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

Valhallapt · 21-03-2020 08:22PM

Rickytumtum wrote: »

My brother is waiting since last Saturday for a test, he’s finally getting one on Monday...we are at least a week behind (on average) with these figures

True but they should have been self isolating which will bring down the curve

yourdeadwright · 21-03-2020 08:22PM

Mr.S wrote: »

You almost seem disappointed!!

He'll no

PokeHerKing · 21-03-2020 08:24PM

The general curve the world over has been a doubling of cases every 4-6 days. Ireland will be no different. How that doubling occurs within the 4-6 day period is anyone's guess, plenty of factors would play into it I imagine.

CB19Kevo · 21-03-2020 08:24PM

Every day that goes by with lower figures is a positive but please keep this in context. It is rising and in all likelihood will continue to rise and rise.
Whilst i have seen many making significant efforts with social distancing and the like there is still many who are completely ignoring this.

I really do believe all flights should be grounded and additional measures rapidly brought in. Italy may be just a anomaly but if not we are in big trouble.

Duke of Url · 21-03-2020 08:24PM

lbj666 wrote: »

It will be 15,000 at some point. Leo has a thankless job will this one, he'll be blamed if it hits that number in a week and he'll be blamed for destroying the economy if it doesnt.

I don’t believe so. The people with brains understand what’s happening.

amadangomor · 21-03-2020 08:24PM

cosanostra wrote: »

Id say this is something to do with it

Also when I was being examined by the doctor on Wed. he said the system for referring for testing was down due to volume of requests.

What Username Guidelines · 21-03-2020 08:24PM

Rickytumtum wrote: »

My brother is waiting since last Saturday for a test, he’s finally getting one on Monday...we are at least a week behind (on average) with these figures

How is he?

iwillyeah1234 · 21-03-2020 08:24PM

Channel 4 News interview with an Italian doctor who was at “ground zero”

https://youtu.be/dkozG3IcXUU

It started in a nursing home. From a nurse with corona.
Within 5 days , it “exploded”.

tobefrank321 · 21-03-2020 08:25PM

threeball wrote: »

Time to introduce mandatory quarantine for visitors from the UK. So far we are doing well but the powder keg next door is about to blow and our most common point of travel.

What I noticed with the Italian flights and visitors fiasco is that people like Harris and Varadkar are completely oblivious to the issue of flights. They really are incompetent when it comes to controlling entry to this country at this time.

They are uber-liberal politicians who think free movement is always good even if someone is carrying a lethal disease.

So don't expect these guys to bring in quarantine measures. Useless in that regard.

Away With The Fairies · 21-03-2020 08:25PM

Rickytumtum wrote: »

My brother is waiting since last Saturday for a test, he’s finally getting one on Monday...we are at least a week behind (on average) with these figures

If you're bad, do you have to wait for a positive to be brought to hospital? A week is too long.

stephenjmcd · 21-03-2020 08:25PM

lak wrote: »

Are the low numbers not just down to running out of swabs a few days ago and the results yesterday and today are the last of those results to come through.

They never ran out. They said they could run out if the new batch didnt arrive. It arrived during the week and was sent out today to test centres.

cj maxx · 21-03-2020 08:25PM

munster87 wrote: »

Two days in a row we have a lower number of new cases. Brilliant. Fair play to everyone making sacrifices and a tremendous effort to flatten the curve. Hopefully this continues now and complacency doesn't start to kick in. Keep up the fight!

How are confirmed numbers going to change. We need to test more for Accurate numbers and that and only that will show how we are

scamalert · 21-03-2020 08:25PM

while i get the hype some get here with all the apocalypse, why isnt there any recovered cases mentioned, the data is flawed in so many ways reporting cases, as one can either be newnly acuired or someone who tests and they would be in midst of recovery etc, as updating numbers are useless if someone has little to no side effects they basically have it but thats about it, since only revelant number ouf ot entire cases is the one that ends up in critical or dead, to figure out how bad it is, not each person who has it as it just gives skewed info regarding if its bad or just passing by, asmost interpert rise in numbers as if person just got infected which is very skewed, towards any further adding up.

cj maxx · 21-03-2020 08:26PM

munster87 wrote: »

Two days in a row we have a lower number of new cases. Brilliant. Fair play to everyone making sacrifices and a tremendous effort to flatten the curve. Hopefully this continues now and complacency doesn't start to kick in. Keep up the fight!

How are confirmed numbers going to change. We need to test more for Accurate numbers and that and only that will show how we are

21-03-2020 08:26PM

Some of you have a fetish for pandemics. 2 days in a row with a drop is a major positive. Doesn’t matter when the tests are from. We get 1 snapshot every 24 hours. And the numbers have dropped considerably 2 days in a row.

If we can keep the numbers even at this level we’ll be doing well.

Ficheall · 21-03-2020 08:26PM

GM228 - your two bottom rows are the wrong way around.

walshb · 21-03-2020 08:27PM

Are they releasing test figures per day?

Away With The Fairies · 21-03-2020 08:27PM

Is getting a takeaway safe? Could be my last one for a while.

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2020 08:28PM

Is there any new ICU cases, still 12?

Mervyn Skidmore · 21-03-2020 08:28PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Is getting a takeaway safe? Could be my last one for a while.

I was thinking the same, want to get one tomorrow.

namloc1980 · 21-03-2020 08:28PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is there any new ICU cases, still 12?

13

is_that_so · 21-03-2020 08:28PM

Bob24 wrote: »

Exactly. Italy which has had much stricter containment measures for longer is still struggling control the number of news cases.

To me there is no doubt we are still in an exponential growth phase, and the numbers are likely doe to statistical anomaly or the testing policy.

Italy was too slow and over 50K Italians have been fined for flouting these stricter restrictions, the kind of attitude that allowed it to spread in the first place. Let's not forget the countless idiots who did a runner from Lombardy the day they locked it down.

thebaz · 21-03-2020 08:28PM

figures are good for Ireland - the Government and HSE are doing a good job , never thought I'd say that - still should have stopped all flights from Italy 2 weeks ago, but apart from that they have done a good job - Well done to all medics too, who are playing a blinder - Stay safe.

CinemaGuy45 · 21-03-2020 08:29PM

lak wrote: »

Are the low numbers not just down to running out of swabs a few days ago and the results yesterday and today are the last of those results to come through.

Yes totally the numbers out of Italy today are shocking I think it is clear now China was lying.

amadangomor · 21-03-2020 08:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Some of you have a fetish for pandemics. 2 days in a row with a drop is a major positive. Doesn’t matter when the tests are from. We get 1 snapshot every 24 hours. And the numbers have dropped considerably 2 days in a row.

If we can keep the numbers even at this level we’ll be doing well.

The reported number in any one day are not any reliable indication to how many actual people are infected - that is the point.

The reported daily figures varies according to many variables.

lbj666 · 21-03-2020 08:30PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

I don’t believe so. The people with brains understand what’s happening.

What percentage of the electorate is that?

skellig_rocks · 21-03-2020 08:30PM

frillyleaf wrote: »

I think this attitude is extremely ignorant. A small minority of Chinese consume these types of food , less than 1%.

The way we some intensive pig farms in Ireland is not far off in terms of animal welfare to what you see in some of these markets. It is just well hidden from the public, out of sight and packaged in a nice wrapper and put on a shelf. Intensive chicken farming is equally as bad - have you ever seen the state of the battery caged chickens?

I believe that if this wasn’t caused by a wet market in China something similar would have happened at some point from the way we farm animals now.
Most countries treat animals like products when in fact they are living things similar to ourselves. They feel fear, they feel pain, they feel despair when we take their young and they carry disease

I would like the world to focus on how Chinese Government initial coverups, silence doctors who alerted the mystery virus. And shifting blame using their propaganda machine to spread fake news about US and Italy.

If they are not hold accountable more health crisis will happen again.

limnam · 21-03-2020 08:30PM

China's use of mobile contact tracing and big data was fairly impressive.

humberklog · 21-03-2020 08:30PM

I think a lot of posters on here are too harsh on the people living here- calling them/us stupid and expecting us to do the worst if given half the opportunity.

My own experience is quite different. My own shops have been closed a week now. I still need and want to get out and about the Dublin/East region with minimal interaction. But in the last week+ I see the general public being careful, obeying the soc. distance. No panicking or messing in q's, shops etc. Good hygiene on show where you expect to see. A great awareness of the issue (my own parents, mid 80's and their friends family and contacts) are very on message.

Sure I'd question the wisdom of some continued practices (passengers in/out for eg.).
The slowness of shutting pubs was a little late however most bars had already started to take precautions or shut completely ahead of the Gov. advice which I think is a good measure that the population was keeping up on international info and taking some self responsibility. Far moreso than some countries.

We shouldn't be so hard on ourselves. We are awful messers but we can put the toys away and act properly too.

One figure that does jump out at me is the 25% of infected are working in the health system. Is that high in comparison to other countries?

Away With The Fairies · 21-03-2020 08:30PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Some of you have a fetish for pandemics. 2 days in a row with a drop is a major positive. Doesn’t matter when the tests are from. We get 1 snapshot every 24 hours. And the numbers have dropped considerably 2 days in a row.

If we can keep the numbers even at this level we’ll be doing well.

Yes it matters when the tests were done. People tested last week, got infected two weeks before that. So spreading in that two week period.

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