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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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  • #6212
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    https://engnews24h.com/80-percent-of-ic-corona-patients-are-overweight-shortages-are-imminent-now/
    80% of patients in ICU in the Netherlands are overweight


  • #6213
    Cilldara_2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭Cilldara_2000


    CptMackey wrote: »
    I imagine they knew this was a distinct possibility a few weeks ago. So a list of what to close and what to stay open should have been sorted . This gets people to stay at home and keeps their boss off their backs. And leave people know should they apply for the social.
    The 2 week term is nonsense as well. This is going to be months of this

    If people had voluntarily followed the recommended measures already in place, they wouldn't have needed any of this.

    And like, there's a limited supply of man hours in the civil service. They have had a lot of important things to do in the last few weeks. This list is only one of many important tasks.


  • #6214
    tikkahunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭tikkahunter


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Leo having to spell it out for the eejits out there:

    .
    Going by the pages and pages of stupid ****ing posts on here last night after the announcement I’m surprised he didn’t have to break the finger puppets out today .


  • #6215
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    I know alcohol can be good for cleaning phones, but can a diluted bleach solution be used as well to clean phones. Also are there any good disinfectants that won't stain clothes like bleach would?


  • #6216
    mick987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭mick987


    kingshankly wrote: »
    Supermarkets haven’t done enough imo you should get a ticket entering the car park stay at your car then go in when your number is called or comes up on a screen this lining up craic ha to stop it also heightens panic when people see queues
    Also anyone sharing empty shelves or big queues on social media need to be fined it just adds to the panic


    That is the system in rural spain at the moment


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  • #6217
    Pencil Neck
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 46 ✭Pencil Neck


    wakka12 wrote: »
    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

    What kind of lunatic would you need to be to go on a cruise after what happened on the Princess Cruise Ship?


  • #6218
    Speak Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,882 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Lundstram wrote: »
    At least we've an hour extra daylight from tomorrow to spend in our houses.

    Only 23 hours in this weeks Sunday, small mercies:D


  • #6219
    khalessi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,218 ✭✭✭khalessi


    RandomName2 wrote: »
    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.

    Some of the healthcare workers got it from travel according to another poster. The bigger issue is PPE equipment as what is normally used isnt suited to purpose here. A consultant from Limerick was saying on news during week that staff were buying plastic visor masks from woodies to help with prevention. We do have a shipment coming in from CHina of ppe.

    Exhaustion will also play a huge part.


  • #6220
    tromtipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 268 ✭✭tromtipp


    It's safer because it reduces the size of each potential bubble of cross infection. I'd love to go up to the Graves o t L, it's only a few miles from me, love the view, love the walk, know how well-used it is when everything is open. I'm acutely aware of friends workings in W's Lodge, of people on this side of the hill with the virus, of people I know likely to be bereaved. If we all decide to extend our walks by a couple of ks we'll end up with a repeat of last weekend's mess, making contact tracing impossible.


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


  • #6221
    Steer55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 226 ✭✭Steer55


    Anyone know if building sites are now closed?


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  • #6222
    mick987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭mick987


    Steer55 wrote: »
    Anyone know if building sites are now closed?
    Unless you are building a new hospital, yes they are


  • #6223
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Steer55 wrote: »
    Anyone know if building sites are now closed?

    Yes, they are.


  • #6224
    Risteard81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,566 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    at1withmyself wrote: »
    I work in another county all week and normally go home on Friday but this week had to stay here last night so am not at home now.

    My wife is home alone but is fine and well. Could I make the trip home today to be with her do you think? It's 200km away, am in my own car?

    Of course you can. Go home to see her. Leo can mind his own business.


  • #6225
    old_aussie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,409 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    lobbylad wrote: »
    Aer Lingus EI 9018, Dublin to Beijing, just left on its first run for medical supplies

    https://www.flightradar24.com/EIN9018/244976fb

    Good luck Ireland

    Yeah Ireland are getting the ones the Spanish no longer want ........
    Coronavirus: Spain stops using Chinese test kits after its found they have a 30 per cent accuracy.

    The research found nose swabs developed by Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology had an accuracy rate of less than 30 per cent.

    https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-spain-stops-using-chinese-test-kits-after-its-found-they-have-a-30-per-cent-accuracy/news-story/c87b6929a0447d9d00a14b0938735c68


  • #6226
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,879 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    mick987 wrote: »
    Unless you are building a new hospital, yes they are

    That's not official (yet).


  • #6227
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    mick987 wrote: »
    Unless you are building a new hospital, yes they are

    Not true. Building going on right now in Knockraboo site in Goatstown.


  • #6228
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Steer55 wrote: »
    Anyone know if building sites are now closed?
    Not so far but they did have 48 hours to comply with distancing. The list when it's published should confirm.


  • #6229
    Risteard81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,566 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    Hooked wrote: »
    If it were me... I’d be on the road now.

    The news only broke last night. Explain you were at work when it broke and this is the first chance you’ve had to move. Can’t see anyone with even half a brain turning you around.

    Drive safe.

    Explain nothing. It's none of their business.


  • #6230
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    Explain nothing. It's none of their business.

    Wow folks we have a rebel here.


  • #6231
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,145 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    crossman47 wrote: »
    That is a lunatic comment. I happen to know many civil servants are working flat out, barely getting home to sleep. Have a bit of cop on - they are trying to cope with a fast moving emergency.

    You would like to think they have plans in place for different phases of lockdown. I agree with the original poster. They had a few days to sort this out, instead of it's a lockdown from midnight. Oh you want to know what businesses affects, we will tell ya over the weekend. Its pathetic.


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  • #6232
    [Deleted User]
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    That's not official (yet).

    It was on the 11 0 clock news.
    My advice to people, get off this thread and get your information from official sources.


  • #6233
    tromtipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 268 ✭✭tromtipp


    Don't know about phones but I used diluted bleach yesterday on a 'new' laptop and it hasn't harmed it (took care not to let wetness get into the innards). Went to the laptop repair shop in response to an 'emergency' - in another world. I'm so glad I went for a reconditioned replacement, now that this phase of the lockdown has landed. Wondered at the time was my feeling I wanted to avoid going back into town a bit ott.



    For clothes, you'd be better to wash them - soap and water is the BEST cleanser. If you're staying at home, wearing easily washable things shouldn't be a problem.
    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    I know alcohol can be good for cleaning phones, but can a diluted bleach solution be used as well to clean phones. Also are there any good disinfectants that won't stain clothes like bleach would?


  • #6234
    Lundstram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Lundstram


    I think this goverment and it's advisors have done a great job so far but they really should've had a specific and comprehensive list ready of essential jobs that can carry on. There's a lot of confusion.


  • #6235
    Bandito909
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 347 ✭✭Bandito909


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Yes, they are.

    Source?


  • #6236
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,075 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Achasanai wrote: »


    Exactly. Although we're due a 'big' shop, we're waiting until the end part of the week with the hope that any panic buying will have died down by then.

    Just going to order online.. sod waiting in long queues. Going to ration whatever food we do have until this delivery arrives. Then we'll immediately place the next order.


  • #6237
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,589 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    Of course you can. Go home to see her. Leo can mind his own business.
    Risteard81 wrote: »
    Explain nothing. It's none of their business.

    So many pointy edges.


  • #6238
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,050 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Bandito909 wrote: »
    Source?

    The news.


  • #6239
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,137 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Risteard81 wrote: »
    Of course you can. Go home to see her. Leo can mind his own business.

    Just make sure to fill up. Some petrol stations are doing maintenance work when it's slow on the roads


  • #6240
    Curious_Case
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Curious_Case


    For those who still don't understand the 2km radius restriction, it's like this -

    Connect yourself to your front door or gate using a 2km length of imaginary thread (actually a little longer to facilitate knot making at both ends)

    You can now go wherever you like as long as you don't stretch or break the imaginary thread.


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  • #6241
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    old_aussie wrote: »
    Good luck Ireland

    Yeah Ireland are getting the ones the Spanish no longer want ........
    Coronavirus: Spain stops using Chinese test kits after its found they have a 30 per cent accuracy.

    The research found nose swabs developed by Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology had an accuracy rate of less than 30 per cent.

    https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-spain-stops-using-chinese-test-kits-after-its-found-they-have-a-30-per-cent-accuracy/news-story/c87b6929a0447d9d00a14b0938735c68

    It's collecting PPE.


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