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

Speak Now · 22-03-2020 01:10AM

Xertz wrote: »

"Space isn't so bad?"

Astronauts invented social distancing

statesaver · 22-03-2020 01:10AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Its bad, but its bad in a lot of countries. Relatively speaking the USA isn't doing any worse for its population size compared to a lot of countries in Europe. That includes the mortality rate.

Stopped watching Bill Maher after he said something like, 'what we need to get rid of Trump is a recession'. And the clowns in the audience clapped.
A fcuking multi millionaire wishing for a recession which would not effect him one bit.
That made me so mad.

tom1ie · 22-03-2020 01:10AM

bb12 wrote: »

everything becomes routine after you've done it a couple of times. how long does it take to put on a pair of gloves? rather do that than play russian roulette with my health.

there's a new normal coming for everyone during and after this.

Immunity/vaccine is much more preferable than trying to avoid this thing

Strazdas · 22-03-2020 01:10AM

Lord Trollington wrote: »

How does people see all of this playing out.

The virus isnt going away anywhere. Best estimates is that we're 12-18months away from a vaccine .

In Ireland we're really only 15-20 days into this.
How long can his go on?
We can lockdown and curtail the initial spread but we cant stay locked away for ever.
Are we looking at month and months of interruptions.

Some interesting articles about this in the last few days. We could save waves of events rather than anything continuous - we could see social distancing restrictions lifted in say June but might need to be reintroduced a few months later.

I've seen one mathematician suggest tonight that the virus might go into a slow downward curve everywhere in Europe in about 12 weeks time.

coolshannagh28 · 22-03-2020 01:11AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Barbados PM said Rihanna has offered to pay for ventilators, who can help us Bono, Neeson, McManus, Geldof, Goodman etc.,

Philanthropy is not an Irish trait.

Westernyelp · 22-03-2020 01:11AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Its bad, but its bad in a lot of countries. Relatively speaking the USA isn't doing any worse for its population size compared to a lot of countries in Europe. That includes the mortality rate.

You do realise that the US are only at the beginning of this process?

tikkahunter · 22-03-2020 01:11AM

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

How the hell are people on this Forum still defending them for that monumental cock up?

How many direct cases have turned up from that by the way ?

fritzelly · 22-03-2020 01:11AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Its bad, but its bad in a lot of countries. Relatively speaking the USA isn't doing any worse for its population size compared to a lot of countries in Europe. That includes the mortality rate.

Why are so many states going on lockdown, even when they were doing tests earlier on the tests were flawed to the point of pointless.
Watch them the next week - I expect they will be screwed
New York gone from a few hundred cases to over 10,000 in a week
USA as a whole in a week has gone from a few hundred to 24,000

Trump criticising Cuomo - why is that that I wonder...?

alan partridge aha · 22-03-2020 01:11AM

statesaver wrote: »

Stopped watching Bill Maher after he said something like, 'what we need to get rid of Trump is a recession'. And the clowns in the audience clapped.
A fcuking multi millionaire wishing for a recession which would not effect him one bit.
That made me so mad.

Wancer of the highest order.

Speak Now · 22-03-2020 01:12AM

coolshannagh28 wrote: »

Philanthropy is not an Irish trait.

It is but doesn't cross county borders.

SharpshooterTom · 22-03-2020 01:12AM

Westernyelp wrote: »

You do realise that the US are only at the beginning of this process?

Virtually every country is outside China, Korea and Japan.

Cork Boy 53 · 22-03-2020 01:13AM

We should have established colonies on the Moon and Mars while we still had the chance. Looks like our time has run out.

FVP3 · 22-03-2020 01:13AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Populations:

USA - 328 million
Germany - 83 million
France - 67 million
UK - 67 million
Italy - 61 million
Spain - 47 million

All things considered equal the US should top the list by some distance come July. It will be on the US to see if they can successfully flatten the curve. There are some skillful people working in that white house, Dr.Fauci and Deborah Birx. Theres also a 2 billion stimulus coming in next week.

Be great if Europe had the same support from you as you give America.

Woodsie1 · 22-03-2020 01:13AM

tikkahunter wrote: »

How many direct cases have turned up from that by the way ?

God knows...stupid idea letting tons of Italians over here to roam around when their country was being overrun with the virus.

Wolf359f · 22-03-2020 01:13AM

If ~4% of tests in Ireland are proving positive.... what are the other 96% suffering from?
Phantom symptoms?
In a way I'm glad the government didn't give more accurate locations of those infected, if I was close to them and I had a cough, I'd be looking to get tested.
Don't touch your face.... how many people here just want to touch their face?
Christ, I have a shower and rub my face, it's such a relief. Gone are the days masturbating in the shower and feeling bad!

bb12 · 22-03-2020 01:13AM

tom1ie wrote: »

Immunity/vaccine is much more preferable than trying to avoid this thing

vaccine: yes.

immunity? well there's lot of rails out there you can lick if you're a gambler...

V8 Interceptor · 22-03-2020 01:13AM

tikkahunter wrote: »

How many direct cases have turned up from that by the way ?

Turned up from what?

JP Liz V1 · 22-03-2020 01:14AM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Does anyone know if the RTE employee with Covid-19, is a reporter, a presenter or someone working behind the scenes?

:eek:

Tubs?

Claire Byrne was negative I think that was answered on here

sheepsh4gger · 22-03-2020 01:14AM

I wonder if the drug addicts are affected by the social distancing and closed borders. I bet the dealers can't get drugs into the country because China can't get them fentanyl now. Imagine all of them going desperate with lead pipes.

bekker · 22-03-2020 01:14AM

tom1ie wrote: »

Immunity/vaccine is much more preferable than trying to avoid this thing

Without a vaccine the only way to gain immunity is to live through an infection.

statesaver · 22-03-2020 01:14AM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

We should have established colonies on the Moon and Mars while we still had the chance. Looks like our time has run out.

Time for bed, love, nightie night

fritzelly · 22-03-2020 01:15AM

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Someone's best reason they could give to me for having our borders wide open was because it would be too difficult to close them.

The USA is huge. Trump stopped all flights from Europe and other places and sealed seven and a half thousand miles of border with Canada & Mexico.

Yet apparently its "too difficult" for us to keep our piddly little island from being a petri dish for half the World.

Every night around this time you come out and peddle the same argument looking for a bite - Trump banned flights but still there are flights

22-03-2020 01:15AM

The saddest part of this whole thing is how some are still just using it to make retarded political points..from the 'fnck trump' crowd to the 'close the borders' crowd..it's really tragic..

Westernyelp · 22-03-2020 01:15AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Virtually every country is outside China, Korea and Japan.

Yes. so what makes you think the US is doing well? numbers are staring to rocket over there. they did not take it seriously in time and their leader is nuttier than a squirrel sh!te.

Xertz · 22-03-2020 01:16AM

Wolf359f wrote: »

If ~4% of tests in Ireland are proving positive.... what are the other 96% suffering from?
Phantom symptoms?

Could be flu (still end of flu season albeit almost over), various colds, random upper respiratory infections (plenty of those), allergies ... or tests giving false negatives.

FVP3 · 22-03-2020 01:16AM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

We should have established colonies on the Moon and Mars while we still had the chance. Looks like our time has run out.

You are on a definite we are doomed trajectory tonight. Cork dry gin, is it? Can make the most solid of men maudlin.

I don't think even in the worst of the worst case scenarios which nobody wants ( 5%) that humanity is doomed. In fact the population would recover in a few years.

And it will be nothing like 5%. China was less than 0.1% if I recall.

rossie1977 · 22-03-2020 01:18AM

Westernyelp wrote: »

You do realise that the US are only at the beginning of this process?

Yeah it's weeks behind Italy. When Italy went into full lockdown the US had less than 50 confirmed cases.

nc6000 · 22-03-2020 01:18AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

All things considered equal the US should top the list by some distance come July. It will be on the US to see if they can successfully flatten the curve. There are some skillful people working in that white house, Dr.Fauci and Deborah Birx. Theres also a 2 billion stimulus coming in next week.

Keep going, CNN said 2 Trillion which is US $2,000,000,000,000

Quantum Erasure · 22-03-2020 01:18AM

Wolf359f wrote: »

If ~4% of tests in Ireland are proving positive.... what are the other 96% suffering from?
Phantom symptoms?

and yet there's people on here convinced half the country has it

V8 Interceptor · 22-03-2020 01:19AM

fritzelly wrote: »

Every night around this time you come out and peddle the same argument looking for a bite - Trump banned flights but still there are flights

No argument needs to be peddled. Its the most translucent fu*k up by our Government since they took office. The fact that I come on here every night and only see a very occasional poster mention it beggars belief to be honest.

The whole Forum, indeed Country, should've been in uproar for the past month and more.

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