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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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  • #812
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,366 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    iLikeWaffles wrote: »
    Who the f*ck is the idiot that thought it would be a good idea to ask people to clap outside in the street at 8pm each night in the middle of a pandemic, away from the safety and isolation of their home?!

    Seriously bad idea!

    I'm all for showing support for healthcare workers and I'm sure there will be a parade for them around the globe when this is over but come now... The mere fact that they're not even sure how some healthcare workers are testing positive is enough to warrant extreme care and caution.

    The ones I saw on the News and near where I live were the required distance away so no harm. O wait no everyone has to lockdown right


  • #813
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,936 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Inquitus wrote: »
    400 behind China now, sure to overtake them before the end of the day. Nigh on 13k in not even one day is massive.

    X5i1Mk8.png

    Today's may end up around 15K.


  • #814
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,449 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Inquitus wrote: »
    400 behind China now, sure to overtake them before the end of the day. Nigh on 13k in not even one day is massive.

    X5i1Mk8.png

    Trump wants churches packed for Easter Sunday. They probably will be - for funerals.


  • #815
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    UrbanFret wrote: »
    What are Germany doing that seems to be much more effective than everywhere else? even the amount critically Ill seems small relative to their case numbers


    The Robert Koch daily report for Germany can be downloaded from this page:https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/...te/Gesamt.html


    It shows that they have a low hospitalisation rate.


    "Clinical information is available for 26,250 of the notified cases, of which 870 cases were reported as not having any symptoms considered significant for COVID-19.

    Hospitalisation was reported in 2,664 (10%) of the 26,563 COVID-19 cases with data available."


  • #816
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    1200 new cases in Turkey


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  • #817
    Roger_007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    10000maniacs wrote: »
    Once people start dying in large numbers, maybe you will change your tune.

    It depends on how widespread the virus is in the population.
    The conventional wisdom with influenza is that its incidence decreases dramatically during the warmer months when people are less likely to to cooped up together for long periods and infecting each other. The longer you are in close proximity to an infected person the more like you are to become infected.
    If this virus is widespread already the present ‘lockdown’ will not be effective and may make matters worse.
    In most households there will be someone going out to work or to buy groceries etc. They will come into contact with other people and with surfaces and bring the infection home with them. If the lockdown isn’t total, and virtually everyone ‘cocooned’, it is completely useless.


  • #818
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Inquitus wrote: »
    400 behind China now, sure to overtake them before the end of the day. Nigh on 13k in not even one day is massive.

    X5i1Mk8.png

    The US is 66 times bigger than Ireland.

    13,000/66 = 197 cases

    Which is roughly what Ireland is getting.


  • #819
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Anyone else getting a bit desensitized by the whole thing, its here now, people are going die. All we can do is slow it down.


  • #820
    Professor Moriarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,394 ✭✭✭✭Professor Moriarty


    otnomart wrote: »
    The Robert Koch daily report for Germany can be downloaded from this page:https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/...te/Gesamt.html


    It shows that they have a low hospitalisation rate.


    "Clinical information is available for 26,250 of the notified cases, of which 870 cases were reported as not having any symptoms considered significant for COVID-19.

    Hospitalisation was reported in 2,664 (10%) of the 26,563 COVID-19 cases with data available."

    From the Irish Times today:

    German virologists have so far identified two reasons for the relatively low death rate. The first is luck: to date many German infections have been in younger, healthier people. The second is organisation and resources: Germany began testing people in January and, with a population of 82 million, is currently processing about half a million tests a week.


  • #821
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,001 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    We have been doing the clapping here in Vancouver for the past few nights. Pots and pans out and cheering.

    It lifts the spirits a bit.


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  • #822
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    ThomasFlynn wrote: »
    The US is 66 times bigger than Ireland.

    13,000/66 = 197 cases

    Which is roughly what Ireland is getting.

    That said, roughly half those cases are entirely in New York State.


  • #823
    timmy_mallet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭timmy_mallet


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Anyone else getting a bit desensitized by the whole thing, its here now, people are going die. All we can do is slow it down.

    Not desensitised to the mass destruction of a civil society and functioning economy by forced lockdowns, no.


  • #824
    marilynrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 761 ✭✭✭marilynrr


    ThomasFlynn wrote: »
    How would they know that?

    When it's over they will be able to calculate how many extra people in each category died than would have been expected to die based on previous years figures.

    Sounds awful when it's put that way, but obviously for every 100 85 year olds with certain conditions they have the stats to show roughly how many would be expected to die in a certain year.


  • #825
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,864 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Looking at the statistics :-
    https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

    The China statistics still puzzle me, why are they so low, given spread in other countries, and how did they more or less contain it with Wuhan/Hubai region ?

    I understand Wuhan went into complete lockdown late January , but the virus had 2 months to spread throughout China, whilst they were unaware of virus /and the cover up early January -
    Surley the number of cases should be much higher in China and it should have spread throughout rest of China (given what happened elsewhere) ?


  • #826
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,528 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Anyone else getting a bit desensitized by the whole thing, its here now, people are going die. All we can do is slow it down.

    Not really to be honest. Still worried about my parents and my grandad who's in a care home.


  • #827
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    timmy_mallet wrote: »
    Not desensitised to the mass destruction of a civil society and functioning economy by forced lockdowns, no.

    I'm more talking about the amount of deaths. 700 dead in Italy and it seemed normal.


  • #828
    little bess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭little bess


    When are the updated numbers out tonight?


  • #829
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


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    niallo27 wrote: »
    Anyone else getting a bit desensitized by the whole thing, its here now, people are going die. All we can do is slow it down.

    Getting more concerned, numbers are increasing a lot around us and I feel we are still not prepared for whats coming.


  • #830
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,528 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    little bess wrote: »
    When are the updated numbers out tonight?

    8.45


  • #831
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You do know that you’re allowed to go outside, right?

    Yeah.... Lets get people outside all at the same time....

    Terrible idea!


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  • #832
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Anyone else getting a bit desensitized by the whole thing, its here now, people are going die. All we can do is slow it down.

    No


  • #833
    johnfás
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭johnfás


    Professor Moriarty wrote: »
    From the Irish Times today:

    German virologists have so far identified two reasons for the relatively low death rate. The first is luck: to date many German infections have been in younger, healthier people. The second is organisation and resources: Germany began testing people in January and, with a population of 82 million, is currently processing about half a million tests a week.

    It’s also due to how deaths are being recorded. In Germany where there is a significant underlying pre-existing co-morbidity it is being put down as the cause of death whereas in Italy they are putting down Coronavirus. So apples aren’t being compared with apples throughout. This of course is true of so many of the stats in this pandemic. For instance, broader testing = more cases = lower death rate per 1,000 cases but not lower amount of people dying.


  • #834
    citytillidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,879 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    ITV2 at 9pm if you want a scare

    ******



  • #835
    declanflynn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭declanflynn


    ThomasFlynn wrote: »
    The US is 66 times bigger than Ireland.

    13,000/66 = 197 cases

    Which is roughly what Ireland is getting.
    does that also explain the number of deaths


  • #836
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    That said, roughly half those cases are entirely in New York State.

    Look at the stats for the other states now.
    Huge increases starting.


  • #837
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,576 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    When all this blows over we need to applaud our state. Our people. Our government. All the institutions and machines of the state...

    Yes, applaud the very people whose work and efforts and indefatigable constitutions allow us all to be who we are...

    Maybe this crisis will make people stop and think before shouting the odds at politicians for this that and the other....the “they and them” no, they and them are us, and we...people...

    Our politicians deserve all of our applause...


  • #838
    Minnie Snuggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭Minnie Snuggles


    Good to see that a father and son have been refused bail after they were accused of spitting on two Gardai today.


  • #839
    MipMap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭MipMap


    johnfás wrote: »
    It’s also due to how deaths are being recorded. In Germany where there is a significant underlying pre-existing co-morbidity it is being put down as the cause of death whereas in Italy they are putting down Coronavirus. So apples aren’t being compared with apples throughout. This of course is true of so many of the stats in this pandemic. For instance, broader testing = more cases = lower death rate per 1,000 cases but not lower amount of people dying.




    But at the same time we are not seeing footage of Army trucks picking up bodies or temporary morgues in Germany as we are for Spain and Italy


  • #840
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    walshb wrote: »
    When all this blows over we need to applaud our state. Our people. Our government. All the institutions and machines of the state...

    Yes, applaud the very people whose work and efforts and indefatigable constitutions allow us all to be who we are...

    Maybe this crisis will make people stop and think before shouting the odds at politicians for this that and the other....the “they and them” no, they and them are us, and we...people...

    Our politicians deserve all of our applause...

    The US will applaud Trump by re-electing him in that case. :eek:


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  • #841
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,131 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Minnie Snuggles wrote: »
    Good to see that a father and son have been refused bail after they were accused of spitting on two Gardai today.

    Take their dole and social house off them and make an example these people once and for all.


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