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

27-03-2020 10:28AM

4Ad wrote: »

My brother just went to pick up my Dads pension, the post office worker was wearing NO gloves handling cash, my brother was wearing gloves and asked her to put money into a freezer bag he provided.
Ridiculous esp as she is dealing with older people..

Gloves make no difference unless you're changing them for every customer.

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/protect-yourself.html

beolight · 27-03-2020 10:28AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

One of my friends works in a nursing home. None of the staff are tested.

In the absence of a protocol they need to take responsibility themselves
PPE needs to be worn if not provided demand it

Leo didn’t really elaborate on cocooning for it to work the health care staff also needs to be cocooned

Hobgoblin11 · 27-03-2020 10:29AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Let me guess. We've found a cure?

It’s the weekend, cure is in liquid form

4Ad · 27-03-2020 10:29AM

Poorside wrote: »

Were they sanitising between people?

Not sure, he didn't say..

Xertz · 27-03-2020 10:30AM

Do you really need to collect pensions in cash?
This could go on for weeks, months even and it’s quite possibly to get it paid to a current account and get a debit card issued.

RugbyLad11 · 27-03-2020 10:30AM

voluntary wrote: »

They must be seeing tons of community transmission right now. Impossible to have so many imported cases for so many days and not tricked down to the wider society. We only needed very few imported cases in Ireland to have a thousand right now.

I highly doubt that..do you know why?

Because if you flew into China you were first tested at the airport and then you were sent to a isolation hotel for 2 weeks (even if your test is negative).

So I think the new imported cases in China were caught at the airport

Babooshka · 27-03-2020 10:30AM

AtomicHorror wrote: »

So talk about those things and the conversation will move. Stop trying to force it.

Listen to yourself. You are one of the many who kept poking at the other poster. He didn't drag the tone down by himself. Let it go pal. Move on. Stop being concerned with other posters including me.

Gooey Looey · 27-03-2020 10:31AM

4Ad wrote: »

My brother just went to pick up my Dads pension, the post office worker was wearing NO gloves handling cash, my brother was wearing gloves and asked her to put money into a freezer bag he provided.
Ridiculous esp as she is dealing with older people..

You are better to use bear hands and sanitise often. Gloves offer a false sense of security

mcgucc22 · 27-03-2020 10:32AM

Gooey Looey wrote: »

You are better to use bear hands and sanitise often. Gloves offer a false sense of security

I only have human hands.

tobefrank321 · 27-03-2020 10:32AM

murpho999 wrote: »

Also all incoming passengers, regardless of nationality, are told on flights and in the airport that they need to self-isolate for 14 days.

The point is now that the virus is in the community, incoming flights now are negligible and not the problem.

All our original cases can be traced back to Italy or coming from elsewhere. Once in the country, community transmission becomes the problem.

One case from abroad can infect directly or indirectly hundreds of others. Just one case. Yet we have hundreds of people coming in daily from the UK where it is now endemic.

If you even have one infected person on a flight with coronavirus, they have the potential to infect others on the flight, those who might use the toilet after them on the flight, those who use their seat on the next flight. Then the taxi or bus they use on the ground. And the family or location they go to once returned home.

Why complicate even further a very complicated situation? We are struggling to deal with community transmission here already. Why potentially introduce more cases.

There should be limited flights from London. Remember when the UK brought people home from Wuhan? It was on a charter plane. They were greeted at the airport by people in hazmat suits. And escorted to quarantine in a hotel for two weeks. They took it seriously then at least and recognised how virulent cv was.

Quantum Erasure · 27-03-2020 10:32AM

I'd love a pint. What time is it now?
-Half ten.
Half ten? And the pubs are open in...?
-May

Kermit.de.frog · 27-03-2020 10:32AM

One positive of all this is we seem to be accelerating toward the cashless society which will have so many benefits from health to crime etc...

No need to carry cash in this day and age.

Gods Gift · 27-03-2020 10:32AM

sudzs wrote: »

"My brother just went to pick up my Dads pension, the post office worker was wearing NO gloves handling cash, my brother was wearing gloves and asked her to put money into a freezer bag he provided.
Ridiculous esp as she is dealing with older people.. "

You know gloves can pass on the virus as well as bare hands.

I've seen shop workers wearing gloves and then touching their own hair and face. Ridiculous! I think some people think the virus can see in through the skin on their hands!

Did he shout “put the fookin money in the bag”.

RugbyLad11 · 27-03-2020 10:33AM

4Ad wrote: »

My brother just went to pick up my Dads pension, the post office worker was wearing NO gloves handling cash, my brother was wearing gloves and asked her to put money into a freezer bag he provided.
Ridiculous esp as she is dealing with older people..

What difference will gloves make? Gloves will only help if they are changing them after each customer, but I doubt they have that many

Kerry25x · 27-03-2020 10:33AM

4Ad wrote: »

My brother just went to pick up my Dads pension, the post office worker was wearing NO gloves handling cash, my brother was wearing gloves and asked her to put money into a freezer bag he provided.
Ridiculous esp as she is dealing with older people..

The amount of needless criticism going on is exhausting.

Loafing Oaf · 27-03-2020 10:35AM

Gooey Looey wrote: »

You are better to use bear hands and sanitise often.

Bringing your pet bear along would surely help with social distancing too...

tobefrank321 · 27-03-2020 10:35AM

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

I highly doubt that..do you know why?

Because if you flew into China you were first tested at the airport and then you were sent to a isolation hotel for 2 weeks (even if your test is negative).

So I think the new imported cases in China were caught at the airport

Yes they were. The Chinese aren't dumb enough to let people into the community from hotspot zones without being tested and quarantined immediately on arrival.

pc7 · 27-03-2020 10:35AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

One positive of all this is we seem to be accelerating toward the cashless society which will have so many benefits from health to crime etc...

No need to carry cash in this day and age.

Also hopefully better hygiene to reduce flu/cold/norovirus etc spreading, more might get flu vaccines too.

AtomicHorror · 27-03-2020 10:36AM

Babooshka wrote: »

Listen to yourself. You are one of the many who kept poking at the other poster. He didn't drag the tone down by himself. Let it go pal. Move on. Stop being concerned with other posters including me.

I'm not even slightly concerned.

AtomicHorror · 27-03-2020 10:37AM

pc7 wrote: »

Also hopefully better hygiene to reduce flu/cold/norovirus etc spreading, more might get flu vaccines too.

We certainly won't be so cavalier about the next outbreak in China, either. It's a hard way to learn a lesson though.

Drumpot · 27-03-2020 10:38AM

Looptheloop30 wrote: »

Media briefing at 11.15

Where did you hear that? Is it govt or hse ?

Kermit.de.frog · 27-03-2020 10:40AM

1,049 new cases in Belguim and 69 new deaths. I think that's the highest for them so far in a day.

Gods Gift · 27-03-2020 10:41AM

Only 273 days left till Christmas.

eagle eye · 27-03-2020 10:42AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote:

One positive of all this is we seem to be accelerating toward the cashless society which will have so many benefits from health to crime etc...

Not for me. As soon as this is all over I'll be back to cash.
If you could trust that everything you do wasn't being tracked and used I'd have no problem with a cashless society but that'll never be the case.

Peruvian Flake · 27-03-2020 10:43AM

Does anyone think that things may never be the same again in the world when this is all over?

Boggles · 27-03-2020 10:45AM

Peruvian Flake wrote: »

Does anyone think that things may never be the same again in the world when this is all over?

My fúcking hands won't be, absolutely raw at the moment.

Hobgoblin11 · 27-03-2020 10:46AM

Peruvian Flake wrote: »

Does anyone think that things may never be the same again in the world when this is all over?

Yes and no, depends on whether the Chinese can invent a resurrection machine or a time machine cos the rest of us are v busy

AtomicHorror · 27-03-2020 10:46AM

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tobefrank321 wrote: »

Yes they were. The Chinese aren't dumb enough to let people into the community from hotspot zones without being tested and quarantined immediately on arrival.

The rapid testing kits China provided to Spain seem to have only 30% accuracy (whatever that means), so I'm not sure how much stock I'd put in their local testing, or what that means for their level of "dumbness". I certainly don't expect they'll be transparent about the matter.

retro:electro · 27-03-2020 10:46AM

I heard an interesting point by someone on the radio there, didn’t catch his name. When it is assumed that a person who has died had “no underlying conditions” this isn’t always something that’s known previously by the medical team. The person who died could have been homeless, or someone who lived alone for years and wasn’t engaging with any healthcare. Usually they state when the person has underlying issues, but the lack of that statement doesn’t mean they didn’t. Just that they don’t know.

Sean 18 · 27-03-2020 10:46AM

Peruvian Flake wrote: »

Does anyone think that things may never be the same again in the world when this is all over?

Yes I feel that way too the isolation on mental health is going to be huge

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

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