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

cnocbui · 23-03-2020 01:19AM

SlowBlowin wrote: »

No, I dont think so, only multiple paracetamol based medicines.

I checked on:

http://www.hpra.ie/homepage/medicines/regulatory-information/retailers

There is a limitation on aspirin too. Try ordering 3 packets online to an Irish address.

maebee · 23-03-2020 01:19AM

Heat_Wave wrote: »

I don’t know how true this is, but two doctors have said to me that 10 years of smoking is not a lot to cause a significant amount of damage. This is no word of a lie. I quit after 10 years btw.

I spent 30 years trying to quit the fags. Never listened to medical advice etc. I quit the day I got diagnosed with breast cancer 4 years ago. I instantly quit, no problem. When you get hit with a big problem, everything else is a nothing. My point is that it took major crap happening to me to cop myself on. Major crap is happening in Ireland now. We all need to cop ourselves on. I changed my life overnight because I wanted to live. We all need to do the same. Stay the feck at home everyone.

murpho999 · 23-03-2020 01:19AM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

the damage was done long before today though , the virus is now in the families units spreading

Well that's not what you said though.

Time shall tell. Interesting to see how the numbers are in two weeks.

Also, i think the number of ICU cases and deaths is the key rather than number of cases and we seem to be doing very well on that front.

Cypher_sounds · 23-03-2020 01:19AM

Raconteuse wrote: »

Bet he didn't smirk at all.

Put your money where your mouth is gambler.

Cantona's Collars · 23-03-2020 01:20AM

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

I don't think enough people have been socially distancing properly unfortunately

When you see photos of crowds squeezing in together at coffee vans,chip vans etc around the country,you know that they aren't.
Look at the videos that surfaced of London today,markets open and people squeezing in between the stalls, people huddled together outside shops within inches of each other rather than metres.

Wolf359f · 23-03-2020 01:21AM

MOR316 wrote: »

I'm genuinely not trying to scaremonger or speculate or anything of the kind but, we don't really know all that much about this virus, do we?

I know in particular case, a young man from Ireland went to Italy when he was warned not to, contracted the virus, was cocky enough to say he's fit enough to get over it and yet, he was on breathing apparatus to help him for a week with it.
An 18 year old has gotten a bad case of it and this is all after we were told if you're young you'd be fine.

And then, we don't even know if it does any lasting damage.

I'm absolutely astounded by how quickly this has spread throughout the entire globe

Not sure who said if you're young your going to be fine. I think it's been quite obvious lately that young people can and do get this virus and some do end up needing respirators. Long term, well we will have to see about lung damage as it's all so fast changing and it will have to be studied after the fact.

Ficheall · 23-03-2020 01:21AM

murpho999 wrote: »

So what's the point of her gloves so?

They'll make her less likely to touch her face for starters..

hotmail.com · 23-03-2020 01:21AM

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

When you see photos of crowds squeezing in together at coffee vans,chip vans etc around the country,you know that they aren't.
Look at the videos that surfaced of London today,markets open and people squeezing in between the stalls, people huddled together outside shops within inches of each other rather than metres.

England seems to a few days behind in terms of panic. It will hit them this week when numbers rise.

murpho999 · 23-03-2020 01:21AM

Cantona's Collars wrote: »

When you see photos of crowds squeezing in together at coffee vans,chip vans etc around the country,you know that they aren't.
Look at the videos that surfaced of London today,markets open and people squeezing in between the stalls, people huddled together outside shops within inches of each other rather than metres.

In fairness you're not really seeing as much as that here. I know there was Howth today doing the rounds but it's only one place.

I went for a walk today in Bray and I found it very noticeable that people were distancing themselves much more than last week.

Fr Tod Umptious · 23-03-2020 01:22AM

Raconteuse wrote: »

Jeez some seem to love saying it could be like Italy or Spain here.

"Inevitable" was the word used earlier. This means guaranteed to happen. People shouldn't be saying these things.

Now I don't know (none of us do) and it's early days, but neither of those countries experienced four consecutive days of decreasing confirmed cases. One day here and there, yes, but not two or three or four.

I'm not saying this is guaranteed to continue, and we certainly have a long way to go to get out of the woods.

But if you think Ireland has the potential to be like Italy or Spain (human tragedy level) you should back up this opinion.

If you read these threads shortly after the daily numbers come out there is almost a sense of disappointment that to they are not higher.

Those shouting for a total lockdown seem really peeved.

Once the numbers discussion stops the outrage about the lack of social distancing starts, with loads of anecdotals about "well o passed such and such a shop and there was x number in the queue etc", or "the guy in centra coughed this way or that way" etc etc.

frillyleaf · 23-03-2020 01:22AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Was in Supervalu on Saturday and in their bakery they have a self service bread slicer. There's a sign asking customers to wear gloves provided whilst using the machine.

I think the wearing of gloves and masks by the public is nonsense but I understood this request. So after slicing my bread, a girl went to the machine. She was wearing her won gloves and then proceeded to put the shop's gloves on over them.

Really I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I ever saw.

I’m surprised petrol shops don’t have attendants filling cars at this stage . Id assume there is big risk of it transmitting this way to people filling cars touching those pumps and handles.

It could also be safer for petrol attendants doing this and having contactless payment and less people would be touching pumps and handling money to give to shop attendants. They could even take payment through window and reduce contact 100%. I think if I owned a garage I’d be doing this as some people would much rather that. But maybe they’d lose money on not getting things bought in shop?

As ‘silly’ as the person may seem to you earlier when doing this, it’s better for people to be overly cautious than complacent I suppose

hotmail.com · 23-03-2020 01:22AM

Ficheall wrote: »

They'll make her less likely to touch her face for starters..

Gloves apparently make people wash their hands less! And the gloves need to be washed daily, if not more often.

kowloon · 23-03-2020 01:24AM

MOR316 wrote: »

And then, we don't even know if it does any lasting damage.

It can lead to lasting damage, and not just to the lungs.

Hobgoblin11 · 23-03-2020 01:24AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Well that's not what you said though.

Time shall tell. Interesting to see how the numbers are in two weeks.

Also, i think the number of ICU cases and deaths is the key rather than number of cases and we seem to be doing very well on that front.

all just speculation whether people have been good or bad at social distancing really, I'm just gauging my guess from news and social media , the icu cases have doubled in the last two days though and it seems that about 14 days after infection is when icu is typically needed for acute cases so I expect icu cases will explode over the next week or so

murpho999 · 23-03-2020 01:24AM

Ficheall wrote: »

They'll make her less likely to touch her face for starters..

Why would you be less likely to touch your face with gloves on? It's a sub-conscious action.

For me I use the sanitser at door on the way in and on the way out.

People shopping with gloves, go home take off gloves and then put infected shopping away.

Danno · 23-03-2020 01:25AM

Is Ireland's largely rural spread of people and our shyte public transport system hindering the spread of this?

Rural Ireland, thankfully has seen only a handful of cases...

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Source: RTÉ News

Strazdas · 23-03-2020 01:26AM

murpho999 wrote: »

In fairness you're not really saying as much as that here. I know there was Howth today doing the rounds but it's only one place.

I went for a walk today in Bray and I found it very noticeable that people were distancing themselves much more than last week.

Yes, I saw lots of complaints today about Bray and Clontarf etc but in every photo I saw, people seemed to be keeping their distance.

amadangomor · 23-03-2020 01:27AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Was in Supervalu on Saturday and in their bakery they have a self service bread slicer. There's a sign asking customers to wear gloves provided whilst using the machine.

I think the wearing of gloves and masks by the public is nonsense but I understood this request. So after slicing my bread, a girl went to the machine. She was wearing her won gloves and then proceeded to put the shop's gloves on over them.

Really I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I ever saw.

Why? I work in a lab and is standard practice to put on a new layer of gloves to avoid contaminating samples etc.

murpho999 · 23-03-2020 01:28AM

Strazdas wrote: »

Yes, I saw lots of complaints today about Bray and Clontarf etc but in every photo I saw, people seemed to be keeping their distance.

I was there about 6 so probably a bit late but it was fine. Also there yesterday around 4 and it was fine.

Yes there were some groups doing it wrong but you're going to get that.

As I've said, the people who are doing it right i.e.. those that stay at home are invisible.

sheepsh4gger · 23-03-2020 01:29AM

niallo27 wrote: »

AI is absolutely everywhere is different forms, you just cant see it.

They did a study and most businesses claiming to use AI don't actually use it.
It's used in noise filtering, rating comments on sentiment, semantics, data that is hard to process using traditional methods. It's not magic.

Blanco100 · 23-03-2020 01:29AM

kowloon wrote: »

It can lead to lasting damage, and not just to the lungs.

You have information that doctors/scientists don't even have at hand yet? My god that's impressive, share this with the world.

frillyleaf · 23-03-2020 01:30AM

murpho999 wrote: »

So what's the point of her gloves so?

She can bin them before going to her car

1800_Ladladlad · 23-03-2020 01:30AM

Nice and light-hearted, but I'd go with the original sentiment

https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1241808524939755520

MOR316 · 23-03-2020 01:30AM

maebee wrote: »

I spent 30 years trying to quit the fags. Never listened to medical advice etc. I quit the day I got diagnosed with breast cancer 4 years ago. I instantly quit, no problem. When you get hit with a big problem, everything else is a nothing. My point is that it took major crap happening to me to cop myself on. Major crap is happening in Ireland now. We all need to cop ourselves on. I changed my life overnight because I wanted to live. We all need to do the same. Stay the feck at home everyone.

Yep. I quit when I coughed one night and noticed my gums were bleeding because of it. I saw the damage it was starting to do to me.

It's the point I made earlier in the thread when people were baffled as to why some aren't taking it serious. They will take it serious when it's literally on their doorstep and in their homes

Wolf359f · 23-03-2020 01:31AM

hotmail.com wrote: »

England seems to a few days behind in terms of panic. It will hit them this week when numbers rise.

The UK aren't really testing though. I think they tested 5522 yesterday. That's 83 per million population. We're at 2k tests, 414 per million and ramping up to 931 per million.

murpho999 · 23-03-2020 01:33AM

Apparently Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for Corona Virus. Something karma about that. I know that's bad of me.

Hobgoblin11 · 23-03-2020 01:34AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Apparently Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for Corona Virus. Something karma about that. I know that's bad of me.

any credible links?

murpho999 · 23-03-2020 01:34AM

frillyleaf wrote: »

She can bin them before going to her car

I don't see the benefit at all.

Wolf359f · 23-03-2020 01:35AM

Danno wrote: »

Is Ireland's largely rural spread of people and our shyte public transport system hindering the spread of this?

Rural Ireland, thankfully has seen only a handful of cases...

Source: RTÉ News

I think it can be a good indication, if social distancing works, I would expect some counties to be virus free eventually as they are at such a low number. Wishful thinking, but I'll take anything at this stage.

US2 · 23-03-2020 01:35AM

Fair play to McDonald's closing all stores. There isnt much left to close for this lockdown everyone wants, mostly just shops open now .

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