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

hotmail.com · 23-03-2020 10:36PM

Increased restrictions here are now inevitable. How It will be enforced given that our police force isn't armed is another question .

Ironically a few days of bad weather will sort out a lot of this.

UrbanFret · 23-03-2020 10:37PM

fullstop wrote: »

You’re goosed. Just pull the car over and live in it for a few weeks.

Home safe and sound . Did meet one police car heading back towards Enniskillen. A lot of people on this side work in Teemore/Derrylin, apparently that will be still be allowed. Not exactly total lockdown.;)

Hamsterchops · 23-03-2020 10:37PM

one world order wrote: »

Malaria drug is showing good promise so far

Yes it is, and I gather there are other drugs too that can help Covid patients, but a vaccine is the Holy Grail.....

This year?

laurah591 · 23-03-2020 10:38PM

darced wrote: »

Im waiting 5 days for results, I would love to know where the many people like me fit into the statistics?

5 days for results I'd take as a positive ... they test your swab twice if first is negative which is why it takes longer.

JP Liz V1 · 23-03-2020 10:39PM

Italy death toll rises by 602 to 6,078, almost 10%

Ficheall · 23-03-2020 10:40PM

normanoffside wrote: »

The ideal is to have a high infection rate and a low death rate.

A low death rate is ideal, yes.

But how the hell can you possibly argue that a high infection rate is better than a low one??

Jim_Hodge · 23-03-2020 10:40PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Well I don't believe that to be correct, a lot of previous viruses have mutated to be more contagious and less deadly. The more deadly strains will die with their hosts and the less deadly ones will spread easier.

Yes, but not by deliberate design to meet their own interest. Likewise viruses have mutated to the point of extinction. Some mutations benefit an organism and others are to its detriment. It can't predestine such mutations. That's the point. It may go one way or another but not by it's own design.

Mervyn Skidmore · 23-03-2020 10:41PM

How come Claire Byrne's set up was much more professional last week?

gmisk · 23-03-2020 10:41PM

Is Claire Byrne isolating herself in a sauna?!

But more importantly how upset is Kathryn Thomas about firing a tonne of people...

one world order · 23-03-2020 10:41PM

WhiteMemento9 wrote: »

He is a ****ing moron touting this to the public. You now have people putting even extra pressure on the health care system along with killling themselves.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/489097-man-dies-after-taking-malaria-medication-in-effort-to-prevent-coronavirus

It helps kill the virus then it should be used. Other leaders would wait months before a drug is tested over and over before mass produced. New York at least agrees with Trump so we shall see.

stephenjmcd · 23-03-2020 10:41PM

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

IT reporting we are going to follow the UK tighter restrictions tomorrow

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-government-set-to-announce-new-travel-work-restrictions-1.4210176

I'd be surprised if we copied them. Gov basically said today there wouldn't be a full lockdown.

They'll probably tighten up on public spaces etc

froog · 23-03-2020 10:42PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Increased restrictions here are now inevitable. How It will be enforced given that our police force isn't armed is another question .

Ironically a few days of bad weather will sort out a lot of this.

this is ireland. realistically the only people who will break the rules are groups of teenagers who the guards are well able to deal with. no one needs guns ffs.

spookwoman · 23-03-2020 10:42PM

..... We are doomed

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1242158801211600896?s=20

tobefrank321 · 23-03-2020 10:42PM

Martina1991 wrote: »

Out of all the stats flying around i find these ones the most pointless.

What does the amount of cases per million matter.

It means prevalence is high and growing. It makes contact tracing is more difficult. It means there's likely more unknown cases. It means a lot of things mostly negative. If it continues to grow here we have absolutely no choice but to go into a strict Italian type lockdown, mainly in urban areas. That will cause a lot of people to whinge but tough sh*t.

kingshankly · 23-03-2020 10:44PM

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

You get 33% of it.

😂😂like getting a wee bit pregnant

hotmail.com · 23-03-2020 10:44PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

I'd be surprised if we copied them. Gov basically said today there wouldn't be a full lockdown.

They'll probably tighten up on public spaces etc

Britain hasn't introduced a full lockdown, despite the initial reports.

Restrictions on movement have been increased.

Martina1991 · 23-03-2020 10:44PM

cameramonkey wrote:

So it seems a lot less than 4500 just 2000 a day, tests have two aspects the test and then the lab analysis, you can test all you like but if you dont have labs to process the tests they you get backlogs. results seem to be taking a lot longer than they should be.

Just?

The 4,500 figure was the daily aim starting this week.

The 4,500 refers to the laboratory throughput.

I haven't seen any figues as to how many swabs are taken a day.

Atlantic Dawn · 23-03-2020 10:44PM

Lower than the lowest...

Thieves have stolen oxygen from a community hospital in Manchester, police said.

Greater Manchester Police said people would "quite rightly share our disgust" at the theft during the coronavirus pandemic.

Three men were seen getting out of a black BMW outside Withington Community Hospital on Saturday at 03:30 GMT.

They cut a lock on a metal unit before stealing eight oxygen and nitrous oxide canisters.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-52011664

hotmail.com · 23-03-2020 10:44PM

froog wrote: »

this is ireland. realistically the only people who will break the rules are groups of teenagers who the guards are well able to deal with. no one needs guns ffs.

Have you forgotten about Lidl during the snow?

sheepsh4gger · 23-03-2020 10:44PM

People are sharing this:
https://mobile.twitter.com/zaferer19331944/status/1242190590835593222

It's a dodgy account but there are anti-social people everywhere.

Funsterdelux · 23-03-2020 10:45PM

Claire Byrne Super Spreader

murpho999 · 23-03-2020 10:46PM

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

How come Claire Byrne's set up was much more professional last week?

I'd guess that she's just using one of her own devices for a camera as she's tested positive whereas last week RTE probably installed a better setup.

23-03-2020 10:46PM

Deleted User wrote: »

CNN- live broadcast- Trump along with medical advisors and military advisors - standing literally/ shoulder to shoulder - fcing idiots the lot of them - go Irish politicians for showing how it should be done !

Bloody idiot American politicians

AlmightyCushion · 23-03-2020 10:46PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Italy death toll rises by 602 to 6,078, almost 10%

It's still a decrease on the previous few days. Still too early to be getting hopes up but it is positive.

normanoffside · 23-03-2020 10:47PM

Ficheall wrote: »

A low death rate is ideal, yes.

But how the hell can you possibly argue that a high infection rate is better than a low one??

Countries have a higher death rate because they haven't been testing sufficiently, thus people with Mild symptoms or asymptomatic people go around spreading it to the vulnerable.

I can Guarantee that countries with a higher death rate have not identified the vast majority of their infections. identifying the infected is key to stopping the spread. If you know you have it you will isolate.

Babooshka · 23-03-2020 10:47PM

froog wrote: »

this is ireland. realistically the only people who will break the rules are groups of teenagers who the guards are well able to deal with. no one needs guns ffs.

I thanked your post but I didn't mean to...what about the very prominent criminal gangs with plenty of low IQ non adhering to the law idiots, what about violent drug addicts who don't care about this because they're too out of it to know what's happening? What about general fnckwits who just won't because of inbred obstinacy...they all need policing and sending to bed.

hotmail.com · 23-03-2020 10:47PM

Presumably most of the production team on Claire Byrne are self isolating.

mohawk · 23-03-2020 10:48PM

one world order wrote: »

It helps kill the virus then it should be used. Other leaders would wait months before a drug is tested over and over before mass produced. New York at least agrees with Trump so we shall see.

There is a reason we test drugs. The drug should go into clinical trial like all drugs and if the clinical trial shows that it is effective then yes it should be used. Until then it will not be an approved treatment.

Martina1991 · 23-03-2020 10:48PM

cameramonkey wrote:

I think the HSE should just say how many results have been processed and how many tests have taken place. It gives a good indication of where we are. Instead they say we are working towards 4500 a day when they are nowhere near that for tests , and we have no idea how many are being processed that we are getting results for. With the delays that many are claiming we might only be processing a few hundred a day We I have no idea.

Well there ya go.

Ficheall · 23-03-2020 10:50PM

normanoffside wrote: »

Countries have a higher death rate because they haven't been testing sufficiently, thus people with Mild symptoms or asymptomatic people go around spreading it to the vulnerable.

I can Guarantee that countries with a higher death rate have not identified the vast majority of their infections. identifying the infected is key to stopping the spread. If you know you have it you will isolate.

You mean a higher testing rate then?

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