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

s1ippy wrote: »

I didn't mean it to be an indictment of you, I've just seen a lot of ignorance and herd mentality here. I shouldn't always be the one having to justify myself when my views are evidence-based.

Telling somebody to take a deep breath and relax on the Internet is so humiliating for them, mind you don't hurt someone's mental health

I wouldn't mind me. I'm just a randomer passing time pleasantly.

sonofenoch wrote: »

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

Like ourselves, didn't UK have a universal BCG vaccination programme for decades?

Authorities in Moscow say pandemic is reaching crisis points as medical infrastructure reaches capacity

'The number of people hospitalized with the illness related to the virus in Moscow had more than doubled over the past week to 6,500. Nearly half of those infected are under the age of 45.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/world/europe/coronavirus-russia-moscow-putin.html

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

Germany are testing 116k per day , the UK are hoping to be testing 100k a day by the end of this month , Ireland tests how many a day?

Big difference between hoping to test and actually testing.

eddie73 wrote: »

Big difference between hoping to test and actually testing.

Very true. To date they have ran 4,934 tests per million pop. We have ran 10,734 (according to Worldometer https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ ).

igCorcaigh wrote: »

It's a bit weird, or is my thinking wrong.

But it seems to me that the climb in cases starts off really slow, then after maybe a month or so (?) suddenly surges?

Could the virus have been in europe far earlier?
If that's the scenario, we could witness a terrible toll in other countries soon, hope I'm wrong

It seems like that to me too, seems to go almost undetected for a very long time and then over the course of week an entire country is overwhelmed

I also find it strange that despite the worldwide lockdowns,and almost all countries worldwide escaping an epidemic until at least March, and now almost every country in the world is experiencing a major epidmic amidst a very harsh lockdown. Its odd that hardly any countries experienced large outbreaks when travel/lifestyle was completely unrestricted

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

What weakness?

What do you want him to do right now?

Be straight with people. He said that they didn't want to give the gardai extra powers & then 24 later did exactly that.

He then stressed that it was only for the Easter weekend but then extended them for three weeks.

He's promised over again about testing but it's still a mess.

He started so well but is now reverting to the man who was thrown out by the electorate.

https://twitter.com/davidasinclair/status/1248972489935540224

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Funny.

I'm a person who doesn't get stressed at all, or so I think, but I am WFH.

And still, I find myself more relaxed these days, despite my worries for my parents and others. We also have been more in touch than usual though.

It is the slower pace of life these past few weeks. A lot of people will come of this with a new perspective. Hopefully this is the death of bloggers and influnencers though i see some of clinging on for dear life.

wakka12 wrote: »

It seems like that to me too, seems to go almost undetected for a very long time and then over the course of week an entire country is overwhelmed

I also find it strange that despite the worldwide lockdowns,and almost all countries worldwide escaping an epidemic until at least March, and now almost every country in the world is experiencing a major epidmic amidst a very harsh lockdown. Its odd that hardly any countries experienced large outbreaks when travel/lifestyle was completely unrestricted

That is because of the window of un-detection that the virus can spread through.
Symptom free for 4-7 days. Most countries that started their lock downs were already in the window period of infection. Plus, many people didn't abide by the recommendations, then the rules - hence the spread.

Just because there is a quarantine in situ in Spain, Italy, France etc doesn't mean that people are obeying the rules of quarantine either. Multi generational households are worst effected for obvious reasons. All it takes is one careless individual in that house to come back, or even one unlucky individual to go shopping and pick it up innocuously.