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

Professor Moriarty · 28-03-2020 12:20PM

otnomart wrote: »

Another example of patients being transferred: this time from France to Germany via military chopper.
Ireland should reach an agreement with the UK now, not wait till the ICUs are full.

https://www.bfmtv.com/sante/coronavirus-un-helicoptere-militaire-evacue-des-malades-de-metz-vers-l-allemagne-1883987.html

Export or import?

clarky280 · 28-03-2020 12:20PM

They've been pretty clear construction sites have been deemed non-essential, but does anyone think this allows to houses that are halfway through renovations/repairs. Some of these houses might be left without electricity, water or heating if these works aren't continued...

El Weirdo · 28-03-2020 12:20PM

storker wrote: »

Aaaargh!!! The cruelty! That gets me to just 100m short of the sea front! A curse on our conversion to metric measurements!

Me too.

Do you live in my house?

walshb · 28-03-2020 12:20PM

Are ‘general’ flights in and out of Ireland still happening?

tromtipp · 28-03-2020 12:21PM

I've just had a text from AES saying they've been designated as an essential service and bins will be collected as usual - presumably the same for all waste services. Not all superheroes wear capes - that's a job I really wouldn't want to do at this time - I hope they have adequate PPE.

completedit · 28-03-2020 12:21PM

One thing about this crisis, it just shows how absolutely petrified by death we all are. Doesn’t matter if you’re 90 or 40, once you reach the age where the tho7ht of mortality becomes a part of your immediate future, we will do everything to stop it, including shutting down whole economies leading to economic catastrophe so a 90 year old can live a few more months in a nursing home.

We shouldn’t fear death, will come to us all but humanity acts as if death is not a universal experience. Just have to hope there is something beyond.

namloc1980 · 28-03-2020 12:21PM

otnomart wrote: »

Another example of patients being transferred: this time from France to Germany via military chopper.
Ireland should reach an agreement with the UK now, not wait till the ICUs are full.

https://www.bfmtv.com/sante/coronavirus-un-helicoptere-militaire-evacue-des-malades-de-metz-vers-l-allemagne-1883987.html

Why would we want to import UK cases? They're heading for a catastrophic situation. We have enough to deal with here with our own cases.

is_that_so · 28-03-2020 12:22PM

Update on construction.

Minister for Health Simon Harris has confirmed that construction workers will not be considered “essential” workers for the duration of the crisis.

On Newstalk Breakfast with Susan Keogh this morning, he said construction workers will only be permitted to continue at work if they are building something that is essential to the pandemic.

amadangomor · 28-03-2020 12:23PM

completedit wrote: »

One thing about this crisis, it just shows how absolutely petrified by death we all are. Doesn’t matter if you’re 90 or 40, once you reach the age where the tho7ht of mortality becomes a part of your immediate future, we will do everything to stop it, including shutting down whole economies leading to economic catastrophe so a 90 year old can live a few more months in a nursing home.

We shouldn’t fear death, will come to us all but humanity acts as if death is not a universal experience.

Wow, just wow.

otnomart · 28-03-2020 12:23PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Do we really need this, people are worried enough.

The intention is not to scare or worry.
Clearly, there are teens and young adults that have not been taking this seriously (meeting their friends in parks and fields, and other reckless behaviours)

A reminder that other people in their age group can also get this virus and been severely sick, can be an eye opener.

28-03-2020 12:24PM

Leo decommissioned out helicopter only months ago. The hypocrisy of the GOVT is unreal, clapping for staff who had to strike in order to get a few extra quid. Not doing anything for supermarket staff on zero hour contracts... Clap now and when /if all is said and done, look after them.

28-03-2020 12:24PM

completedit wrote: »

One thing about this crisis, it just shows how absolutely petrified by death we all are. Doesn’t matter if you’re 90 or 40, once you reach the age where the tho7ht of mortality becomes a part of your immediate future, we will do everything to stop it, including shutting down whole economies leading to economic catastrophe so a 90 year old can live a few more months in a nursing home.

We shouldn’t fear death, will come to us all but humanity acts as if death is not a universal experience. Just have to hope there is something beyond.

I fear people like you more than death.

BanditLuke · 28-03-2020 12:24PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Do we really need this, people are worried enough.

Yes, yes we do.

Still thickos out running, cycling, going to the off licence etc..

Sofiztikated · 28-03-2020 12:24PM

completedit wrote: »

One thing about this crisis, it just shows how absolutely petrified by death we all are. Doesn’t matter if you’re 90 or 40, once you reach the age where the tho7ht of mortality becomes a part of your immediate future, we will do everything to stop it, including shutting down whole economies leading to economic catastrophe so a 90 year old can live a few more months in a nursing home.

We shouldn’t fear death, will come to us all but humanity acts as if death is not a universal experience.

Or maybe that many people can live a little while longer.

D'ya know what, you might want to change the D in your name to a T.

TheDenialTwist · 28-03-2020 12:24PM

kingshankly wrote: »

Wouldn’t ya just love to see the cops here adopt the Indian approach and start beating young ones with sticks ðŸ˜‚ then charge to watch the videos would pay for all this messðŸ˜‚

Those videos were crazy weren't they?

The cops beating them with sticks for not adhering and filming while doing so...

They thought nah no fines here, let's beat them with sticks...

Here it will most likely be a harsh reprimand I think.

I think most people will abide to the guidelines but there's always the morons who just don't care.

completedit · 28-03-2020 12:24PM

amadangomor wrote: »

Wow, just wow.

What is the problem that people have? What is a natural death or a good way to die? Stop trying to distort what I’m saying.

Sorry if it comes across crass, just trying to offer a different perspective.

Kermit.de.frog · 28-03-2020 12:25PM

https://twitter.com/irishechoaus/status/1243793528058269696

Wibbs · 28-03-2020 12:25PM

tromtipp wrote: »

I've just had a text from AES saying they've been designated as an essential service and bins will be collected as usual - presumably the same for all waste services. Not all superheroes wear capes - that's a job I really wouldn't want to do at this time - I hope they have adequate PPE.

+1 and be bloody sure to wash your hands like your life depends on it when you bring your bins in. It just might. Wash before you leave them out too, to help protect them.

28-03-2020 12:25PM

otnomart wrote: »

The intention is not to scare or worry.
Clearly, there are teens and young adults that have not been taking this seriously (meeting their friends in parks and fields, and other reckless behaviours)

A reminder that other people in their age group can also get this virus and been severely sick, can be an eye opener.

But also stuff like that gives pause for though to old people "if an 18yr old is struggling, what chance do I have". We don't need to see that stuff TBH.

otnomart · 28-03-2020 12:26PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

Why would we want to import UK cases? They're heading for a catastrophic situation. We have enough to deal with here with our own cases.

Of course I meant an agreement by which Irish patients can be trasferred to the UK, when ICUs in Ireland are full.
The UK has the capacity to create more ICU beds, while Ireland does not have such capacity.

Rob A. Bank · 28-03-2020 12:26PM

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

An online friend of mine in America with terminal brain cancer got this letter from her hospital. She’s 40. I hope things don’t get bad in her home state and that she doesn’t catch coronavirus. Shit like that is just so scary. To see it written starkly like that is so shocking. I understand the rationale but holy living fuck. And she’s a pretty long-term survivor so she could have a few more years left.

So the poor lady is being triaged even before she reaches the hospital !

A lot of Americans have their health insurance tied to their employment. With the current downturn, the loss of the job also means loss of health insurance and an average bill of $35,000 for Covid treatment.

If ICU is involved in the treatment the cost becomes astronomical for the average individual.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/27/coronavirus-pandemic-americans-health-insurance

Ever since Mary Harney started the rush to private medicine in this country, the number of private hospitals has mushroomed and the public hospitals have been starved of resources.

Are we sure this privatized medicine is the right course for Ireland ?

khalessi · 28-03-2020 12:26PM

completedit wrote: »

One thing about this crisis, it just shows how absolutely petrified by death we all are. Doesn’t matter if you’re 90 or 40, once you reach the age where the tho7ht of mortality becomes a part of your immediate future, we will do everything to stop it, including shutting down whole economies leading to economic catastrophe so a 90 year old can live a few more months in a nursing home.

We shouldn’t fear death, will come to us all but humanity acts as if death is not a universal experience. Just have to hope there is something beyond.

But id like to put it off for as long as possible

Its not just for 90 year olds

Its for everyone

Its for anyone with Cystic Fibrosis or other lung conditions

Its for young people without underlying conditions

Its for your parents siblings relatives and friends

Youngest person who has dies of it so far worldwide that has been recorded is 16

ChikiChiki · 28-03-2020 12:26PM

completedit wrote: »

One thing about this crisis, it just shows how absolutely petrified by death we all are. Doesn’t matter if you’re 90 or 40, once you reach the age where the tho7ht of mortality becomes a part of your immediate future, we will do everything to stop it, including shutting down whole economies leading to economic catastrophe so a 90 year old can live a few more months in a nursing home.

We shouldn’t fear death, will come to us all but humanity acts as if death is not a universal experience. Just have to hope there is something beyond.

Oh shut up you heartless twit.

Speak Now · 28-03-2020 12:26PM

kingtiger wrote: »

€500 on the spot fine for people who don't have a valid reason to be out

Sure you only have to say you're going to the shops, they'll be no fines.

Away With The Fairies · 28-03-2020 12:26PM

tromtipp wrote: »

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.

I know it's best to wash clothes. What I meant was is there anything else to use other than bleach for disinfecting surfaces. I always manage to get bleach on my clothes and it ruins them. I've been colouring in bleach stains on my clothes with permanent markers to try and fix the bleach stains.

owlbethere · 28-03-2020 12:27PM

completedit wrote: »

One thing about this crisis, it just shows how absolutely petrified by death we all are. Doesn’t matter if you’re 90 or 40, once you reach the age where the tho7ht of mortality becomes a part of your immediate future, we will do everything to stop it, including shutting down whole economies leading to economic catastrophe so a 90 year old can live a few more months in a nursing home.

We shouldn’t fear death, will come to us all but humanity acts as if death is not a universal experience. Just have to hope there is something beyond.

It's not about allowing a 90 year old a few more months in a nursing home. This virus doesn't understand age. It's coming after all of us.

completedit · 28-03-2020 12:28PM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Oh shut up you heartless twit.

1. I wouldn’t want to be in a nursing home
2. If I was 90 I would be scared but accept that I’ve had a long and good life and probably would want to be out of said nursing home

How do you know I’m heartless. Humanity does act as if death won’t come to us all. And that’s what Has stood out to me from all of this. Doesn’t mean it isn’t sad or tragic or that ai want people to die

Boggles · 28-03-2020 12:28PM

kingshankly wrote: »

Wouldn’t ya just love to see the cops here adopt the Indian approach and start beating young ones with sticks 😂 then charge to watch the videos would pay for all this mess😂

So much porn on the internet and you want to **** to that?

Kermit.de.frog · 28-03-2020 12:29PM

Tokyo on the brink of explosive outbreak

The governor of Tokyo has again urged people to refrain from non-essential outings, warning that the capital is at a critical juncture in preventing an explosive spread of the coronavirus.

Yuriko Koike made the appeal as she reported 40 new cases in Tokyo on Friday. The Japanese capital has seen 40 or more new patients for three straight days.

She said the figure reaffirmed that the metropolis is on the brink of a sudden surge in the number of cases.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200327_37/

28-03-2020 12:29PM

Speak Now wrote: »

Sure you only have to say you're going to the shops, they'll be no fines.

100%, from the force that couldn't process penalty points ffs!

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