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

SweetCaliber · 27-03-2020 08:58PM

USA has just hit 100,000 cases. Wow.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

Get Real · 27-03-2020 08:58PM

kilkenny31 wrote: »

Its nowhere near all the ICU beds been taken yet. 59 to date. Seems that doesn't exclude people who have been release home or unfortunaly passed away. So there's still plenty of ICU beds.

But they could be full in a matter of days. Not saying they will be for sure, but it's a concern, why else would Leo say it?

Spanish Eyes · 27-03-2020 09:00PM

For those who may not have seen him, and for a little humorous but very intelligent comment I recommend a look at Seth Meyers late show on NBC (via YouTube). He talks about Trump a bit, and the comments section is entertainment in itself. All very civilised.

I know everyone's tastes are different, but I enjoy it. Given that most of us are stuck inside of an evening, it's worth a shot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GBEXO-2480

Westernyelp · 27-03-2020 09:00PM

Is worldometers down?

Tea Shock · 27-03-2020 09:00PM

I was really afraid of what today's death number would be after yesterday's 10. Kinda relieved with 3

Gynoid · 27-03-2020 09:00PM

Wibbs wrote: »

yes I, but that graphic also shows how it's not Hollywood imaginary level infectious. The majority didn't get infected. And that's on an enclosed bus.

But it does illustrate that the 2 metre social distancing mantra is more of a pragmatic concession to what is possible rather than a scientifically accurate guideline. That is what I mainly get from it. The randomness of immune systems is another thing.

Mental Mickey · 27-03-2020 09:00PM

stockshares wrote: »

There is

8.30?

iwillyeah1234 · 27-03-2020 09:01PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

What is CCP?

Chinese Communist Party - an American neo-con trope which isn't accurate.

It's real name is the CPC - Communist Party of China

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_of_the_Communist_Party_of_China

tom1ie · 27-03-2020 09:01PM

KiKi III wrote: »

This type of post is not helpful nor accurate.

The government has requisitioned all private hospitals and their ventilators, and has hundreds on order from Medtronic in Galway who have shifts working 24/7 to cater to the demand.

So far we have created hundreds of new ICU beds and to today only 47 people in them.

Those people will begin to recover and new ventilators will come into the system over the next number of weeks.

Creating panic where it’s not necessary is so irresponsible.

Hold on a sec.
can we get this straight.
How many icu beds have we got? Varadkar was on tv saying we are close to being overwhelmed in icu departments, Ivan Yates had an icu doc on saying we haven’t enough beds and we’re close to capacity, yet people on here are saying we’ve nearly 600 icu beds if we need them and we’ve loads of capacity.
Which one is it?

Wibbs · 27-03-2020 09:01PM

silverharp wrote: »

anecdotal but these are being used in NYC, if their death rate peaks and levels off from here, must be driving factor given the increase in cases

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1243384447317053443

I dunno S. There's a few of these anecdotal reports and none are backed up by proper science yet. The initial study's results haven't been replicated in subsequent ones. Take yer man in the vid. He gets sick(sounds like he was sick already for a while?), goes to hospital they no doubt give him O2 and hydration and other supports, he doesn't end up in ECU. Sure they give him these drugs, but listen when he says he had a fever of 102 and it took four days for it to break. I dunno, I'd expect drugs with any sort of efficacy to show results more quickly than that. If it were treatable bacterial pneumonia it would with a dose of IV antibiotics. 12 hours would tell if they were working or not. He sounds like one of those who gets serious enough to need hospitalisation, but who will recover without ICU, but with some medical support, who now is understandably beyond thankful and relieved and reckons it's these "miracle drugs".

Turtwig · 27-03-2020 09:03PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Fox News pushing a dangerous narrative in support of Trump. Nothing new here.

That's a really ****ing dangerous narrative. Plenty of people rely on those drugs for proven therapies. This sort of unproven hyperbole will leave patients unable to source their regular medicines.

redarmy · 27-03-2020 09:03PM

Leo Varadkar
@LeoVaradkar
I’ll give a further update on the Government’s response to #Covid19 emergency at 8.30pm tonight, on foot of the latest advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team. You can watch live on
@rtenews
and
@VirginMedia_One

iwillyeah1234 · 27-03-2020 09:03PM

SweetCaliber wrote: »

USA has just hit 100,000 cases. Wow.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

exponential growth.

at 5:45pm today, the USA was at 94,238 ( i took a screenshot of Hopkins ..
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html)

Vudgie · 27-03-2020 09:04PM

little bess wrote: »

Really wonder if they’re fudging the numbers when I hear form a nurse who works at a hospital that they’re underreporting.

The auld I heard it from a nurse line

stockshares · 27-03-2020 09:04PM

Leo has tweeted that he's briefing at 8.30pm

Jinglejangle69 · 27-03-2020 09:04PM

tom1ie wrote: »

Hold on a sec.
can we get this straight.
How many icu beds have we got? Varadkar was on tv saying we are close to being overwhelmed in icu departments, Ivan Yates had an icu doc on saying we haven’t enough beds and we’re close to capacity, yet people on here are saying we’ve nearly 600 icu beds if we need them and we’ve loads of capacity.
Which one is it?

We have loads extra now because the private hospitals have been taken over.

Think 150 beds normally.

But loads more now.

Mervyn Skidmore · 27-03-2020 09:05PM

Vudgie wrote: »

The auld I heard it from a nurse line

Whatsapp is where the real news is at.

Strazdas · 27-03-2020 09:05PM

stockshares wrote: »

Leo has tweeted that he's briefing at 8.30pm

Must mean more restrictions

iwillyeah1234 · 27-03-2020 09:05PM

Turtwig wrote: »

That's a really ****ing dangerous narrative. Plenty of people rely on those drugs for proven therapies. This sort of unproven hyperbole will leave patients unable to source their regular medicines.

that sort of crap is getting seriously scarey - and it's not your usual Alex Jones types pushing it..

unless America gets a grip , this isn't going to end well for them.

kilkenny31 · 27-03-2020 09:05PM

Get Real wrote: »

But they could be full in a matter of days. Not saying they will be for sure, but it's a concern, why else would Leo say it?

I think things are ramping up and our resources are going to be stretched. But Leo has to be alarmest. He said 15k cases before the end of the month then 6k cases. Itl probably be less than 3k. I'm not saying things aren't going to be bad but he has a duty to give worst case scenario. Obviously if we get to 5k cases and 10% require ICU then we will be under pressure.

Boggles · 27-03-2020 09:05PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Why a press conference with Leo and Simon of a Friday evening?

Must be something new surely.

They are bringing back tins of Lilt.

owlbethere · 27-03-2020 09:05PM

Tea Shock wrote: »

I was really afraid of what today's death number would be after yesterday's 10. Kinda relieved with 3

Are todays irish Covid-19 details out. I thought there was a briefing later.

hotmail.com · 27-03-2020 09:06PM

It is now being shown on RTE One. That means they've been tipped off and it is an important speech.

Hurrache · 27-03-2020 09:06PM

Boggles wrote: »

They are bringing back tins of Lilt.

****ing A, great stuff. Like-I Like That.

racso1975 · 27-03-2020 09:06PM

owlbethere wrote: »

Are todays irish Covid-19 details out. I thought there was a briefing later.

303 new and 3 dead. Rip

growleaves · 27-03-2020 09:06PM

But it does illustrate that the 2 metre social distancing mantra is more of a pragmatic concession to what is possible rather than a scientifically accurate guideline. That is what I mainly get from it. The randomness of immune systems is another thing.

Not trying to be a smartarese, but there's no randomness of immune systems. Randomness only applies to things which have no known pattern.

The very few cases where seemingly fully-healthy people have died from it and have been seized on and trumpeted far and wide, and even then there may be something that was missed or unreported.

froog · 27-03-2020 09:07PM

Boggles wrote: »

They are bringing back tins of Lilt.

tins of lilt are gone? jesus when did that happen?

Mervyn Skidmore · 27-03-2020 09:07PM

owlbethere wrote: »

Are todays irish Covid-19 details out. I thought there was a briefing later.

302 new cases and 3 deaths.

tom1ie · 27-03-2020 09:07PM

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

We have loads extra now because the private hospitals have been taken over.

Think 150 beds normally.

But loads more now.

Ok but how many is loads?

Wibbs · 27-03-2020 09:07PM

Kerry25x wrote: »

And how on earth would a nurse that works at a hospital know that?

(Speaking as a nurse that works in a hospital myself.)

+1. Sounds like another I know a friend of a friend rumour that lights up WhatsApp to me.

Gynoid wrote: »

But it does illustrate that the 2 metre social distancing mantra is more of a pragmatic concession to what is possible rather than a scientifically accurate guideline. That is what I mainly get from it. The randomness of immune systems is another thing.

True. At this stage we're still quite in the dark in many ways. For a start we don't know how many of those secondary positives already had the dose. Depends on the data you look at too. Take an oddball one: smokers are more likely to die if they get it, which makes perfect sense. If you look at the Wuhan figures yep something like around 20% of the male dead were smokers, however the smoking percentage among men in that part of China is 60%. If smokers were more likely to die, then that figure among the dead should be at least 60%, but it's a third of that. Does this mean smokers are less likely to get it in the first place for some reason, or less likely to progress to serious illness, or [insert multiple reasons here]?

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