came back in after 5 minutes to tell me another child had come out so they wanted him to have his time to play safely. They watched by the window until the other child was gone before they went back out to play together . We have had many many conversations regarding the outbreak and while they dont fully understand it , they know not to do something they have been asked not to do.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 11:37PM

wakka12 wrote: »

https://covidtracking.com/data/
USA now tested almost 140,000 people,a substantial and rapid improvement on their scale of testing

They are setting up a huge testing site at FedEx Field in Maryland under the auspices of the military although many will suspect that the other side of testing will be military enforcement of a lockdown at some stage.

You'd imagine a matter of days before cities are put on full lockdown.

Up until now little or no enforcement.

amadangomor · 20-03-2020 11:37PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Ok but the figures you quoted, the negative tests would not have picked up anybody that had it and recovered. Over 2k could have it on that boat and we will never know. I'm just saying only 20% getting it seems a bit on the small scale. I'm just looking for reasons to be positive.

Doctor thought it was a waste of time to test me as I had mild symptoms for 2 weeks. I would show up as negative as I would not be shedding the virus at that stage.

mikeoc85 · 20-03-2020 11:37PM

gozunda wrote: »

A lot of reports of same sympton on this thread.

Yet doesn't seem to be listed as a Covid-19 symptom...

Really? I’ve never had this before. I know there’s no point in getting tested as my symptoms are so minor I’d likely not even get called

Turtwig · 20-03-2020 11:38PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Are the UK going to pay up to 80% of people's wages?

Dafuq they going to afford that!? Less burdens on the state pension?

paddythere · 20-03-2020 11:38PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Theoretically, though there seems to be some debate as to how high the risk is in that scenario. If it was ultra contagious, millions or even tens of millions would already have the virus.

From what i've read on it- if you are close to someone who has it and they sneeze openly there is a good chance you will get it. If they sneeze in a particular area it can survive in the air for up to an hour- meaning you could walk through a supermarket aisle an hour after that person and still catch it

Level 42 · 20-03-2020 11:39PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Why do they wear them in hospitals then!?

They are proper masks and put on properly not like the pound shop ones

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 11:39PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Not necessarily 'casual' contact though. Working alongside someone, being in a hospital or nursing home, living with someone.....all these count as community transmission.

No they dont, they count as local transmission. During contact tracing anyone known to have spent any time around the person is told to self isolate, and may be tested. A community transmission means none of the known persons the infected person spent any time around had the infection, and so it was most likely a casual interaction with a stranger

Blueshoe · 20-03-2020 11:39PM

Turtwig wrote: »

Dafuq they going to afford that!? Less burdens on the state pension?

Ah sure people were saying Boris was putting the economy first. Now he is paying peoples wages. They still will complain. Un winnable.

Leo will give you the dole and a 100 on top if you have the virus. Who are the real Tories here

babybuilder · 20-03-2020 11:39PM

Three times more contagious than flu according to the CDC.

Westernyelp · 20-03-2020 11:39PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote:

14 year old do not behave like 14 year olds did 20 or 30 years ago. They have no fear or respect for anyone. A good hard thump would do many of them the world of good just to let them know that they are not in charge, that on their own they are mainly pathetic little weak pricks and that they have a lot of growing up to do.

Jaysus. You need to self isolate pronto.

Strazdas · 20-03-2020 11:40PM

amadangomor wrote: »

I thought community was when there was no known reason.

My understanding of it is that it simply means transmission from person to person within a community (in this case Ireland) and has not come from outside that community.

igCorcaigh · 20-03-2020 11:40PM

Looking beyond the short or even medium term.
How do we exit from the crisis.

This BBC article looks at this question.

I think periods of interrupted intervention followed by lifting, to allow immunity to accumulate in the population whilst also keeping the curve low is our best bet until a vaccine is available, probably late next year.

BBC News - Coronavirus: When will the outbreak end and life get back to normal?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51963486

skimpydoo · 20-03-2020 11:41PM

Earlier today I published an Irish Tech News podcast about mental health. It is very apt for the times we are living in at the moment. https://irishtechnews.ie/dublin-tech-talks-mental-health-podcast/

niallo27 · 20-03-2020 11:41PM

amadangomor wrote: »

Doctor thought it was a waste of time to test me as I had mild symptoms for 2 weeks. I would show up as negative as I would not be shedding the virus at that stage.

I'm about just talking about the cruise ship. Everyone on board was tested several times.

gozunda · 20-03-2020 11:41PM

amadangomor wrote: »

What doesn't? Tightness in the chest is definitely a symptom ie an infection in the chest.

Not according to the hse it isn't - they detail general 'breathing difficulties' - not 'tightness of the chest' as specifically called out by several posters.

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/symptoms-causes-treatment.html

'Infection' can only be medically diagnosed btw ...

wakka12 · 20-03-2020 11:43PM

amadangomor wrote: »

I thought community was when there was no known reason.

Yes he is confusing community and local transmission. Catching from co workers,friends, family, is a local transmission not a community one. 20% of the infected people in Ireland have no known link to any known infected people, meaning there are a lot of unknown infected people in the community.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-03-2020 11:43PM

https://twitter.com/JLaytonTV/status/1241020208376156160

Xertz · 20-03-2020 11:43PM

I'm just wondering what the exit strategy is for this? Or if we even have one?
I mean realistically, we can't just have the whole planet in lock down for years. It's not feasible.

Will it go away if we lock down and it just has no opportunity to spread for a while and it 'burns out' ?

Or, will it just come back again when we relax?

Seems like a drug and vaccine solution is the only way out.

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