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

take everything wrote: »

I've been nothing but civil.
Projection?

I concede there is a vaccine for the flu which would reduce its mortality. Unmitigated in terms of no lockdown of course is what i mean.

So vaccine plus unmitigated flu vs no vaccine plus unmitigated Coronavirus.
WHO conservatively estimates at least one order of magnitude difference in mortality

You're choosing the lowest figure (there could be several reasons for this. A more benign strain in Germany? who knows: If you insist on criticizing me quoting other countries, have you done a thorough analysis on the German figures: strain, reporting, etc etc).

Leaving aside the niceties of denominators, why are economies ground to a halt. Why are hospital systems paralysed (even with mitigation).

ShineOn7 wrote: »

All of that looks very worrying. If the vaccination doesn't work for this I think we can say goodbye to 10% of the world's population

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Infectious diseases expert Dr Paddy Mallon tweeted: ‘Ferries are allowed to bring people from Britain UK to Ireland for hols this weekend. UK are Britain is swamped with #COVID19 – we are in lockdown. Makes no sense.’ Cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan responded: ‘I don’t understand why our Government are allowing this to happen. They have introduced measures to stop Irish people travelling to holiday homes, which is the correct decision, yet they are still allowing people in from Britain the UK. This is pure madness.’ She added: ‘This is not about deliveries coming in from the Britain UK, in trucks which must continue to come in.

‘This is about holidaymakers coming in.’ Retired Department of Agriculture employee John O’Hea, from Ballincollig, Co. Cork, said parts of West Cork and Kerry had experienced a recent rise in the numbers of English cars travelling to holiday homes.

‘I worked for the department during the foot and mouth and the bird flu outbreaks, and all travel from outside the State from infected areas was stopped,’ he said.

‘I am absolutely gobsmacked to hear people are still arriving through ports and airports…I believe myself that if we don’t crack down on this immediately, the virus will never end.’ Poet and lecturer Colette Colfer shared her concerns on Twitter.

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Eh, no. The reason they've so many cases is because they're testing more than anyone else in the World (presumably also as a result of Donald Trump).

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

Eh, no. The reason they've so many cases is because they're testing more than anyone else in the World (presumably also as a result of Donald Trump).

As of April 6, Quest Diagnostics, one of the largest private testing facilities in the US, still had a backlog of roughly 80,000 tests as it faces more demand than it can handle. Adjusted for population, the US has tested at just 74 percent the rate of South Korea — where widespread testing has been credited with containing the country’s outbreak — and is even further behind Germany, Italy, and Canada.