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

Beasty wrote: »

RTE have now changed their figure to 1,125, and I've reverted to that figure in the title now

I think RTE are confused half the time - sometimes its republic numbers, other times they use all of Irelands numbers

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Father works in a management position at the CUH. Prefabs are being installed right now to cater for more ICU beds. Old buildings are currently being renovated to raise capacity. ICU bed numbers are going to increase significantly.

By more than 30% a day, hopefully?

Daniella Plain Servant wrote: »

Did anybody see the news article about the Corona Challenge? They discussed how there is a new trend, whereby people cough in the face of the elderly. Please, oh please, tell me that this is a bit of sensationalist detritus, and that certain individuals in society have not stooped so low?

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1241863117505581056
Heaven help us. People can be such idiots.

Beasty wrote: »

Ramping up to 4,500 a day - that means it will take 8 or 9 days just to go through the backlog built up to yesterday. Those being put forward for testing today may be waiting another 10 days. Some could be recovered. Some may feel they have recovered only for it to have reduced to a non-noticeable level, cancel their test to then find it re-erupts in them

Still big question marks over the Irish data

Why is there a big question mark? They do so many tests a day and get results and report them.

They plan to ramp testing up to 15,000 a day soon and then the tests numbers will be more up todate and numbers will increase further.

Manion wrote: »

I'm not an expert but how do then test for antibodies with drawing blood? The tests being administered here are with swabs. I think you're wrong.

Correct, the test here is testing for presence of the virus only, using PCR. It doesn’t test for antibodies

murpho999 wrote: »

Yes, going to daily mass, these gob****es exist.

Its shocking that scumbags would do this. To cough in someone's face on purpose is disgusting.

Beasty wrote: »

Yeah, but think of it this way - those in the queue can post selfies on Facebook of tucking into their last Big Mac, possibly ever if they catch something from it....

Country is full of retards.

When did it all go wrong?

Ficheall wrote: »

Why on earth there are still f*ckwits downplaying this is completely beyond me.

I couldn't tell you.

Maybe there's just some people that simply cannot face up to the reality of this thing. So they convince themselves otherwise.

Dravokivich wrote:

I'm under the impression that the government may be repurposing it's own labs.

Testing is being ramped up to be carried out in clinical labs i.e. in hospitals.

ACitizenErased wrote:

Good question from one of the journalists there about the samples possibly expiring before they’re analysed.

The swab containers contain a gel like media to preserve the sample. The growth media keeps the virus alive until it is processed.

Will go for my evening stroll around the park in a short while.
Around my area, everyone seems to be taking the advice seriously, luckily. Only seen one or two out walking dogs, nightly, in the last week, instead of jogging groups and 5 a sides

Yesterday, there were a few more out walking. To be expected as it was a Sunday but, all just single individuals, walking their dogs or getting their exercise in.

Lucky in that sense that there is nothing like scenes we saw over the weekend in Howth and places like that

The Irish have had an international reputation of being good fun but a bit thick and by jaysus we have done everything we can to live up to that reputation over the last two weeks.