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

Still waters wrote: »

If im going to give anything it'll be to a hospital in Ireland or a charity helping at home, we've already given billions in aid to African countries

I am afraid I feel the same, help at home first, it is devastating worldwide

Vicxas wrote: »

Imported or in country infections?

Mostly in the community.


https://twitter.com/lizzlaw_/status/1249376706013478915

Cases surge in Singapore sparking fears of a second wave


We thought Singapore was a guiding light. That it had Covid-19 under control. That it had flattened the case-number curve. But the virus is battening-down the city-state's defences.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12324356

Vicxas wrote: »

Imported or in country infections?

What has happened in Singapore is the wake up call. Generally considered one of the best CPVID-19 responders it's now suffering a resurgence of infections due to international travel. That allied to Chinese mandatory two week travel isolation has very serious implications for EU and Ireland, and the global economy more generally.

We're a small open economy with about 70% of our working population currently in gainful employment, add construction back-in, and we'd be at about 85%, so effectively 10% directly unemployed in somewhat shrunken economy, we could live with that for some years if necessary. What we couldn't live with is being cut off from international trade and tourism.

'Living with COVID-19' is not an Irish solution to an internal issue. States worldwide have made large scale economic sacrifices to counter COVID-19, they will not tolerate that being nullified through reimportation of the virus.

If we get a valid and internationally accepted antibody test, if those antibodies prove to offer sufficiently long lived protection (1-2 years), if those having antibodies are not also carriers then the international trade and tourism will slowly recover.

easypazz wrote: »

Numbers getting better.

How are numbers getting better

BanditLuke wrote: »

Do you really have to use this language? 14 people are dead have a degree of respect ffs.

Grow up.

Pulsating Star wrote: »

I can’t say I understand it either, I question the legend used on the right of the example given though and if that little detail is wrong I wouldn’t have much faith in the rest of it.

It makes little sense, as the mortality can't echo the new cases as exactly as that. Deaths will continue for some time after new cases ease.

BanditLuke wrote: »

Do you really have to use this language? 14 people are dead have a degree of respect ffs.

Are you really that disappointed of over 15 less deaths today

Clicked on rte news site to check for Irish figures and the headline is uk figures am I missing something here can ireland not focus on its own crisis instead of pushing uk to the fore.

This coverage is highly politicised.

easypazz wrote: »

14 dead down from 36

4.8% growth in new cases

It's a Bank Holiday week-end, deaths returned are usually anomalous at week-ends.

Testing is non-comparative, as Ireland's testing implementation is all over the place.

bekker wrote: »

It's a Bank Holiday week-end, deaths returned are usually anomalous at week-ends.

Testing is non-comparative, as Ireland's testing implementation is all over the place.

I forgot people who are dying wait until after bank holidays.

easypazz wrote: »

Numbers not looking good for your never ending lockdown.

Very encouraging numbers today, but one data point does not make a trend. If we see this repeated over the course of 7 days it would be cause for huge celebration.

No one wants a never-ending lockdown and your continued attempt to paint anyone who disagrees with you this way says a lot more about you than them.