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

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  • #8672
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1241509919632896001?s=20


  • #8673
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    A reminder - it's the first part of the first warning in the OP
    Beasty wrote: »
    OK, time to step in with some mod instructions:

    1. Please interact in a civil manner


  • #8674
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    threeball wrote: »
    Exactly, the earth temperature dropped 1c in the days after 9/11 due to all the grounded flights. This should see significantly more.

    I'm amazed anyone would believe such idiocy. Pollution acts as an insulator.


  • #8675
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    theoneeyedman wrote: »
    Virtue signalling by Simon!

    There are enough laws to close these pubs, licencing laws etc. If they want them closed, send the Guards out to clear the houses, prosecute them for opening, bring them to court and fine them, fine anyone 'found on', revoke their licence, and object when they apply again.

    There are laws there, fvcking enforce them! Never mind making up new ones.

    (This is not to excuse pubs opening, if they should be closed, they should close, and it's obviously a waste of resources chasing them, but FFS the country still needs to be policed, and we never had more Gaurds!)

    Ridiculous post!

    Why don’t you specify the laws that you are referring to!!! There are not breaking any law by opening during normal opening hours so why don’t you explain how they can be prosecuted and under what section of what law.


  • #8676
    lainey_d_123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭lainey_d_123


    Aj007 wrote: »
    Good God Lainey sorry to rain on your parade there but if did you see in my post where I said I had deliveries to do. I did not say I had actually delivered anything. You will also note that I was looking for advice from a doctor I did not say I expected a hospital to be cleared out and me to be admitted with 5 star treatment. You will also be delighted to hear that I went straight home and am currently in isolation. Thank you for sharing your extensive wealth of knowledge on the matter. I have now got the measure of you anyway.

    Glad to hear you are isolating and did not deliver, but the point still stands that you seem to feel aggrieved that you were told to do the same as everyone else is told to do. If you were well enough to consider going out and doing deliveries, why did you expect to be tested or seen over the weekend when hospitals and doctors are all at breaking point already?

    I find it unfair that you were so critical of the health service...if someone gets seriously ill with covid-19 over a weekend, they will be admitted. They're not going to entertain dozens of people calling with a bit of a sore throat and a temperature.


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  • #8677
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    Speakerboxx wrote: »
    Does 20 secs of hand washing completely remove virus from your hands if hands become contaminated? Think about it, the amount of things you touch daily in public places and if those surfaces are contaminated and you touch them and put your hands on your face, nose or eyes you risk being infected without knowing it. No wonder the virus is flying around rapidly and people who ignore social distancing makes infection far worse.

    When I go to shop now. I limit my visits to shop once a week. I wear gloves. Go shopping and when im finished, I place my shopping in boot. My boot door handle is potentially contaminated from visit to shop so after I close boot door,I take my gloves off correctly and aseptically and disgard. I open drivers door and get my anti baterial spray and spray my boot door handle and then finally spray and clean my hands throughout. I won't make contact with any parts inside car where possible before cleaning my hands. Car keys seat belts, wiper and indicator controls, handbrake steering wheel light switch,radio and dashboard controls door handles window levers i will clean and disinfect before driving off and sanitize and clean my hands again after all this before driving off. I am a freak but doing my best to be careful but it's not easy.

    I am spraying down all my shopping and sanitizing everything before entry to house. All disinfected shopping is placed on countertop once complete and my hands fully washed before touching the disinfected item's again. Are we all doing enough to combat covid 19?

    You’d make a bad get away car driver.


  • #8678
    Pdoghue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 785 ✭✭✭Pdoghue


    otnomart wrote:
    Would you compare Ireland to Norway, then ? 13 March: 750 cases (1)

    Yes, better comparison but I notice that Norway has no deaths yet.


  • #8679
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,614 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Speakerboxx wrote: »
    Does 20 secs of hand washing completely remove virus from your hands if hands become contaminated? ...

    the soap breaks down the fats coating the virus, thats why its important to get a good lather and wash every square inch of skin


  • #8680
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    pawdee wrote: »
    All we need now is a wet summer, potato blight, bubonic plague, foot and mouth, rabies and ebola. Have I left anything out?

    Mad Cow


  • #8681
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,666 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Uk paying 2500 pounds a month to people who lost job due to virus. 203 euro a week in Ireland. Sad

    According to tomorrow's papers the same will be announced here this week.


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  • #8682
    trumptheman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 51 ✭✭trumptheman


    Speakerboxx wrote: »
    Does 20 secs of hand washing completely remove virus from your hands if hands become contaminated? Think about it, the amount of things you touch daily in public places and if those surfaces are contaminated and you touch them and put your hands on your face, nose or eyes you risk being infected without knowing it. No wonder the virus is flying around rapidly and people who ignore social distancing makes infection far worse.

    When I go to shop now. I limit my visits to shop once a week. I wear gloves. Go shopping and when im finished, I place my shopping in boot. My boot door handle is potentially contaminated from visit to shop so after I close boot door,I take my gloves off correctly and aseptically and disgard. I open drivers door and get my anti baterial spray and spray my boot door handle and then finally spray and clean my hands throughout. I won't make contact with any parts inside car where possible before cleaning my hands. Car keys seat belts, wiper and indicator controls, handbrake steering wheel light switch,radio and dashboard controls door handles window levers i will clean and disinfect before driving off and sanitize and clean my hands again after all this before driving off. I am a freak but doing my best to be careful but it's not easy.

    I am spraying down all my shopping and sanitizing everything before entry to house. All disinfected shopping is placed on countertop once complete and my hands fully washed before touching the disinfected item's again. Are we all doing enough to combat covid 19?

    If underlying medical condition or over 60 I would see a lot of people doing this.

    I just wash my hands when I can and If i'm out sanitize before re-entering house.


  • #8683
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Sky news saying that the NHS in the UK have already issued guidelines on who to treat based on positive outcomes


  • #8684
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭threeball


    70000 Italians have been fined for breaching lockdown. Unbelievable with what's going on that people can be so blase about it.


  • #8685
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Speakerboxx wrote: »
    Does 20 secs of hand washing completely remove virus from your hands if hands become contaminated? Think about it, the amount of things you touch daily in public places and if those surfaces are contaminated and you touch them and put your hands on your face, nose or eyes you risk being infected without knowing it. No wonder the virus is flying around rapidly and people who ignore social distancing makes infection far worse.

    When I go to shop now. I limit my visits to shop once a week. I wear gloves. Go shopping and when im finished, I place my shopping in boot. My boot door handle is potentially contaminated from visit to shop so after I close boot door,I take my gloves off correctly and aseptically and disgard. I open drivers door and get my anti baterial spray and spray my boot door handle and then finally spray and clean my hands throughout. I won't make contact with any parts inside car where possible before cleaning my hands. Car keys seat belts, wiper and indicator controls, handbrake steering wheel light switch,radio and dashboard controls door handles window levers i will clean and disinfect before driving off and sanitize and clean my hands again after all this before driving off. I am a freak but doing my best to be careful but it's not easy.

    I am spraying down all my shopping and sanitizing everything before entry to house. All disinfected shopping is placed on countertop once complete and my hands fully washed before touching the disinfected item's again. Are we all doing enough to combat covid 19?

    Are your car keys not at risk when you unlock car, place shopping in boot and then remove gloves?


  • #8686
    lainey_d_123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭lainey_d_123


    Speakerboxx wrote: »
    Does 20 secs of hand washing completely remove virus from your hands if hands become contaminated? Think about it, the amount of things you touch daily in public places and if those surfaces are contaminated and you touch them and put your hands on your face, nose or eyes you risk being infected without knowing it. No wonder the virus is flying around rapidly and people who ignore social distancing makes infection far worse.

    When I go to shop now. I limit my visits to shop once a week. I wear gloves. Go shopping and when im finished, I place my shopping in boot. My boot door handle is potentially contaminated from visit to shop so after I close boot door,I take my gloves off correctly and aseptically and disgard. I open drivers door and get my anti baterial spray and spray my boot door handle and then finally spray and clean my hands throughout. I won't make contact with any parts inside car where possible before cleaning my hands. Car keys seat belts, wiper and indicator controls, handbrake steering wheel light switch,radio and dashboard controls door handles window levers i will clean and disinfect before driving off and sanitize and clean my hands again after all this before driving off. I am a freak but doing my best to be careful but it's not easy.

    I am spraying down all my shopping and sanitizing everything before entry to house. All disinfected shopping is placed on countertop once complete and my hands fully washed before touching the disinfected item's again. Are we all doing enough to combat covid 19?

    There's a point at which sensible precautions become OCD to the point at which it's severely harming your mental health, and it sounds like you've passed it. I would be far more careful than most, being OCD diagnosed myself, but I was advised by my doctor not to be going to these kinds of lengths.


  • #8687
    paddythere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭paddythere


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    If you know who put up that nugget tell them they're a f**king idiot.

    I cant remember where I read it, will try find it. It said that emissions from cars etc. only stay in the atmosphere for a few days so are not a big problem in tackiling climate change generally but they do give us a constant shield from the sun (without which the planet would be up to 2 degrees higher)


  • #8688
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Stheno wrote: »
    Sky news saying that the NHS in the UK have already issued guidelines on who to treat based on positive outcomes

    So basically same as Italy - if old and underlying conditions then sorry but...


  • #8689
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    threeball wrote: »
    70000 Italians have been fined for breaching lockdown. Unbelievable with what's going on that people can be so blase about it.

    Italy and Spain giving out fines why does Ireland not do the same fine the parents of teens out roaming in large groups.


  • #8690
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭threeball


    Stheno wrote: »
    Sky news saying that the NHS in the UK have already issued guidelines on who to treat based on positive outcomes

    They're hiding serious numbers over there. Reporting low ICU numbers and high deaths. It doesn't make any sense. Sounds like reality is starting to hit.


  • #8691
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Where did Leo get the figure of 10000 by end if March? Italy had 35000 on 17th, we were 2 weeks behind according to experts when he made this statement. Our pop is circa 8% of Italy. Going by Italian figures we should be around 3k by end of March. Am I missing something?


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  • #8692
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,614 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    spookwoman wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1241509919632896001?s=20

    2 cases in the Gaza strip, how will Israel respond?

    edit
    15 Israeli coronavirus patients out of 883 are in serious condition, one death


  • #8693
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭threeball


    paddythere wrote: »
    I cant remember where I read it, will try find it. It said that emissions from cars etc. only stay in the atmosphere for a few days so are not a big problem in tackiling climate change generally but they do give us a constant shield from the sun (without which the planet would be up to 2 degrees higher)

    Probably the Mobil monthly news letter


  • #8694
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    https://www.flightradar24.com/THY181/243f0328

    The flight radar is very interesting. You can click on each individual plane and see where it came from and destination.


  • #8695
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    2 cases in the Gaza strip, how will Israel respond?

    Gaza Strip has been on lockdown for years.


  • #8696
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    threeball wrote: »
    They're hiding serious numbers over there. Reporting low ICU numbers and high deaths. It doesn't make any sense. Sounds like reality is starting to hit.

    Sounds like they’re picking who gets to icu.


  • #8697
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Where did Leo get the figure of 10000 by end if March? Italy had 35000 on 17th, we were 2 weeks behind according to experts when he made this statement. Our pop is circa 8% of Italy. Going by Italian figures we should be around 3k by end of March. Am I missing something?

    Take the figure on the day and increase it by 30% every day


  • #8698
    lbj666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭lbj666


    Fleetwoodmac wrote: »
    Absolutely.... all the more reason therefore for covid to continue. But I'm being cynical... I do agree even anecdotally the garden is much more pleasant without cars and planes going overhead. We can all see those benefits even in a short space of time. I'm trying to look at an explanation for her lack of presence.

    Well considering a huge junk of air miles is for business maybe companies will cop onto the fact over the next few months it's not always nessescary.

    Ffs I work in an office and there is a team of consultants that fly over on Monday home again Friday from the North of England. They spend a almost a day of their working week travelling, doing something they could easily do from their own office, theses aren't super skilled people either.

    People are busting their ass making the working from home work for them and quickly discovering the best ways of collaborating and working intuitively.
    My own company prided it's self in innovation and environmental matter but we're in the dark ages regarding remotely working. In the space of 3 weeks we've turned that right around.

    Hopefully when all this is done and if we still have jobs that businesses will get with.


  • #8699
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    pawdee wrote: »
    All we need now is a wet summer, potato blight, bubonic plague, foot and mouth, rabies and ebola. Have I left anything out?


    British invasion....


  • #8700
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,763 ✭✭✭threeball


    Gods Gift wrote: »
    Sounds like they’re picking who gets to icu.

    Have to leave room for Lord and Lady muck


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  • #8701
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    paddythere wrote: »
    I cant remember where I read it, will try find it. It said that emissions from cars etc. only stay in the atmosphere for a few days so are not a big problem in tackiling climate change generally but they do give us a constant shield from the sun (without which the planet would be up to 2 degrees higher)

    What you read is utter bs. Pollution acts as a blanket trapping heat. That's a very basic description but that's exactly what pollution does. Why do you think the ice caps are melting.


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