CoVid19 Part XII - 4,604 in ROI (137 deaths) 998 in NI (56 deaths)(04/04) **Read OP**

The CMO was saying this evening that if the current measures take effect, we could see a relaxation of the current measures. Would this be the reopening of schools, colleges ect or what are we thinking?

It may be time for everyone to mask up
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is having second thoughts about masks.

Citing new data that shows high rates of transmission from people who are infected but show no symptoms, he said the guidance on mask wearing was “being critically re-reviewed, to see if there’s potential additional value for individuals that are infected or individuals that may be asymptomatically infected.”

The coronavirus is probably three times as infectious as the flu, Dr. Redfield said. Some people are infected and transmitting the virus probably as long as two days before showing any symptoms, he said. “This helps explain how rapidly this virus continues to spread across the country, because we have asymptomatic transmitters and we have individuals who are transmitting 48 hours before they become symptomatic,” Dr. Redfield said in the interview.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/health/cdc-masks-coronavirus.html

Hamsterchops wrote: »

This from one month ago......



Then.



And now, today 30th March, just one month after we had Zero cases here!

UK / NHS Confirmed cases 22,000
UK / NHS Covid-19 deaths 01,415

IRL / HSE Confirmed cases 03,235
IRL / HSE Covid-19 deaths 71

Looking at these figures alone for the UK & Ireland just shows what a speed this virus is travelling at......

Hopefully it will disappear just as quickly as f when it's finished with us.

You can have all the lockdowns you want but if for example you continue to import cases from abroad lockdowns are pointless and we never get on top it.

14% of over 300 cases today were infected abroad. That's 45 cases for just one day. Fully understand that Irish need to be brought back but introducing 45 cases a day from abroad into the community means lockdown becomes unworkable. If each of those 45 infect one other person such as a family member and so on you still have a significant exponential spread.

And lets not forget all community transmission stems from someone who originally got it abroad, whether its only one degree or a number of degrees of separation.

Shn99 wrote: »

The CMO was saying this evening that if the current measures take effect, we could see a relaxation of the current measures. Would this be the reopening of schools, colleges ect or what are we thinking?

Yes, but not all in one go. They would probably open cafes, restaurants and retail stores first and pubs some time after that.

Schools and colleges will probably reopen in September.

And by the way those people who say we aren't importing cases because no-one is flying have been found to be talking nonsense.

45 cases of infection from foreign travel in just todays numbers tell us there's a problem there.

And a couple of staff manning a table handing out flyers is not going to stop this.

Strazdas wrote: »

Yes, but not all in one go. They would probably open cafes, restaurants and retail stores first and pubs some time after that.

Schools and colleges will probably reopen in September.

Doubt it. A reverse of what we have seen is more likely, construction and other jobs go back, wait 2 to 3 weeks then if all is going well, bring back cafes, restaurants, then pubs, then sports events and concerts. I cant see it working smoothly. Infections are bound to rise again

tobefrank321 wrote: »

And by the way those people who say we aren't importing cases because no-one is flying have been found to be talking nonsense.

45 cases of infection from foreign travel just today tell us there's a problem there.

And a couple of staff manning a table handing flyers is not going to stop this.

Nothing will change. The present govt had to hauled kicking and screaming to cancel the Parade.

voluntary wrote: »

More like a manipulator and liar.

I wouldn't even give him that much credit. A harlequin showman who reads lines ( badly) from a teleprompter and when is required to give an actual answer blows smoke up the yanks asses with talk of ' beautiful' this and that. Greatest country in the world blah blah. A game show host.!

Asked whether he lulled people into a false sense of security Trump responds, “It’s going to go away, hopefully at the end of the month.”

God he is such a dumb ass.

tobefrank321 wrote: »

And by the way those people who say we aren't importing cases because no-one is flying have been found to be talking nonsense.

45 cases of infection from foreign travel in just todays numbers tell us there's a problem there.

And a couple of staff manning a table handing out flyers is not going to stop this.

i hope you don't have a source for this

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Definitely not a master manipulator as he is so transparent in his stupidity.

It a damning indictment on America as a whole that he is doing well in approval ratings at this time.

His deference to the severity of the pandemic has caused deaths, no doubt about it.

Plenty of blame to go round.

murpho999 wrote: »

Why are you banging on about flights?

What nationalties were these 4 cases? I bet they were Irish.

Also, where had they traveled from? I bet from loads of different places.

What about the remaining 280 cases from today? All community based and that's the big problem now.

I’m sure they were Irish. I don’t care what nationality anyone is, there should be mandatory quarantine for anyone entering the country. Australia do it to their own citizens, why can’t we?

American media is horrific.