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

Lavinia wrote: »

I just saw the Spain news, it does not seem to slow down, how is possible so many new cases with all stages they already went through..


very sad..

Tourism.

Spain was probably the biggest petri dish for Corona in all of Europe.
They locked down, and got rid of all the tourists, but because of the incubation period, the "tsunami" is only hitting them now.

Gynoid wrote: »

Gets out notebook. Licks pencil tip....adds to list of...
Panic porn
Posting with lad in hand
Having a **** over the misery
The bedwetters

And now..
People getting aroused to see more cases.

(I think there is an epidemiological pattern emerging here, doctor.)

Personally I don't understand why more mention has not been made of panic sex.

pull your head ouf of the a$$, every second comment refers to how we dont have enough positive tests etc, hse doing their job right seems many still unhappy, as we dont have the numbers :cool: seems good few just waiting for it to go worse when reality its not getting as bad as it would be elswhere which is good, more testing does little at this stage, since as said if those are fine after 2-3 weeks wait theres no need to stress system, as seems critical ones are taken care off so that's about right.

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

Tourism.

Spain was probably the biggest petri dish for Corona in all of Europe.
They locked down, and got rid of all the tourists, but because of the incubation period, the "tsunami" is only hitting them now.

And we imported cases from Spain. Bringing holidaymakers home.

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

London hospitals seeing 'continuous tsunami' of patients, says NHS leader

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/26/uk-coronavirus-live-news-updates-self-employed-rishi-sunakhospital-car-parking-charges-waived-for-nhs-staff-in-england

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/26/uk-coronavirus-live-news-updates-self-employed-rishi-sunakhospital-car-parking-charges-waived-for-nhs-staff-in-england?page=with:block-5e7c6fb48f081e5eda23705c#block-5e7c6fb48f081e5eda23705c

London hospitals are facing a “continuous tsunami” of seriously-ill patients because of coronavirus, a health service leader said this morning. Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents NHS trusts, used the phrase in an interview on the Today programme. Commenting on the situation in London, he said:

They are struggling with two things. The first is the explosion of demand they are seeing in seriously ill patients. They talk about wave after wave after wave - the word that’s often used to me is a continuous tsunami.

We are now seeing 30%, 40% and indeed in some places 50% sickness rates as staff catch the virus or are in vulnerable groups or have to self-isolate. That’s an unprecedented absence rate.

So what we have got is a really wicked combination - trusts trying to deal with a lot more demand than they have ever had before with a lot fewer staff than they have had before.

Hopson said that, while extra capacity was being brought in - including 4,000 beds at the ExCeL centre in London’s Docklands - hospital chief executives are concerned that it will be used up “very, very quickly”.

citysights wrote: »

According to the European Centre for Disease control the Irish intensive care system could be overwhelmed with critical covid patients.

This is very very serious if it unfolds like this.
Reported on RTE news this morning.

The Irish system couldnt even manage the testing system. How on earth are we meant to manage actual cases?

Lavinia wrote: »

The UK government has ordered more than 3 million finger prick antibody tests that could be ready in a matter of days. The tests could reveal whether someone had covid-19, but they are being checked first to show that they work properly. It is also still not known whether it’s possible to develop long-lasting immunity to the coronavirus.

I have my doubts that this will be ready within days but if and when antibody testing is available it really does have the capacity to be a game changer. If we knew people had immunity we could really utilise those people to help both the health services and the wider economy. People with immunity who can't work could provide all sorts of supports from food delivery, care work for elderly people, childminding and educational supports to children of key workers, hospital cleaning and basic support work, etc. Lots of people would love to help out in numerous ways but don't want to endanger themselves, their families and people they come in contact with. Just imagine how different it would be if we had thousands of people who knew they could give that help without those worries.

People have been complaining that as people we do not listen like the south Korean's or the Chinese ( forced to)
but there is a huge difference with us and the Latin countries ,They are way more laid back than us and even less likely to follow rules and instructions and the numbers are showing it,

pjohnson wrote: »

And we imported cases from Spain. Bringing holidaymakers home.

And in the UK, an estimated 20,000 came home from holidays in Spain.

gabeeg wrote: »

Yep. But we weren't testing people returning from Spain.

Or Germany, France, USA etc etc

Ideally they shouldnt have been brought back. We already had enough cases here to be dealing with but sure we are STILL tryna bring more back into the country.

pjohnson wrote: »

Ideally they shouldnt have been brought back. We already had enough cases here to be dealing with but sure we are STILL tryna bring more back into the country.

So the solution is to allow the already overwhelmed Spainish health service make triage decisions on Irish holiday makers?

iwillyeah1234 wrote: »

Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/26/uk-coronavirus-live-news-updates-self-employed-rishi-sunakhospital-car-parking-charges-waived-for-nhs-staff-in-england?page=with:block-5e7c6fb48f081e5eda23705c#block-5e7c6fb48f081e5eda23705c

London hospitals are facing a “continuous tsunami” of seriously-ill patients because of coronavirus, a health service leader said this morning. Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents NHS trusts, used the phrase in an interview on the Today programme. Commenting on the situation in London, he said:

They are struggling with two things. The first is the explosion of demand they are seeing in seriously ill patients. They talk about wave after wave after wave - the word that’s often used to me is a continuous tsunami.

We are now seeing 30%, 40% and indeed in some places 50% sickness rates as staff catch the virus or are in vulnerable groups or have to self-isolate. That’s an unprecedented absence rate.

So what we have got is a really wicked combination - trusts trying to deal with a lot more demand than they have ever had before with a lot fewer staff than they have had before.

Hopson said that, while extra capacity was being brought in - including 4,000 beds at the ExCeL centre in London’s Docklands - hospital chief executives are concerned that it will be used up “very, very quickly”.

citysights wrote: »

According to the European Centre for Disease control the Irish intensive care system could be overwhelmed with critical covid patients.

This is very very serious if it unfolds like this.
Reported on RTE news this morning.

Every Nation could be overwhelmed ,
no doubt the government are doing something to combat this as we speak ,

People losing there **** over change of strategy on testing need to relax ,we are doing ok on the testing front , There was always going to be back logs with the amount of people turning up for tests ,
Again its more of a problem caused by the People not the government ,

Can't blame the government for everything

Its the us people who will either save us or cause devastation with this,