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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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  • #5792
    firemansam4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭firemansam4


    tobefrank321 wrote:
    People think the US are doing badly but per 1 million they are streets ahead of the likes of Belgium, Italy, Sweden, UK and Spain.


    The US as a whole can't really be compared to anywhere yet as many States are well behind in the timescale of this virus.

    New York alone Is shocking, and if other states start following a similar trajectory then the numbers in the US as a whole will start to look very dire. Hopefully for them other states won't see the kind of numbers they have seen in New York.


  • #5793
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    wakka12 wrote: »
    You said if this virus was real it would be causing a lot of deaths in poor countries because of poor healthcare , there you go , Ecuador


    Ecuador.
    Number 83 out of 100 poorest countries in the world.

    So one out of a hundred. With a population of 17 milion. Come on you can do better.


  • #5794
    SeaBreezes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    Minnie Snuggles wrote: »
    This is absolutely harrowing, but I think you should read it.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52196815

    Ties in with the following report indicating how it attacks the heart..

    https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200415/covid-19-can-trigger-serious-heart-injuries

    Horrific times.


  • #5795
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    V8 Interceptor wrote: »
    Simple Simon: "Trump's WHO decision is inexcusable"

    Early March:

    Kingston Mills: "We should close the borders. Why haven't we done it?"

    Simple Simon: Eh, Urm, Err….... we're in the EU, its about freedom of movement"




    Inexcusable decisions indeed...


    Coveney always had his ambitions on getting a UN gig. Varadkar wants an EU gig. They will put all of our wellbeing at risk to get themselves there.

    The day Slovenia closed their border to Italy, the likes of Pascal Donohue and Harris were banging on about hurting Italian peoples feelings and free movement is at the core of the EU. And Slovenia, considering their proximity have done a tremendous job.

    There is a clique there that are absolutely brainwashed by the EU.


  • #5796
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Reports of second lockdown in Wuhan.

    https://m.theepochtimes.com/china-quietly-puts-lockdowns-on-wuhan-residential-compounds-as-virus-continues-to-spread_3312456.html

    Rte should fund a show where blind boy goes to investigate


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  • #5797
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,028 ✭✭✭xabi


    patnor1011 wrote: »
    Seriously? You do have some reading to do before you try to be condescending.

    I would like to see proof that the current test is detecting all coronavirus.


  • #5798
    Curious_Case
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭Curious_Case


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    It would be gold if a reporter asked Trump if he will be buying any of Iran's latest apparatus to detect the virus at 100 metres in 5 seconds...

    irgc.jpg

    https://ifpnews.com/iran-develops-smart-system-detect-coronavirus-5-seconds

    That looks like something from an Aldi or Lidl brochure

    Party table* with built in barbecue, stereo bluetooth speakers & handheld satellite receiver
    All that's missing is a turntable
    *Urban guerilla gear sold separately


  • #5799
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,985 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Kermit.de.frog wrote:
    Why are you calling him "simple"?

    Seems a very clever and capable man to me.
    Plenty of mistakes made by him during this pandemic, add the Children's hospital fiasco and it's easy to see how he has earned that nickname.


  • #5800
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,583 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    xabi wrote: »
    I would like to see proof that the current test is detecting all coronavirus.

    It's designed for the genetics of COVID-19, same as the flu test tests for flu and the MERS test tests for MERS and the SARS test tests for SARS and so on an so on
    Tho there is a company in the north that have a test that tests for a variety of the different viruses (cannot remember the name and too late to bother googling it)

    Only idiots believe the test is picking up any old coronavirus including the common cold and giving a positive - if you don't believe that then look at all the people dying from it.


  • #5801
    keynes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭keynes


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Coveney always had his ambitions on getting a UN gig. Varadkar wants an EU gig. They will put all of our wellbeing at risk to get themselves there.

    The day Slovenia closed their border to Italy, the likes of Pascal Donohue and Harris were banging on about hurting Italian peoples feelings and free movement is at the core of the EU. And Slovenia, considering their proximity have done a tremendous job.

    There is a clique there that are absolutely brainwashed by the EU.


    Even when they're closing their borders on us, we're still open to them. The level of sycophancy is bordering on pathological


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  • #5802
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,583 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Curious_Case wrote: »
    That looks like something from an Aldi or Lidl brochure

    Party table* with built in barbecue, stereo bluetooth speakers & handheld satellite receiver
    All that's missing is a turntable
    *Urban guerilla gear sold separately

    Something like this might be better

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTK8eff1Zsk


  • #5803
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    xabi wrote: »
    I would like to see proof that the current test is detecting all coronavirus.

    Incidentally me too. Like where did I say that?
    Some people should read twice or perhaps three times and then answer or react.


  • #5804
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Plenty of mistakes made by him during this pandemic, add the Children's hospital fiasco and it's easy to see how he has earned that nickname.

    Yeah, like everyone is a capable general after the battle.
    That guy is doing what he can. He is not a king or dictator and some decisions need a lot of discussions and infighting inside government.
    Can we do better? Probably yes but we can do much worse too.


  • #5805
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,583 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    patnor1011 wrote: »
    Incidentally me too. Like where did I say that?
    Some people should read twice or perhaps three times and then answer or react.
    A large percentage of the world human population will have covi DNA in them in small quantities even if they are perfectly well or sick with some other pathogen

    Look for your facts beyond Facebook


  • #5806
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,985 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    patnor1011 wrote:
    Yeah, like everyone is a capable general after the battle. That guy is doing what he can. He is not a king or dictator and some decisions need a lot of discussions and infighting inside government. Can we do better? Probably yes but we can do much worse too.
    To be fair he should have been removed from the post after the Children's hospital fiasco.


  • #5807
    xabi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,028 ✭✭✭xabi


    patnor1011 wrote: »
    Incidentally me too. Like where did I say that?
    Some people should read twice or perhaps three times and then answer or react.

    It’s in the text you copied “from the internet“, do you believe what was said in it?


  • #5808
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,819 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Are security forces still doing there jobs ???

    What's stopping an under the radar terrorist attack in a major city as soon as lockdown is ended


  • #5809
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    eagle eye wrote: »
    To be fair he should have been removed from the post after the Children's hospital fiasco.

    That is correct. But he cant be solely blamed for current situation.


  • #5810
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    xabi wrote: »
    It’s in the text you copied “from the internet“, do you believe what was said in it?

    Do you know which test is being used and how it is being used?
    When you will dig deeper you will find some interesting things.


  • #5811
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,149 ✭✭✭Polar101


    There was a small antibody study done in Finland, they took samples of people who attended hospital for non-coronavirus related issues. This was done over three weeks (March 23rd, March 30th, April 6th). The first week's samples had 0.7% positives for Coronavirus antibodies, 2nd week had none, and 3rd week had 3.4%.

    It was only ~150 samples per week, but it could indicate the actual number of infected people in the area are dozens of times higher than detected. This was in the greater Helsinki area hospital district, where they currently have about 2000 confirmed infections.

    Source:
    https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/-/number-of-people-with-coronavirus-infections-may-be-dozens-of-times-higher-than-the-number-of-confirmed-cases?redirect=%2Fen%2Fweb%2Fthlfi-en


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  • #5812
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,742 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Coveney always had his ambitions on getting a UN gig. Varadkar wants an EU gig. They will put all of our wellbeing at risk to get themselves there.

    The day Slovenia closed their border to Italy, the likes of Pascal Donohue and Harris were banging on about hurting Italian peoples feelings and free movement is at the core of the EU. And Slovenia, considering their proximity have done a tremendous job.

    There is a clique there that are absolutely brainwashed by the EU.

    Did they? The Slovenian closing of several border crossings with Italy was barely even mentioned in the Irish media.

    That was the same day the St Patrick's Festival was cancelled and 48 hours before the schools were closed


  • #5813
    poppers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 712 ✭✭✭poppers


    Saw this on donegal daily website for location of cases cannot find origial on line


  • #5814
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,783 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    fritzelly wrote: »
    I'm a little behind on the Trump presser but is he making a play to lead the WHO should he not get another term?


    He'll get his second term, and then Ivanka will be President, or Trump junior, he's already putting the 2024 vibe out there.
    Truth is Trumps will be in office for next 20 years plus.


  • #5815
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,583 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    poppers wrote: »
    Saw this on donegal daily website for location of cases cannot find origial on line

    https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/covid19-updates.html#daily-updates


  • #5816
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,811 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Plenty of mistakes made by him during this pandemic, add the Children's hospital fiasco and it's easy to see how he has earned that nickname.

    I'm talking about Simon Coveney :confused:


  • #5817
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,897 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    Truth is Trumps will be in office for next 20 years plus.

    No they wont. calm down there.


  • #5818
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,969 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Why are you calling him "simple"?

    Seems a very clever and capable man to me.

    It's the new way of marking political enemies: Crooked Hilary, Crazy Bernie Sanders etc. It's schoolyard stuff for people too stupid to make a proper argument.


  • #5819
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,341 ✭✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    President Chump's rally is over for this evening.

    ...



    :pac:


  • #5820
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,048 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    kowloon wrote: »
    It's the new way of marking political enemies: Crooked Hilary, Crazy Bernie Sanders etc. It's schoolyard stuff for people too stupid to make a proper argument.

    My favourite is Sleepy Joe Biden.


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  • #5821
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Polar101 wrote: »
    There was a small antibody study done in Finland, they took samples of people who attended hospital for non-coronavirus related issues. This was done over three weeks (March 23rd, March 30th, April 6th). The first week's samples had 0.7% positives for Coronavirus antibodies, 2nd week had none, and 3rd week had 3.4%.

    It was only ~150 samples per week, but it could indicate the actual number of infected people in the area are dozens of times higher than detected. This was in the greater Helsinki area hospital district, where they currently have about 2000 confirmed infections.

    Source:
    https://thl.fi/en/web/thlfi-en/-/number-of-people-with-coronavirus-infections-may-be-dozens-of-times-higher-than-the-number-of-confirmed-cases?redirect=%2Fen%2Fweb%2Fthlfi-en


    The Porvoo area of Finland was the worst affected which is east of Helsinki.
    I have a Finnish friend who was telling me the people in that county where he lived were not allowed to leave their county as they had the bulk of the cases.


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