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

tom1ie · 22-03-2020 01:19AM

bb12 wrote: »

vaccine: yes.

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

Vaccine gives you immunity........?!!

fritzelly · 22-03-2020 01:19AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

:eek:

Tubs?

Claire Byrne was negative I think that was answered on here

Miriam O'Callaghan had a cough the other night - not even the sense to cough into her elbow on a program about coronavirus

tom1ie · 22-03-2020 01:20AM

bekker wrote: »

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

Yes. Exactly.

cloudatlas · 22-03-2020 01:21AM

I’ve gotta admit I still don’t understand the social distancing when outside in the open air. I go for walks with two family members, we are all self isolating. We step off the path when someone is coming turn away as if to admire the view and hold our breath momentarily. Is this going too far? I see folks are still posting annoyed messages about people meeting in the park. Surely the wind, outdoors would make it difficult for the virus to survive. We’re not close to anyone.

niallo27 · 22-03-2020 01:21AM

Speak Now wrote: »

If thousands have had it and recovered then our mortality rate is unbelievably low.

Yes yes yes a thousand times yes. Let's hope this is the case.

V8 Interceptor · 22-03-2020 01:21AM

fritzelly wrote: »

Miriam O'Callaghan had a cough the other night - not even the sense to cough into her elbow on a program about coronavirus

Even worse, she didn't even have the sense to ask the experts why our borders are still wide open during a pandemic.

Westernyelp · 22-03-2020 01:21AM

fritzelly wrote: »

Miriam O'Callaghan had a cough the other night - not even the sense to cough into her elbow on a program about coronavirus

It's got to be Bowers. from all those cog notes he gets handed before his reports

Xertz · 22-03-2020 01:21AM

The tragedy here is *nobody* seems to have seen the seriousness of this until it was too late:

1. China - initially saw it as a doctor trying to cause 'trouble' and had him arrested and harassed. He was right and is now dead and the outbreak happened.
2. European countries all seemed to think this was something that could only happen in 'far away lands' and that it was impossible in Europe due to our advanced medical care and so on... Italy gets wiped out.
3. USA takes more or less the same attitude and has exceptionalist notions. I saw some guy on CNN wandering off into how outcome in the US would be better and almost implying that the Italian healthcare system, which is extremely high tech and well resourced, was somehow massively different to the American one.

Everyone step by step failed to realise how serious this was and didn't react quickly enough.

There's a whole lot of could have, should have and hindsight. The reality is none of us, not China, not the EU, not the US were prepared for a pandemic.

sudzs · 22-03-2020 01:22AM

Xertz wrote: »

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.

no

JP Liz V1 · 22-03-2020 01:22AM

Xertz wrote: »

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.

Wolf359f · 22-03-2020 01:23AM

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

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

When you hear about people waiting on tests on here, they swear they have it. Guess the statics are they may not.

SharpshooterTom · 22-03-2020 01:24AM

Westernyelp wrote: »

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.

A lot of countries didn't take it seriously, hence why cases and deaths for all countries outside East Asia are growing exponentially. Italy didn't, Spain didn't, the UK tried purposefully to actually make it worse.

The only countries who can hold their heads high are during this crisis are China (if you believe the numbers), South Korea especially, and Japan. We'll see in a few months time which European governments handled it better in comparison, Ireland might be doing OK, certainly compared to the UK anyway and that herding bull****.

Trump isn't the only world leader who's been caught on their heels with regards to this. Doesn't mean he should be anywhere near the White House but the way some people talk about this is as if he's only world leader screwing this up. Its a worldwide pandemic ffs.

V8 Interceptor · 22-03-2020 01:24AM

London is fast becoming an epicentre for this. How many flights do we have to and from there every day?

Deisekickboxing · 22-03-2020 01:24AM

Few thoughts on this
Beware of footware easiest way to bring it indoors leave at the front door not street spraying in Asia for the craic

Best Wear a mask for safety all the Chinese and Koreans are not wearing them for fun either

All the Hawks profiteering on donedeal and adverts off masks should have their stocks
Seized cab style and handed to hospitals that are running low

fritzelly · 22-03-2020 01:24AM

sudzs wrote: »

no

Look at the quoted post to get the point of the post

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The test isn't 100% positive - needs enough viral load to be detected

Xertz · 22-03-2020 01:25AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The tests aren't 100% accurate and couldn't be. They're useful and inactive but that's all. People are getting diagnosed with COVID-19 systems in quite a few countries based on symptoms who've come back with negative tests and then subsequently turn out to actually have it.

They're only as good as they can be. That's not some kind of conspiracy theory, but you will get a % of false negatives in this kind of testing if they're just a one-off test.

The majority of those who are coming forward with symptoms they suspect are COVID-19 and test as negative are likely to be suffering from normal colds, flus and other random resp infections etc.

All I'm saying is if you do have symptoms self-isolate anyway. It's a nasty virus and it needs to be kept under control.

If you've symptoms stay indoors regardless until they're fully gone.

wakka12 · 22-03-2020 01:26AM

Wolf359f wrote: »

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!

Many of the 96% will be asymptomatic contacts of confirmed infected people being tested as precautions. But yes Im sure at least 50% of them are hypchondriacs with vaguely COVID 19 symptoms and perhaps a travel history to an affected area

V8 Interceptor · 22-03-2020 01:26AM

Xertz wrote: »

There's a whole lot of could have, should have and hindsight.

I don't know why people would need hindsight to recognise if a killer virus is spreading all over Italy, you immediately stop flights coming from that area. And that applies to the average Joe soap.

But for our supposed experts??? Its unfathomable why they did what they did.

What were they thinking?

SharpshooterTom · 22-03-2020 01:26AM

nc6000 wrote: »

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

Sorry I meant to say 2 trillion, its a typo on my behalf.

The bigger the better, would be larger than the $787 billion in the 2008 financial crisis. Trump has to pass something massive if he has any chance of saving his presidency.

Woodsie1 · 22-03-2020 01:26AM

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Even worse, she didn't even have the sense to ask the experts why our borders are still wide open during a pandemic.

Its so strange...such a simple solution...a little island with,what? 3 or 4 airports and 3 or 4 ports?..this virus could have been easily contained if we had a leader who gave a fcuk about the country and its people,instead of wearing fancy socks and looking for a cushty job in the EU after retirement.

fritzelly · 22-03-2020 01:27AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

A lot of countries didn't take it seriously, hence why cases and deaths for all countries outside East Asia are growing exponentially. Italy didn't, Spain didn't, the UK tried purposefully to actually make it worse.

The only countries who can hold their heads high are during this crisis are China (if you believe the numbers), South Korea especially, and Japan. We'll see in a few months time which European governments handled it better in comparison, Ireland might be doing OK, certainly compared to the UK anyway and that herding bull****.

Japan not testing - we are not cancelling the Olympics...

eleventh · 22-03-2020 01:27AM

KiKi III wrote:

Why in the name of f*ck did you continue doing deliveries if you think you have the virus? Have you any idea how irresponsible that is?

As for your test, you have to be referred by a GP. If you're well enough to work and post on Boards, you can wait until Monday.

I'm absolutely astounded that you consider yourself well enough to work and yet seem to think you should take priority over sicker people?

lainey_D_123 wrote:

You're simultaneously so sick that you think you should take priority over incredibly ill people, and yet well enough to go doing deliveries to customers (which you should never have done if you even suspect you might have the virus)?

I'm sure the woman you spoke to got the measure of you and advised you accordingly.

If you really truly believe you are so severely ill that you won't survive the weekend, then call the emergency number for an ambulance.

Otherwise, isolate yourself at home and monitor your symptoms, like everyone else is doing.

Good God.

Is this the way it's going to be now? People shaming anyone for saying that they MIGHT have some symptoms but wasn't in a position to drop everything to isolate immediately?
It'll get to a point then where people won't want to say anything.

V8 Interceptor · 22-03-2020 01:28AM

Deisekickboxing wrote: »

Best Wear a mask for safety all the Chinese and Koreans are not wearing them for fun either.

Harris said they're ineffective. So yeah, I think I'll invest.

Wolf359f · 22-03-2020 01:28AM

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Even worse, she didn't even have the sense to ask the experts why our borders are still wide open during a pandemic.

Didn't Israel close their borders early on?
They still increasing cases.

Monkeynut · 22-03-2020 01:28AM

https://twitter.com/i/status/1241466172308160521

Deisekickboxing · 22-03-2020 01:28AM

Wolf359f wrote: »

When you hear about people waiting on tests on here, they swear they have it. Guess the statics are they may not.

Or they may have it thousands from Spain Italy and Cheltenham returned last week their ilness start to kick off this weekend into next weekend
Hopefully the numbers stay under 3k for the sake of the hospitals

nc6000 · 22-03-2020 01:29AM

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

Sorry I meant to say 2 trillion, its a typo on my behalf.

The bigger the better, would be larger than the $787 billion in the 2008 financial crisis. Trump has to pass something massive if he has any chance of saving his presidency.

2 trillion is likely only the start too. I had to double check how many zeroes it was.

Woodsie1 · 22-03-2020 01:30AM

Wolf359f wrote: »

Didn't Israel close their borders early on?
They still increasing cases.

Imagine how bad it would be if they didnt close them.

V8 Interceptor · 22-03-2020 01:31AM

Woodsie1 wrote: »

Its so strange...such a simple solution...a little island with,what? 3 or 4 airports and 3 or 4 ports?..this virus could have been easily contained if we had a leader who gave a fcuk about the country and its people,instead of wearing fancy socks and looking for a cushty job in the EU after retirement.

Indeed Sir. But perhaps worst of all is the total absence of comment from our so-called media on this. What are these journalists being paid to do? The only thing they seem worried about is the northerners not having closed their schools and pubs the same time we did.

All the while there's thousands of people from all over the World emptying into Dublin Airport!

Wolf359f · 22-03-2020 01:31AM

Deisekickboxing wrote: »

Or they may have it thousands from Spain Italy and Cheltenham returned last week their ilness start to kick off this weekend into next weekend
Hopefully the numbers stay under 3k for the sake of the hospitals

I understand that, but so far 4% of all tests are positive (I understand early on with tracing they would be testing anyone close to a confirmed case, so that % will differ) But now anyone with symptoms that they think is Covid-19 get tested but the majority prove negative.

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