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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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  • #8762
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Have we enough test kits to send directly to all households, then mail back to nearest lab freepost, could An Post cope or is this a stupid idea :o


  • #8763
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,406 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    wakka12 wrote: »
    USA today overtook Spain, France, Iran and Germany and is now third in the world in number of cases

    Huge pop over 330million


  • #8764
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    FVP3 wrote: »
    They are on a true exponential curve. Set to pass China in just a few days, present trends continuing.

    Anyone have a total population figure for the USA at present?


  • #8765
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,351 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Wolf359f wrote: »
    The USA just became 3rd in the world in confirmed cases. That was an extremely fast increase.
    Overtaking Spain just now.
    I fear America is going to be hit extremely badly hit by this, for all sorts of reasons. The culture of feck all social medicine for one, and profits before people. South America... :(

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #8766
    Wolf359f
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,844 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    Gods Gift wrote: »
    MAGA.

    Making Americans Gasp for Air.

    They are going to be hit hard unfortunately

    I think Boris was first with his 'Last Gasp' plan for ventilators


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  • #8767
    Shelly66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭Shelly66


    fritzelly wrote: »
    I would think if you are being so OCD about the obvious things you will miss the small things, you just cannot analyse every element and second of your life - you will send yourself nuts
    Just practice good hygiene and you will likely be grand and if you catch it there's a very good chance you will be fine

    You right,I have anxiety and we try to control a lot of situations that are outside our control.


  • #8768
    no.8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 894 ✭✭✭no.8


    Not entirely surprising given their population and trans-continental mobility. Will be tough viewing but the big states are mobilising.

    You would think that they are better positioned to police lock-downs than us Europeans are


  • #8769
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,808 ✭✭✭threeball


    FVP3 wrote: »
    The health of the person and the immune response to this is clearly related to age, though. Thats clear.

    Hardly. I'd rather be 60 and healthy than 25 with HIV or fighting off TB.


  • #8770
    FVP3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭FVP3


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    Anyone have a total population figure for the USA at present?

    327M


  • #8771
    Shelly66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭Shelly66


    Received this about control and what we cannot control, it’s brilliant


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  • #8772
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Wolf359f wrote: »
    The USA just became 3rd in the world in confirmed cases. That was an extremely fast increase.
    Overtaking Spain just now.

    Bad in New York


  • #8773
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,808 ✭✭✭threeball


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Have we enough test kits to send directly to all households, then mail back to nearest lab freepost, could An Post cope or is this a stupid idea :o

    I'm sure the postman would love carrying hundreds of positive tests in the back of his van. What could go wrong


  • #8774
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,391 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    This has nothing to do with Trump but with a string of presidents dating well back. They will be hit hard as half of americans are obese with underlying health complications from lifetimes of bad diets.


  • #8775
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    alan partridge aha wrote: »
    Huge pop over 330million

    Yes but cases have still grown by over 1000% in the last 7 days which is astounding, it is growing much much faster than cases in European countries are and they are growing fast as well by any measure


  • #8776
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Ireland = (only) 102 new Corona cases . . .

    I wonder is this the turning point? The beginning of a downward trend?
    The next two days figures will be very interesting indeed.

    Maybe we have it on the run!


  • #8777
    tom1ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    Strazdas wrote: »
    But this is not the time for messages about global warming, she probably realises that. Most countries are in partial lockdown and their governments are fighting the virus.

    Personally I think the global crisis boosts her campaign rather than weakens it. She has been warning of a world where society gets turned upside down by forces outside its control....that will surely resonate with many people.

    We don’t need people warning us about global warning, the planet will re balance the equation by getting rid of enough of the sickness that threatens it. Aka humans.


  • #8778
    tom1ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    Strazdas wrote: »
    But this is not the time for messages about global warming, she probably realises that. Most countries are in partial lockdown and their governments are fighting the virus.

    Personally I think the global crisis boosts her campaign rather than weakens it. She has been warning of a world where society gets turned upside down by forces outside its control....that will surely resonate with many people.

    We don’t need people warning us about global warning, the planet will re balance the equation by getting rid of enough of the sickness that threatens it. Aka humans.


  • #8779
    alan partridge aha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,406 ✭✭✭alan partridge aha


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    Ireland = (only) 102 new Corona cases . . .

    I wonder is this the turning point? The beginning of a downward trend?
    The next two days figures will be very interesting indeed. Maybe we havevt it on the run!

    Really hope we have.


  • #8780
    Technophobe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭Technophobe


    Class MayDresser wrote: »
    Gimme Ham on 5 and hold the Mayo!
    Asking for a friend.

    Have you ever been in a Turkish prison?


  • #8781
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    Isn`t there an asteroid due to come close to Earth sometime in April?

    yes, best chance for humanity is that it hits coronavirus square in the nuts.


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  • #8782
    FVP3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭FVP3


    threeball wrote: »
    Hardly. I'd rather be 60 and healthy than 25 with HIV or fighting off TB.

    I mean, yeh. But even if that is true, neither are that common in Africa, although they are more common than the rest of the world. It also hot there which tends to slow down the virus.

    The 2009 flu epidemic affected Africa less than the rest of the world. I cant yet post links but you can google that yourself.


  • #8783
    fishy_fishy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭fishy_fishy


    On the Greta silence... overpopulation is a massive environmental threat. Imagine she's a bit conflicted at the moment. Wiping out 10% of the population would do wonders for the environment.

    Please folks, try to remember that this crisis too shall pass. One way or another, this current set up isn't forever. We'll get through it.


  • #8784
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    Anyone have a total population figure for the USA at present?

    It's 300 million. I googled a few days back.


  • #8785
    FVP3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭FVP3


    tom1ie wrote: »
    We don’t need people warning us about global warning, the planet will re balance the equation by getting rid of enough of the sickness that threatens it. Aka humans.

    Calm down, agent Smith.


  • #8786
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    Ireland = (only) 102 new Corona cases . . .

    I wonder is this the turning point? The beginning of a downward trend?
    The next two days figures will be very interesting indeed.

    Maybe we have it on the run!

    Come back in a week and ask the question


  • #8787
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    threeball wrote: »
    I'm sure the postman would love carrying hundreds of positive tests in the back of his van. What could go wrong

    With a coordinated effort, the right equipment and some training they could be picked up safely with oversight from the HSE.


  • #8788
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    What's the New York increase?


  • #8789
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    fishy_fishy wrote: »
    On the Greta silence... overpopulation is a massive environmental threat. Imagine she's a bit conflicted at the moment. Wiping out 10% of the population would do wonders for the environment.

    Please folks, try to remember that this crisis too shall pass. One way or another, this current set up isn't forever. We'll get through it.


    Most of us will get through it.:(


  • #8790
    SlowBlowin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭SlowBlowin


    I wonder what the astronauts and cosmonauts in the ISS space station are thinking ?


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  • #8791
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    FVP3 wrote: »
    I mean, yeh. But even if that is true, neither are that common in Africa, although they are more common than the rest of the world. It also hot there which tends to slow down the virus.

    The 2009 flu epidemic affected Africa less than the rest of the world. I cant yet post links but you can google that yourself.


    This is not flu, its a different virus, there speculation is that hot temperatures do not mitigate its spread.


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