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

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  • #2252
    joe40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,833 ✭✭✭joe40


    Uk passed 10,000 deaths today, that is shocking. On a per capital basis that so equate to almost 1000 deaths here.


  • #2253
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    Watch out Kermit's doing graphs again! The one he did last night turned out to be a load of baloney.


  • #2254
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    DevilsHaircut wrote: »
    One of the few of us who is actually doing something useful!

    Everyone that stays at home is doing what is required.

    I feel like saying the doctors/nurses are the frontline is the wrong approach. If you think what the front line represents. Me and you are the front line, if the virus gets pass us and we need help - then the nurses and doctors are there.

    If you consider the healthcares as front line and the virus beats them - you probably going to die.


  • #2255
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    joe40 wrote: »
    Uk passed 10,000 deaths today, that is shocking. On a per capital basis that so equate to almost 1000 deaths here.

    They're not counting Nursing home deaths either. If we take our figure of nursing home deaths as half the total then the UK would have 20k dead now.


  • #2256
    joe_99
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭joe_99


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    I have cried for Italy, I have cried for Spain, I have cried for America, I have cried for Ireland... How does someone switch off from this and the news?

    Just remember there have been 9k deaths in Ireland since this began in January. 334 relate to Covid 19. It is a terrible situation we are in but people will continue to die for all sorts of reasons. It is the most fundamental part of life.


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  • #2257
    joe40
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,833 ✭✭✭joe40


    V8 Interceptor wrote: »
    They're not counting Nursing home deaths either. If we take our figure of nursing home deaths as half the total then the UK would have 20k dead now.

    I didn't realize that, that's terrible.


  • #2258
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    V8 Interceptor wrote: »
    Over half the dead are from Nursing homes. That's from a population of 5 million.

    Which means if you're elderly the last place you wanna be to avoid this plague is in a Nursing home.

    If you get the virus at home - and not deemed "sick" enough for hospital you have to stay home etc, if your elderly - you won't know how sick you are.

    If you are in a nursing home you'll have a qualified nurse available 24/7 and probably at doctor on call, who will know how sick you are etc.

    You compare an elderly person living alone in fear and being anxious as the news is all negative and they have no friends etc, and then compare them with a resident in a nursing home - where they have carers, and carers will have the chats as normal, the cups of tea, and everything is normal as can be. The nursing homes were someone can organise a skype call with a loved one for instance.

    Not everyone in a nursing home will get the virus, and even fewer will die from it.


  • #2259
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    joe40 wrote: »
    I didn't realize that, that's terrible.

    I believe the USA counts N home deaths in theirs so their total of 20k is no worse than the UK's.


  • #2260
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,096 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    V8 Interceptor wrote: »
    Watch out Kermit's doing graphs again! The one he did last night turned out to be a load of baloney.

    Which graph is that?

    I don't do the graphs I post btw.


  • #2261
    MaureensFry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 48 ✭MaureensFry


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Being alone away from family and friends can be hard, how long is your Visa for?

    Three years. 1 down two to go.


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  • #2262
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    joe_99 wrote: »
    Just remember there have been 9k deaths in Ireland since this began in January. 334 relate to Covid 19. It is a terrible situation we are in but people will continue to die for all sorts of reasons. It is the most fundamental part of life.
    That is ridiculous because COVID wasnt even here in January, so I have no idea why you would combine the total number of people who typically die within the months of January, February and March when COVID was only here for one of the three months. Surely you would just compare the 334 figure to the number who typically die in March, and in that case a pretty sizeable number of Irish people have died from this new virus in this given timeframe and it has caused a significant increase in national mortality rates over that period


  • #2263
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Conor McGregor does not know more than the WHO. He is an absolute tard who punches old men in bars who refuse his gutter swill whiskey.


  • #2264
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    Conor McGregor does not know more than the WHO. He is an absolute tard who punches old men in bars who refuse his gutter swill whiskey.

    He'd fit in around here.


  • #2265
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Which one is that?

    I don't do the graphs I post btw.

    The graph itself was fine but it was used to suggest the USA was riddled because of the confirmed cases they had. I said that's because they've tested more than most and you said a load of other Countries tested more than the US. But that was per capita and because they were considerably smaller Countries it made the original point balderdash!


  • #2266
    Jenbach110
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 154 ✭✭Jenbach110


    wakka12 wrote: »
    it has caused a significant increase in national mortality rates over that period

    Where can we see this information?


  • #2267
    growleaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,094 ✭✭✭growleaves


    Wait, are people questioning Fauci now? Hes served under several presidents, continuously, from Ronald Regan to now. He is highly respected and is literally one of the authors of the book that is considered the holy grail of internal medicine. This isn't his first rodeo when it comes to epidemics (aids, ebola, sars etc). But yeah, what does he know?

    Er sorry but science doesn't work like that. Scientists aren't philosopher-kings who are taken at their word and how dare anyone say otherwise.

    Fauci has produced falsifiable research, which has been implicitly 'questioned' by disease specialists at some of the most credible universities in the world, and which may prove to be objectively wrong.


  • #2268
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,195 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    I have cried for Italy, I have cried for Spain, I have cried for America, I have cried for Ireland... How does someone switch off from this and the news?

    D"ont let it overwhelm you. You need to distance yourself from it and build your own resilience and coping skills.

    Take time out to breathe. Walk, read, listen to music. Listen to the birds singing.

    You can only change what you can control - that is your reaction to it.

    You cant change people mindsets on here either, no matter how frustrating they can be. It's just ****e talk at the end of the day. They have no clue what people are going through, otherwise, they'd not make hateful comments about who are peoples family members. Who are they anyway? Armchair or Facebook experts are just trying regurgitating nonsense.

    The Andrea Boccelli live broadcast from Milan was very moving - it was called music for hope. Italy is down, but not out, neither is Spain, US or even Argentina.! Nor Ireland.

    Determination and human spirit and empathy will win through.

    And this too shall pass...


  • #2269
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Jenbach110 wrote: »
    Where can we see this information?

    The number of entries on RIP.ie is significantly more than average for March of other years


  • #2270
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    At least part of the love for Fauci is due to the hatred for Trump.

    oh hi fox news.


  • #2271
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    If you get the virus at home - and not deemed "sick" enough for hospital you have to stay home etc, if your elderly - you won't know how sick you are.

    If you are in a nursing home you'll have a qualified nurse available 24/7 and probably at doctor on call, who will know how sick you are etc.

    You compare an elderly person living alone in fear and being anxious as the news is all negative and they have no friends etc, and then compare them with a resident in a nursing home - where they have carers, and carers will have the chats as normal, the cups of tea, and everything is normal as can be. The nursing homes were someone can organise a skype call with a loved one for instance.

    Not everyone in a nursing home will get the virus, and even fewer will die from it.

    Perhaps its better to be anxious at home and safe from the virus than in a home full of people where its spreading like wildfire. Like I say, if you're elderly and want to avoid C19 then a nursing home is the last place you'd want to be right now.

    That said not all of them would be too bothered if they contracted it because they mightn't give a toss at this stage of their lives.


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  • #2272
    Jenbach110
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    joe40 wrote: »
    Uk passed 10,000 deaths today, that is shocking. On a per capital basis that so equate to almost 1000 deaths here.

    The most at risk category (over 65) in the UK is more populated than ours.

    Would be the equivalent of about 500 deaths here if one adjusts the figure's in the at risk category


  • #2273
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Thankfully day 7 into it now and it appears to be a very mild illness for me. Can't wait to get back to work. Feel like I absolutely wouldn't be off work if I felt the same with a "normal" cold/flu. Looking forward to getting back to the emergency department.

    Continued best wishes for you.

    It's interesting to hear you say how mild your symptoms are. Did you even have a temperature?

    Thanks again


  • #2274
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    wakka12 wrote: »
    That is ridiculous because COVID wasnt even here in January, so I have no idea why you would combine the total number of people who typically die within the months of January, February and March when COVID was only here for one of the three months. Surely you would just compare the 334 figure to the number who typically die in March, and in that case a pretty sizeable number of Irish people have died from this new virus in this given timeframe and it has caused a significant increase in national mortality rates over that period

    You don't actually know this, like it could have been here, but because it wasn't given a name, a doctor for instance might have just given you steroids or treated you for pneumonia.


  • #2275
    Jeff2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Jeff2


    Probably been asked before but can you get the virus from having sex.....


    With a unwashed hand.


  • #2276
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,096 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    V8 Interceptor wrote: »
    The graph itself was fine but it was used to suggest the USA was riddled because of the confirmed cases they had. I said that's because they've tested more than most and you said a load of other Countries tested more than the US. But that was per capita and because they were considerably smaller Countries it made the original point balderdash!

    Oh dear.

    How do you think countries are compared to each other?

    It's done on a per capita basis for obvious reasons.

    You want to dispute that, do you?


  • #2277
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Jenbach110 wrote: »
    The most at risk category (over 65) in the UK is more populated than ours.

    Would be the equivalent of about 500 deaths here if one adjusts the figure's in the at risk category

    It is not directly translatable like that. Otherwise New York with it's average age of 32.8 years, much younger than every single member of the EU, would have a significantly lower number of deaths when it has the highest in the world per capita


  • #2278
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,621 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    How many times.... WHO says closing boarders at this stage does not matter! Virus already very much present in Ireland, very much so, worry about that.

    Ridiculous comment. Every imported case causes extra problems that we don't need. When you are fighting a fire the last thing you need is new fires and fuel on the fire.

    Had the Irish government listened to those who said close down travel to hotspots early we'd be in a much better spot and might actually have been able to ease restrictions internally.

    And quoting the WHO on borders? Seriously? The reason cv19 went from 1 case in China to infect almost every country in the world was a failure to ground flights in and out of hotspots quickly. Had that been done many countries would not have had to close down.

    Its obvious the WHO are lackies of China and did their bidding.


  • #2279
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    DevilsHaircut wrote: »
    One of the few of us who is actually doing something useful!
    fallen01angel wrote: »
    I am thrilled to hear this really good news. Thank you for all you do and that your recovery is going well!!!! :)
    Stheno wrote: »
    Continued best wishes for you.

    It's interesting to hear you say how mild your symptoms are. Did you even have a temperature?

    Thanks again

    No, but my wife who is also positive has a constant temp of 37.8. I feel persistently under the weather. Like i had a big drinking session but I haven't had a drink in 2 weeks. I have completely lost my sense of smell.

    Yeah I feel lucky, have a big shop coming Tuesday with some treats and then one more week or so and hopefully it'll be behind me.

    I must say I'd be one of the most cynical ******* out there but the support of healthcare and other front line workers has been heartening and indeed the general way the Irish people have conducted themselves. It's easy to take a negative view, but even in my neighbourhood the offers of shopping, the lights in the windows, the keeping to themselves, its a real reminder that at heart we are decent people. From the start I've maintained that all front line workers are equally as important in keeping us going through this. The Lidl checkout worker is as important as the infectious disease professor and that is a genuine sentiment. We have a ****ty few months ahead but hopefully we can get through it stronger.


  • #2280
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    I have cried for Italy, I have cried for Spain, I have cried for America, I have cried for Ireland... How does someone switch off from this and the news?
    You're doing a hell of a lot of crying Mam. That is not normal nor is it right. Where are your friends? You're clearly in need of assistance.


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  • #2281
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Imho as every day passes the lockdown seems to be overly severe and draconian.

    I cant see the benefit to anyone but a few of extending it like the Tshock did. It smacks of them not knowing what to do next.

    Some of the dooms day preppers on here are hard at the thought of the economy and peoples lives going to ****e.

    This needs to be lifted and restrictions phased down.

    Its absolutely and over reaction to something which affects a tiny number of people in reality yet the measure imposed are indirectly destroying peoples lives.

    #liftthelockdown


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