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

Jim_Hodge · 21-03-2020 10:34PM

SlowBlowin wrote: »

I am sure I must have missed something here, and if I did there will be an avalanche of people correcting me.

1. The government health advice is when coughing not to use your hand to cover your mouth, but instead cough into the elbow.

2. The government social advice when meeting people is not to shake hands but instead bump elbows.

I can understand both bits of advice on their own, but together they seem totally illogical. Has this already been discussed and I missed it ?

Firstly I didn't see our government suggest elbow bumping. Secondly, you'd need to be closer than 2m to bump elbows.

New Home · 21-03-2020 10:35PM

Not sure if these posts already got a reply (can't keep track of them!), but:

FVP3 wrote: »

With regard to "printing" helicopter money I believe the Irish central bank can technically do it, or the banks themselves. It's just ones and zeros, as the man said. That said the ECB might have to agree or else individual countries will be devaluing the Euro.

As far as I know, the banknotes are printed centrally, and the coins are minted by the member states.

little bess wrote: »

Can anyone advise where to get printed social welfare forms?

I want to change my mum’s pension Payment method to go directly to her bank account. I’ve downloaded the form but she doesn’t have a printer, mine is broken, the libraries and local Internet cafes are closed.

I’m sure there are others in the same situation?

Ring Social Welfare or email them and ask them to post the form out to you.

zvone wrote: »

Could it be true?! This tweet was erased butt somebody take screenshot...

Yes, it is true. The plane left from a USAF base.

awec wrote: »

How many people in care homes do you think are dying of covid19 without going to hospital first?

The number of people who die from this outside of a hospital is going to be negligible. It does not seem to be a fast killer.

Younger people have gone from being ok to being dead in a matter of 4-5 days, to me that's not slow. Not as fast as a bad stroke or a bad heart attack, but not slow. Besides, if they don't have any room left in the hospitals, and considering their age, they wouldn't even be moved from their beds in the nursing homes, at least for the fear of further spreading it. So no, I don't think the number would be negligible at all.

smelly sock · 21-03-2020 10:35PM

102 new cases. Out of how many tests? Anyone....

gmisk · 21-03-2020 10:35PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

Coughing into your elbow is so frigging anti human it’s unreal. WEAR A MASK!!

And if you want to greet someone , just wave. Or go full Japanese and just bow. Zero contact. It’s really simple.

Or pack some tissues?

I like the foot tap thing as well.

elperello · 21-03-2020 10:35PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

Why are you being such an autist?

Not a cool slag.

grindle · 21-03-2020 10:35PM

The_Brood wrote: »

How in the world is all this social welfare/mortgage freezing/business saving packages going to be paid for?
...
Things are making 0 economic sense right now and people aren't asking politicians the important questions.

pjohnson wrote: »

People are asking the important questions. Thankfully most are finding surviving more important than money.

It's not an unimportant question, ask Venezuela or Zimbabwe what happens when money is jizzed into the world out of thin air. We're only practising QE a very short time now, and there will be a time when we reach it's limits and hyperinflation rears it's head. It's virtually guaranteed at some point because governments aren't quite sure themselves what effect it will have.

Anyway, The_Brood, every other poster who's said this has been right - they print money out of thin air so prices stabilise yet somehow as if by magic that money seems to flow upwards and the regular wage we were on before is worth less of the slice of pie we had before. Which is a worry.

It's what's caused 25-30s to need to stay at home because they can't afford anything else, it's what causes people to neglect life insurance, it's what causes billionaire's cofffers to rise in value almost as well as COVID cases.

21-03-2020 10:36PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

I'm actually beginning to think that Italians are somehow more susceptible to this virus. Nothing seems to be containing it over there.

Some commentators are noting that Italian family structure may be an important factor too. Alot of 18-34 year olds apparently live with their older relatives. If alot of these young people are exhibiting no or very mild symptoms it still makes them extremely dangerous to the older people in the house. Doesn’t take much to imagine what happens next unfortunately. Hopefully the Irish ‘flee the nest’ approach might save alot of our older people in contrast.

YFlyer · 21-03-2020 10:38PM

Good Man Colin Keogh.

However I would prefer an automobile company, like Ferrari or say some manufacturing company to make the ventilators. They would have the workforce and equipment.

3D printers are not the bee all.

darjeeling · 21-03-2020 10:38PM

darjeeling wrote: »

Iceland has been testing the general population as well as symptomatic cases.

They've done 9,768 tests out of a population of ~360k. That's 1 person in 37, more per capita than any other country.

The test total includes 5,571 tests on the general population starting a week ago, giving 48 positives.
If that holds for the whole country, it would mean about 3,000 positives.

The targeted testing found 425 positives from 4,197 tests, which would mean that targeted testing has missed over 80%.

https://www.government.is/news/article/2020/03/15/Large-scale-testing-of-general-population-in-Iceland-underway/

... the 48 found from the general population were not showing symptoms that would have flagged them for testing, though some may have had mild cold symptoms (link).

This is another nugget of data that falls on the side of this being a more contagious but less fatal disease than is generally being recognised.

Though one can counter that if that is so, why was China able to stamp it out, and why have some other countries been successful in preventing spread?

All food for thought.

olestoepoke · 21-03-2020 10:38PM

smelly sock wrote: »

102 new cases. Out of how many tests? Anyone....

Total 10,000 I read earlier

iwillyeah1234 · 21-03-2020 10:38PM

Lads - because of the autist in our midst.

1. I’m Irish
2. I live in England
3. Am posting pictures of empty shelves to warn my home country.
4. I truely think England is going to be the next Italy - so my Ireland needs to be aware.

5. I honestly think my country has the medical staff and political leadership to get my Ireland through this.

Just sending you guys reports from the craziness that is England. You do NOT want to copy it. That’s all.

woohoo!!! · 21-03-2020 10:38PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Anyone else not have a ****en clue what comorbidities meant before all this started.

Laughs knowingly. Whispers yer comorb wha?

skimpydoo · 21-03-2020 10:38PM

smelly sock wrote: »

102 new cases. Out of how many tests? Anyone....

Not enough.

elperello · 21-03-2020 10:40PM

YFlyer wrote: »

Good Man Colin Keogh.

However I would prefer an automobile company, like Ferrari or say some manufacturing company to make the ventilators. They would have the workforce and equipment.

3D printers are not the bee all.

Good idea but unfortunately the Ferrari factories are closed being in the eye of the storm.

Kermit.de.frog · 21-03-2020 10:40PM

5000 + new cases in Spain.

Just random, could pick most countries and the slope looks the same.

Long way to go yet.

fritzelly · 21-03-2020 10:40PM

dummy_crusher wrote: »

I said there were 4 recoveries up until yesterday. That was true, yet for some reason you pointed out that the first case was on the 11th. That makes no sense.

Even on Worldometers the first reported recovery was the 14th, the 16th was another 4

Total 5 by the 16th - look at the facts and figures!

SlowBlowin · 21-03-2020 10:41PM

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Firstly I didn't see our government suggest elbow bumping. Secondly, you'd need to be closer than 2m to bump elbows.

It was advice given less than 2 weeks ago, it was widely covered in the media. I have not seen it documented on gov.ie but plenty online:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8082563/European-health-chiefs-greet-ELBOW-BUMPS-coronavirus-fears-grip-continent.html

fr336 · 21-03-2020 10:41PM

I live in Luton, a town of population 200,000 and 30 miles out of London. Apparently we only have five cases...just the five...... Lol

CinemaGuy45 · 21-03-2020 10:41PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

Lads - because of the autist in our midst.

From an Aspie

two yellows equal what?:rolleyes:

Jim_Hodge · 21-03-2020 10:42PM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Not enough.

And how many would that be? :rolleyes:

YFlyer · 21-03-2020 10:42PM

NasserShammaz wrote: »

Its trenchfoot , plenty of zinc avoid spicy foods be grand

A eat a fair amount of hot chilies. Was looking for ginger in Aldi tonight. No joy. Was for to help remove phlegm.

sonofenoch · 21-03-2020 10:42PM

Something to read

https://medium.com/six-four-six-nine/evidence-over-hysteria-covid-19-1b767def5894

DevilsHaircut · 21-03-2020 10:43PM

To the economic worriers (bless), money does not exist as a thing in itself. It is a means of exchange between human beings, most of whom are in the same boat as regards Covid 19.

pjohnson · 21-03-2020 10:43PM

elperello wrote: »

Good idea but unfortunately the Ferrari factories are closed being in the eye of the storm.

McLaren and and least two other F1 teams are starting to process healthcare machinery.

froog · 21-03-2020 10:44PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

785 cases in Ireland... How is this possible? We were letting in plane loads of people from Italy? There should be more. Or are symptoms really that mild in most of us?

almost certainly there a large number of younger people walking around with zero or little symptoms.

SlowBlowin · 21-03-2020 10:44PM

gmisk wrote: »

Or pack some tissues?

I like the foot tap thing as well.

I am just saying the two bits of advice should not be followed together...

Christ you must be tall to have 2m legs !!!!

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2020 10:44PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1241453658832875520

walshb wrote: »

Image of Roy!

Just as fiery and passionate on the field as Keano, great player

iwillyeah1234 · 21-03-2020 10:44PM

fr336 wrote: »

I live in Luton, a town of population 200,000 and 30 miles out of London. Apparently we only have five cases...just the five...... Lol

Severe levels of suppression there. We know the demographics. Jaysus.

Fleetwoodmac · 21-03-2020 10:45PM

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

Why are you being such an autist?

Really... could you have used a term such as pedantic instead.
This is not on.

21-03-2020 10:45PM

Originally Posted by AllGunsBlazing
I'm actually beginning to think that Italians are somehow more susceptible to this virus. Nothing seems to be containing it over there.

on CNN there is a story about an Italian family in New York who were all at dinner last week. Within 3 days of the dinner, 4 of them were dead from covid 19, and 7 are still in ICU. The family name is Fusco. None of the family experienced any symptoms until that night.

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

Comments

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