CoVid19 Part X - 1,564 cases ROI (9 deaths) 209 in NI (7 deaths) (25 March) Read OP

cnocbui · 22-03-2020 10:36PM

amadangomor wrote: »

They deserve it. Us in the West have shown ourselves up to be a bunch of eejits who would prefer a bag of fish and chips vs staying safe from a deadly virus.

They deserve it? That bunch of 'eejits' didn't close down their medieval wet-markets after the last time (SARS), despite saying they would, and after causing this world wide pandemic, you think they should be admired and reap the benefits?

I'll happily nominate you for an Ignoble award.

threeball · 22-03-2020 10:36PM

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

I might get infracted for saying this but if this is true it couldn`t have happened to a more deserving person.

He'll do well to survive. Massively obese with probably multiple health issues and they won't waste a ventilator on him. Not his year.

Pistachio19 · 22-03-2020 10:36PM

fin12 wrote: »

My friend works as a barber but hasn’t worked in three weeks. Had customers who are doctors ringing him today asking for a haircut. My friend said no and told them is not save. Imagine a barber having to tell doctors it’s not good idea, that’s what we are dealing with.

They can start doing as my 18 year old son has done - wearing a hairband.

STB. · 22-03-2020 10:37PM

kowloon wrote: »

I can pretty much guarantee it's a pack of crap.

The hotels will have to close by next Thursday, although the measure does not apply to long-term accommodation where guests can cater for themselves - as long as they can obey quarantine rules.

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/03/19/breaking-spain-orders-all-hotels-to-close-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-including-caravan-parks-and-camping-sites/

https://www.france24.com/en/20200319-spain-coronavirus-lockdown-hotel-closure-covid19

An Ciarraioch · 22-03-2020 10:37PM

One interesting thing about the stats - why is Westmeath an outlier in the county figures? Most counties with large numbers either have large urban areas, or are part of Greater Dublin, but the Midlanders are the exception to the rule?

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1241790347652595718/photo/2

EmptyTree · 22-03-2020 10:37PM

STB. wrote: »

THIS IS NONSENSE.

Why do you say this? (genuine question)

Sir Oxman · 22-03-2020 10:37PM

I think it is time for cafes and takeaways and non-essential stores to shut up shop.

On another note, Madonna is at it again - it's only been a week and she is patently going insane without any attention!
She hasn't a note in her plastic head either.
https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/1241768707631841281?s=20

https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/1241035131554615298?s=20

mick987 · 22-03-2020 10:37PM

Jin luk wrote: »

You literally just said theirs certainly people who get a second bout of it? Id say that is reinfection no?

No, they don't know if they were virus free after they had caught it

22-03-2020 10:37PM

amadangomor wrote: »

They deserve it. Us in the West have shown ourselves up to be a bunch of eejits who would prefer a bag of fish and chips vs staying safe from a deadly virus.

The level of self-hate in this thread is nausiating.

I imagine those so fond of the Chinese way of doing things haven't stepped foot inside that country

GooglePlus · 22-03-2020 10:38PM

billybonkers wrote: »

This was in sky news here but not the UK? I saw this today

I seen this aired yesterday on Sky News. They haven't been sugar coating this at all.

Cork Boy 53 · 22-03-2020 10:38PM

amadangomor wrote: »

How's everyone else's symptoms progressing?

Was feeling gradually better last few days. Less coughing today but chest feels tighter and breathing a bit heavier since afternoon. Bit short of breath. Hope not a setback. Feel like I need to get phlegm moving but stuck there.

Think need good night sleep. Noisy 2 year old in the house that wakes at 6am isn't conducive to sleeping enough.

Sorry if this has been mentioned before but have you tested positive?

Sir Oxman · 22-03-2020 10:38PM

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

One interesting thing about the stats - why is Westmeath an outlier in the county figures? Most counties with large numbers either have large urban areas, or are part of Greater Dublin, but the Midlanders are the exception to the rule?

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1241790347652595718/photo/2

Lots of people commute from Westmeath to Dublin.

cnocbui · 22-03-2020 10:38PM

kowloon wrote: »

And he'll continue to argue against it because he can afford excellent care.

Steve Jobs could afford excellent care too.

silverharp · 22-03-2020 10:38PM

dan786 wrote: »

Rand Paul, a critic of emergency coronavirus spending, has become the first US senator to test positive for Covid-19, the Republican lawmaker's office said Sunday.

As US senators work on a multi-trillion-dollar rescue package to help the US economy hit hard by the pandemic, Paul has at least twice voted against such emergency funding.

looks like it wont nudge the irony meter

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1241780756617273345

Jin luk · 22-03-2020 10:38PM

mick987 wrote: »

No, they don't know if they were virus free after they had caught it

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/03/15/can-you-get-infected-by-coronavirus-twice-how-does-covid-19-immunity-work/amp/

Away With The Fairies · 22-03-2020 10:38PM

dan786 wrote: »

Rand Paul, a critic of emergency coronavirus spending, has become the first US senator to test positive for Covid-19, the Republican lawmaker's office said Sunday.

As US senators work on a multi-trillion-dollar rescue package to help the US economy hit hard by the pandemic, Paul has at least twice voted against such emergency funding.

Bet he's changed his mind now

A Dub in Glasgo · 22-03-2020 10:39PM

After nearly 2 months, Wuhan (the epicenter of the pandemic in China) announced today that it would be loosening the lockdown by gradually resuming public transportation and allowing healthy people to go back to work. [source]

China had put Wuhan and other cities into lockdown on Jan. 23 when a total of 25 deaths had been reported in the country. After about 3 weeks of lockdown, the number of new deaths reached its peak in China [see graphs] and then began declining.

Italy went into a similar lockdown on March 11, when 827 deaths had already been reported, and 8 days after reaching 79 deaths (March 3) [see graphs] and 19 days after the beginning of the outbreak in the country (Feb. 21) [see archived news] On Feb. 22, Italy had become the country with the highest number of cases among all non-Asian nations. [see archived news]

When China reached a similar number of deaths (811 deaths on Feb. 8) the lockdown had already been implemented for 2 weeks.

The Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission noted that by rolling out "perhaps the most ambitious, agile and aggressive disease containment effort in history" China "has changed the course of a rapidly escalating and deadly epidemic" and that the remarkable speed with which Chinese scientists and public health experts isolated the causative virus, established diagnostic tools, and determined key transmission parameters, such as the route of spread and incubation period, provided the vital evidence base for China’s strategy. [source]

Worldometers website

mcgannt · 22-03-2020 10:39PM

Any truth in the rumours that dunnes stores in ennis is closed for a deep clean after staff test positive for covid 19

Cee-Jay-Cee · 22-03-2020 10:39PM

martin101 wrote: »

Have to get a bus in the morning and work in the city centre. Absolutely dreading it. But have to go in. Tomorrow is the first Monday that I will hate going to work for totally different reasons than usual. I know I should be grateful I still have a job. But the constant worry is still there.

Buy a bike and get up an hour earlier.

Westernyelp · 22-03-2020 10:41PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Steve Jobs could afford excellent care too.

but he did not avail of it.

Sonics2k · 22-03-2020 10:41PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Bet he's changed his mind now

Probably not. He has money and ironically also has Government provided health insurance.

Irish_rat · 22-03-2020 10:41PM

Madonna looks very plastic there days.

ACitizenErased · 22-03-2020 10:41PM

https://twitter.com/mickthehack/status/1241835384239259654?s=20

Loafing Oaf · 22-03-2020 10:42PM

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

One interesting thing about the stats - why is Westmeath an outlier in the county figures? Most counties with large numbers either have large urban areas, or are part of Greater Dublin, but the Midlanders are the exception to the rule?

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1241790347652595718/photo/2

IIRC one of the very first clusters was in Castlepollard; maybe they never got that locked down...

STB. · 22-03-2020 10:42PM

EmptyTree wrote: »

Why do you say this? (genuine question)

Because the chinese already have had cases of re-infection. Example

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-reinfection-explainer/explainer-coronavirus-reappears-in-discharged-patients-raising-questions-in-containment-fight-idUSKCN20M124

Antibodies and immunity are untested and unknown.

kowloon · 22-03-2020 10:43PM

STB. wrote: »

The hotels will have to close by next Thursday, although the measure does not apply to long-term accommodation where guests can cater for themselves - as long as they can obey quarantine rules.

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/03/19/breaking-spain-orders-all-hotels-to-close-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-including-caravan-parks-and-camping-sites/

https://www.france24.com/en/20200319-spain-coronavirus-lockdown-hotel-closure-covid19

I think you have the wrong poster, I was talking about the guy saying pointing a hairdryer up your nose could kill the virus.

fritzelly · 22-03-2020 10:44PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Cyclists need to practice social distancing, no groups side by side on busy roads or any roads :mad:

Also why are DIY stores open?

Lots doing DIY like myself - keeps you occupied - was over the other day to load up on lots of boards to fix up the shed.
When I was chatting with the guy behind the counter (not the B&Q types) he said they'd been pretty busy the last week since the "lockdown" came in

An Ri rua · 22-03-2020 10:44PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Cyclists need to practice social distancing, no groups side by side on busy roads or any roads :mad:

Also why are DIY stores open?

??
So people can paint their back wall !!

Loafing Oaf · 22-03-2020 10:44PM

Westernyelp wrote: »

but he did not avail of it.

Until it was too late. Spent months fluting round with 'alternative therapies' before calling in the pros...

22-03-2020 10:44PM

Heres Johnny wrote: »

In fairness your proposal is a bit silly. What if you need medical attention, overloading the system even further.

My proposal as you call it, is simply a declaration that I, as a health person, am prepared to take the chance to aquire and process the virus, and move on.

How the fck is that silly when most of us are going to pick it up eventually no matter what precautions we take?

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CoVid19 Part X - 1,564 cases ROI (9 deaths) 209 in NI (7 deaths) (25 March) Read OP