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

tromtipp wrote: »

Sweet suffering Jesus, walk the first 2 km of your favoured route, turn round and walk back. If you need to, repeat. It really isn't difficult.


During the Foot and Mouth epidemic we all* stopped walking in the countryside from early February until early May - it was difficult, but we managed it.


*Many of us.

Ok, I take your advice, walk 2k and repeat the section. Apart from now obeying the rules, how is that in any way safer?

Deaths in Indonesia now up to 106, there were less than 10 confirmed cases in the country less than three weeks ago.

Naggdefy wrote: »

Another good thing about McGregor's stance on Covid is the demographic he appeals to.

Most of his fans and MMA fans and fighters are males in their 20s and 30s. They are a little high on testosterone and risk takers generally. Many idolise him. It's great he's giving this message rather than 'get out and enjoy yourselves, it's only a flu, stop acting like bleedin old fcuking women'. Look he has assaulted a man outside the Octagon, is no angel. But on this he's shown maturity and responsibility.

I completely agree, as I've said on here earlier - when all this i over we should remember who played their part and who didnt.

He is playing his part, so fairplay to him for that.

This is a numbers & optimisation situation so the more resources we can get our hands on the better and the more lives will be saved.

When governments the world over are telling people to stay at home and crippling their own economies by doing so - it essentially means we are in a bit of a pickle here so I say fairplay to anyone who steps up to the plate in anyway.

If you have time the give that, if you can give money then give that, every little will help.

I can't understand why the lotto hasn't been cancelled. Surely that is the definition of a non-essential reason to go to the shop.

Leo having to spell it out for the eejits out there:

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khalessi wrote: »

It has to with suppliers who supply the suppliers who supply the manufacturers and so on. Also they want to do it properly lest anyone bitch about it, perish the thought, and that they only have necessary people making journeys

True. But at the same time you can question the usefulness of making an announcement that only essential businesses can stay open while not being able to clarify what essential businesses are. It does create confusion.

And to be fair, other European countries have been in similar situations for weeks and have thought about these things before us, so we can look at their lists of essential businesses and rely on their experience to expedite the process of drafting the list here.

One genuinely concerning aspect is how many health workers are testing positive. One has died so far.

This is particularly concerning because it looks like this virus evolves rapidly. That can be both a good and bad thing by the way. However, people who end up in hospital, very sick, are more likely to have a nastier strain, while those who are asymptomatic or with mild symptoms are more likely to have a weaker strain.

Of course people with underlying conditions and are older are more likely to get ill anyway.

But if nastier strains are ending up in our hospitals, but our health care workers are being exposed and infected by these strains, that could create a pressure that would facilitate worse strains getting evolutionary preference.

The 'Spanish flu' of 1918 was encouraged to develop in such a direction, as soldiers who had only mild symptoms were kept at the front, while those who were very sick were sent home (which in effect seems to have had a large hand in spreading the virus).

I'm not suggesting that very ill people with Covid-19 don't go to hospital, but perhaps we should be trying to absolutely ensure that these people don't spread it within the healthcare service.

Four passengers have now died of coronavirus on a cruise ship off the coast of Panama. Two other passengers have also tested positive. There are 1800 passengers on the ship.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52072703

walshb wrote: »

Have any specific details been released on the healthcare worker that died?

Not yet but the papers will get them eventually

walshb wrote: »

Have any specific details been released on the healthcare worker that died?

If you've watched Holohan over these last few weeks you'd know the answer is No! Other sources might.