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

marklazarcovic · 21-03-2020 07:38PM

Am I the only one who thinks just hitting 10k tested in Ireland now is appalling? After what,8 weeks?

iwillyeah1234 · 21-03-2020 07:39PM

humberklog wrote: »

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?

Just an aside - Spain has called up retired doctors and nurses , and those folks are heading in , knowing full well it might be a one way trip. Have seen correspondence, translated from Spanish via social media - they want to do this “to protect the younger generation”. Honestly read to me like a kamikaze mission. But that’s the feeling I’m getting from reading this stuff - that too many young medical staff are getting infected. Hence these retired Spanish medics are heading in. Unreal stuff going on.

Boggles · 21-03-2020 07:39PM

wadacrack wrote: »

https://twitter.com/davidasinclair/status/1241445985844371458

Warmer weather?

We are fúcked so.

:mad:

owlbethere · 21-03-2020 07:39PM

Loughc wrote: »

Fantastic news 2 days in a row. I think any country that had 3 decreases in a row essentially turned the tide on it completely. Hopefully we get a 3rd decrease tomorrow.

This is good news and hopefully we continue to see decreases, fingers crossed.

However China showed they got it under control and then they got new cases from incoming travellers. That's something Ireland has to address asap.

lak · 21-03-2020 07:40PM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Up by one to 13.

If we end up with 13 in ICU beds for roughly every 800 cases then we run out of available ICU beds at around 15,000 cases.Is it a coincidence that is the figure varadkar put out?

is_that_so · 21-03-2020 07:40PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

( from that C4 interview) : first case indentified was Feb 26th by that Doctor. The nurse with Corona.

The medical staff didn’t stand a chance - there was no lockdown and travel bans at that stage. That’s the fault of the Italian government AND the EU. Despite what was happening in China.

EU has no power to lock a country, that's a national competence.

Duke of Url · 21-03-2020 07:40PM

lbj666 wrote: »

What percentage of the electorate is that?

I don’t care about the electorate. I didn’t vote FG. But the temporary Government and HSE are doing a good job.

micks_address · 21-03-2020 07:40PM

frillyleaf wrote: »

This is what happens when you give people choice. The minority will ruin it for everyone

I know there's maybe 10 percent if people behaving irresponsibility but maybe the 90 percent are enough... Obviously the more the better but as long as most people are being sensible and especially older people then the measures should succeed.

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2020 07:41PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

13

That is good yes?

21-03-2020 07:41PM

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Rubbish to you're first sentence.

I have seen the reports from inside the Italian hospitals it is scary I do not feel safe and I do not trust those numbers.

I don't think anybody is trying to mislead us but the testing seems to be backlogged.

If the numbers are high, I don’t see people complaining that they’re not right.
It’s just really odd behaviour in here.

It doesn’t matter if there is a backlog.

We get 1 set of figures each day. And it’s gone down considerably 2 days in a row. If the trend was to continue over the next few days, that will be wonderful news.

munsterlegend · 21-03-2020 07:41PM

micks_address wrote: »

The tests would have been taken yesterday or day before..

Yes but labs here are not a full capacity over a weekend to authorise all the results. Hopefully it is a downward daily trend but I would wait until Tuesday/Wednesday to see how the daily numbers are.

stephenjmcd · 21-03-2020 07:41PM

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

Do you know that for sure, as I know the virus reference lab has reduced staff at the weekend and it's the only place testing the samples.

They aren't reducing staff at the weekend. The head of the lab was on rte the other night saying they were working at full staffing 24/7. And yes I know someone who can confirm same

21-03-2020 07:42PM

Boggles wrote: »

Warmer weather?

We are fúcked so.

:mad:

reduced

CinemaGuy45 · 21-03-2020 07:42PM

This is why I hate the Liberal and PC mindset this generation has no values.

People will not just do the fcuk what they are told and work together.

NinjaTruncs · 21-03-2020 07:42PM

micks_address wrote: »

The tests would have been taken yesterday or day before..

Taking the samples and performing the tests are two different things. When the news mentions all the new test centres opening those centres only take the samples and then send them to the VRL to get tested. Then numbers reported today would have been the samples that tested positive today, but you're correct those samples would have been taken a number of days ago.

is_that_so · 21-03-2020 07:42PM

lak wrote: »

If we end up with 13 in ICU beds for roughly every 800 cases then we run out of available ICU beds at around 15,000 cases.Is it a coincidence that is the figure varadkar put out?

He didn't just put it out, he was quoting a number he was given by the people who did the modelling.

munsterlegend · 21-03-2020 07:43PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

They aren't reducing staff at the weekend. The head of the lab was on rte the other night saying they were working at full staffing 24/7. And yes I know someone who can confirm same

There is more than one lab and Saturday is not the same as a normal day.

circadian · 21-03-2020 07:43PM

lainey_d_123 wrote: »

1% of over a billion people is still a lot of people.

Stop defending their disgusting practices.

It's not racist to state facts.

Yes, it is a lot of people. No one is defending the actions of those involved. To completely tar an entire populace on this premise is absolutely flawed and is the type of rhetoric that leads to hate crimes.

My sister in law and nieces are Chinese living in the UK. They've never been to a market like this in their lives nor would they have any interest. My sister in law knows they exist but wouldn't know where to find one.

They've been verbally abused and spat at because they're Asian and clearly all Asians are responsible for the the actions of a tiny percentage.

Jurgen Klopp · 21-03-2020 07:43PM

Was trying to look up the first case in Italy and saw this interesting little bit

Before the first case was reported, there was an unusually high number of pneumonia cases recorded at a hospital in Codogno in northern Italy, the head of the emergency ward Stefano Paglia told the newspaper La Repubblica, suggesting it is possible patients with the virus were treated as if they had a seasonal flu. Health facilities hosting these patients could have become sites for infection, helping proliferate the spread of the virus.

That was some leaky barrel if true

stephenjmcd · 21-03-2020 07:43PM

munsterlegend wrote: »

Yes but labs here are not a full capacity over a weekend to authorise all the results. Hopefully it is a downward daily trend but I would wait until Tuesday/Wednesday to see how the daily numbers are.

Thats utter crap. They are working 24/7 at the moment. Nobody is reducing levels over the weekend during this emergency

Martina1991 · 21-03-2020 07:43PM

autumnbelle wrote:

Does the lower number not just tie into them running out of tests a few days ago

No.

Regardless of running low on swabs for the public, the laboratories are still inundated with tests to get through. A service that is running 24/7.

Trigger Happy · 21-03-2020 07:44PM

I am happy to take these numbers as good news. A temporary reprieve maybe.

wexandproud · 21-03-2020 07:44PM

lak wrote: »

If we end up with 13 in ICU beds for roughly every 800 cases then we run out of available ICU beds at around 15,000 cases.Is it a coincidence that is the figure varadkar put out?

Of course its a coincidence , do you actually think he got someone to sit down and work it all out . there is some excellent post on here but by f..k there is some sh.te as well

iwillyeah1234 · 21-03-2020 07:44PM

is_that_so wrote: »

EU has no power to lock a country, that's a national competence.

But the EU is in charge of overall strategy. It has the power to call for emergency meetings and generally bang heads together.

Strazdas · 21-03-2020 07:44PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

That is good yes?

It is indeed, would be considered a relatively low number at this stage (ditto with fatalities).

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 21-03-2020 07:44PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Am I the only one who thinks just hitting 10k tested in Ireland now is appalling? After what,8 weeks?

No, it takes a while to get additional testing facilities up and running. People would be complaining if they weren’t accurate due to being rushed into operation.

Quantum Erasure · 21-03-2020 07:45PM

expectationlost wrote: »

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/f0c391-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-saturday-21/

Hospitalised by Age Group
.... >5..... 2 ... 1%
. 5 - 14 ... 1 ...1%
15 - 24 ... 9 ... 5%
25 - 34 ... 24 ... 14%
35 - 44 ... 18 ... 10%
45 - 54 ... 28 ... 16%
55 - 64 ... 31 ... 18%
.... 65+ ... 60 ... 35%
*all statistics measured at midnight 19 March 2020

munsterlegend · 21-03-2020 07:45PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Thats utter crap. They are working 24/7 at the moment. Nobody is reducing levels over the weekend during this emergency

It seems very odd with more testing that numbers are going down. I would wait until Tuesday/Wednesday and see what numbers are like then.

is_that_so · 21-03-2020 07:45PM

Ireland are doing really crap in the CV league, we need to step up, two bad days in a row!:D

MipMap · 21-03-2020 07:45PM

limnam wrote: »

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

They do that sort of thing whether there is a Pandemic or Not!

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