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

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]?

pjohnson · 27-03-2020 09:07PM

Boggles wrote: »

They are bringing back tins of Lilt.

They stopped???

silverharp · 27-03-2020 09:08PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

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

or the solution , this is being done by doctors , ill let them be the judge

NaiveMelodies · 27-03-2020 09:08PM

tom1ie wrote: »

Ok but how many is loads?

Eh it's loads?

SleetAndSnow · 27-03-2020 09:08PM

One of today's deaths was a healthcare worker

Coronavirus: Healthcare worker dies after contracting coronavirus in the Republic (via @IrishTimes) https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-healthcare-worker-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-in-the-republic-1.4213892

Mervyn Skidmore · 27-03-2020 09:09PM

NaiveMelodies wrote: »

Eh it's loads?

More than a few and less than $hitloads.

Spanish Eyes · 27-03-2020 09:09PM

I sure hope the current team Leo, Simon and the doc don't contract the virus. Look at Uk, I'd say it's rampant within Cabinet and the HOC. Started with Nadine Dorries.

Anyway, seeing that the other Simon (Coveney) is not in the picture much at the moment, maybe they have fully prepared for pandemic crisis and have a reserve team ready to step in if necessary.

NOTE... I do not want any of them to contract C19, but it's good to have a backup plan all the same.

hotmail.com · 27-03-2020 09:09PM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

One of today's deaths was a healthcare worker

Coronavirus: Healthcare worker dies after contracting coronavirus in the Republic (via @IrishTimes) https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-healthcare-worker-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-in-the-republic-1.4213892

Terrible news. Are health care workers being tested regularly?

iwillyeah1234 · 27-03-2020 09:09PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Youre forgetting the key factor though - Americans.

take your anti-American racism elsewhere please.

hotmail.com · 27-03-2020 09:09PM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

One of today's deaths was a healthcare worker

Coronavirus: Healthcare worker dies after contracting coronavirus in the Republic (via @IrishTimes) https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-healthcare-worker-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-in-the-republic-1.4213892

Terrible news. Are health care workers being tested regularly?

otnomart · 27-03-2020 09:09PM

Just Saying wrote: »

At that stage they are projected to be worse off than we are in terms of beds.

Still, the UK has the capacity to create more ICU beds, look at their upcoming NHS Nightingale hospital.
And they have also the industry capacity to produce ventilators, there is a a consortium called Ventilator Challenge UK, involving companies including Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Ford.
They can or soon will deal with their cases, same as France and Italy.

Surely it would be worth having an agreement for the UK to take in some Irish patients ?

Oafley Jones · 27-03-2020 09:10PM

I also want to know about lilt.

Galway20188 · 27-03-2020 09:10PM

I hope the world becomes a better place after this.

I hope we learn to stand together and believe in our leaders.

I hope we become kinder and learn to appreciate the simple things

I’m so sorry to anyone who has been affected health wise or anyone who has lost a loved one, RIP

Wibbs · 27-03-2020 09:10PM

growleaves wrote: »

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.

and often this is self reported by families not medical staff. And in the US cases anyway quite a few are obese, which if some British figures are anything to go by is a cofactor.

tom1ie · 27-03-2020 09:10PM

NaiveMelodies wrote: »

Eh it's loads?

Yes. How silly of me.

Mental Mickey · 27-03-2020 09:11PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Must mean more restrictions

Only they know what they're going to say......?

rossie1977 · 27-03-2020 09:11PM

marilynrr wrote: »

Completely disagree. A certain % of the population are behaving exactly as they would be if they were in a full on lockdown.
I'm not sure how many that is but I know plenty of people who are at home, with only one household member leaving the house once per week to buy the essentials.

Some people are not everyone. I went shopping on Wednesday and traffic on roads looked pretty normal. Numerous people out walking. Lidl seemed more busy than a normal Wednesday.

shesty wrote: »

Everything is shut.I don't know where you are living but the only things open around me in a fairly wide radius are supermarkets and pharmacies.
Nobody is out and about.

Everything isn't shut here in Roscommon. Post office, banks, independent fast food places, bakeries, farm supplies, veterinaries in my town are all open as well as supermarkets, pharmacies, filling stations. The houses where mentally ill patients spend daylight hours open and operating as usual on my street.

niallo27 wrote: »

How many phases are there. Nearly every retail shop, pubs and restaurants are shut. How the **** do you not think we are not at phase 1.

Based on what happened in China three.

Italy are in phase 1, we are not.

pjohnson · 27-03-2020 09:11PM

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

One of today's deaths was a healthcare worker

Coronavirus: Healthcare worker dies after contracting coronavirus in the Republic (via @IrishTimes) https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-healthcare-worker-dies-after-contracting-coronavirus-in-the-republic-1.4213892

Fcuk

mick987 · 27-03-2020 09:11PM

The Covid King wrote: »

So the wops don't like it when you call them 'fredo'? Interesting.

Someone getting banned again

Beasty · 27-03-2020 09:12PM

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.)

I know nurses who can gossip as well as anyone.

The danger is people get snippets of gossip and add it all together to get something very different than the facts

In this case though it's very obvious that the "official" figures, certainly in terms of tests and test results, is some way in arrears. That helps fuel such conspiracy theories, as does the fact they are simply not testing enough to properly evaluate the spread across the country. I suspect they have a very good idea of numbers of serious cases (and indeed deaths, although there could be some where cause takes time to be established)

Wibbs · 27-03-2020 09:12PM

Galway20188 wrote: »

I hope the world becomes a better place after this.

I hope we learn to stand together and believe in our leaders.

I hope we become kinder and learn to appreciate the simple things

I’m so sorry to anyone who has been affected health wise or anyone who has lost a loved one, RIP

I'm with you 100% save for the bold part.

iwillyeah1234 · 27-03-2020 09:13PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I sure hope the current team Leo, Simon and the doc don't contract the virus. Look at Uk, I'd say it's rampant within Cabinet and the HOC. Started with Nadine Dorries.

Anyway, seeing that the other Simon (Coveney) is not in the picture much at the moment, maybe they have fully prepared for pandemic crisis and have a reserve team ready to step in if necessary.

NOTE... I do not want any of them to contract C19, but it's good to have a backup plan all the same.

that was one hell of a hammer blow for the British public today - prime minister, health minister AND the chief of the NHS all taken out in one day.

you can't dress this up - it must be rampant in the upper echelons of British government.

Leo and Coveney - but Coveney especially - are way too smart to let that happen to them.

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