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

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  • #6872
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    In hindsight this probably was not the best idea at the time

    https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1224661041495212032


    Spain were up to bullsh1t too

    https://twitter.com/Keirnoth/status/1244780173091692544

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #6873
    Cody montana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭Cody montana


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Millennials can't peel spuds.

    We don’t have to peel sweet potatoes.


  • #6874
    macmahon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 83 ✭✭macmahon


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Thankyou


  • #6875
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    Anyone see that bit on the 9pm news of the food deliveries. No one observed social distance. Handing food crates/bags to each other.

    Yep, shocking.

    Would have been easy to leave on the ground for the person to pick up. The old woman shouldn't have come outside until everyone was gone.


  • #6876
    jackboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,032 ✭✭✭jackboy


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Yep, shocking.

    Would have been easy to leave on the ground for the person to pick up. The old woman shouldn't have come outside until everyone was gone.

    It was a photo op, she had to come out.


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  • #6877
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    North Korea insists it has zero Covid-19 cases
    North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as known cases of infection topped one million worldwide.
    The country quickly shut down its borders after the virus was first detected in neighbouring China in January, and imposed strict containment measures.
    Pak Myong Su, director of the anti-epidemic department of the North's Central Emergency Anti-epidemic Headquarters, insisted that the efforts had been completely successful.
    "Not one single person has been infected with the novel coronavirus in our country so far," he told AFP.
    "We have carried out preemptive and scientific measures such as inspections and quarantine for all personnel entering our country and thoroughly disinfecting all goods, as well as closing borders and blocking sea and air lanes."

    Yeah, right!


  • #6878
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,788 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    Example:
    25, 32, 37, 43, 46, 54, 92, 92, 93, 93, 93, 94, 94

    Being a median it's high value can mask much lower values.

    It's a bit of a useless figure then is your example was real.

    It would be big news that 5 people under 50 had died, but just telling you the median age tells you little.


  • #6879
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    What happened in France today..

    2116 new cases and 1355 new deaths in France [source]


  • #6880
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Here's the cluster breakdown.
    Loads in hospitals and nursing homes especially in the east.
    Great report from the health protection surveillance centre.

    can be found here daily.
    https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/casesinireland/

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  • #6881
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    In hindsight this probably was not the best idea at the time

    https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1224661041495212032

    It might has seem a nice sentiment but I wonder how many cases were spread unwittingly in the process.


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  • #6882
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,402 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    In hindsight this probably was not the best idea at the time

    https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1224661041495212032

    In fairness, very little was known about the virus and transmission at that stage. There was talk from scientists you would need to spend around 15 minutes with a person before you could catch Covid from them.


  • #6883
    MipMap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 435 ✭✭MipMap


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    BCG? Is that a vaccine we got when small?


    Three needles in your left arm. Still have the marks.
    Like a little triangle.


  • #6884
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,375 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    Hego Damask wrote: »
    Why are RTE reporting median ages of deaths and cases ? why not averages ?

    Mean is the sum of value for each item divided by number of items. It is appropriate for normal distributions where there is continuous values. (For example - weights of product in a package).

    Median is the value where 50% of the values is above and 50% is below the median. It is appropriate for situation of non-continuous values where outliers would distort the result by having the outlier has too much influence. For example if a football team f 15 players were all 20 - 22 years old except the goalkeeper who was 50 years old. The median would be 21 whatever the goalkeeper's age was but the average would be 23 if he was 50.

    The other value is the mode. That is the most common - most popular if you like.

    Median is the best to use in this case.


  • #6885
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,191 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    EDIT: this already mentioned by Naggdefy

    France has just officially broken smashed the new death figures for a day after including nursing home deaths.

    +1355


  • #6886
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    Yeah, right!
    Who knows but with their type of government i.e very little freedom and also their restrictions on going abroad they are better equipped than most.


  • #6887
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Millennials can't peel spuds.

    Technically Im a millennial and I can peel a spud, I made a sweet potato curry lastnight.
    I think the definition is flexible though


  • #6888
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    That French total shatters every death total worldwide. And from a relatively low infection rate compared to US and peak Italy.


  • #6889
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,191 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    Technically Im a millennial and I can peel a spud, I made a sweet potato curry lastnight.
    I think the definition is flexible though

    Technically i'm a frog and I can't peel a spud either.

    I think the definition is flexible though.


  • #6890
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,458 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    What happened in France today..

    2116 new cases and 1355 new deaths in France [source]

    I can't find a source now, but a change in counting methodology, and those new deaths weren't all in the past 24h


  • #6891
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    What happened in France today..

    2116 new cases and 1355 new deaths in France [source]

    800+ deaths in nursing homes due to coronavirus that they conveniently forgot to report before, so a huge spike that’s not really a spike. BTW we have people dying in nursing homes here too who are not even being sent to hospitals and I’ve no idea if these deaths are reported in our official figures either.


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  • #6892
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    That French total shatters every death total worldwide. And from a relatively low infection rate compared to US and peak Italy.

    Was it more about adding deaths from the nursing homes from previous days to the total than an actual daily total?

    Can anyone clarify before it is overhyped please ?


  • #6893
    Roger_007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,886 ✭✭✭✭Roger_007


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    EDIT: this already mentioned by Naggdefy

    France has just officially broken smashed the new death figures for a day after including nursing home deaths.

    +1355

    Why would they not have included nursing home deaths before now.?


  • #6894
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Who knows but with their type of government i.e very little freedom and also their restrictions on going abroad they are better equipped than most.

    Huge contacts with China though.


  • #6895
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    That French total shatters every death total worldwide. And from a relatively low infection rate compared to US and peak Italy.

    Didn’t they add the cumulative nursing home totals from the last few days to the number today?


  • #6896
    paleoperson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,522 ✭✭✭paleoperson


    Clown professor on Prime Time still trying to argue masks don't work and the fool public would end up infecting themselves.


  • #6897
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,678 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Why would they not have included nursing home deaths before now.?

    Different method of recording deaths. Nursing home deaths don't occur in hospitals so weren't being picked up.

    It's the same in other areas too, the UK for example.


  • #6898
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    Why would they not have included nursing home deaths before now.?

    No country has been.


  • #6899
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Technically i'm a frog and I can't peel a spud either.

    I think the definition is flexible though.

    I'm a Neanderthal and I eat them skin and all ;) Peeling is time consuming. (having said that I've a fair bit of time on my hands)


  • #6900
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    They've removed the breakdown for health care worker transmission.

    Hope they don't remove anything else tomorrow. :/

    https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/casesinireland/COVID-19%20Epidemiology%20report%20for%20NPHET%2001.04.2020_website%20version.pdf


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  • #6901
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,346 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    No cases in North Korea?? What’s their secret?!


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