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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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  • #9092
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    At least 14 residents of a private nursing home in Leinster have tested positive for Covid-19.

    The virus is believed to have been transmitted to residents via a health worker in the first case of mass contagion to occur in a nursing home setting.


  • #9093
    SusanC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭SusanC10


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    At least 14 residents of a private nursing home in Leinster have tested positive for Covid-19.

    The virus is believed to have been transmitted to residents via a health worker in the first case of mass contagion to occur in a nursing home setting.

    Any idea where ? Even county ? Have a family member in one.


  • #9094
    Darc19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭Darc19


    Flippyfloppy wrote: »
    A lot of supermarkets are installing plexiglass to help employees. Am amazing step.

    However am I the only one who thinks they could get very dirty throughout the day?

    My brother has had plexiglass in his retail store since last weekend.
    It just becomes another surface for cleaning every 30 min.


  • #9095
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    this made me laugh , might be a good one to keep the industrial sh1tters at bay

    https://twitter.com/boblister_poole/status/1241461325383024643

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #9096
    Darc19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭Darc19


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    Any idea where ? Even county ? Have a family member in one.

    You would have been informed if it was that one


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  • #9097
    trumptheman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 51 ✭✭trumptheman


    silverharp wrote: »
    this made me laugh , might be a good one to keep the industrial sh1tters at bay

    https://twitter.com/boblister_poole/status/1241461325383024643

    Don't think i've seen a worse photoshop but it is good!


  • #9098
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,322 ✭✭✭obi604


    trumptheman wrote: »
    Don't think i've seen a worse photoshop but it is good!


    ;)

    Denmark must have changed currency also since I last checked:)


  • #9099
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    trumptheman wrote: »
    Each state is like a separate country. It's like the EU telling us what to do.

    But yes he has the power to shut them all down just like the E.U.

    I'm not sure that the EU has any such authority actually. They could only ask member states to play along.


  • #9100
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    SusanC10 wrote: »
    Any idea where ? Even county ? Have a family member in one.

    No idea

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/hospitals-braced-for-new-wave-of-coronavirus-cases-about-to-break-39064644.html


  • #9101
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,748 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    silverharp wrote: »
    this made me laugh , might be a good one to keep the industrial sh1tters at bay

    https://twitter.com/boblister_poole/status/1241461325383024643

    A bad photoshop but an obvious solution at the same time


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  • #9102
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    obi604 wrote: »
    ;)

    Denmark must have changed currency also since I last checked:)

    artistic licence, don't have problem with that, the idea is sound though

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #9103
    DOCARCH
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    Duke of Url wrote: »
    At least 14 residents of a private nursing home in Leinster have tested positive for Covid-19.

    Feck, that's not good!


  • #9104
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Feck, that's not good!

    It’s terrible. And this is what will make the public angry.


  • #9105
    blade1
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    trumptheman wrote: »
    Don't think i've seen a worse photoshop but it is good!
    obi604 wrote: »
    ;)

    Denmark must have changed currency also since I last checked:)

    Possibly to convert the currency for people... maybe.


  • #9106
    DOCARCH
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    Duke of Url wrote: »
    It’s terrible. And this is what will make the public angry.

    My own mother is in a nursing home and they have been on lockdown for the last 2 weeks (no visitors whatsoever) but it's very hard to eliminate risk from staff (unless staff are to live in).


  • #9107
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    I believe the French were critical of the Italian approach and were slower to follow them


    https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1241533186024275969

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #9108
    DOCARCH
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    I see early figures from the US today are +2,685 cases/+46 deaths.

    All US figures are not usually in/reported until the evening (our time).

    I think the US figures today will be eye opening and in a week or so may be shocking!


  • #9109
    trumptheman
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 51 ✭✭trumptheman


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    I see early figures from the US today are +2,685 cases/+46 deaths.

    All US figures are not usually in/reported until the evening (our time).

    I think the US figures today will be eye opening and in a week or so may be shocking!

    I'm in the U.S working, really thinking of just getting a flight home.

    We'll see what happens.


  • #9110
    ceatharloch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 212 ✭✭ceatharloch


    Here's an idea: Print out https://bit.ly/3bsGoxR on A4 paper (2 copies). Anytime you go out, tape one on the front of your coat, and one to your back.
    Not the prettiest in the world - but then again neither are face masks - and may help to save lives.......


  • #9111
    Say my name
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Feck, that's not good!

    Not to sound heartless but it'll be the test now to see if the virus in Ireland is as dangerous as they say it is.

    There's 80 year olds that have gotten it already in this country and it hasn't taken a dot out of them.
    There's others then a sizeable portion I'd guess have already got it but presented no symptoms and are in the clear now but don't know are are still worried about catching it.


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  • #9112
    patnor1011
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    Russia is sending medical teams and few tons of material and equipment needed to Italy. That is a very good news as they need all the help they can get.

    EU solidarity is oxymoron - it actually looks like "everyone for themselves" in time of crisis. Germans confiscated every material which may be used to fight this crisis and other countries are doing the same.
    Very shameful story which we will hardly find in any eu media happened in Czech Republic where they confiscated help which was sent from China and was supposed to go to Italy. Czech government boasted that they stopped criminals from exporting their own material abroad but one investigative journalist and nonprofit agency exposed this lie when they released pictures of boxes with description in chinese and italian.

    Now we can watch real politics in front of our eyes. I understand that every government wants to protect their own citizens but stuff like this is on whole another level.


  • #9113
    obi604
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    ceatharloch wrote: »
    Here's an idea: Print out https://bit.ly/3bsGoxR on A4 paper (2 copies). Anytime you go out, tape one on the front of your coat, and one to your back.
    Not the prettiest in the world - but then again neither are face masks - and may help to save lives.......


    What about people with bad eyesight, be up on top of ya :)


  • #9114
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    My own mother is in a nursing home and they have been on lockdown for the last 2 weeks (no visitors whatsoever) but it's very hard to eliminate risk from staff (unless staff are to live in).

    I think the general public are doing their most like yourself to safeguard the elderly.

    But when stuff like this happens it’s hard to know how the public will react going forward.

    I had concerns before with the amount of healthcare workers confirmed as positive at the start of this outbreak in Ireland.


  • #9115
    voluntary
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    trumptheman wrote: »
    I'm in the U.S working, really thinking of just getting a flight home.

    We'll see what happens.

    I was thinking, US must be an especially dangerous place to be in an epidemic like situation. Stress levels in the society hit extreme levels, many people will not handle this well and people have guns!


  • #9116
    lawred2
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    patnor1011 wrote: »
    Russia is sending medical teams and few tons of material and equipment needed to Italy. That is a very good news as they need all the help they can get.

    EU solidarity is oxymoron - it actually looks like "everyone for themselves" in time of crisis. Germans confiscated every material which may be used to fight this crisis and other countries are doing the same.
    Very shameful story which we will hardly find in any eu media happened in Czech Republic where they confiscated help which was sent from China and was supposed to go to Italy. Czech government boasted that they stopped criminals from exporting their own material abroad but one investigative journalist and nonprofit agency exposed this lie when they released pictures of boxes with description in chinese and italian.

    Now we can watch real politics in front of our eyes. I understand that every government wants to protect their own citizens but stuff like this is on whole another level.

    Could you provide a creditable source for that investigation?


  • #9117
    Irish_peppa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Irish_peppa


    Is it true that up to 60 to 80 percent of people will get this one way or another in the next year or so? Its not if its when, thus aall we can do is stem the flow?:eek:


  • #9118
    swiwi_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,544 ✭✭✭swiwi_


    Say my name wrote: »
    Not to sound heartless but it'll be the test now to see if the virus in Ireland is as dangerous as they say it is.

    There's 80 year olds that have gotten it already in this country and it hasn't taken a dot out of them.
    There's others then a sizeable portion I'd guess have already got it but presented no symptoms and are in the clear now but don't know are are still worried about catching it.

    You don't sound heartless but you do sound clueless. The mortality rate for the elderly is roughly 15 %. That means 85 % don't die, and there will obviously be some who have hardly any symptoms. So if 14 residents positive with 15 % death rate, you can expect 1 to 2 deaths.


  • #9119
    DOCARCH
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    Say my name wrote: »
    Not to sound heartless but it'll be the test now to see if the virus in Ireland is as dangerous as they say it is.

    There's 80 year olds that have gotten it already in this country and it hasn't taken a dot out of them.

    Already tried and tested in the US! The virus got into a couple of nursing homes and there were multiple deaths. For those who don't die, the older you are, it can be a long battle to recover.


  • #9120
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    ceatharloch wrote: »
    Here's an idea: Print out https://bit.ly/3bsGoxR on A4 paper (2 copies). Anytime you go out, tape one on the front of your coat, and one to your back.
    Not the prettiest in the world - but then again neither are face masks - and may help to save lives.......

    I'd be kissing your neck trying to read that :D


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  • #9121
    Bob24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    patnor1011 wrote: »
    Very shameful story which we will hardly find in any eu media happened in Czech Republic where they confiscated help which was sent from China and was supposed to go to Italy. Czech government boasted that they stopped criminals from exporting their own material abroad but one investigative journalist and nonprofit agency exposed this lie when they released pictures of boxes with description in chinese and italian.

    Any source for this? If this is correct there should be consequences.


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