Covid19 Part XV - 15,251 in ROI (610 deaths) 2,645 in NI (194 deaths) (19/04) Read OP

Hobgoblin11 · 11-04-2020 12:55PM

Xertz wrote: »

Well if they’re offering any jobs I’m always happy to take a DM lol 😂

big brother is always watching 👀

owlbethere · 11-04-2020 01:01PM

Gynoid wrote: »

Listen here, Doctor. I have been casually reading around this subject for, gosh I don't know, probably 11 or 12 weeks now and consider myself a reasonably well informed epidemiologist at this stage. I cannot understand what takes ye so long with all those years in college and in practise to get a handle on this kind of stuff. Bunch of messers.

😉 Lol

Hobgoblin11 · 11-04-2020 01:02PM

theballz wrote: »

I was really anxious about the test.

I went this morning. It was a rather surreal experience, so many people (was slightest surprised at the amount of couples getting tested together.)

So many amazing people there volunteering and working. The nurses who do the tests are so gentle, warm and all round amazing people. It’s run very strict which was good to see, the system was very well run and it’s good to see they are really putting in an effort to streamline the process in order to test as many as possible.

For anyone waiting to get it done. Do not worry, these are amazing people.

Everyone in this country owes them a debt that can never be repaid. It is our duty and our honor to keep this expression of hope alive in memory... for those who come after us... and those who come after them... They were the shields that guarded the realms of Ireland. And we shall never see their like again.

each shall be knighted as defenders of the realm

Professor Moriarty · 11-04-2020 01:03PM

Blazer wrote: »

Our neighbours 4 houses down have been having a stream of people in all day. They’re Brazilian and run some type of shop or hopefully nothing drugs related.
I just went to the local SuperValu for milk and it had people walking casually around chatting to each and couples shopping as well.
Also none of the staff were wearing gloves and no sanitizer for customers coming into the shop.

You should report the house and the SuperValu for not adhering to guidelines. Selfish fcukers.

rebeve · 11-04-2020 01:04PM

davemckenna25 wrote: »

Ireland hopes to be testing a lot more by the end of next week and even more by the end of the month.

Lets compare hopes with hopes...

It always seems to be next week .

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 11-04-2020 01:06PM

Blazer wrote: »

No you need a military backed government who will oppress the population when ordered to by the government,
You see all those lovely freedoms we have in the west, unrestricted access to the web, social media and being able to criticise the government without fear of reprisal? Yeah those countries don’t have that.

So China is the only Asian country that has done a great job tackling this?

Nonsense... You guys are just making weak excuses why we can't do a MUCH better job with this as a country!

Like I said, many of these Asian countries spring into action in a very positive and proactive manner... they see solutions, rather than getting bogged down in every potential problem.

Some of you guys choose to focus on all the potential problems, rather than focusing on solutions. You have the wrong mindset.

China didn't do a great job on this because they're communist... they did a great job, because they had the correct mindset. Just like other Asian countries around them. They had a positive and proactive, problem solving mindset.

Wolf359f · 11-04-2020 01:07PM

theballz wrote: »

I was really anxious about the test.

I went this morning. It was a rather surreal experience, so many people (was slightest surprised at the amount of couples getting tested together.)

So many amazing people there volunteering and working. The nurses who do the tests are so gentle, warm and all round amazing people. It’s run very strict which was good to see, the system was very well run and it’s good to see they are really putting in an effort to streamline the process in order to test as many as possible.

For anyone waiting to get it done. Do not worry, these are amazing people.

Everyone in this country owes them a debt that can never be repaid. It is our duty and our honor to keep this expression of hope alive in memory... for those who come after us... and those who come after them... They were the shields that guarded the realms of Ireland. And we shall never see their like again.

Hope your feeling better today. You seemed really sick last night!
Keep us updated with the results.

Discodog · 11-04-2020 01:09PM

Wibbs wrote: »

Varadkar is a "soft" leader, grand for the platitudes and reading of poetry for the chumps in the cheap seats in the leafy suburbia where his support base tends to be. For a nation known for oratory and some of the best writers on the planet, we get him.

I was so impressed with him in the early days of the crisis. That first televised speech was excellent but time is exposing his weaknesses.

s1ippy · 11-04-2020 01:10PM

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

You should report the house and the SuperValu for not adhering to guidelines. Selfish fcukers.

Leo said it's fine and that we don't want to be the land of curtain twitches though.

Professor Moriarty · 11-04-2020 01:12PM

s1ippy wrote: »

Leo said it's fine and that we don't want to be the land of curtain twitches though.

When?

munsterlegend · 11-04-2020 01:14PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

Gorgeous weather.

Optimism and the weather forum is for elsewhere!

Nonoperational · 11-04-2020 01:14PM

s1ippy wrote: »

I work part time as an assisted living carer for people with disabilities, many in high risk category. One client that I worked with, I flagged her back in mid March as having symptoms and requested that I get PPE but this was not provided. I continued to work with her until she was admitted to hospital but I was putting myself at serious risk of infection and never got adequate support from the agency.

Boxes of gloves are available at the office now but you're only allowed to take a certain quota and I have my own now so I didn't bother. We got an email the other day saying that due to our PPE running out, gloves are only to be used if we are bathing the clients or if we come in contact with saliva when we're feeding people. No masks have ever been provided even though we're often providing intimate care in this work.

Personally, now I'm using my own gloves and mask while working in my client's house and their family are grateful as I'm as likely to infect them as they are to infect me. I'm working from home in my other profession as well as doing this additional work so I also cut down my hours with the agency to only work with one client. That way I wouldn't be going from house to house as the other people I cared for had social inclusion hours and there's none of that going on now (social outings have been cancelled by the agency).

I feel that I'm in a position now where I have minimised my risk but that is not as a consequence of my agency and it is continuously hampered by the HSE and affiliates putting out false and misleading information. I also feel like care workers are entirely overlooked in this when they are basically operation get behind the darkies, to coin an expression from the South Park movie.

I mean that’s clearly not on. Your involvement in caring for that person is absolutely equal to any hospital worker.

Stheno · 11-04-2020 01:18PM

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

When?

Yesterday in the press conference

He was asked if the Gardai were going to set up a website to report breaches like the PSNI have done and he made some flippant remark abo UK t curtain twitchers and something Sheilas

Jinglejangle69 · 11-04-2020 01:18PM

Discodog wrote: »

I was so impressed with him in the early days of the crisis. That first televised speech was excellent but time is exposing his weaknesses.

What weakness?

What do you want him to do right now?

Professor Moriarty · 11-04-2020 01:21PM

Stheno wrote: »

Yesterday in the press conference

He was asked if the Gardai were going to set up a website to report breaches like the PSNI have done and he made some flippant remark abo UK t curtain twitchers and something Sheilas

If he did, that was a stupid thing to do when you're trying to get people to take containment measures seriously.

igCorcaigh · 11-04-2020 01:23PM

Not now, Northern Ireland.

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1248960109562286081?s=19

s1ippy · 11-04-2020 01:24PM

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

When?

During the press briefing yesterday when it was mentioned by a journo that there are people flooding the tourist spots.

https://www.pscp.tv/rtenews/1vOxwoNrWOPxB

Find it yourself if you want, it's towards the end, last ten minutes. People might learn something if they actually watched these things and got the facts instead of just cherry-picking the coverage they consume and demanding sources when people quote them.

macmahon · 11-04-2020 01:24PM

davemckenna25 wrote: »

Ireland hopes to be testing a lot more by the end of next week and even more by the end of the month.

Lets compare hopes with hopes...

But what will happen if no one is sick anymore and there is no more to test and the test centres are empty?

wakka12 · 11-04-2020 01:25PM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/11/coronavirus-latest-news/?utm_source=reddit.com
PAywalled!
Fauci expects 'real degree of normality' to return to American life by November

harr · 11-04-2020 01:26PM

So someone I know has died this morning, lived in a residential setting and was in her 70,s .. strong enough lady but wasn’t able to beat this.
Hits home now when you are able to put names to the numbers.

11-04-2020 01:26PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

China didn't do a great job on this because they're communist... they did a great job, because they had the correct mindset. Just like other Asian countries around them. They had a positive and proactive, problem solving mindset.

I suspect that other Asian countries were much better prepared because they had been badly affected from SARS. And that one of the important things they learned from that is not to trust any information (or disinformation) coming out of China.

wakka12 · 11-04-2020 01:27PM

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-scotland-records-47-new-coronavirus-deaths-taking-total-to-542-11971958

818 deaths in England today. Scotland has reported 49 more deaths. Wales and NI have yet to announce. The youngest victim in the UK was 11 years old.

The numbers today include 33 people with no known health condiitons, aged between 29 and 94.

Phoebas · 11-04-2020 01:29PM

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

If he did, that was a stupid thing to do when you're trying to get people to take containment measures seriously.

Whenever Leo or any of the rest of then are asked about enforcement, they are at pains to promote the idea that we are all in this together voluntarily, and it's working because people want to make the effort, not because of enforcement.

I think that's the right message but his phrasing yesterday was poor.

igCorcaigh · 11-04-2020 01:29PM

Had a lovely video chat with my parents out the back and tanning.

My best friend's dad has been taken to hospital today, in his late 80s and on cancer treatment.

The mum had been sick and tested positive, but is OK now.

Such worrying times for everyone

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Professor Moriarty · 11-04-2020 01:31PM

s1ippy wrote: »

During the press briefing yesterday when it was mentioned by a journo that there are people flooding the tourist spots.

https://www.pscp.tv/rtenews/1vOxwoNrWOPxB

Find it yourself if you want, it's towards the end, last ten minutes. People might learn something if they actually watched these things and got the facts instead of just cherry-picking the coverage they consume and demanding sources when people quote them.

Touchy! I simply asked you when because I hadn't heard it. Take a deep breath and relax.

Away With The Fairies · 11-04-2020 01:34PM

wakka12 wrote: »

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-scotland-records-47-new-coronavirus-deaths-taking-total-to-542-11971958

818 deaths in England today. Scotland has reported 49 more deaths. Wales and NI have yet to announce. The youngest victim in the UK was 11 years old.

The numbers today include 33 people with no known health condiitons, aged between 29 and 94.

Our closest neighbour. The UK is the new Italy. It's heartbreaking.

Blazer · 11-04-2020 01:35PM

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

So China is the only Asian country that has done a great job tackling this?

Nonsense... You guys are just making weak excuses why we can't do a MUCH better job with this as a country!

Like I said, many of these Asian countries spring into action in a very positive and proactive manner... they see solutions, rather than getting bogged down in every potential problem.

Some of you guys choose to focus on all the potential problems, rather than focusing on solutions. You have the wrong mindset.

China didn't do a great job on this because they're communist... they did a great job, because they had the correct mindset. Just like other Asian countries around them. They had a positive and proactive, problem solving mindset.

China didn’t do a good job at all. They’ve lied and covered up the whole time.

If any country has done a good or excellent job it’s Taiwan.
Go and educate yourself on what they did to restrict it.

cnocbui · 11-04-2020 01:35PM

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I thought China and Italy had a few also

There have been reports of one of the first doctors to blow the whistle that got reinfected and died.

Also, there's the link from last February I mentioned earlier:

China also closed the lab that first sequenced the DNA of the virus and made it available to the world, without giving officials the opportunity to silence them, disappeared the citizen journalist who was blogging the outbreak in Wuhan to the world before the lockdown and has generally persecuted everyone who has told the outside world anything about the situation in China in the early days of the epidemic: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-coronavirus-whistleblowers-speak-out-vanish-2020-2?op=1&r=US&IR=T#a-video-fang-posted-on-february-1-showed-a-hospital-in-wuhan-where-eight-body-bags-were-being-loaded-onto-the-back-of-a-truck-the-footage-also-showed-an-overwhelmed-medical-clinic-it-went-viral-13

A female doctor in a Wuhan hospital who initially noticed and reported the outbreak, has also gone missing and her blog posts were removed: https://scienceintegritydigest.com/2020/03/11/dr-ai-fen-the-wuhan-whistle/

If China or those it has influenced try to sanitize their role in, and responsibility for this disaster, will encounter stiff opposition. A bit softer than the Tiananmin Square massacre and suppression but basically the same old same old.

sonofenoch · 11-04-2020 01:36PM

Reopen the BCG debate...

https://www.euronews.com/2020/04/06/has-the-key-to-a-coronoavirus-vaccine-been-staring-us-in-the-face-for-a-century

dePeatrick · 11-04-2020 01:36PM

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

When?

I don’t think that we will suppress this virus by becoming the valley of the squinting window

https://www.thejournal.ie/tourists-holidaymakers-ferries-varadkar-5071989-Apr2020/

There was some mention about "Facebook Sheila's" as well afaik.

Covid19 Part XV - 15,251 in ROI (610 deaths) 2,645 in NI (194 deaths) (19/04) Read OP

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