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

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  • #2792
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Between 136 and 272 new cases for us represents the gap between 15% (the last 2 days) and a 30% increase in cases.

    See what today brings. 3 days at 15% would be positive.


  • #2793
    Refractions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭Refractions


    Can anyone tell me (without just saying ‘Boris’) why Britain has x100 our death count despite having only x10 our population?


  • #2794
    ToddDameron
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    Did anyone else hear that Leo is to address the nation again today?


  • #2795
    joe_99
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    Refractions wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me (without just saying ‘Boris’) why Britain has x100 our death count despite having only x10 our population?

    Testing less


  • #2796
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't think flying home is a right. If Ireland stopped flights from Vietnam, I wouldn't think anything of it. I'd be happy it was taking serious steps to combat it.


    I doubt you'd be pleased that the Irish government dynamited routes to home if god-forbid the pandemic got particularly severe and your safety was under threat, or even (god-forbid also) a family member was going to expire. Heavens, we don't know the social fallout of this in any country, we could see blood on the streets in x, y or z country (without wishing to sound too dramatic). There's an important balance to be struck to ensure some level of air connectivity.

    Questions, would and should be asked of government if that happened.

    The New Zealand government sent a very clear message to their nationals to get their as*ses home for that very reason.


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  • #2797
    GooglePlus
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    ToddDameron wrote: »
    Did anyone else hear that Leo is to address the nation again today?

    He's back to tell us off about the queue outside Leo Burdock's in Howth.


  • #2798
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    550 new cases in Canada
    40%+ increase


  • #2799
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    Anyone with any idea when they will officially extend the schools and colleges past the 29th? We all know they won't go back but without confirmation it's hard to make any decisions on the off chance something changes. The longer this goes on the more chance I will run out of money. I have a job offer, I can work through this crisis with, but I can't accept it while going to college.

    Decision has to be made early for people. You can't leave it all to the last minute.


  • #2800
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,196 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    snowgal wrote: »
    In fairness that is a change from the initial release where runny nose, sneezing is rare....very hard to keep up with it all tbh.....

    Not necessarily. Claire Byrne never said what symptoms she had, she never said she had a runny nose or sneezing. Going by the show she announced it on she didn't have either. She just said she had cold like symptoms, she could have and probably did have symptoms that both Coronavirus and the cold has.


  • #2801
    munsterlegend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭munsterlegend


    ToddDameron wrote: »
    Did anyone else hear that Leo is to address the nation again today?

    What’s app?


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  • #2802
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Anyone with any idea when they will officially extend the schools and colleges past the 29th? We all know they won't go back but without confirmation it's hard to make any decisions on the off chance something changes. The longer this goes on the more chance I will run out of money. I have a job I can work through this crisis with but I can't do it while going to college.

    Decision has to be made early for people. You can't leave it all to the last minute.

    Presumably tomorrow, after the steering committee meets.


  • #2803
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Yurt! wrote: »
    Flight cancellations will follow travel bans.

    Which means that Irish nationals caught in difficult countries will be less likely able to make their way home, as is their right.

    And before you say it, I'm not speaking with particular sympathy about dim backpackers who took off to South America in Feb or early March when it was fairly clear that a pandemic was underway.

    Do we really want a situation if there is a second explosion in China or lets say Egypt and Irish nationals cant travel home to relative safety?

    The government perhaps could have made a stronger statement about the necessity of traveling home before the window on international flights is closing, particularly those Irish based in high-risk or underdeveloped nations. The writing was on the wall since February.


    It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.


  • #2804
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    Presumably tomorrow, after the steering committee meets.

    Thank you! Fingers crossed


  • #2805
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Just did some shopping here in Portlaoise. Excellent observance of social distancing in the town. Vast majority of people seem to be doing their bit.


  • #2806
    kingshankly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,012 ✭✭✭kingshankly


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Anyone with any idea when they will officially extend the schools and colleges past the 29th? We all know they won't go back but without confirmation it's hard to make any decisions on the off chance something changes. The longer this goes on the more chance I will run out of money. I have a job offer, I can work through this crisis with, but I can't accept it while going to college.

    Decision has to be made early for people. You can't leave it all to the last minute.

    There’s nobody in the country expecting them to go back then just take it as a certainty school is out u till September at the earliest please


  • #2807
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,941 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Refractions wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me (without just saying ‘Boris’) why Britain has x100 our death count despite having only x10 our population?

    Because they have many multiples more infected than they have currently tested for


  • #2808
    ToddDameron
    Closed Accounts Posts: 381 ✭✭ToddDameron


    munsterlegend wrote: »
    What’s app?

    Probably fake news alright.


  • #2809
    micks_address
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,195 ✭✭✭micks_address


    Refractions wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me (without just saying ‘Boris’) why Britain has x100 our death count despite having only x10 our population?

    we closed schools and implemented social distancing a week earlier. That helped


  • #2810
    Stateofyou
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,431 ✭✭✭Stateofyou


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Anyone with any idea when they will officially extend the schools and colleges past the 29th? We all know they won't go back but without confirmation it's hard to make any decisions on the off chance something changes. The longer this goes on the more chance I will run out of money. I have a job offer, I can work through this crisis with, but I can't accept it while going to college.

    Decision has to be made early for people. You can't leave it all to the last minute.

    If money is needed, and with the amount of people looking for jobs in the near future, I would go with accepting job and deferring college.


  • #2811
    growleaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,978 ✭✭✭growleaves


    Can anyone tell me (without just saying ‘Boris’) why Britain has x100 our death count despite having only x10 our population?

    Boris


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  • #2812
    Yurt2
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    caveat emptor wrote: »
    It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.


    Easy for you to say if you're safe at home in isolation. Ireland still has a responsibility to its nationals abroad, whether you like that or not.


  • #2813
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,339 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    Between 136 and 272 new cases for us represents the gap between 15% (the last 2 days) and a 30% increase in cases.

    See what today brings. 3 days at 15% would be positive.

    There unfortunately I say be at least 1 day with a big spike. Not that I would find that weird but we will have some on here showing things are not working. It will take another week so see how it is working. There will probably be more powers like enforce closure of pubs and closure notices on cafe's (who can have social distancing) not enforcing social distancing. Not sure how close we are on powers from Gardai to clear groups of people though I did see they were stopping people in Kilkee and Lahenich this weekend


  • #2814
    pc7
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    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Anyone with any idea when they will officially extend the schools and colleges past the 29th? We all know they won't go back but without confirmation it's hard to make any decisions on the off chance something changes. The longer this goes on the more chance I will run out of money. I have a job offer, I can work through this crisis with, but I can't accept it while going to college.

    Decision has to be made early for people. You can't leave it all to the last minute.

    I think we’ll be doing well to have kids back in school for September to be honest


  • #2815
    [Deleted User]
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    Yurt! wrote: »
    I doubt you'd be pleased that the Irish government dynamited routes to home if god-forbid the pandemic got particularly severe and your safety was under threat, or even (god-forbid also) a family member was going to expire.

    Questions, would and should be asked of government if that happened.

    The New Zealand government sent a very clear message to their nationals to get their as*ses home for that very reason.

    I would support some flights for family reasons but other than that, people made their choice. Lots of my friends / colleagues etc. have left already.. I made a conscious decision to stay.

    Allowing flights with mandatory quarantines in facilities seems like the best bet for many countries.


  • #2816
    dan786
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭dan786


    UK UPDATE


    6,650 people have now tested positive for coronavirus in the UK after a rise of 967 in a day


  • #2817
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    martingriff wrote: »
    There unfortunately I say be at least 1 day with a big spike. Not that I would find that weird but we will have some on here showing things are not working. It will take another week so see how it is working. There will probably be more powers like enforce closure of pubs and closure notices on cafe's (who can have social distancing) not enforcing social distancing. Not sure how close we are on powers from Gardai to clear groups of people though I did see they were stopping people in Kilkee and Lahenich this weekend

    I think there's a big spike too. More testing. Every country had them, even 10 days after preventative measures etc.


  • #2818
    Refractions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭Refractions


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Because they have many multiples more infected than they have currently tested for

    Getting the test won’t necessarily save your life. We would presumably have a similar number of cases, percentage wise as the UK, yet their death rate is shocking and ours is not.


  • #2819
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    dashcamdanny wrote: »
    Thanks for your reply.

    So really. probably for the next year at least a vaccine will not be ready.


    With that in mind , If you are fit , on the right side of 50 years old, dont smoke and have a BMI under 40.
    Ye will most likely be grand. And after getting it. and recovering, you could help those older folk without risk.

    That sounds dodgy advice.

    A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight. A BMI of 30 and above is considered obese. Individuals who fall into the BMI range of 25 to 34.9, and have a waist size of over 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women, are considered to be at especially high risk for health problems.


    https://caloriecontrol.org/healthy-weight-tool-kit/bmi-calculator/


  • #2820
    Quin_Dub
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,729 Mod ✭✭✭✭Quin_Dub


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Anyone with any idea when they will officially extend the schools and colleges past the 29th? We all know they won't go back but without confirmation it's hard to make any decisions on the off chance something changes. The longer this goes on the more chance I will run out of money. I have a job offer, I can work through this crisis with, but I can't accept it while going to college.

    Decision has to be made early for people. You can't leave it all to the last minute.
    kingshankly wrote: »
    There’s nobody in the country expecting them to go back then just take it as a certainty school is out u till September at the earliest please

    I think that the next announcement will push the date to "After the Easter Holiday".

    I don't think that they'll announce an end to the School/College year right away , they'll do it progressively.

    In reality , no one is likely to be going back to School/College this year , with a possible limited solution for Leaving Certs.

    Colleges will shift to online exams etc. to finish out the year...


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  • #2821
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,339 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Refractions wrote: »
    Can anyone tell me (without just saying ‘Boris’) why Britain has x100 our death count despite having only x10 our population?

    Down to a few things but can be sown up in we will do things our own way and not anybodies elses and maybe that included a snub to EU health officials. Also isn't Ireland doomed as we do not have a health system.


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