China Coronavirus

Started by lurganblue, January 23, 2020, 09:52:32 AM

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marty34

Quote from: imtommygunn on March 07, 2020, 08:17:46 PM
Met a colleague of the wife's in Tesco last week. He proceeded to tell us he was quarantined from his work as he was just back from Italy >:(

Should people who have been in Italy this past 6 weeks not be tested, as of urgency?

imtommygunn

I would have thought so yeah.

Capt Pat

Is this toilet paper thing happening in Ireland north or south? Or is it just in places like Australia?

Square Ball

Quote from: Capt Pat on March 07, 2020, 09:59:00 PM
Is this toilet paper thing happening in Ireland north or south? Or is it just in places like Australia?
Think it just the crazy Ozzie's.

Panic buying of toilet paper in Australia has caused something weird.  🇦🇺 https://t.co/nHoXncX8iW
Hospitals are not equipped to treat stupid

square_ball

#439
Quote from: lurganblue on March 07, 2020, 09:36:10 PM
WhatsApp rumours tonight that a lad playing for Hannover in Portadown has tested positive for Coronavirus this evening.

Yeah Coagh United have put up a statement. Player was undergoing tests for the virus, played in the match and then in the subsequent hours tests have come back positive.

Edit to add that lurganblue is correct in that it was a player from the portadown club that was playing at Coagh.

RedHand88

Quote from: Square Ball on March 07, 2020, 10:39:41 PM
Quote from: Capt Pat on March 07, 2020, 09:59:00 PM
Is this toilet paper thing happening in Ireland north or south? Or is it just in places like Australia?
Think it just the crazy Ozzie's.

Panic buying of toilet paper in Australia has caused something weird.  🇦🇺 https://t.co/nHoXncX8iW

https://mobile.twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1236271062159175680

AFM


Milltown Row2

Quote from: AFM on March 08, 2020, 09:12:16 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51787238

Italy taking extreme measures against this oul flu.

It's a good thing it's not as bad flu like the normal one.

So far, the new coronavirus has led to more than 100,000 illnesses and more than 3,000 deaths worldwide. But that's nothing compared with the flu, also called influenza. In the U.S. alone, the flu has caused an estimated 32 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

AFM

More flippancy, this virus is 3 months old.

armaghniac

These posts about flu are immature and irresponsible. Flu is everywhere, while Covid 19 is not thankfully everywhere and it has only been going for 6 weeks, so of course the annual world totals for flu are higher.
If at first you don't succeed, then goto Plan B

93-DY-SAM

Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 08, 2020, 10:18:56 AM
Quote from: AFM on March 08, 2020, 09:12:16 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51787238

Italy taking extreme measures against this oul flu.

It's a good thing it's not as bad flu like the normal one.

So far, the new coronavirus has led to more than 100,000 illnesses and more than 3,000 deaths worldwide. But that's nothing compared with the flu, also called influenza. In the U.S. alone, the flu has caused an estimated 32 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This is a very ill informed comment. If you have read anything about Covid-19 you will know this is nothing like the ordinary flu. It is a fast spreading highly contagious virus with no vaccine. You can't protect people against everything and at least with common flu we have vaccines which mitigate this risk to such a large extent we generally don't give it much thought. The number of victims the common flu claims is still scary as strains of flu mutate and build resistance to that years vaccine which is why there is a new jab each year. If Covid-19 gets on the loose as the common flu has then there is much bigger trouble ahead. Italy is proving testament to that. I hope you have no family or relations that are elderly or have underlying medical problems and are exposed to this. You might have a different outlook then.


Nanderson

I dont understand how you can be unwell/worried enough to get a test for coronavirus yet still think its ok to go and play a game of football?

Tony Baloney

Quote from: Nanderson on March 08, 2020, 11:03:27 AM
I dont understand how you can be unwell/worried enough to get a test for coronavirus yet still think its ok to go and play a game of football?
He wasn't unwell as he was asymptomatic and probably just went as a precautionary measure. Looks like a fool now though.

Denn Forever

In the Island next  door, You  can ring 111 and get info on where your nearest pod to get tested is.  Do we have similar number/pod down here?
I have more respect for a man
that says what he means and
means what he says...

Saffrongael

It's much more lethal than the flu
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