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

What Username Guidelines · 25-03-2020 12:37AM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Yeah he has Crohn's disease. He always looks a bit ill.

I’m getting about 4 hrs sleep a night with the stress of this whole thing, and I’m working from home at a laptop.

Can’t imagine how he’s still standing at this stage, with a long way to go. Fair play to him.

JP Liz V1 · 25-03-2020 12:37AM

I nearly told myself to fcuk off today as too close, reflection in a shop window on my way to the pharmacy

fritzelly · 25-03-2020 12:37AM

elperello wrote: »

I know we are all on edge but it's not nice to wish harm on others.

They get the virus, turns serious, takes a bed away from someone who is not an idiot

Quantum Erasure · 25-03-2020 12:39AM

greenpilot wrote: »

"2 Children under 5 in hospital in Ireland with virus .no mum or dad allowed.imagin .
STAY HOME.what if it was your child ."

Just a sample of the utter ****e being shared around Facebook at the moment by bottom feeders.

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/f0c391-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-saturday-21/

Hospitalised by Age Group

age range, no., percent
.... >5..... 2 ..... 1%
. 5 - 14 ... 1 ..... 1%
15 - 24 ... 9 ..... 5%
25 - 34 ... 24 ... 14%
35 - 44 ... 18 ... 10%
45 - 54 ... 28 ... 16%
55 - 64 ... 31 ... 18%
.... 65+ ... 60 ... 35%
*all statistics measured at midnight 19 March 2020

dougm1970 · 25-03-2020 12:39AM

amadangomor wrote: »

Other generations did things like bring Hitler to his knees with great sacrifice and all we are being asked to do is stay on our couch and talk on skype etc instead of in person. Of course it's doable ffs

i dunno.
for instance, its expecting every single adult (single as in not married or a couple)....to not have sex for year.....can humans do that ?

(note - the quote was referring to someone who posted about a year or more social distancing)

magma69 · 25-03-2020 12:42AM

dougm1970 wrote: »

i dunno.
for instance, its expecting every single adult (single as in not married or a couple)....to not have sex for year.....can humans do that ?

Phil Leotardo wanted to fcuk a woman for the twenty years he was in the can but he compromised and jerked off into a tissue.

jay0109 · 25-03-2020 12:42AM

dougm1970 wrote: »

i dunno.
for instance, its expecting every single adult (single as in not married or a couple)....to not have sex for year.....can humans do that ?

It's easy to do if your married

MipMap · 25-03-2020 12:42AM

dougm1970 wrote: »

i dunno.
for instance, its expecting every single adult (single as in not married or a couple)....to not have sex for year.....can humans do that ?

If I could get it once a year ............

elperello · 25-03-2020 12:42AM

fritzelly wrote: »

They get the virus, turns serious, takes a bed away from someone who is not an idiot

I know people might say I should toughen up but then it's easy to be tough on here.

Seriously, I don't wish harm on anyone who hasn't harmed me or mine.

questionmark? · 25-03-2020 12:42AM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The stress he is under too is huge, fair play to him

It doesn't matter how anyone voted as this is above politics but the current government, caretaker or not, are doing a great job along with the HSE. If you don't agree just look to the left and right of Ireland for comparison.

Strazdas · 25-03-2020 12:44AM

CNN reporting that Louisiana has become an unlikely hotspot. Case numbers rocketing up and 26 people have already died.

Fr Tod Umptious · 25-03-2020 12:45AM

froog wrote: »

it's nearly a month since first death in the US and no signs of any real large scale social distancing or lockdowns. by this stage other countries had been doing these things for at least a week or more. it's going to get real ugly there in the next few weeks.

There certainly is social distancing and the same restrictions that we have here.
But because the US is federal states may implement different levels of it.

In Massachusetts certainly schools are shut about as long as ours are, non essential businesses closed, bats, cafes etc closed, people working from home, just the same as here.

iguana · 25-03-2020 12:45AM

Ok, so I went back and started reading some of the earlier threads. And back on thread two there was a little speculation about the really bad flu that was going around at Christmas with very, very similar symptoms to Covid-19. So out of curiosity I started googling and lots of countries were either reporting an unexpectedly early and large flu surge from December 27-31st 2019 or, like Malaysia denying claims they were experiencing a surge in flu cases.

If Corononavirus was spreading in China from some point in November but not detected until the last week of January. Is it really so impossible that what was being assumed was a surge in flu cases on December 27th in the UK, Ireland and the US was at least in part an early spread of Covid 19? Were we really having an 'especially severe' flu outbreak in many regions of the world where "An early start to the season has left 2,092 people in England needing treatment for the contagious virus so far in 2019. By comparison, there were just 256 hospital admissions with flu at the same point 12 months ago." Right at the same time as a global pandemic of a virus which presents with flu like symptoms was already underway for several weeks?

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/irish-hospitals-breaking-point-after-21172185
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7810129/Flu-cases-EIGHT-TIMES-higher-point-UK-winter.html
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/video/639365
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/12/552217/influenza-infections-still-within-normal-parameters-says-health-dg
https://time.com/5758953/flu-season-2019-2020/

Steve F · 25-03-2020 12:47AM

amadangomor wrote: »

Other generations did things like bring Hitler to his knees with great sacrifice and all we are being asked to do is stay on our couch and talk on skype etc instead of in person. Of course it's doable ffs

Yes.
Even before this outbreak I had begun to notice a particular trait in some people where they couldn't tolerate a moment's inconvenience.
Spoilt beyond belief.You know the type I mean?Ones that would have a breakdown because their phone battery didn't last as long as they thought it would or their wasn't enough cheese in their Big Mac.
How dare we expect them to stay away from people for a few weeks to save lives?
The temerity of it
NB This isn't aimed at any particular race or nationality.I have noted it nearly everywhere I have been

Mwengwe · 25-03-2020 12:47AM

dougm1970 wrote: »

i dunno.
for instance, its expecting every single adult (single as in not married or a couple)....to not have sex for year.....can humans do that ?

(note - the quote was referring to someone who posted about a year or more social distancing)

I've been doing that most of my life.

maebee · 25-03-2020 12:48AM

I shared a what's app of a vid of ppl in cars queuing for testing today in Pairc Ui Chaoimh (don't know how to share it here) to a friend in Scotland, who was baffled by it. He's (loosely) in the medical profession and told me that there's no such thing as "public" testing there. It's only done when you get to the hospital stage. If you want to get a private test it will cost you £350 !!!. He was amazed when I told him that we've set up 30+ centres in the past week and that ppl with symptoms are getting tested for free. This little island of ours is a million miles ahead of the "big boys".

bekker · 25-03-2020 12:48AM

dougm1970 wrote: »

i dunno.
for instance, its expecting every single adult (single as in not married or a couple)....to not have sex for year.....can humans do that ?

(note - the quote was referring to someone who posted about a year or more social distancing)

Whether they can or not, they won't.

Loafing Oaf · 25-03-2020 12:49AM

Steve F wrote: »

5.A hope that warmer weather slows the spread.

Strazdas wrote: »

CNN reporting that Louisiana has become an unlikely hotspot. Case numbers rocketing up and 26 people have already died.

Seemingly 27C in New Orleans right now. So a hotspot in every sense:(

dougm1970 · 25-03-2020 12:50AM

Steve F wrote: »

Yes.
Even before this outbreak I had begun to notice a particular trait in some people where they couldn't tolerate a moment's inconvenience.
Spoilt beyond belief.You know the type I mean?Ones that would have a breakdown because their phone battery didn't last as long as they thought it would or their wasn't enough cheese in their Big Mac.
How dare we expect them to stay away from people for a few weeks to save lives?
The temerity of it
NB This isn't aimed at any particular race or nationality.I have noted it nearly everywhere I have been

you quoted a poster saying a few weeks to save lives....when that posters quote was replying to a poster speaking about a year or more of social distancing

Mwengwe · 25-03-2020 12:51AM

Steve F wrote: »

Yes.
Even before this outbreak I had begun to notice a particular trait in some people where they couldn't tolerate a moment's inconvenience.
Spoilt beyond belief.You know the type I mean?Ones that would have a breakdown because their phone battery didn't last as long as they thought it would or their wasn't enough cheese in their Big Mac.
How dare we expect them to stay away from people for a few weeks to save lives?
The temerity of it
NB This isn't aimed at any particular race or nationality.I have noted it nearly everywhere I have been

It's not a few weeks, it's 12-18 months possibly. I personally would breeze through this if I knew it was going to be just for 12 weeks or so. What we're looking at is going to be very difficult and unprecedented.
Humans aren't meant to be isolated for long periods of time. There will be long-term effects and you can't just dismiss it with 'don't be so spoilt, do your duty'.

Steve F · 25-03-2020 12:51AM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Seemingly 27C in New Orleans right now. So a hotspot in every sense:(

Hummmm
That's that theory gone for a Burton then ☹️

wakka12 · 25-03-2020 12:53AM

Hospitals in Atlanta and Michigan in the states have ran out of ICU beds
https://twitter.com/shongables/status/1242548471455981569
https://twitter.com/GaryMiles_DN/status/1242578029035085828

Loafing Oaf · 25-03-2020 12:54AM

Steve F wrote: »

Hummmm
That's that theory gone for a Burton then ☹️

Might be a sudden thing though, seemingly they have very changeable weather...

Steve F · 25-03-2020 12:54AM

dougm1970 wrote: »

you quoted a poster saying a few weeks to save lives....when that posters quote was replying to a poster speaking about a year or more of social distancing

A few weeks to save lives yes
Then social distancing to keep it slowed for 12 to 18
Not something any of us is relishing
What other options do we have?☹️

Steve F · 25-03-2020 12:56AM

Mwengwe wrote: »

It's not a few weeks, it's 12-18 months possibly. I personally would breeze through this if I knew it was going to be just for 12 weeks or so. What we're looking at is going to be very difficult and unprecedented.
Humans aren't meant to be isolated for long periods of time. There will be long-term effects and you can't just dismiss it with 'don't be so spoilt, do your duty'.

I believe it's more favourable than the alternative if we don't do it?

ACitizenErased · 25-03-2020 12:57AM

The Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease group at Oxford University believe coronavirus has been circulating in the UK since at least mid-January.

https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b

Mwengwe · 25-03-2020 12:57AM

Steve F wrote: »

A few weeks to save lives yes
Then social distancing to keep it slowed for 12 to 18
Not something any of us is relishing
What other options do we have?☹️

But social distancing is essentially staying at home and avoiding people, there's no real distinction there. The only difference is the level of enforcement.

owlbethere · 25-03-2020 12:58AM

iguana wrote: »

Ok, so I went back and started reading some of the earlier threads. And back on thread two there was a little speculation about the really bad flu that was going around at Christmas with very, very similar symptoms to Covid-19. So out of curiosity I started googling and lots of countries were either reporting an unexpectedly early and large flu surge from December 27-31st 2019 or, like Malaysia denying claims they were experiencing a surge in flu cases.

If Corononavirus was spreading in China from some point in November but not detected until the last week of January. Is it really so impossible that what was being assumed was a surge in flu cases on December 27th in the UK, Ireland and the US was at least in part an early spread of Covid 19? Were we really having an 'especially severe' flu outbreak in many regions of the world where "An early start to the season has left 2,092 people in England needing treatment for the contagious virus so far in 2019. By comparison, there were just 256 hospital admissions with flu at the same point 12 months ago." Right at the same time as a global pandemic of a virus which presents with flu like symptoms was already underway for several weeks?

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/irish-hospitals-breaking-point-after-21172185
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7810129/Flu-cases-EIGHT-TIMES-higher-point-UK-winter.html
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/video/639365
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/12/552217/influenza-infections-still-within-normal-parameters-says-health-dg
https://time.com/5758953/flu-season-2019-2020/

Good post.

I wonder is there any development on a test to see if someone already got this Covid-19?

bekker · 25-03-2020 12:59AM

amadangomor wrote: »

Other generations did things like bring Hitler to his knees with great sacrifice and all we are being asked to do is stay on our couch and talk on skype etc instead of in person. Of course it's doable ffs

Doable certainly, comparable able to WWII, in no way.

Steve F · 25-03-2020 12:59AM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The Evolutionary Ecology of Infectious Disease group at Oxford University believe coronavirus has been circulating in the UK since at least mid-January.

https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b

Well believe it

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