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CoVid19 Part XI - 2,615 in ROI (46 deaths) 410 in NI (21 deaths)(29/03)*OP upd 28/03*

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  • #542
    paddythere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 439 ✭✭paddythere


    Given the new testing criteria is it safe to say that the official number of cases is going to be almost completely useless?


  • #543
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭take everything


    Tell Wibbs George Lee is on


  • #544
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    tab2-kCkD-U317019249828386UG-593x443@Corriere-Web-Sezioni.jpg
    Death rate in Bergamo currently, blue line the average death rate in the city. Green is already confirmed coronavirus deaths. Would strongly suggest that the theory that coronavirus has been widespread in the Italy/Europe for a long time is not true


  • #545
    Gretas Gonna Get Ya!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭Gretas Gonna Get Ya!


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    If half the population of the entire USA was wiped out it wouldn't bother Trump as long as they were not in his voter base. The man is a complete moron and needs to be removed from all decision making now.

    Can we wait until he gets some of those treatment drugs into circulation first, before we "remove" him?

    Could come in handy! ;)

    It would be ironic if Trump actually managed to get drugs onto the market, that might help us fight this battle... but I sense he'd still get no credit for it.


  • #546
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    44 in ICU

    Would many of them be made up of people from the care home in the east and the geriatric hospital in the south?


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  • #547
    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    paddythere wrote: »
    Given the new testing criteria is it safe to say that the official number of cases is going to be almost completely useless?

    No, it should mean they get fewer negatives, and it does mean that comparison with past numbers comes with a giant caveat about the sampling method, but the numbers will still be meaningful. They may increase as a result, since they'll be able to test larger numbers of people who are more likely to be positive.


  • #548
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    paddythere wrote: »
    Given the new testing criteria is it safe to say that the official number of cases is going to be almost completely useless?

    Yes. They were always pointless really.


  • #549
    smallfryy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭smallfryy


    So are we looking like we're gonna be okay overall?
    I haven't seen any massive surges in our figures, thankfully! Does this mean we're probably going to be okay if we continue to maintain social distancing and stay at home unless essential?
    Or does it just mean we haven't really started to see the impact yet?
    It's a mental rollercoaster tbh, something's I read seem really positive. Then others are grim! I don't know what way to think or feel at all.


  • #550
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    over 700 deaths for Italy again.

    Their lockdown is not going well at all.


  • #551
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »
    Can we wait until he gets some of those treatment drugs into circulation first, before we "remove" him?

    Could come in handy! ;)

    It would be ironic if Trump actually managed to get drugs onto the market, that might help us fight this battle... but I sense he'd still get no credit for it.

    You do know that hydroxychloroquine (which DT was trumpeting) has been around for years, don't you?


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  • #552
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,847 ✭✭✭take everything


    smallfryy wrote: »
    So are we looking like we're gonna be okay overall?
    I haven't seen any massive surges in our figures, thankfully! Does this mean we're probably going to be okay if we continue to maintain social distancing and stay at home unless essential?
    Or does it just mean we haven't really started to see the impact yet?
    It's a mental rollercoaster tbh, something's I read seem really positive. Then others are grim! I don't know what way to think or feel at all.

    I'd say we'll need another week or two before any dip (if it comes) ever comes. And that's assuming this semi-lockdown continues.


  • #553
    iwillyeah1234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 445 ✭✭iwillyeah1234


    NHS Volunteer service up to 660,000 ( Sky news)


  • #554
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    Lavinia wrote: »
    ive heard not to expect this in next 12 months or so realistically




    yes but about 123k recovered and 23k died,so about 365k active cases

    Bear in mind it has a 14 day incubation period, so the lockdown results may only be seen in next few days. The current cases could well be result of activity a couple of weeks ago or more.


  • #555
    [Deleted User]
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    wakka12 wrote: »
    tab2-kCkD-U317019249828386UG-593x443@Corriere-Web-Sezioni.jpg
    Death rate in Bergamo currently, blue line the average death rate in the city. Green is already confirmed coronavirus deaths.

    Is that Bergamo the region, or the city? Deaths from covid seem to have dropped sharply. Getting a grip on it there it seems.


  • #556
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,690 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    The reporting figures don't make much sense. A percentage based result would be better. IE: X number of cases out of Y number of tests = Z percentage. Having different numbers if tests per day will skew figures both good and bad.


  • #557
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    smallfryy wrote: »
    So are we looking like we're gonna be okay overall?
    I haven't seen any massive surges in our figures, thankfully! Does this mean we're probably going to be okay if we continue to maintain social distancing and stay at home unless essential?
    Or does it just mean we haven't really started to see the impact yet?
    It's a mental rollercoaster tbh, something's I read seem really positive. Then others are grim! I don't know what way to think or feel at all.

    Leo said today that the surge has not YET happened.


  • #558
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is that Bergamo the region, or the city? Deaths from covid seem to have dropped sharply. Getting a grip on it there it seems.

    I'm not sure, the article just said 'Bergamo'


  • #559
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,922 ✭✭✭GM228


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    44 in ICU

    Would many of them be made up of people from the care home in the east and the geriatric hospital in the south?

    Only 13 of those in ICU are aged 65+ so no.


  • #560
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    MD1990 wrote: »
    over 700 deaths for Italy again.

    Their lockdown is not going well at all.

    They could be patients who have been in hospital for weeks.


  • #561
    Gretas Gonna Get Ya!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭Gretas Gonna Get Ya!


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You do know that hydroxychloroquine (which DT was trumpeting) has been around for years, don't you?

    For malaria... not for covid19.

    But he is putting pressure on the right people, to make quick decisions over its use here. I think he deserve credit for this.


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  • #562
    GM228
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    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    Until we get a breakdown of figures (assuming we do at all) nobody can say for sure.

    There is a daily break down of age groups released by the HPSC.

    https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/casesinireland/

    See page 7 of the Epidemiology report.


  • #563
    woohoo!!!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 803 ✭✭✭woohoo!!!


    Anyone else had enough of the memes, the let's do something 'entertaining' on day xi of quarantine and stick it online etc?


  • #564
    [Deleted User]
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    Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »
    For malaria... not for covid19.

    But he is putting pressure on the right people, to make quick decisions over its use here. I think he deserve credit for this.

    It's already been used for treatment. It's just an off-label use.


  • #565
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    DubInMeath wrote: »
    How you feeling, did you get a test/results?

    Yeah, it was negative.
    Thankful.


  • #566
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    https://youtu.be/BtN-goy9VOY


    Check this out one and all


  • #567
    Ce he sin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Ce he sin


    MD1990 wrote: »
    over 700 deaths for Italy again.

    Their lockdown is not going well at all.


    New infections and deaths are stabilising. Bear in mind that deaths are likely to occur a couple of weeks after infection so there's a lag between lock down and results.
    Also deaths are falling in the north and moving south.


  • #568
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1243241682931527681?s=20


  • #569
    bennyl10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    MD1990 wrote: »
    over 700 deaths for Italy again.

    Their lockdown is not going well at all.

    They are starting to stabilise

    The lockdown is starting to plateau their graph.

    Although they are so far gone.


  • #570
    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's already been used for treatment. It's just an off-label use.

    There's no "just" about off label use. They're a specially-monitored class of cases in pharmacovigilance, on account of the higher risks.


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  • #571
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    Leo said today that the surge has not YET happened.

    I'm all for not dropping our guard for one moment but a week ago we were being told that we could have 15,000 cases by the last day of March, worse case scenario at this point would be less than half that, if they are now telling us a surge is due and it fails to materialise people might start to ignore further warnings.


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