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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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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭Coyote


    Number updated to match today's report
    updated the died rate to 2% to closes match numbers reported but it's still less then reported numbers
    the number for the last two days might high due to tests being send offshore and the backlog being reported
    I know that some tests done on Friday 27th got results yesterday


    No Change in number
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    Slow Change
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    Big Drop in numbers
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    again with all of this I'm just trying to show people the 14 day delay in an change in how we deal with this
    if you wait till we are overloaded it's too late



    interesting visualization of covid19
    http://91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    threeball wrote: »
    Another 17 deaths unfortunately but all things considered we're doing remarkably well, im sure two weeks ago, seeing the numbers that have unfolded across Europe, if anyone told you we'd be at the numbers we're at you'd have taken it with both hands.

    We're a day closer to seeing our isolation measures taking effect and we haven't seen a totally disastrous day yet. Some things could have been better but all things considered theres very few countries we'd swap places with.

    Many many countries similar to Ireland's population are doing far better than us in terms of deaths


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭Looptheloop30


    marilynrr wrote: »
    Of course there's a chance.

    Nothing worse than the people who reckon they're experts on lockdowns and pandemics and the lifting of restrictions even though we've never been through this before!!

    It's the same rationale behind closing the schools for 2 weeks initially. If it's working logically it has to be left in place to maximize its impact


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,808 ✭✭✭threeball


    Looking at that graph, if we continue on that path, come the 3rd week in April the **** will begin to hit the fan with ICU beds all taken up.

    Then the panic, reality, deaths and hysteria will set in.

    People will die. In such a small country it's inevitable we will all be affected. Some people haven't grasped that yet.
    There will be no partial relaxation for a good while longer

    Why do you think we'll continue to climb for another two weeks. That would be 4 weeks after the initial isolation measures. At that stage we should be down to mostly interfamily transmissions.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭marilynrr


    Gael23 wrote: »
    Do we know in average how long a Covid 19 patient spends in ICU?

    I think it's around 15 days if they need a ventilator.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,095 ✭✭✭growleaves


    Insanity. Many states, such as Kansas, Texas, Arkansas still have their pubs and restaurant open.

    Kansas with a population density 1/1,265th that of NYC.

    If the bodies fail to pile up in Texan cities like Dallas and Austin then will people admit that (scientifically unproven) lockdown is a load of bollocks?


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


    Looking at that graph, if we continue on that path, come the 3rd week in April the **** will begin to hit the fan with ICU beds all taken up.

    Then the panic, reality, deaths and hysteria will set in.

    People will die. In such a small country it's inevitable we will all be affected. Some people haven't grasped that yet.
    There will be no partial relaxation for a good while longer

    Exactly, just look at Italy, their numbers arent rising but theyre not falling either so its gonna be a long time. Even Dr Cillian has said we'll have to live with restructions until theres a vaccine.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,945 ✭✭✭0gac3yjefb5sv7


    Looking at that graph, if we continue on that path, come the 3rd week in April the **** will begin to hit the fan with ICU beds all taken up.

    Then the panic, reality, deaths and hysteria will set in.

    People will die. In such a small country it's inevitable we will all be affected. Some people haven't grasped that yet.
    There will be no partial relaxation for a good while longer

    If we keep going this way, we may have hit the peak yesterday and cases should continue to come down by the end of the month largely.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭Looptheloop30


    threeball wrote: »
    Why do you think we'll continue to climb for another two weeks. That would be 4 weeks after the initial isolation measures. At that stage we should be down to mostly interfamily transmissions.

    Have you analyzed any data or trends from any other country that has been impacted by this scourge?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    UrbanFret wrote: »
    I'm beginning to wonder is there even such a thing as "flattening the curve" I'm also convinced there are 2 strains of this virus knocking about. A neighbour was moved from a local hospital to beaumount a few weeks back to be prepared for a triple bypass in the mater. She's also diabetic and has a large hernia. She was put in a ward with other patients who subsequently were tested positive for covid-19. Last Thursday she herself tested positive. 9 days later she is still fine with only mild symptons. Now riddle me that.

    I wonder this too. People like George Alagiah who has stage 4 cancer and is in active treatment getting only mild symptoms and recovering from it and others with relatively mild underlying conditions succumbing.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,808 ✭✭✭threeball


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Many many countries similar to Ireland's population are doing far better than us in terms of deaths

    In Europe? Very few. Mostly old iron curtain countries who think little of introducing lockdowns and travel restrictions. Show me where are all these comparable liberal democracies are that are doing so well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,392 ✭✭✭✭Professor Moriarty


    growleaves wrote: »
    Kansas with a population density 1/1,265th that of NYC.

    If the bodies fail to pile up in Texan cities like Dallas and Austin then will people admit that (scientifically unproven) lockdown is a load of bollocks?

    In urban areas, if there are no containment measures, Covid-19 will have a fabulous time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    fr336 wrote: »
    My mother, 70 years old with various underlying conditions - asthma, irregular heart rhythm, under active thyroid and prone to really bad chest infections in the past - has had a bout of something for almost 2 weeks now...ironically started day after Boris announced lockdown here. Started off with vomiting and stomach pain, then an irregular chesty cough and has been up and down since but mainly improving. Today she says she feels back to normal again apart from the cough which has been abating. At the start I hoped to god it wasn't corona but now she seems over it I'm thinking that's some bloody coincidence isn't it? Especially as we are in south east of England. I thought if mum got this then at the very least she would be in hospital but is it possible that even many over 70s with health conditions may just be able to get over this at home? One thing I'd say is all her conditions are very well controlled whereas some people don't have this whether through bad luck or choice. I'm probably clutching at straws but the timing is suspect right?

    Over 50% at that age don't requite hospitalization. It probably is CV 19. This is completely widespread much more than official numbers indicate


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭sid waddell


    Speculating about a relaxation of restrictions before April is both crazy and deluded.

    It's also only setting people up for disappointment, and that's what we don't want.

    I can't understand why people are paying attention to the likes of the Karol Sikora chap in England who seems to get chirpier every day as the body count keeps going up.

    It's a bizarre sort of political narrative and not connected to reality.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭marilynrr


    It's the same rationale behind closing the schools for 2 weeks initially. If it's working logically it has to be left in place to maximize its impact

    I disagree, because logically the longer it goes on for the greater the impact and knock on affect on other things. I'm not talking about the economy here, but other health issues.

    There will be suicides, a deterioration in mental heath, are people allowed out for appointments with therapists? I wonder are they considered essential, some people would have been attending before all of this...and if it is considered essential and allowed I would imagine the poor people feel awful when they're grilled by the guards on where they're going.

    There was a woman on the radio who had her life prolonging cancer treatment stopped and offered pain relief instead, stuff like that can't continue.

    There's people in abusive homes, spouses and children. God only knows what they are going through and if we will see murder suicides.


    There has to be some kind of normality brought back if numbers don't escalate.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,259 ✭✭✭jackboy


    marilynrr wrote: »
    I disagree, because logically the longer it goes on for the greater the impact and knock on affect on other things. I'm not talking about the economy here, but other health issues.

    There will be suicides, a deterioration in mental heath, are people allowed out for appointments with therapists? I wonder are they considered essential, some people would have been attending before all of this...and if it is considered essential and allowed I would imagine the poor people feel awful when they're grilled by the guards on where they're going.

    There was a woman on the radio who had her life prolonging cancer treatment stopped and offered pain relief instead, stuff like that can't continue.

    There's people in abusive homes, spouses and children. God only knows what they are going through and if we will see murder suicides.


    There has to be some kind of normality brought back if numbers don't escalate.
    It’s all about profile. Covid deaths are higher profile than the issues you have mentioned. That is why that issue is being prioritised.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭marilynrr


    Speculating about a relaxation of restrictions before April is both crazy and deluded.

    It's also only setting people up for disappointment, and that's what we don't want.

    Completely disagree. Some people need to remain positive, the thought of lockdown lasting months and months could massively impact their already fragile mental health, and we definitely don't want that either!!

    No one here knows anything about how long it's going to last, no one has a crystal ball, so it's not crazy and deluded to speculate on restrictions being relaxed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,808 ✭✭✭threeball


    Have you analyzed any data or trends from any other country that has been impacted by this scourge?

    Yes, ive kept tabs on them all and the ones still suffering badly were slow to react and had high community transfer before any messures were taken. They also saw exponential growth. Doubling of death's every 2 to 3 days. We have seen none of that. We have had very consistent rates for over a week now. Too many doom merchants around this place.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭sid waddell


    If we keep going this way, we may have hit the peak yesterday and cases should continue to come down by the end of the month largely.

    Graphs don't run in straight lines. You cannot determine a peak on one day's data on limited testing, which lets face it, ours is. You need at least a week's data to ascertain a levelling off pattern. And even when the curve starts flattening, the situation is still extremely serious.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    growleaves wrote: »
    Kansas with a population density 1/1,265th that of NYC.

    If the bodies fail to pile up in Texan cities like Dallas and Austin then will people admit that (scientifically unproven) lockdown is a load of bollocks?

    What is the lived density though (a more useful metric than simply dividing population by square kilometres)? Kansas has a number of urban areas where the population density would probably be as high as NYC. It's also bordered by Kansas City which is in Missouri but abuts Kansas state. The metro population for Kansas City is over 2,000,000.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    That employer should be charged for workplace death.

    Charged for negligence certainly as they have failed in their duty of care.

    Honestly after hearing of a girl whose manager asked her to come into work straight after coming home from the states, these numpty brainless jobsworth managers are so incredibly short sighted and dangerous. They are one of the biggest threats to us combating the virus.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,945 ✭✭✭0gac3yjefb5sv7


    Graphs don't run in straight lines. You cannot determine a peak on one day's data on limited testing, which lets face it, ours is. You need at least a week's data to ascertain a levelling off pattern. And even when the curve starts flattening, the situation is still extremely serious.

    Yes but if new cases continue to drop throughout next week, then eventually they will likely give it 2 more weeks before loosening restrictions slightly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,958 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    If we keep going this way, we may have hit the peak yesterday and cases should continue to come down by the end of the month largely.

    One day's figures can't constitute a trend, by any stretch of the imagination. The peak is at least 10 days away. And after new cases reduce (not disappear by any means) the death rate will climb for weeks afterwards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    marilynrr wrote: »
    I disagree, because logically the longer it goes on for the greater the impact and knock on affect on other things. I'm not talking about the economy here, but other health issues.

    There will be suicides, a deterioration in mental heath, are people allowed out for appointments with therapists? I wonder are they considered essential, some people would have been attending before all of this...and if it is considered essential and allowed I would imagine the poor people feel awful when they're grilled by the guards on where they're going.

    There was a woman on the radio who had her life prolonging cancer treatment stopped and offered pain relief instead, stuff like that can't continue.

    There's people in abusive homes, spouses and children. God only knows what they are going through and if we will see murder suicides.


    There has to be some kind of normality brought back if numbers don't escalate.

    Suicide levels have dropped, people are less stressed, therapists will have enough to do grief counselling, anyone who had treatment moved will still be treated within a safe time, feel free to wander out and restart whatever irrelevant profession that you think is being currently stymied .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭Looptheloop30


    marilynrr wrote: »

    There has to be some kind of normality brought back if numbers don't escalate.

    If the numbers don't escalate is the key thing.

    But they are escalating and the will escalate further.

    By Wednesday there were 101 covid19 related deaths on the island of Ireland.

    In the past three days there have been 92 more deaths on the island.

    I don't have the time explain the phenomenon of exponential growth however a dose of realism is needed in a lot of quarters.

    At least that way if fewer deaths transpire than what you are expecting then that is a massive bonus.

    End of the day we all are and will be further affected. There are people behind the numbers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 807 ✭✭✭marilynrr


    jackboy wrote: »
    It’s all about profile. Covid deaths are higher profile than the issues you have mentioned. That is why that issue is being prioritised.

    Higher profile right now, but that's not going to be the case forever. We can't keep people locked up with their abusers like collateral damage...or stop life prolonging cancer treatment and risk people dying from that...and god only knows the other things that are going on right now also!

    Initially maybe it can be justified for an initial lockdown but this cannot go on indefinitely.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭all about the mane


    Suicide levels have dropped since when?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,958 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    If we keep going this way, we may have hit the peak yesterday and cases should continue to come down by the end of the month largely.

    One day's figures cannot constitute a trend by any stretch of the imagination. The peak is seven to ten days away at best and even then new cases will continue for some time. Even after the peak the death rate will continue to rise for some weeks more.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,095 ✭✭✭growleaves


    What is the lived density though (a more useful metric than simply dividing population by square kilometres)? Kansas has a number of urban areas where the population density would probably be as high as NYC. It's also bordered by Kansas City which is in Missouri but abuts Kansas state. The metro population for Kansas City is over 2,000,000.


    Ok but I don't know if Kansas City is locked down or what


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    growleaves wrote: »
    Kansas with a population density 1/1,265th that of NYC.

    If the bodies fail to pile up in Texan cities like Dallas and Austin then will people admit that (scientifically unproven) lockdown is a load of bollocks?

    Also, of course it's scientifically unproven. This is a novel virus. Quality research on it will take a while to produce. Shall we let people die in the meantime, whilst we are waiting for that research materialise?


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