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

GM228 · 21-03-2020 01:04PM

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

False premise. Advice not to take medical advice from the internet is not in itself medical advice. No contradiction or paradox here. Must try harder.

I did drop medical to create my own paradox

weisses · 21-03-2020 01:06PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

We should be focusing on stopping the spread.

And at the same time focusing on other "pandemics" no one gives a fukc about, plus it creates a bit of perspective.

And I agree a bit of a thinner spread can help in loosing weight ... good point

Gods Gift · 21-03-2020 01:07PM

jackboy wrote: »

EU money. Do you think Germany will bail us out after this?

There might be some money floating around somewhere.

Gods Gift · 21-03-2020 01:07PM

GM228 wrote: »

Possibly the world's second great depression?

Thank god you put in second.

Was gettin worried there for a sec.

jackboy · 21-03-2020 01:09PM

Gods Gift wrote: »

There might be some money floating around somewhere.

Germany’s economy was already screwed before this crises so I wouldn’t bet on it.

Gods Gift · 21-03-2020 01:10PM

weisses wrote: »

More then 7500 obesity related deaths every day globally .... completely avoidable..... Humans:rolleyes:

This virus likes those type of people.
Hence America is in trouble.

Snow Garden · 21-03-2020 01:10PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

I'm not trying to scare monger but all this free money, bailing out the western worlds citizens, this is not something that can be afforded, what kinds of bubbles will exist as a result of this? Any ideas?

It wont be ideal to say the very least. The world was already highly indebted and US/EU were printing money for years to stoke the economy after 2008 (
quantitative easing). The options will be limited and who know's what the impact will be on the globalised economy. Our problem is that the national debt spiralled after 2008 so we are somewhat limited to what we can do. After 2008 we borrowed to keep to the largely wasteful show (public services and welfare) on the road and we also accepted private banking debt as national debt (60bn I think - history will show what a disaster that was). We will need to reduce government spending significantly when all this is over. We failed to reduce spending quickly enough after 2008 so it remains to be seen if the next government will take a tougher approach. We also failed to reduce the massive waste. The tax revenues just wont be there for quite a while (years) so there will be sacrifices to be made. The IMF and ECB will have their hands full too so little old Ireland might get neglected.

Too early for a 'We all partied'?

Interesting article from 2019
https://www.thejournal.ie/irelands-debt-ntma-4709711-Jul2019/

DeanAustin · 21-03-2020 01:11PM

Class MayDresser wrote: »

I know you mean well but I won't be signing up to that. Updates with how many people have died in the last hour? No thanks. I'd be jumping off the nearest bridge within a day.

Would much rather the misinformation on here, WhatsApp and Facebook?

Seamai · 21-03-2020 01:12PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Thanks for that.i might hold fire until Monday and will make the phone call if necessary. Probably be ok

Try to talk to a medical professional today, if only to put your mind at rest.

Kaisr Sose · 21-03-2020 01:15PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

Burning sinuses, headache, coughing and upset stomach.
I have all of these slowly come on. Bad today but only a cough is one of the symptoms of Covid19 so I shouldn't be worrying right?

Hope you feel better soon. Heed the HSE advice which is linked here multiple times, or available on google.

You are a regular viewer here so you should know that medical diagnosis via social media is as useful as a handbrake in a canoe.
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Gael23 · 21-03-2020 01:15PM

America is rightly screwed. Aside from Trump bring in charge

kowloon · 21-03-2020 01:17PM

GM228 wrote: »

Advice given: Don't take advice from the internet

Source: Anonymous user on the internet

Bit of a paradoxical problem

Don't believe anything I say, I always lie.

m17 · 21-03-2020 01:17PM

Tony EH · 21-03-2020 01:18PM

GM228 wrote: »

We have all been warned not to turn to the likes of WhatsApp/social media or updates, but, the WHO has just launched a WhatsApp Health Alert messaging update service!l]

We've been asked not listen to bulls hit on social media.

Big difference.

Gael23 · 21-03-2020 01:19PM

Will have devastating consequences for platforms like Airbnb.

Class MayDresser · 21-03-2020 01:21PM

DeanAustin wrote: »

Would much rather the misinformation on here, WhatsApp and Facebook?

I take them all with the same pinch of salt. The AMA is a great source, BNO website and local press, WhatsApp for the funnies, am not on any other social media apps.

walshb · 21-03-2020 01:22PM

Has the sex and age of the third ROI death been confirmed? Reporting says that the person who died had no underlying health condition..

madcabbage · 21-03-2020 01:22PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Will have devastating consequences for platforms like Airbnb.

I think the whole tourism industry is bollixed, not just air bnb

Timberrrrrrrr · 21-03-2020 01:22PM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

the Darwin award for 2020 would go to Cheltenham goers if one existed

Would that include the trainers and jockeys? Those same trainers and jockeys who are now back in ireland and at race meetings every day?

pH · 21-03-2020 01:23PM

weisses wrote: »

More then 7500 obesity related deaths every day globally .... completely avoidable..... Humans:rolleyes:

Yes and 17% of Irish people still smoke, alcohol puts tremendous pressure on our health services, thousands fry in the sun or on sunbeds, it took years and threats of penalty points and fines to make us wear seatbelts ...

And yet when elections come around surprisingly 'the state of the health service' is our number one priority, and if the nasty HSE won't spend €100,000 on an experimental drug that might extend the life of one woman by 6 months Joe Duffy doesn't hear the end of it for weeks.

Public attitudes to health are not exactly logical or consistent most of the time.

Bigboldworld · 21-03-2020 01:24PM

walshb wrote: »

Has the sex and age of the third ROI death been confirmed? Reporting says that the person who died had no underlying health condition..

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/health/i-could-only-hold-her-hand-while-dressed-in-a-biohazard-suit-with-gloves-1.4207819%3fmode=amp

I believe this story is regarding the third person who died, 88 year old lady who took ill after a fall and fever, RIP.

SusanC10 · 21-03-2020 01:25PM

walshb wrote: »

Has the sex and age of the third ROI death been confirmed? Reporting says that the person who died had no underlying health condition..

There is a woman who posted on Twitter saying that her elderly Mum died from.the virus on Wednesday in Dublin. If she is the 3rd victim then she was 88 with COPD and asthma.

SleetAndSnow · 21-03-2020 01:26PM

Spain already at over 3k cases and 200 deaths in their first update? They usually update throughout the day unless they changed it?

niallo27 · 21-03-2020 01:30PM

jackboy wrote: »

EU money. Do you think Germany will bail us out after this?

Why did they bail us out last time though, do you really think it was because they thought we were a great bunch of lads. It was to protect themselves and the bond holders.

bennyineire · 21-03-2020 01:30PM

walshb wrote: »

Has the sex and age of the third ROI death been confirmed? Reporting says that the person who died had no underlying health condition..

If you're going to say "reporting" then add a link, otherwise it just sounds like you heard/read it in social media in which case don't say it at all

Kermit.de.frog · 21-03-2020 01:31PM

Properties available to rent in Dublin up 64% since crisis started!

Shows the damage Airbnbs have done to the rental market for ordinary people.

walshb · 21-03-2020 01:31PM

bennyineire wrote: »

If you're going to say "reporting" then add a link, otherwise it just sounds like you heard/read it in social media in which case don't say it at all

Page two of Irish Times today. Can’t link it. Physical paper...

Elmer Blooker · 21-03-2020 01:32PM

Jin luk wrote: »

During the 1918 pandemic young people was a big fatality,

Was that like that from the the very start of it or did this start to happen after high numbers were infected and hospitals and field hospital were overcrowded??

There is an interesting theory that older people had some immunity as a result of a previous pandemic called the 'Russian flu' almost 20 years previously.
There is another theory that those who got 'Spanish flu' in the first wave in spring 1918 had some immunity when the second and deadlier wave struck in the autumn.

The pandemic mostly killed young adults. In 1918–1919, 99% of pandemic influenza deaths in the U.S. occurred in people under 65, and nearly half of deaths were in young adults 20 to 40 years old. In 1920, the mortality rate among people under 65 had decreased sixfold to half the mortality rate of people over 65, but 92% of deaths still occurred in people under 65. This is unusual, since influenza is typically most deadly to weak individuals, such as infants under age two, adults over age 70, and the immunocompromised. In 1918, older adults may have had partial protection caused by exposure to the 1889–1890 flu pandemic, known as the "Russian flu".

YouSavedMyLife · 21-03-2020 01:33PM

If you get hospitalized and require treatment for the virus, is it....free? Would i need to be insured for it to be "free"? Anyone have any insight?

Masala · 21-03-2020 01:34PM

bennyineire wrote: »

If you're going to say "reporting" then add a link, otherwise it just sounds like you heard/read it in social media in which case don't say it at all

Yes.... keep your rumors off social media. That’s the message from WHO and the government. It’s not helpful

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