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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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  • #7292
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,599 ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    is_that_so wrote: »
    I see the "game-changing" UK antibody tests are not quite as promising.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-test-uk-antibody-public-health-england-covid-19-downing-street-a9443266.html

    Spain made the same conclusion a week ago and all the media picked up on was shoddy Chinese workmanship.

    I don't know if these are indigenous tests or foreign produced. Either way we aren't really at the point where people should be able to make a test that is cheap, easy to process and accurate.


  • #7293
    weisses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,758 ✭✭✭weisses


    gozunda wrote: »
    For those that think mild is meh ...

    Even the 'mild' cases are detailed as potentially developing pneumonia

    And may deleveop other organ damage

    That's no joke ....

    What part of mild don't you understand ??

    If They develop pneumonia or have organ damage it stops being a mild case


  • #7294
    2u2me
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭2u2me


    CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »
    Spain made the same conclusion a week ago and all the media picked up on was shoddy Chinese workmanship.

    I don't know if these are indigenous tests or foreign produced. Either way we aren't really at the point where people should be able to make a test that is cheap, easy to process and accurate.

    I've read that at this stage its much more a logistical problem than with resources, funding etc.. will try to get my source or perhaps someone can correct or corroborate.


  • #7295
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,839 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    Peru has a new rule that men allowed out 3 days women the other 3 days nobody on Sunday.


  • #7296
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Doctors room ghost wrote: »
    Peru has a new rule that men allowed out 3 days women the other 3 days nobody on Sunday.
    Read a similar story about Panama, bizarre thinking.


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  • #7297
    Professor Moriarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,394 ✭✭✭✭Professor Moriarty


    Doctors room ghost wrote: »
    Peru has a new rule that men allowed out 3 days women the other 3 days nobody on Sunday.

    Preserving harmony in the home.


  • #7298
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,613 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    402 new cases

    Is that the real figure, or ......

    Might it considerably higher?


  • #7299
    Hrududu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,712 ✭✭✭Hrududu


    Reading back over the last few pages I see some posts where people are talking about the PPE shipments from China not being fit for purpose. But I can't see anything online about this. Is this true or just a rumour?


  • #7300
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,613 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    I heard as much in the radio yesterday, sounds like the shipment wasn't as expected.


  • #7301
    kmart6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,174 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    Hrududu wrote: »
    Reading back over the last few pages I see some posts where people are talking about the PPE shipments from China not being fit for purpose. But I can't see anything online about this. Is this true or just a rumour?
    Here....


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  • #7302
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Typical fkn government ****- got 203 euro payment when I should have got 350 for having to self isolate due to possible Covid-19 symptoms.

    Raging here and gone from calm to stressed- not helping the asthma that I have developed because of the infection I had. Fkn tossers


  • #7303
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    frillyleaf wrote: »
    This is how the nurses doctors etc treat patients in China. It’s completely sealed suits. I assumed this was how Irish nurses and doctors were kitted out when treating Covid19 patients until I saw footage or maybe it’s old footage ?

    Highly unlikely, that's specialised equipment.
    cnocbui wrote: »
    th care workers - full face covering mask with cartridges. I believe the Italians have had no health worker infections after suiting up to airborne protocol standards.

    In that one specific hospital where they had all the equipment ready because it's specialised in infectious diseases.
    citysights wrote: »
    Someone shared a video here the other day of a hospital in Southern Italy, the corridor was partitioned( different categories of patients at either side ) with yellow tape and the security officer manning it had a gun in his pocket.., inside a hospital!

    Not that unusual, over there. Most security officers (and most definitely almost all types of police branches carry guns.
    frillyleaf wrote: »
    I’ve noticed that we aren’t doing this on the footage I’ve seen. In China the healthcare workers are COMPLETELY covered. They look like they are going into a clean room and they must work 6 hour shifts straight with no toilet break etc. They can’t eat or drink for this time either. The PPE is so robust that some nurses need oxygen after the 6 hour shift.

    Our workers look very exposed in the face shields etc I’ve seen footage of. Hair exposed, neck exposed, under chin, ears etc. I would have thought they need complete coverage to protect themselves. Like ‘spacesuit’ PPE

    Like I said, that is certainly not the norm. That was ONE specific hospital specialised in dealing solely with infectious diseases (e.g. TB, HIV, MRSA, and a rake of others). Another such hospital is in Rome, and a few other wards are scattered around Italy, but they wouldn't have been able to deal with something of this scale on their own, that's also why patients ended up in "normal" ICUs where the PPE wasn't as specialised. These infectious hospitals already had that type of PPE ready and the procedures well tested because that's what they have to deal with on a daily basis. Using all that equipment needs specific training with refresher courses every six months or so. Other hospitals didn't, there's been a shortage of other, generic PPE, too, that's why you see videos of doctors, nurses and hospital workers BEGGING for help. There have been cases of doctors catching this and dying because they had to work without gloves as there were none left.


  • #7304
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    The US has 7 times the population of Spain. It's hardly shocking. How do the deaths per million compare?


    The fear and death mongering on here, especially when it comes to the US, is really depressing. Almost like some people are willing it to happen. Like, why be dicks? We're all in the same boat.

    Time for a break from here I think.

    Sure it was the same kind of talk about the U.K. Some folks on here are divorced from reality. Plenty of Irish people in both countries as well.


  • #7305
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Hamsterchops wrote: »
    402 new cases

    Is that the real figure, or ......

    Might it considerably higher?

    Its undoubtedly higher..... But is anyone actually claiming otherwise?
    The can only confirm cases they test, they can only test so much, and the labs can only process so much.

    If testing and processing increases then obviously new cases will increase, but does that actually effect anything?


  • #7306
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Here's that Google Mobility report on 131 countries.
    Challenges in keeping people apart have been underscored by data released by Google for 131 countries showing whether the number of visits to shops, parks and workplaces dropped in March, when many states issued stay-at-home orders to rein in the spread of coronavirus.


    https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/


  • #7307
    Snipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 175 ✭✭Snipp


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Typical fkn government ****- got 203 euro payment when I should have got 350 for having to self isolate due to possible Covid-19 symptoms.

    Raging here and gone from calm to stressed- not helping the asthma that I have developed because of the infection I had. Fkn tossers

    Your entitlement is sickening.


  • #7308
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    Doctors room ghost wrote: »
    Peru has a new rule that men allowed out 3 days women the other 3 days nobody on Sunday.

    When we go back to "normality" and because there won't be a vaccine for another year, we will have to implement similar restrictions, otherwise shops and shopping centres will be full of people. We might have to limit children from shopping centres as an example. We will still likely have to cocoon the elderly and healthcare workers and their families will still have to take extra precautions. There may have to be a special day for them to do their shopping.

    The government needs to work on a post lockdown plan.


  • #7309
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    Lockdown to go to end of the month today I heard. Must be due to fear of people breaking rules this weekend if the sun comes out.

    Not sure how well that would go down.


  • #7310
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    Snipp wrote: »
    Your entitlement is sickening.

    And their sickening is entitlement


  • #7311
    Tacitus Kilgore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭Tacitus Kilgore


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Lockdown to go to end of the month today I heard. Must be due to fear of people breaking rules this weekend if the sun comes out.

    Not sure how well that would go down.


    Do you honestly reckon the weather has anything to do with the lockdown not finishing after a fortnight?


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  • #7312
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    We are too big to fail.:cool:

    Just say I'm so so so sorry Kermit.

    Your posts are informative.


  • #7313
    paw patrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    Snipp wrote: »
    Your entitlement is sickening.

    wtf are you on?


  • #7314
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Snipp wrote: »
    Your entitlement is sickening.

    Are you for real.


  • #7315
    otnomart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Europe's coronavirus lockdown measures compared
    https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-coronavirus-lockdown-measures-compared/
    Interesting exceptions:
    Cyprus: Curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.
    Czech Rep.: visiting family allowed.
    Denmark: no lockdown; Gatherings of more than 10 people banned.
    Estonia: Gatherings of more than 10 people banned.
    Sweden: no lockdown. Gatherings of more than 50 people banned


  • #7316
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Jim Gazebo wrote: »
    Lockdown to go to end of the month today I heard. Must be due to fear of people breaking rules this weekend if the sun comes out.

    Not sure how well that would go down.

    Dont worry, weathers breaking at the weekend. Getting milder though.


  • #7317
    Jim Gazebo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Jim Gazebo


    Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »
    Do you honestly reckon the weather has anything to do with the lockdown not finishing after a fortnight?

    Not particularly no, but it always seems to be a Friday when these things extend.

    Of course I don't think the lockdown would be extended because of the weather.


  • #7318
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    Snipp wrote: »
    Your entitlement is sickening.

    He/she is literally entitled to it.


  • #7319
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    From the only grown-up in the UK government.
    Britain’s ‘peak’ for coronavirus infections will be slightly sooner than previously thought and will be in the next few weeks, the UK’s health minster has said, but it is very very sensitive to how many people continue to follow the social distancing guidelines.


  • #7320
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Snipp wrote: »
    Your entitlement is sickening.

    Will get a warning but worth it.

    Hope you die choking from it you horrible cretinous cnut.

    Mod: Banned. Completely unacceptable.


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  • #7321
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Will get a warning but worth it.

    Hope you die choking from it you horrible cretinous cnut.
    Ok, you should get on to the DEASP about your payment, not vent at everyone else.


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