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

Assetbacked wrote: »

Would really help to put it in context if we could also see how many have recovered and also to show how many have been tested. Taking these figures at face value and it would appear to necessarily follow that the problem is getting worse.

I think recovered numbers are only those who have been in hospital and discharged. In Ireland the vast majority of the people self isolating in Ireland will have recovered after 14 days but not get recorded as such.

Therefore it is a pretty useless stat for Ireland's situation.

froog wrote: »

the government really shouldn't have put out that 15,000 figure. now people think we're doing great just cause we're not hitting 30% increases every day. our response is weak compared to many other countries.

They had to put out a number - the problem is that day 1-3 of isolation so to speak worked, then the sun came out and people say ah sure a walk be grand etc.... and then you have huge numbers ignoring it.

Was up in Tesco yesterday - not one memebr of staff wearing gloves and some lad at the checked out said he couldn't get a f**k about the virus when asked by a lad who had gloves on etc.

That's the problem right there folk not caring - simple as that.

I said it before if that mortality rate was as high for the age group 15-40 as it is for the elderly/sick, you wouldn't be seen people going for walks etc. Or if it was high for children - they wouldn't be in the parks - the paretns would make sure of that.

Strazdas wrote: »

Disagree.....60k people volunteered to help the health service after Varadkar's speech, suggesting it had a huge impact on the population

the speech was fine, just should have left out the 15k number.

gmisk wrote: »

That is per day (the 2k going up to approx 4k)

219 isn't that big a jump
1125 total infected
2 new deaths

It rings in at over 20% on numbers before announcement when testing backlog is cleared expect alot more than 219 per day

I like the idea that if Irish people abroad want to come home this late in the day that they have to be quarantined, tested and cleared at their own expense.

darced wrote: »

I do understand that but are we not talking days? I don't see how 4-5 days longer to hit those types of huge numbers makes much difference. Especially if it continues to grow.

Every couple of days helps.

awec wrote: »

A 20% death rate in an intensive care ward is likely to be relatively normal I'd have thought.

Dr Motherwell (sic) on Prime Time commented the other night that 1:5 people who come into her ICU ward don't leave alive ("So make sure you don't look to see me, socially distance" was her point)

Mary Lou wants to instantly collapse the economy

what was the rough ratio betw those confirmed and the likelihood of others having it (asymptotically)

pc7 wrote: »

There is such a delay in testing the data isn’t really reliable

No, it's just going to change every day but not give a live nunber of the infections each day.

Either way, they're putting good initiatives in place with the GAA and Navy etc

Labs also need time to conduct the test.

People just have to be patient.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is most from travel?

Healthcare workers

Travel related 55 26% No foreign travel 133 64% Under investigation 20 10% Total 208

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/510383-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-on-monday-2/

Beasty wrote: »

What "celebs, high profile etc." do you know have been tested outside the normal testing protocol?

Dunno about here - feels like their tests taking the normal time. Abroad it is being reported in the UK and US, Newsnight for example had a story that went to a private clinic that supposedly did the likes of Idris Elba whilst NHS workers can't get tests.

But as I say, not sure from what we've seen that it is occurring here.