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

humberklog · 01-04-2020 09:43PM

I wonder will Leo in his next address to the nation mention the reaction to the Boards.ie account called Covid19 as an example of how tightly peoples knickers are twisted.

El Weirdo · 01-04-2020 09:44PM

Sam Russell wrote: »

They also decided to let the virus rip and wait for 'herd immunity'. Of course that did not last long when the entomology experts got the memo. Then they decided to only test those presenting to hospital - at a rate of less than half ours. The allowed Cheltenham to go, and refused to close schools. Now they have over 500 deaths a day.

I think their (the UK) predictions should be ignored.

Jesus, they're taking their advice from insect experts? No wonder they're fecked.

Quantum Erasure · 01-04-2020 09:44PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

https://www.redcross.ie/latest-appeals/covid/?utm_source=Fundraising+Individual+Giving&utm_campaign=b6e1555755-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a09fd95388-b6e1555755-292617361&ct=t()&mc_cid=b6e1555755&mc_eid=0e4986130a

can you give a clue to what youre linking to, at all?

just 'donate to the red cross', even

Naggdefy · 01-04-2020 09:45PM

Covid19 wrote: »

Lads, lighten up for Gods sake.

A. It's April 1st, in cased you missed that.

B. This is one of the most depressing, sometimes morbid, often pedantic in the extreme, threads on Boards at the moment, so some light/dark humour is no harm.

C. It's not a re-reg, I am a long time reader, 1st time poster.

D. I am quite surprised no-one else thought of it!

E. You dont know how the current crisis has effected me, so excuse me if my lightness of being offends anyone.

F. Dwelling too much on the horrific statistics, bad news stories, struggles of those trying to cope with their own personal situations etc is pretty bad for ones mental health. One finds humour in the most unlikely threads.

Seen as you put it like that Covid19 fair enough

No. 3 or 4 ppl were banned with Corona names earlier on. Just search them on boards. They were making totally out of order posts though.

You seem like a more benign virus!

Covid19 · 01-04-2020 09:46PM

pjohnson wrote: »

But it does reflect the mental age of some. This is just an economic nuisance and the deaths dont matter. Therefore its great fun to laugh about.

Thanks! I have the mental age of a 48 year old. My wife lost her job due to the virus. I deal with death on a weekly basis.

Still find time for humour though!

By the way, do read deVores excellent dissertation on the positives one can ascertain from the current situation. (Cannot find the link, but Its there)

jobeenfitz · 01-04-2020 09:49PM

Covid19 wrote: »

Lads, lighten up for Gods sake.

A. It's April 1st, in cased you missed that.

B. This is one of the most depressing, sometimes morbid, often pedantic in the extreme, threads on Boards at the moment, so some light/dark humour is no harm.

C. It's not a re-reg, I am a long time reader, 1st time poster.

D. I am quite surprised no-one else thought of it!

E. You dont know how the current crisis has effected me, so excuse me if my lightness of being offends anyone.

F. Dwelling too much on the horrific statistics, bad news stories, struggles of those trying to cope with their own personal situations etc is pretty bad for ones mental health. One finds humour in the most unlikely threads.

Donald said you came from China. Did you start in China?
How exactly did you start in China?

Every time I say China now I try to say it like Donald.

Ninthlife · 01-04-2020 09:49PM

Covid19 wrote: »

Thanks! I have the mental age of a 48 year old. My wife lost her job due to the virus. I deal with death on a weekly basis.

Still find time for humour though!

By the way, do read deVores excellent dissertation on the positives one can ascertain from the current situation. (Cannot find the link, but Its there)

Now that youre here Mr 19 or is it Mr Covid?

Anyway can you settle an argument

Will a mask keep you away

Yes or No will suffice and stop about a billion mindless posts

Thanks in advance

syngindub · 01-04-2020 09:50PM

Ninthlife wrote: »

Now that youre here Mr 19 or is it Mr Covid?

Anyway can you settle an argument

Will a mask keep you away

Yes or No will suffice and stop about a billion mindless posts

Thanks in advance

It's a touchy subject

kilkenny31 · 01-04-2020 09:51PM

Wombatman wrote: »

Low numbers of completed tests = low numbers of confirmed cases. Sorry I keep harping on about this but I can't see how those low numbers are good.

I expect we will see an increase in the deaths to confirmed cases ratio in the coming weeks. The number of deaths will rises, as predicted, but the number of confirmed cases won't because of testing bottle necks.

If we can only complete 1500 cases a day, with currently about 15% testing positive, we can only confirm 225 cases max per day, 15% of 1500.

Today 212 very close to 225.

WE WON'T SEE BIG NUMBERS OF CONFIRMED CASES BECAUSE WE CAN'T.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE NUMBERS AREN'T THERE.

Sorry for shouting.

Yes but look at the rate of people in ICU that matches roughly where we should be given our numbers. Our death rate is up and down but its not growing like it did in the UK, Spain or Italy.

Ninthlife · 01-04-2020 09:52PM

syngindub wrote: »

It's a touchy subject

No touching allowed remember social distancing otherwise He *points to Covid19* will get you

Fr_Dougal · 01-04-2020 09:54PM

humberklog wrote: »

I wonder will Leo in his next address to the nation mention the reaction to the Boards.ie account called Covid19 as an example of how tightly peoples knickers are twisted.

I wonder would the parents of the 6 month old who died today from COVID-19 find it so hilariously funny.

Martina1991 · 01-04-2020 09:55PM

cameramonkey wrote: »

Testing only determines how effective we are at slowing it if we are doing enough testing.Testing means that we know who has the virus so that we can plan for treatment. It also means that front line staff can be cleared for work in the fight against the virus and not sit at home in isolation. The inability to up the testing even to 2000 per day means we cant deploy all the resources we have to fight the virus. The WHO places a huge premium on testing, last week the governments target was 10000 to 150000 tests per day they way below what they claim to be their target.

You really just keep repeating yourself.

And you refuse to accept that delays are due to an international shortage of vital reagents. Do you have any spare viral lysis buffer or RNA extraction solution?

Testing is still being carried out, and it is being performed on those that need it the most.

As of today:
Italy have carried out 8,573.49 tests per million people.
The US have carried out 3,344.58 tests per million people
The UK have carried out 2,126.50 tests per million
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-testing

Ireland has carried out 6,255 tests per million people (rough maths using the population as 4.83m)

We are doing a good job in the current circumstances.

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By the way, earlier you posted that:

"As a scientist you should really know that but then again you were reporting last week that 5000 tests per day were going through the labs so maybe your knowledge is restricted to repeating good news spin from uninformed sources.

Every number I post is from HSE sources you seem to be posting unverified information and always spinning it to say that the HSE are doing more tests than they are. Do you work for the HSE or something?"

I asked you to prove that i made such claims. Not only did you not reply to me, you deleted your post.

01-04-2020 09:56PM

ITman88 wrote: »

A ban????

We are in a police state now!

We're in a Beasty state....

Dr. Bre · 01-04-2020 09:56PM

Free the covid 19

ITman88 · 01-04-2020 09:57PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

I wonder would the parents of the 6 month old who died today from COVID-19 find it so hilariously funny.

Applying that theory so . . .

I’m offended by your user name after the scandals some priests were responsible for

smallfryy · 01-04-2020 09:58PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

I wonder would the parents of the 6 month old who died today from COVID-19 find it so hilariously funny.

Did a baby really die from it? Ugh reading that makes me feel sick.

Covid19 · 01-04-2020 09:58PM

On a serious note. Living in rural Ireland, we are surrounded by many, many older folk who are living alone, pretty scared and, due to their likely adherence to doing what they are asked, will not leave their houses. I would kindly ask folks to think about anyone they may know who may be living on their own and maybe reach out to them through the local Gardai and they will call around to see if they are OK.

Sometimes, if we think someone else will do it, the chances are, no-one will do it. They may need food, a small brandy, a few cans or even some meds.

Worth looking into, just in case.

woohoo!!! · 01-04-2020 09:58PM

kilkenny31 wrote: »

Yes but look at the rate of people in ICU that matches roughly where we should be given our numbers. Our death rate is up and down but its not growing like it did in the UK, Spain or Italy.

It's a worry and I do find myself getting frustrated at the drop in testing. But I get more frustrated at the evasive answers or we don't have the information to hand responses. Everybody talks about South Korea but we can look much closer, at Germany. They're talking to these guys daily, so use that resource and get more pro-active cos it seems too re-active at the moment.

Funsterdelux · 01-04-2020 09:59PM

humberklog wrote: »

I wonder will Leo in his next address to the nation mention the reaction to the Boards.ie account called Covid19 as an example of how tightly peoples knickers are twisted.

Will Covid19 become Covid20 next winter?

Professor Moriarty · 01-04-2020 09:59PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

I wonder would the parents of the 6 month old who died today from COVID-19 find it so hilariously funny.

Even younger. The baby was six weeks old.

Tom Mann Centuria · 01-04-2020 09:59PM

Healthcare workers have been issued car stickers by the HSE (East Group at least). Sorry if this has been mentioned before, fairly swift thread to try and follow.

https://pasteboard.co/J1Qpsoo.jpg

Fr_Dougal · 01-04-2020 10:01PM

smallfryy wrote: »

Did a baby really die from it? Ugh reading that makes me feel sick.

Yes:

https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1245433474569457664?s=21

JPCN1 · 01-04-2020 10:01PM

Danzy wrote: »

Singapore is a tiny city State where chewing gum is a criminal offence and the police will beat the tar out of you for any minor infringement, before the Judge comes down on you like a sledge.

They also went through something similar with a previous Chinese flu outbreak, SARS 1.

I'll counter with the fact that they also have a population of almost 6 million people living in an area equivalent to Co. Louth...

sideswipe · 01-04-2020 10:03PM

Covid19 wrote: »

On a serious note. Living in rural Ireland, we are surrounded by many, many older folk who are living alone, pretty scared and, due to their likely adherence to doing what they are asked, will not leave their houses. I would kindly ask folks to think about anyone they may know who may be living on their own and maybe reach out to them through the local Gardai and they will call around to see if they are OK.

Sometimes, if we think someone else will do it, the chances are, no-one will do it. They may need food, a small brandy, a few cans or even some meds.

Worth looking into, just in case.

Poster registers name for banter and then gets serious and makes public service announcements......I'm confused Ted:pac:

cameramonkey · 01-04-2020 10:04PM

Martina1991 wrote: »

You really just keep repeating yourself.

And you refuse to accept that delays are due to an international shortage of vital reagents. Do you have any spare viral lysis buffer or RNA extraction solution?

Testing is still being carried out, and it is being performed on those that need it the most.

As of today:
Italy have carried out 8,573.49 tests per million people.
The US have carried out 3,344.58 tests per million people
The UK have carried out 2,126.50 tests per million
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-testing

Ireland has carried out 6,255 tests per million people (rough maths using the population as 4.83m)

We are doing a good job in the current circumstances.

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By the way, earlier you posted that:

I asked you to prove that i made such claims. Not only did you not reply to me, you deleted your post.

I certainly did not delete any post, again you are mistaken. You seem to repeat untruth after untruth about testing numbers and when you are faced with the facts that we are way below what you are claiming then you accuse me of deleting posts. .You made a claim about RTE saying that there were 5000 tests a day. I will try find those post for you.

Covid19 · 01-04-2020 10:06PM

Ninthlife wrote: »

Now that youre here Mr 19 or is it Mr Covid?

Anyway can you settle an argument

Will a mask keep you away

Yes or No will suffice and stop about a billion mindless posts

Thanks in advance

Sure..

If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with suspected 2019-nCoV infection.
Wear a mask if you are coughing or sneezing.
Masks are effective only when used in combination with frequent hand-cleaning with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.
If you wear a mask, then you must know how to use it and dispose of it properly.
Before putting on a mask, clean hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.
Cover mouth and nose with mask and make sure there are no gaps between your face and the mask.
Avoid touching the mask while using it; if you do, clean your hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.
Replace the mask with a new one as soon as it is damp and do not re-use single-use masks.
To remove the mask: remove it from behind (do not touch the front of mask); discard immediately in a closed bin; clean hands with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water

WHO

ITman88 · 01-04-2020 10:07PM

smallfryy wrote: »

Did a baby really die from it? Ugh reading that makes me feel sick.

A baby died sadly.

However the report said

“ a baby who tested positive has died”

That suggests it may not of been the cause of death.

New Home · 01-04-2020 10:07PM

Covid19 wrote: »

WHO

Who what now?

Away With The Fairies · 01-04-2020 10:08PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Does it really? I find it very hard to see the momentum for a proper riot building in the current climate. As someone in the relaxation of restrictions thread pointed out, Italians aren't 'restless', they're hungry and scared...

They're hungry and scared?

Are they getting any kind of payment from the government for food?

Achasanai · 01-04-2020 10:10PM

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Using the crude measure of deaths per million, we are currently 12th when micro-states are excluded - mind you, the countries ahead of us have astronomical rates - Belgium on 71 DPM, Holland on 68, and Switzerland on 56, so while our 17 is unwelcome, it's far from exceptional in Europe.

Does that take into account the stage we're at (from the announcement of the first death)? I see in the graph ( http://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/ ) where Belgium are far outstripping us, but in terms of where we are now, the figures are Belgium 19/Ireland 14.

Would obviously be happy to be proven wrong on this. And I do get that in a country with smaller population (particularly with the micro-states, but also with ourselves) that a cluster resulting in 10 deaths can seriously warp our figures.

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