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

zinfandel · 19-04-2020 04:16PM

New Home wrote: »

There's a makeshift mortuary being set up near Heuston Station. Source: someone I know who can see it from his window.

a temporary mortuary is not the same as mass graves!

Duke of Url · 19-04-2020 04:17PM

MeTheMan wrote: »

Rumor I heard was Longford. I laughed it off tbh.

I wouldn’t.

New Home · 19-04-2020 04:18PM

zinfandel wrote: »

a temporary mortuary is not the same as mass graves!

I know, but the bodies stored there will have to go somewhere.

MrMusician18 · 19-04-2020 04:18PM

New Home wrote: »

There's a makeshift mortuary being set up near Heuston Station. Source: someone I know who can see it from his window.

The one in the carpark of Royal Hospital Kilmainham has been public knowledge for some weeks

NelRom · 19-04-2020 04:18PM

Seems like it was still the plan Apr 5th

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/grim-reality-of-covid-19-hits-home-as-huge-temporary-mortuary-set-up-in-dublin-car-park/ar-BB12c6Ix?li=BBr5KbJ

Looney1 · 19-04-2020 04:21PM

We hear of new grave sites, new mortuary field hospitals city west etc. Am I missing something. Do we not have this under control??

Martina1991 · 19-04-2020 04:24PM

deisedevil wrote:

Or is it that they just couldn't manage the amount of requests. It wasn't that the criteria was too wide at all and they just needed an excuse to reduce the amount of requests maybe? How many people have had it but were told no test would be done because they didn't meet the new criteria.

I think the real truth is that the labs weren't prepared and how could they be. The systems to support them weren't ready and that's also understandable. The reagents ran out and more could not be sourced quick enough, a worldwide problem which was not the fault of anyone here. The hope was that they were going to test far more and when they realised that wasn't possible they said the criteria was too wide. Ideally we would have been testing far more. I can't stand the dishonesty since the testing started. There's been loads of spin around it and it would have been far better to have been more open and hon est. People would have been more understanding than they think I would say.

The criteria was too wide. At the time around 94% of results were negative.
Anyone and everyone could request a test if they told their GP they had symtoms. GPs were doing triage of patients over the phone, without being able to fully assess who should get a test and who shouldn't.

It sent tens of thousands of tests down the throat of our laboratory services. It was passing the buck.

Of course our labs weren't prepared. This is a completely new virus. Very few had the actual analysers, no one had the reagents, because they didn't exist.

Blanco100 · 19-04-2020 04:25PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

I wouldn’t.

Can someone explain what happened in Longford?

Blanco100 · 19-04-2020 04:26PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

I wouldn’t.

Can someone explain what happened in Longford?

19-04-2020 04:27PM

Looney1 wrote: »

We hear of new grave sites, new mortuary field hospitals city west etc. Am I missing something. Do we not have this under control??

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Potential for this would have been hundreds dead per day based on Lombardy

podgeandrodge · 19-04-2020 04:28PM

Martina1991 wrote: »

The criteria was too wide. At the time around 94% of results were negative.
Anyone and everyone could request a test if they told their GP they had symtoms. GPs were doing triage of patients over the phone, without being able to fully assess who should get a test and who shouldn't.

It sent tens of thousands of tests down the throat of our laboratory services. It was passing the buck.

Of course our labs weren't prepared. This is a completely new virus. Very few had the actual analysers, no one had the reagents, because they didn't exist.

Let's not forget that they were being paid €30 a pop for this very technical triage. I was rounded on here at the time for saying it seemed a bit OTT for such a quick call, and reminded that this was worth it for people with 7 years training. Not doubting doctors ability, but this 'triage' was a joke.

silverharp · 19-04-2020 04:30PM

Looney1 wrote: »

We hear of new grave sites, new mortuary field hospitals city west etc. Am I missing something. Do we not have this under control??

that is having it under control, from what I gather the big one in west Dublin isnt being used or used much

Wombatman · 19-04-2020 04:30PM

Portugal doing very well by any measure.

With large Spanish border, older population and big tourist turnover, I expected them to have numbers like Spain and Italy but this doesn't seem to be the case.

I hope they can continue on their positive trajectory.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/19/swift-action-kept-portugals-coronavirus-crisis-in-check-says-minister

What Username Guidelines · 19-04-2020 04:31PM

DevilsHaircut wrote: »

Possibly related to blood clotting.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1251178889713516545

Weird, mid March my toes flared up badly, hot, itchy, and extremely sensitive. Lasted about a week. Sore to walk, sensitive to hot water in shower, etc. Nothing else symptoms-wise, and I’ve never experienced anything like it. Still a little red but no pain at all now.

wakka12 · 19-04-2020 04:35PM

Looney1 wrote: »

We hear of new grave sites, new mortuary field hospitals city west etc. Am I missing something. Do we not have this under control??

It is under control but a lot of people are still dying and will die, hundreds more people have died than in a typical month in Ireland

redarmy · 19-04-2020 04:36PM

39 more people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died. There have now been 610 COVID-19 related deaths here.

fritzelly · 19-04-2020 04:38PM

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1251912634334674944

wakka12 · 19-04-2020 04:38PM

Deaths down considerably in France, UK, Spain, Italy, Sweden,Germany, Netherlands...deaths in Europe overall down about 30% on recent weeks,could really be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now

Timberrrrrrrr · 19-04-2020 04:39PM

Looney1 wrote: »

We hear of new grave sites, new mortuary field hospitals city west etc. Am I missing something. Do we not have this under control??

My local ice skating rink has been transformed into a makeshift morgue for weeks now, hasn't been used but they prepped it just in case.

As someone said, hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Westernyelp · 19-04-2020 04:39PM

What Username Guidelines wrote:

Weird, mid March my toes flared up badly, hot, itchy, and extremely sensitive. Lasted about a week. Sore to walk, sensitive to hot water in shower, etc. Nothing else symptoms-wise, and Iâ€™ve never experienced anything like it. Still a little red but no pain at all now.

Gout?

expectationlost · 19-04-2020 04:40PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Deaths down considerably in France, UK, Spain, Italy, Sweden,Germany, Netherlands...could really be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now

there's another tunnel coming up

Doctors room ghost · 19-04-2020 04:40PM

redarmy wrote: »

39 more people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ireland have died. There have now been 610 COVID-19 related deaths here.

And rip to them all.

Gael23 · 19-04-2020 04:42PM

Hopefully this is the start of a drop in new cases. What was it yesterday?

Westernyelp · 19-04-2020 04:42PM

Numbers down today

Professor Moriarty · 19-04-2020 04:43PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Hopefully this is the start of a drop in new cases. What was it yesterday?

41 IIRC

fritzelly · 19-04-2020 04:43PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Hopefully this is the start of a drop in new cases. What was it yesterday?

630

easypazz · 19-04-2020 04:43PM

Next few days should be the start of a big fall off in numbers.

Jim_Hodge · 19-04-2020 04:44PM

Westernyelp wrote: »

Numbers down today

Hopefully this continues but numbers have always been down on Sundays.

Ferris_Bueller · 19-04-2020 04:44PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Hopefully this is the start of a drop in new cases. What was it yesterday?

493 today compared to 778 yesterday if we're including the tests from Germany (which are now cleared I think?).

Martina1991 · 19-04-2020 04:45PM

wakka12 wrote:

Whats with all this 10k 15k tests day a talk for weeks now? We have not tested anywhere cose to those numbers in a single day , ever. Not thats not okay, Ireland is testing plenty, but why does HSE keep saying they will/can test such large numbers when they dont

The problem with this is that the media use the term "testing" interchangeably when talking about swabs being taken and tests being processed in the lab.

When they say 10-15k tests a day they mean swabs taken in a day.

Irish hospital labs process samples from hospital patients and healthcare workers.
The NVRL process samples from the community and the excess goes to Germany. I imagine and i hope that patients in residential homes will now be prioritised over patients from the community.

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

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