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

Tea Shock · 24-03-2020 03:23PM

marilynrr wrote: »

Knowing their customers ages doesn't mean that they know that the person isn't vulnerable or doesn't have vulnerable people in their household!!

You'd be surprised at how much all that data on your Tesco clubcard tells them about you!

TheDenialTwist · 24-03-2020 03:23PM

Xertz wrote: »

The range doesn't sell Ikea stuff. It's a bit more like Woodies, only less focused on DIY and more on home decor and random 'stuff' - cups, plates, fabric, art and hobby, lighting. They're NOT an essential store by a long shot.

I know The Range here doesn't sell Ikea type stuff, I have been to The Range many times. Was only curious to know was there some franchise or something with being the same name, that's all.

Just looked it up myself and it is yes indeed part of the UK Chain of The Range stores. In the UK stores they don't sell Ikea type stuff either. And as the original poster pointed out, they bought in freezers in an attempt to be considered as "essential". Will The Range here do the same I wonder?

And yes, I totally concur that The Range here in Cork would be classified as totally non essential. Nice store though.

spookwoman · 24-03-2020 03:24PM

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1242457239107010562?s=20

ThePopehimself · 24-03-2020 03:25PM

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

“All drama queens please begin to form a que.this is not a drill people.
those with the strangest conspiracy theories will be placed in a social distance draw,with the possibility of winning a double lined tin foil hat with the word PANDEMIC scribed on it in red crayon.”

You're so cool!

We took a vote and everyone here want's to see you do The Epic-Split using two Ambulances.

Beasty said he'll stream it live.

matthewmurdock · 24-03-2020 03:27PM

Fair play to the government for the €350 for laid off workers.

However, there are people working in supermarkets who will barely clear that in a week, working their bolloxes off, dealing with people who could have the virus. And the student nurses who are getting nothing. Doesn't seem fair to the people that are still out there working hard (not saying that the people at home wouldn't be working hard if they could).

mydogwentroof · 24-03-2020 03:27PM

Should I be in work?

I work in a small office with 6 others. I found out today that one woman is actually carrying out swab tests, as she is a nurse. Her husband is also an ICU consultant. Another woman is married to a Consultant doctor based in a large hospital nearby. One girl lives with her mother who is a nurse in the same hospital.

Two of the three are coughing all day and making "jokes" about having symptoms.

spookwoman · 24-03-2020 03:28PM

Looks like 2 more dead from the Diamond Princess

dePeatrick · 24-03-2020 03:28PM

borderlinemeath wrote: »

There definitely was a gastric element to it as well, I lost about 5kg, but back the I was under 60kg. When we were over the worst of it I remember making food, looking at it, unable to eat, still feeling so nauseous.

I'm lucky in so far that we both work from home and have limited contact with others. We're semi rural so can walk in the countryside without meeting a soul, but on Sunday we went to the beach to walk the dogs and it was ridiculous. I literally walked over rocks and seaweed to avoid others - who for the most part were keeping in their own family units. But I'm not surprised that public amenities such as beaches/parks are going to be further restricted. It was far too busy for what we are dealing with.

I HAVE to go to the shop for essentials today - my child asked me yesterday "Have we any food that hasn't gone bad"?

I had to go shopping for jeans, all my old ones were falling off me

I wasn't as light as you but not overweight. I live in a rural location pretty isolated and can go for walks without having to meet anyone either, have not been face to face to anyone for 10-12 days now, I get cut off with floods and snow so am used to having a 3-4 week stock of food in. There's a learning curve to do with what food to buy I have realised over the years. If I can give you any tips at all feel free to PM me, don't want to derail the thread completely.

MOR316 · 24-03-2020 03:28PM

LillySV wrote: »

Can’t believe there’s pricks here begrudging health professionals who are willing to come home and help us!! How retarded are some people on this Island?
A major reason why loads of them abroad is cause there were no jobs for them here... particularly nurses where moratorium stopped them from working here

No offence meant but, you can't believe it?

Seriously?

I'm shocked that you're shocked

DOCARCH · 24-03-2020 03:31PM

matthewmurdock wrote: »

Fair play to the government for the €350 for laid off workers.

However, there are people working in supermarkets who will barely clear that in a week, working their bolloxes off, dealing with people who could have the virus. And the student nurses who are getting nothing. Doesn't seem fair to the people that are still out there working hard (not saying that the people at home wouldn't be working hard if they could).

It's E 305 a week, if you are told to self isolate. Otherwise E 203 a week.

:mad:

I am pretty sure 99% of people laid off would prefer to (still) be at work!

IrishStuff09 · 24-03-2020 03:31PM

As of 2pm on Tuesday 24 March, testing has resulted in 44 new positive cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Northern Ireland to 172.

https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/news/covid-19-coronavirus#what-is-the-situation-in-northern-ireland

Tacitus Kilgore · 24-03-2020 03:32PM

jam83 wrote: »

Are these doctors doing it for free all of a sudden?

WTF does that have to do with anything?

You want them to do it for free? I'm sure some of them would like - but we can pay them, so let's.

Sweet.Science · 24-03-2020 03:34PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

It's E 305 a week, if you are told to self isolate. Otherwise E 203 a week.

:mad:

I am pretty sure 99% of people laid off would prefer to (still) be at work!

How sustainable is this? 6 week period. Looks like this will last into next year

skellig_rocks · 24-03-2020 03:34PM

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

He was not locked up... I have looked into the timeline of events as reported in the media.

30 December 2019,.. Dr Li Wenliang saw a patient's report which showed a positive test result with a high confidence level for SARS coronavirus.

At 17:43, he wrote in a private WeChat group of his medical school classmates: "7 confirmed cases of SARS were reported [to hospital] from Huanan Seafood Market."

He also posted the patient's examination report and CT scan image. At 18:42, he added "the latest news is, it has been confirmed that they are coronavirus infections, but the exact virus strain is being subtyped".[2] Li asked the WeChat group members to inform their families and friends to take protective measures.

One of Li's friends posted his message widely on WeChat (Chinese Facebook)

December 31, 2019…Chinese Health officials inform the WHO about a cluster of 41 patients with a mysterious pneumonia. Most are connected to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.

January 3, 2020… Police from the Wuhan Public Security Bureau investigated the case and interrogated Li, giving him a warning notice and censuring him for "making false comments on the Internet". Li goes back to work at the hospital.

January 7… Li contracted the coronavirus when he saw an infected patient at his hospital with glaucoma. He was an Ophthalmologist, and examination of the eyes means closeness to the face of the patient. The patient developed a temperature the next day and coronavirus infection was later confirmed.

January 10th Li developed a fever and cough which soon became severe.

January 11, 2020… Chinese authorities shared the full sequence of the coronavirus genome with the world.

On 12 January, Li was admitted to intensive care

February 5… Dr Li dies in ICU having been put on ECMO (Heart lung machine)

Sooo... there was a delay of one day in informing the World Health Organization about the outbreak. The disease was initially treated like a normal spread of disease from animal to human, like a vet getting brucellosis from an animal.

They did not realize that human to human spread was possible and that the virus was so infectious in December, until after a lot of medical staff had been infected, some of whom paid with their lives.

I imagine that if a doctor in the west posted a patient's examination report and CT scan on Facebook, there would be consequences here too.

So much for Trump's lies about delay and cover up.

More events happened in January:

Jan. 11–17: Important prescheduled CCP meeting held in Wuhan. During that time, the Wuhan Health Commission insists there are no new cases.

Jan. 13: First coronavirus case reported in Thailand, the first known case outside China.

Jan. 14: WHO announces Chinese authorities have seen "no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus."

Jan. 15: The patient who becomes the first confirmed U.S. case leaves Wuhan and arrives in the U.S., carrying the coronavirus.

Jan. 18:

- The Wuhan Health Commission announces four new cases.
- Annual Wuhan Lunar New Year banquet. Tens of thousands of people gathered for a potluck.

Jan. 19: Beijing sends epidemiologists to Wuhan.

Jan. 20:

- The first case announced in South Korea.
- Zhong Nanshan, a top Chinese doctor who is helping to coordinate the coronavirus response, announces the virus can be passed between people.

China notified US and WHO about the virus. But China keep telling its citizens there was no evidence of human-to-human transmissions, until 20 January. And there were around 5 millions people left Wuhan for the Chinese new year. Most people left for Chinese new year already left Wuhan on 23 January, day of Wuhan lockdown announcement.

This is the report from WHO on 12 January:

https://www.who.int/csr/don/12-january-2020-novel-coronavirus-china/en/

Third parahraph:

"The evidence is highly suggestive that the outbreak is associated with exposures in one seafood market in Wuhan. The market was closed on 1 January 2020. At this stage, there is no infection among healthcare workers, and no clear evidence of human to human transmission. The Chinese authorities continue their work of intensive surveillance and follow up measures, as well as further epidemiological investigations."

jam83 · 24-03-2020 03:34PM

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

WTF does that have to do with anything?

You want them to do it for free? I'm sure some of them would like - but we can pay them, so let's.

Of course they should be paid. But you asked another poster what they were doing to help out in this crisis, as if doctors are helping out voluntarily, when it's their profession and they're paid to do it. What are you doing to help out?

matthewmurdock · 24-03-2020 03:35PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

It's E 305 a week, if you are told to self isolate. Otherwise E 203 a week.

:mad:

I am pretty sure 99% of people laid off would prefer to (still) be at work!

They increased it from 203 today.

Again, not fair to supermarket workers who will be expected to show up every day and deal with all kinds of ****e, and take home minimum wage for their weeks work, barely putting them ahead of people who did nothing. Even if the people doing nothing wished they were working, it's simply wrong.

EDit · 24-03-2020 03:35PM

Elmer Blooker wrote: »

This is from RTE News TODAY and not some outdated information from two weeks ago.

“Generally, you need to be 15 minutes or more in the vicinity of an infected person, within 1-2 metres, to be considered at-risk or a close contact.”

Why are people who need to get out to have a walk made feel like criminals?
I was on Dollymount beach on Sunday and every group, mostly families, kept to themselves and well away from others. Everybody I saw was being very responsible.

I really wish RTÉ would stop including this information in so many of there articles. It’s a metric used for contact tracing, not a definitive cut-off time for getting vs not getting infected. I also think too many people are taking it literally (ie, if I speak with this person for only 5 minutes I can’t get Infected)

storker · 24-03-2020 03:35PM

Xertz wrote: »

We should probably just ask the virus.

I'm sure if the minister just gets Commander Data to setup the universal translator, he could ask it what its intentions are and when it plans to leave us alone.

A Vulcan mind-meld might be better.

strawdog · 24-03-2020 03:36PM

matthewmurdock wrote: »

Fair play to the government for the €350 for laid off workers.

However, there are people working in supermarkets who will barely clear that in a week, working their bolloxes off, dealing with people who could have the virus. And the student nurses who are getting nothing. Doesn't seem fair to the people that are still out there working hard (not saying that the people at home wouldn't be working hard if they could).

In fairness I think this one should be on the supermarkets themselves to compensate them for the extra effort and risk as they are one of the few sectors making money hand over fist through all this

Tacitus Kilgore · 24-03-2020 03:37PM

jam83 wrote: »

Of course they should be paid. But you asked another poster what they were doing to help out in this crisis, as if doctors are helping out voluntarily, when it's their profession and they're paid to do it. What are you doing to help out?

The other poster is berating doctors who are trying to come here to help.

I asked him what's he doing since they're such arseholes coming back to give a hand.

You piped up about them being paid for being doctors - shock feckin' horror!

I asked you wtf are you on about, and you've asked me what I'm doing -

I'm doing fuck all, the exact thing I'm supposed to be doing, working from home and only leaving the house when I need shopping. If I was a doctor, I'd like to think I'd be doctoring. What are you up to? Have anything nice for lunch? xx

Steve F · 24-03-2020 03:39PM

Ace2007 wrote: »

A lot of companies don't have employees admin access to their work computers to download software...

Ah yes forgetting that

Doesn't apply to all tho
I'd say a vast majority could easily set up Teamviewer or Splashtop but are just aren't as clued up:)

Cee-Jay-Cee · 24-03-2020 03:39PM

mac.in wrote: »

A new virus stepping in. It's reported in china. It's said to be more dangerous than Coronaviurs.

Link here

FFS!! You didn't even read the article! Its spread by rodents or coming into contact with rodent faeces, it cannot be spread from person to person.

There are probably thousands of viruses more dangerous than C-19, don't be so bloody sensationalist!

mac.in · 24-03-2020 03:40PM

Keyzer wrote: »

Also, you get it if you have sex with Hanta Claus...

More utter nonsense...

Thanks for your opinion, but pity for your desperation

Tea Shock · 24-03-2020 03:41PM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

FFS!! You didn't even read the article! Its spread by rodents or coming into contact with rodent faeces, it cannot be spread from person to person.

There are probably thousands of viruses more dangerous than C-19, don't be so bloody sensationalist!

Plus it's not "new". It's existed since at least the 1990's!

mac.in · 24-03-2020 03:43PM

Trending word in Oxford dictionary is 'Hanta Virus'. May be it's creating a panic at this moment. Apologies if it's brought wrongly into this discussion.

An Ciarraioch · 24-03-2020 03:45PM

UK government just announced that 5,600 tests were conducted there yesterday, so our circa 2,000 daily tests that were supposed to scale up to 4,500 from Monday don't seem that bad by comparison.

cloudatlas · 24-03-2020 03:46PM

LillySV wrote: »

Can’t believe there’s pricks here begrudging health professionals who are willing to come home and help us!! How retarded are some people on this Island?
A major reason why loads of them abroad is cause there were no jobs for them here... particularly nurses where moratorium stopped them from working here

1) They are essentially choosing who to treat largely based on nationality.

2) The population of Perth is a quarter of Ireland

3) An Irish doctor in Perth wrote to the Irish Times stating that 60% of staff on his shift were Irish and that he thought that what they were doing by leaving was 'unconscionable'. (His words, he works there).

Cases in NSW have passed 800 and are growing.

If Irish doctors in Spain decided to come back ye would be wtf. Australia are a matter of weeks from the same crisis in Europe.

I don't agree that it's a sound ethical choice. I wouldn't rehire them if they abandoned my workplace during a crisis. A lot of the arguments for them coming here are based on a misplaced and disturbing nationalism that seems to forget our global shared humanity.

weldoninhio · 24-03-2020 03:47PM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Or maybe they feel the burden of duty to their home country. The country where their families live, friends live and which is their home. It is quite an emotive thing.

I imagine these people have strong value systems.

Lets hope all of the foreign workers in the Irish health system don't get emotive or we're fcuked.

kowloon · 24-03-2020 03:47PM

Xertz wrote: »

Fit and able bodied and subject to self isolation here due to a pending test and mild symptoms.

Thanks Tesco! I know you're under pressure but, what exactly can I do?

I probably have enough beans and pulses and stuff for a few days.

If you're stuck someone should be able to get you some groceries and leave them outside your door. Where are you based?

spookwoman · 24-03-2020 03:47PM

https://twitter.com/WaterfordCounci/status/1242426963693842434?s=20

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