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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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  • #1712
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,384 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Yawn!

    The reality of America isn't exciting enough for people. They want the drama. I understand that.


  • #1713
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,590 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    Americans take their advice by and large from their Governors. We just see the US President because it is handy for the media for ratings.

    Of course he has federal powers but doesn't have the all power some here think he has or that Hollywood has led us to believe.

    Yeah, you’re on ignore.


  • #1714
    one world order
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 592 ✭✭✭one world order


    In Madrid they are taking respirators off those over 65 and sedating them as there's not enough to go around. It's looking very bad.


  • #1715
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    martingriff wrote: »
    You know what I meant by that Nialllo FFS. I mean they had to face hardships and restrictions. Like we have to now We should treat this pandemic like a war on our lives

    Yep. One of my aunts was a nurse in southern England in late WW2 when the V1 & V2 rockets started landing. The psychological impact of them on many people was actually worse than the risk of being killed. The V2’s were the worst, absolutely no warning before impact. Its was one of the many burdens people put up with back then. Now unfortunately its our time to face adversity and try to stand up to it.


  • #1716
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,402 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »
    This is unrealistic... all those countries did a much better job of locking down their populations and restricting movement.

    They also tested a far greater % of their people than we are.

    If that's who we're trying to model ourselves on... we're making a total balls of it so far!

    South Korea didn't go in for a military dictatorship style lockdown (as favoured by the authoritarians on Twitter). They are an open and liberal democracy like ourselves.


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  • #1717
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,185 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    ShayNanigan wrote: »
    I hate to say it but #clapforourcarers sounds a bit cruel

    That whole clapping thing was cringe inducing.


  • #1718
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    I really would like some more analysis on this. These homes can't get agency staff at the best of times and they are constantly under staffed.

    The HSE alone was spending about 0.9m per DAY in agency staff across hospital and community services.


  • #1719
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    This is it wrote: »
    US now top the table for most cases with 15k cases today. I know the world is in trouble, but they're really in the shîtter.

    They really are.

    Mexico and Mexico City in particular with its 22million inhabitants will be an even bigger disaster. No lockdown as life just continues on like normal at the moment :(


  • #1720
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    I've been watching some news reports whereby some Republican (not that I care about Democrats) politicians are advocating that the aged go back to work and sacrifice their lives in order to kickstart the economy:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfGUpS5s7yA




    New york nurses are wearing bin bags.



    I love Jim Jeffries regarding Americans. He says (cue Aussie accent) "Jesus Chroist, Americans. Ya just talk and talk and get **** all right"


  • #1721
    ThePopehimself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭ThePopehimself


    Uriel. wrote: »
    The care assistant did not need necessarily need to wear a mask in the circumstances you describe. PPE guidance for Healthcare workers is available from the health surveillance protection service.

    You also have to remember that staff may work across a number of settings, agency staff may be required from time to time. Anyone could be a carrier.

    Yes, yes she did need to wear a mask.

    And the The Nursing Homes need to be supplied with them. Now.

    There has not been a single family member allowed inside that Home in 20 days. So if two residents have just tested positive for Covid-19, isn't it more likely - not certain- but more likely that the virus was passed from a staff member?

    We need to mitigate that possibility.

    So yes, she should be wearing a mask while tending to my Vulnerable mother in law. We learned that there were two confirmed cases in the Nursing Home (One in the ICU) as my Other Half photographed his mum through a closed window this evening - totally unaware that Covid-19 has been identified inside the Nursing Home.

    So yes, she needed to be wearing a mask.


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  • #1722
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    from_atozinc wrote: »
    In the last couple of days, people are getting more used to this whole scenario and for the most part doing as they are supposed to. Dare I say it, feeling more relaxed about it all.

    I know cases are going up but based on the trend so far, we will not reach the 15,000 figure mentioned for end of month

    Is this all a false sense of security

    Have we even started the hardship here really and will yet so a massive surge etc

    Probably one of the most sensible posts I've read. The false sense of security is a threat in itself.


  • #1723
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ShayNanigan wrote: »
    I hate to say it but #clapforourcarers sounds a bit cruel

    yes, as if they haven't got enough to worry about


  • #1724
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Threads merged (#99:eek:)


  • #1725
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,194 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    one world order wrote: »
    In Madrid they are taking respirators off those over 65 and sedating them as there's not enough to go around. It's looking very bad.

    Murder, Manslaughter or Euthanasia?

    I really really hope we do not get this bad here
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #1726
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,456 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Beasty wrote: »
    Threads merged (#99:eek:)

    Has this been the busiest thread ever? More than brexit?


  • #1727
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    from_atozinc wrote: »
    In the last couple of days, people are getting more used to this whole scenario and for the most part doing as they are supposed to. Dare I say it, feeling more relaxed about it all.

    I know cases are going up but based on the trend so far, we will not reach the 15,000 figure mentioned for end of month

    Is this all a false sense of security

    Have we even started the hardship here really and will yet so a massive surge etc

    There was never going to be 15000, the number was always ridiculous, what you are seeing is people doing whats asked of them, they can do no more.


  • #1728
    Scuid Mhór
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Scuid Mhór


    Coyote wrote: »
    my hope is that we get to somewhere between slow change and lockdown
    when i started tracking it we were at 30 to 25% per day
    now were at 16.5 and seem to drop about 2% per two days but is that testing not keeping up or people avoiding each other it's hard to tell
    the more you test the more you find but thats a good thing.

    Coyote

    Thanks for the response. I appreciate it.


  • #1729
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    AdrianG08 wrote: »
    Following on from my post yesterday, my mother in law passed away with it today. She had underlying conditions (cancer and diabetes) but was scarily quick how it took hold.

    Nurses were an absolute joy to deal with, gave great updates etc.. fully in line with family not being able to be present. Her husband and daughter only spoke with her at 10am and she was chatting to them over the phone with the aid of one of the nurses in her full PPE. She was actually terrified which was the saddest thing. But she was alert and hopeful. By 1pm she was gone, before she had even made it off isolation. We were told it happened very quickly. Its very f*cking real.

    I'm sorry to read about your loss. May she rip.


  • #1730
    Uriel.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭Uriel.


    ThePopehimself wrote: »
    Yes, yes she did need to wear a mask.

    And the The Nursing Homes need to be supplied with them. Now.

    There has not been a single family member allowed inside that Home in 20 days. So if two residents have just tested positive for Covid-19, isn't it more likely - not certain- but more likely that the virus was passed from a staff member?

    We need to mitigate that possibility.

    So yes, she should be wearing a mask while tending to my Vulnerable mother in law. We learned that there were two confirmed cases in the Nursing Home (One in the ICU) as my Other Half photographed his mum through a closed window this evening - totally unaware that Covid-19 has been identified inside the Nursing Home.

    So yes, she needed to be wearing a mask.

    She may not have needed to wear a mask depending on the circumstances at the time. You can't just make grand pronouncements like that.

    There is a global shortage on PPE. Access and use needs to be prioritised and usage needs to be responsible given the circumstances. This is HPSC guidance.

    You don't know who has been coming or going from a home but you are correct, good chance that staff, temp or otherwise may have introduced the virus. Alternatively another resident may have brought it in as a new resident, or from another location due to, for example a hospital visit.

    Ps in the normally nursing homes are responsible for ensuring they have the required infection prevention and control measures in place, including having adequate stocks of PPE


  • #1731
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,120 ✭✭✭This is it


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Has this been the busiest thread ever? More than brexit?

    100k posts approximately in what, 8 or so weeks. I'd be surprised if there was ever a busier thread/subject


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  • #1732
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    one world order wrote: »
    In Madrid they are taking respirators off those over 65 and sedating them as there's not enough to go around. It's looking very bad.

    That is really disturbing, 65 is not even very old.


  • #1733
    babybuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,113 ✭✭✭babybuilder


    begbysback wrote: »
    There was never going to be 15000, the number was always ridiculous, what you are seeing is people doing whats asked of them, they can do no more.
    Is that by the end of the month or the final total? I guarantee it will be that at some stage and more.


  • #1734
    citysights
    Closed Accounts Posts: 288 ✭✭citysights


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Yep. One of my aunts was a nurse in southern England in late WW2 when the V1 & V2 rockets started landing. The psychological impact of them on many people was actually worse than the risk of being killed. The V2’s were the worst, absolutely no warning before impact. Its was one of the many burdens people put up with back then. Now unfortunately its our time to face adversity and try to stand up to it.

    This is it those people faced such adversity and in comparison we are only being asked to stay in and socially isolate until this thing hopefully passes.


  • #1735
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,735 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    That whole clapping thing was cringe inducing.

    The clapping creates air currents that lift the virus high into the stratosphere where low temperatures and high UV exposure render it harmless. Edit: Just in case. :rolleyes::rolleyes::p:p:):):):pac::pac::D:D:D:p:p


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  • #1736
    Maestro85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭Maestro85


    My friend, a nurse, told me a colleague of hers has tested positive for it. Galway side. No replacement just more hours distributed among the other nurses as she will have to self isolate unless is becomes worse. She said it is happening a fair bit around the country to nurses and doctors. She also said she expects the cases to steadily rise until the 3rd week of April and they "hope" it starts to decrease to a manageable point for the following 2-3 months so this is here for the long hall.


    I make it a point to ring her to make sure her mental health and mindset is remaining positive (as much as it can be under the circumstances) and to keep her updated on an elderly relative I check in on. People, please, even if you have to go out of your way slightly just show some support/appreciation for the frontline staff dealing with this. When the SHTF and they are there dealing with it that kind of thing helps keep morale bolstered. And anyone reading this, just take time for yourselves tomorrow to do something that brightens up your day.


  • #1737
    Renjit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Renjit


    kowloon wrote: »
    The clapping creates air currents that lift the virus high into the stratosphere where low temperatures and high UV exposure render it harmless.

    Whatsapp graduate...eh!


  • #1738
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,402 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    This is it wrote: »
    100k posts approximately in what, 8 or so weeks. I'd be surprised if there was ever a busier thread/subject

    It's been the biggest global news story in many decades. Even 9/11 had nowhere near this level of impact.


  • #1739
    vladmydad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 786 ✭✭✭vladmydad


    https://mobile.twitter.com/karenricks/status/1242764148280135682


  • #1740
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,735 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Renjit wrote: »
    Whatsapp graduate...eh!

    Y'know, I'd better edit my post just in case someone stands outside all night clapping!


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  • #1741
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Murder, Manslaughter or Euthanasia?

    I really really hope we do not get this bad here

    Unfortunately we almost certainly will.


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