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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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  • #9602
    declanflynn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭declanflynn


    Andrew00 wrote: »
    We're in tears watching Trump. He is so funny
    imagine going for a pint with him, I'd say it would be mad craic


  • #9603
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    ''hydroxychloroquine try it, if you like, it's a gift from heaven, its beautiful '' Trump lol

    An early small study in China found that it was no good in treating Coronavirus infections

    Problem with Hydroxychloroquine is that it has a fairly narrow therapeutic window, meaning the correct dose and poisoning are not that different. The ICUs in Africa are getting clogged up with hydroxychloroquine poisonings, at a time when coronavirus is on the up.

    Also India has now banned the export of the chloroquine drugs because Trump has caused a run on the drug. Meaning that people with Malaria are now finding it difficult to get the drug.

    The dangerous gob$hite is a menace every time he opens his mouth


  • #9604
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    bekker wrote: »
    Lying? Just economical with the data they really don't have.

    Not sure there's much of a difference. The Italians have underreported deaths by a factor of 3 or 4.
    A lot of people have died of covid 19 and been buried without so much as a test.

    Are we including nursing home deaths in our figures? No-one seems to know.


  • #9605
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    I would phrase it slightly differently because some of the bad things are difficult to avoid due to the global pressures on supplies etc but in my opinion....

    Good:
    People working very hard with great spirit and work ethic. People doing things outside of the norm no problem. I work with 7 other docs in a group and if there is a hint of an issue with health, childcare etc someone is in within a minute to fill in. That kind of thing.

    Community transmission seems to be suppressed significantly with the new measures. The public are by and large being great and making a big effort.

    The community support for healthcare workers is unbelievable and I actually feel bad. I went to LIDL the other day and these people are playing just as vital a role. It's massively appreciated but sometimes I feel guilty.

    Just regarding Trump and his obsession with Hydroxychloroquine we are using Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in a lot of patients that it is appropriate for along with other treatments like tocilizumab in patients that look like they may be developing ARDS. So we are not lacking there.

    Bad:
    I think hospital staff would be more comfortable with full FFP/N95 masks for all ?COVID encounters. Currently we wear fairly flimsy gowns and surgical masks. Saying that I've done 5x13 hour shifts now and I don't have it yet touch wood so maybe its ok.

    ICU is filling up. We have plans, but if someone is ventilated it takes bloody ages before they turn the corner. It's going to be the obvious potential pinch point. But at the moment we have spaces planned outside the ICU in temporary locations. But that's not indefinite.

    Nursing homes are an obvious concern now.

    The lack of testing needs to be addressed. We can't be running out of reagents or swabs or kits. One morning we couldn't run tests and it caused a delay of 12 hours in discharging patients which had a big knock on effect.
    Last paragraph, was that due to lack of swab kits?


  • #9606
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Gods Gift wrote: »
    You a flasher??

    Well when you've got what I have the public need to see it to boost morale in these times..


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  • #9607
    greenfield21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,126 ✭✭✭greenfield21


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Every country is lying their asses off, Ireland included. Also Germamy if its to be believed, Sweden and so on. Most countries don't include nursing home cases, or those who died at home.

    Is there a bit of a long term value for these countries that lie. Have they built up a reputation of always been on top of things which if they lose that could negatively effect them in the long term, through business perception etc..??


  • #9608
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    The Trump hate is hilarious, he is doing at least as well as the rest of the worlds leaders.


  • #9609
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    I love when he whispers and talks of drugs he knows nothing of , trying to look like he's educating the room.

    Or as the doctors/professors are talking on the podium inches is way over as a "you gotta move" signal so he can get his rambling nonsense in.

    Utterly transparent and clueless.


  • #9610
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    bekker wrote: »
    Last paragraph, was that due to lack of swab kits?

    I'm actually not sure of the specifics. The lab couldn't do one morning run. I think it was to do with lab PCR kits as opposed to swabs but I actually didn't get the specifics.


  • #9611
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,716 ✭✭✭storker


    darced wrote: »
    The Trump hate is hilarious, he is doing at least as well as the rest of the worlds leaders.

    Name even one world leader who consistently makes such a complete @rsehole of himself on daily basis.


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  • #9612
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bekker wrote: »
    Maybe prefers St.Patrick's Cross in a multi-hued configuration.

    Na single hue configuration only for them.


  • #9613
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    darced wrote: »
    The Trump hate is hilarious, he is doing at least as well as the rest of the worlds leaders.

    237201.png


  • #9614
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭kilkenny31


    declanflynn wrote: »
    imagine going for a pint with him, I'd say it would be mad craic

    I'd say it would involve cocaine and hookers.


  • #9615
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,639 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    fin12 wrote: »
    Does anyone know what China did after the SARS outbreak to prevent another pandemic?

    It’s f*cking unreal how one country is responsible constantly for all these viruses.

    Why did SARS not take off in the way this virus did? Canada was the only country outside of 4 or 5 countries in asia that got it in any way bad


  • #9616
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,716 ✭✭✭storker


    kilkenny31 wrote: »
    I'd say it would involve cocaine and hookers.

    That's about the only way you'd get any enjoyment out of it.


  • #9617
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,142 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    blackcard wrote: »
    Over 50% of Americans approve of his handling of the crisis

    The other 80% don't


  • #9618
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    darced wrote: »
    The Trump hate is hilarious, he is doing at least as well as the rest of the worlds leaders.

    Very few western leaders have come out of this well.


  • #9619
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,060 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    darced wrote: »
    The Trump hate is hilarious, he is doing at least as well as the rest of the worlds leaders.

    The f*ck he is.

    He has criminally mismanaged this from the very start and continues to do so.
    Even something as simple as not having people within 6ft of each other is a 100% failure at his press conferences.


  • #9620
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Not sure there's much of a difference. The Italians have underreported deaths by a factor of 3 or 4.
    A lot of people have died of covid 19 and been buried without so much as a test.

    Are we including nursing home deaths in our figures? No-one seems to know.
    Sort of agree though I tend to go with the 'Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity', however widespread political and geopolitical posturing and manoeuvring is becoming increasingly obvious.


  • #9621
    fin12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    storker wrote: »
    Name even one world leader who consistently makes such a complete @rsehole of himself on daily basis.

    Leo Varadkar.


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  • #9622
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    Trump is a tee totaler.


  • #9623
    fin12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Why did SARS not take off in the way this virus did? Canada was the only country outside of 4 or 5 countries in asia that got it in any way bad

    I’m guessing cause people didn’t travel as much and I think also SARS wasn’t as contagious.


  • #9624
    Musefan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 776 ✭✭✭Musefan


    speckle wrote: »
    breaking out. have got a hold of one of my easter eggs I got 5weeks ago. any ideas for a free film on the tube thats not pandemic or world ending. not too airy or dense either. need a mental decompose night. coladh samh

    Rewatching the Fifth Element this eve to do a mental cleanse!


  • #9625
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,716 ✭✭✭storker


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

    I'm no fan of Leo, but no, not even close.


  • #9626
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

    As much as I dislike him, not even close.


  • #9627
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    blackcard wrote: »
    Over 50% of Americans approve of his handling of the crisis



  • #9628
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

    Don't think you realise how good we have it here.


  • #9629
    lillycakes2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭lillycakes2


    Idiots posting their close up face on facebook! some challenge !!! so annoying looking at all these ppls heads on my news feed during all this


  • #9630
    ShineOn7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    I posted this in Devore's Hope thread, but it's worth repeating in a main daily thread ...

    Infection rate of those with Covid-19 has dropped, latest figures show


    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0404/1128496-covid-19-figures/?fbclid=IwAR29MDeTiVSQh2zyzdg0lW8XSs5qgUlXlQQKXeWi3exUCN4U2CoiRMX_U3c


    "The number of people that a person with Covid-19 is infecting in Ireland is reducing.

    The "RE" number, or the reproductive rate of the virus, refers to how many other people a confirmed case goes on to infect, and it is closely monitored by health officials.

    On 16 March, a person infected with Covid-19 here would "likely" infect another 4.3 people.

    Minister for Health Simon Harris said that by the end of March, this dropped to 2.5 people.

    At a news conference this afternoon, Mr Harris said that this is "real progress", but said we need to get this number below one. He said if we can reduce this figure to below one, it means the "virus doesn't sustain itself in the community".

    Mr Harris said that the next seven days will be "absolutely critical".
    The number of "close contacts" recorded for people with the virus has now reduced to three, down from around 20 a few weeks ago.

    Mr Harris said that this is because we are now "making it harder for the disease to spread".

    However he said, even though the rate of growth is slowing, it is still too high"


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  • #9631
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

    No fan of Leo but he does not even make a 10th of a fool of himself as Trump does.

    And that includes the letters to Kylie Minogue.


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