Covid19 Part XVI- 21,983 in ROI (1,339 deaths) 3,881 in NI (404 deaths)(05/05)Read OP

owlbethere wrote: »

Surely if children become infected with the virus, they can transmit the virus to those around them if they cough/sneeze/snotty nose.

It is not so sure. Kids rarely gets ill with this disease. A main guy in South Korea, a professor, said in his video posted here few days ago, that Covid-19 is infectious precisely 2 days before showing symptoms in the patients. It came from their case tracing.

So if kids don't get sick, so maybe they never display these 2-days pre symptomatic contagious window of spreading disease?

EDIT:
I don't want in any way encourage kids to mingle with others. I am only pointing out that this is worth checking before locking all schools in future with the second wave.

iamwhoiam wrote: »

And cancelling the rugby match but letting the Italians arrive . No match on so the flocked to pubs and restaurants

Is this why Dublin is so much worse than everywhere else?

igCorcaigh wrote: »

People agreeing with it seem to genuine doctors though.

True - but they are finding it in non + kids as well, probably something completely unrelated

Pretzill wrote: »

I don't think that helped at all - it was early enough but it shouldn't have happened, however I think Dublin is worse simply because of population - that seems to be the trend in most places; London, New York, Paris, Madrid etc.

What I don't understand is how (at the moment anyway) globally the spread seems to be worse across the Western World.

It is not an obvious disease. The symptoms are not very different from a bad flu. Including death. Don't test for it and you never find it. You just get more dead people. I would not be surprised to find that many other places have been hit hard.

timsey tiger wrote: »

Is this why Dublin is so much worse than everywhere else?

Dublin is worse than everywhere else because its our only major urban area

Honesty Im surprised cases arent even more concentrated in Dublin considering how much of the country lives in completely sparsely populated areas

ThePopehimself wrote: »

My mother in law was tested in the Nursing Home 9 days ago.

Called the Nursing Home this morning, we still have no results.

(I posted earlier this morning #3404)

Is sometime in excess of 9 days the new improved turnaround in testing time?!

Update: It is day 12 now and still waiting on the test results.

Still a torturous wait for my father in Law. He is not managing too well at all. They were 15 years old when they met - 65 years together - he is lost without her. The wait for the results has so far meant that his GP has prescribed him a stronger sleeping pill.

He isn't doing well. The wait for him is torture. 12 days in a Nursing home that has had 6 deaths is too much.

According to staff, they will 'probably test them all again next week' - which makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever given that the first lot of tests aren't even back yet.

ThePopehimself wrote: »

Update: It is day 12 now and still waiting on the test results.

Still a torturous wait for my father in Law. He is not managing too well at all. They were 15 years old when they met - 65 years together - he is lost without her. The wait for the results has so far meant that his GP has prescribed him a stronger sleeping pill.

He isn't doing well. The wait for him is torture. 12 days in a Nursing home that has had 6 deaths is too much.

According to staff, they will 'probably test them all again next week' - which makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever given that the first lot of tests aren't even back yet.

That's horrible. I'm so sorry to hear it

It sounds very much like a disconnect in the system, where your mother in laws test was before they prioritised tests from Nursing Homes (that's no excuse though!). Hopefully she has more information soon, even if it's a case she has a new round of tests, as far as I'm aware they're now prioritised.

poppers wrote: »

Seems a bit extreem. Nursing home my sister works in tested thurs got results sat.

Right!!! Thank you for that! Very very interesting.... I'm going to be really honest here;

We are smelling a rat. A really big one. We are beginning to wonder if she was ever even tested at all.

I called the 'HSE Live' number 3 days ago. I gave them the details, they gave me the number of the lab in Dublin. They told me that her test would certainly go there. So....

I called the lab. They said they could 'Certainly update me' they just needed My Mother in Laws 'Testing TAG NUMBER which the Nursing Home would have' and they could update me. They were certain the Nursing home would have the Tag Number.....however....

I called the Nursing home, explained that all I needed was the 'Testing Tag Number' - but I was told (abruptly)that the manager was on another call. I called again. And then again. I waited all day. late that evening, The Nursing Home said that " They would NOT have those 'testing tag details"...that no nursing homes would have those details.... but that "if she (my Mother in law) did have it, she is over the worst of it....and that anyway, they were probably going to test everyone again anyway next week."

I DID NOT BUY THAT.

I am much more able than my elderly father in law...he is not coping well with wait. My Mother in Law's recent lethargy and complete lack of appetite has him legitimately worried into visiting his GP for sleeping pills. Not good.

mightyreds wrote: »

My father's uncle is in a nursing home, he got tested last Sunday got the results yesterday , he is positive but only has mild symptoms his roommate has already passed away from it.

That's hard. So sorry to hear that. I hope he continues to do okay.

It is rotten looking from outside a closed window at someone you love who cant hear anything you say....especially when they are sad.

It sucks so very much.

This Virus is hard.

SO told me about this news today (I’ve put it through translate so people can read), makes you worried about lifting measures...

One person infected 22 people out of a group of 26 contacts traced after kindergartens reopened.

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&pto=aue&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/flere-barn-smittet-av-koronavirus-i-karmoy-1.14996082&usg=ALkJrhgnWwUe7AGuq0RJoP88QMFNopYzWQ

ThePopehimself wrote: »

Right!!! Thank you for that! Very very interesting.... I'm going to be really honest here;

We are smelling a rat. A really big one. We are beginning to wonder if she was ever even tested at all.

I called the 'HSE Live' number 3 days ago. I gave them the details, they gave me the number of the lab in Dublin. They told me that her test would certainly go there. So....

I called the lab. They said they could 'Certainly update me' they just needed My Mother in Laws 'Testing TAG NUMBER which the Nursing Home would have' and they could update me. They were certain the Nursing home would have the Tag Number.....however....

I called the Nursing home, explained that all I needed was the 'Testing Tag Number' - but I was told (abruptly)that the manager was on another call. I called again. And then again. I waited all day. late that evening, The Nursing Home said that " They would NOT have those 'testing tag details"...that no nursing homes would have those details.... but that "if she (my Mother in law) did have it, she is over the worst of it....and that anyway, they were probably going to test everyone again anyway next week."

I DID NOT BUY THAT.

I am much more able than my elderly father in law...he is not coping well with wait. My Mother in Law's recent lethargy and complete lack of appetite has him legitimately worried into visiting his GP for sleeping pills. Not good.

thats crazy about the test. offeringr a few quick suggestions which you may have thought about already.
A. ring lab back and report the situation.
(then in no particular order.)
1. time to contact media.
2. time to make your t.d. work.
3. ring the garda and use covid legislation to your advantage.
4. ring your solictor.
5. ring hiqa etc.

hope one of these might help your situation. If you need help finding numbers/ emails for the above, let me know and i will try.
cant believe they said shes over the worst of it like its just a common cold. aaargh.

Gynoid wrote: »

Been trying to see if this could be a real thing. The account tweeting it is real, real doctors are replying. But it is not on NHS twitter timeline nor on the actual PICS UK site though that may not have been updated. I can find no other mention of it just googling.

If anyone finds out about it, would be good to know. Thanks.

It has been cited here as well

Originally posted by spookwoman:

https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/191/4/499/937208