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

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Irish Times reporting the govt is to follow the UK in paying a significant portion of worker's payments if they are to be laid off. To be announced next week.

Watched Pascal tonight on the late late and he didn't really want to talk about going down that route but mentioned that anything and everything was on the table really.

I'd be surprised if we went down that route, simply where will the money come from. They've already committed 3 billion, which partly comes from the rainy day found amongst other sources but they're going to have to borrow huge amounts if they want to go this way.

Also sounded like a minister who was preparing to rebuild the country again, I'd be surprised now if they didn't look for a deal on government that kept Pascal, simon and leo in there

Strazdas wrote: »

There was a good article in the Irish Times yesterday from a guy who feels we won't go the way of Italy and Spain. He used a lot of stats such as us having a much younger population than the European average, being more dispersed physically and the fact we moved quite quickly with social distancing.

Any link to this? Interested in reading.

jos28 wrote: »

I know we've been told that wearing a mask is a waste of time, it cannot prevent you catching the virus . Apparently it can only prevent you from transmitting it if you have it. Surely we should all wear them regardless. Many of us could be Asymptomatic, surely wearing masks would be beneficial

Wear one if you want

jos28 wrote: »

I know we've been told that wearing a mask is a waste of time, it cannot prevent you catching the virus . Apparently it can only prevent you from transmitting it if you have it. Surely we should all wear them regardless. Many of us could be Asymptomatic, surely wearing masks would be beneficial

I think they say that some people might be more likely to touch their faces to adjust the masks, than they would if they weren't wearing a mask and that's why it's not that straightforward!

jos28 wrote: »

I know we've been told that wearing a mask is a waste of time, it cannot prevent you catching the virus . Apparently it can only prevent you from transmitting it if you have it. Surely we should all wear them regardless. Many of us could be Asymptomatic, surely wearing masks would be beneficial

I think the issue is supply of masks . I know certainly if I was wearing a mask it would stop me rubbing the stubble on my face. One thing I learned in the last number of weeks is that I rub my face an outrageous number of times daily. Maybe because I so handsome. Who knows

V8 Interceptor wrote:

Muppets on here were doing mental summersaults to deny flights with thousands of people were and are still coming into Ireland every day. Yet now that a "Professor" has pointed out the bleeding obvious the Sheeple will probably take note.

'Muppets' and 'Sheeple' in the same post. Excellent.
This is new for everybody. Everybody is on a steep learning curve here. Condescension helps nothing.

I wonder what the weekend brings regarding social distancing. Hope it happens, so many are letting the cause down


''I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change''

https://streamable.com/dbpmu

Possibly dumb question: if you sigh do you expel droplets? If you raise your voice do you expel droplets?

bob mcbob wrote: »

Yes at the moment almost no-one is immune so everyone is in the same boat - isolation. In say 6 weeks the infections have dropped off to manageable levels so the isolation has relaxed but maybe only 20% have immunity as they have had covid. Infections start rising again and isolation is re-introduced. The 20% will say why am I included - I have immunity. They will then probably ignore the isolation orders.
When that happens the "we are all in this together" community spirit is broken.

The problem with these figures is 6 weeks (42 days) and 20% of the population (about 1 million people)

That's an average of 23,000 people getting infected per day, but the peak in the middle is going to be much much higher - you'd be around 50,000 cases per day. There is no conceivable way the health service could handle anything like these numbers without collapsing.

I also don't think you'd ever get the peak down once you hit 50,000 a day, at that stage the health system and indeed the country is on its knees (there would be 500,000+ infectected people carrying the virus) the virus would just keep going until 70% where the experts reckon it will stop.