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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
    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.


  • #9603
    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.


  • #9604
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,764 ✭✭✭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.


  • #9605
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


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

    Na single hue configuration only for them.


  • #9606
    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


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  • #9607
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 700 ✭✭✭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.


  • #9608
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,442 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #9609
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,764 ✭✭✭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.


  • #9610
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,748 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


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

    The other 80% don't


  • #9611
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,621 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #9612
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,202 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #9613
    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.


  • #9614
    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.


  • #9615
    Gods Gift
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭Gods Gift


    Trump is a tee totaler.


  • #9616
    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.


  • #9617
    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!


  • #9618
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,764 ✭✭✭storker


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

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


  • #9619
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

    As much as I dislike him, not even close.


  • #9620
    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



  • #9621
    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.


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  • #9622
    lillycakes2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 322 ✭✭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


  • #9623
    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"


  • #9624
    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.


  • #9625
    Thepoet85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Thepoet85


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


    Indeed, we need a good laugh alright.


  • #9626
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,764 ✭✭✭storker


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

    50% of Americans think that Sodom and Gomorrah were a married couple.


  • #9627
    fin12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    nocoverart wrote: »
    Don't think you realise how good we have it here.

    That isn’t down to Leo. He is useless and always has been.


  • #9628
    Thepoet85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Thepoet85


    Trump? He's a spoofer Bill.


  • #9629
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,960 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

    You probably think that's edgy or clever but in reality you need to have a look at how countries have handled this. I didn't vote FG but I can't fault his handling in terms of timing, level of response etc. Anything that wasn't perfect was a failing in every country.


  • #9630
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,960 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    fin12 wrote: »
    Leo Varadkar.

    You probably think that's edgy or clever but in reality you need to have a look at how countries have handled this. I didn't vote FG but I can't fault his handling in terms of timing, level of response etc. Anything that wasn't perfect was a failing in every country.


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  • #9631
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,202 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    ShineOn7 wrote: »
    I posted this in Devore's Hope thread, but it's worth repeating in a main daily thread ...

    "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.

    I'm tempering my optimism largely on the basis that the numbers still waiting for test results is a big concern although I am trying to alleviate that worry with the view that we haven't heard of many widescale stories of people getting seriously ill while waiting for a test result.


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