China Coronavirus

[Cunny Funt]

Leo Varadkar in the live press conference reckon 10k to 15k people will have tested positive for Corvid-19 in the ROI within the next month.

[RadioGAAGAA]

So Boris has said stop non essential travel, close pubs & clubs and socially isolate.

But we are keeping schools open.

What is the actual rationale behind sending kids to sit in classrooms while putting in place the other actions?

Surely the things are absolutely counter productive to each other?

I would assume to provide Childcare for the Doctors, nurses, cleaners, Pharmacists, shop keepers, lorry drivers, Police and other Teachers needed to keep society functioning.

What they should do - and its so obvious that many other countries are already doing it - is close the schools to all but the children of critical workers.

If your class size drops from 30 to 3, then the chances of one of the 3 getting the virus to pass on is greatly reduced.

Risk isn't eliminated, but its largely mitigated.

[RadioGAAGAA]

Got told on the phone today by a member of the public that "its a load of shite and is just a flu". When I pointed out Italy to him he replied "us norn iron people are smarter than Italy".

Him being a prime example of just how much smarter we are 

[Saffrongael]

Are schools closed in Wales/Scotland?

[TheOptimist]

So now they are throwing pregnant women into the at risk category all of a sudden. My wife is 20 weeks and works in a pharmacy and has been dealing with effers fighting over toilet roll  nappies and calpol the last week.

Add to that her employer a big chain seems to only  be  intent on cashing in unlike some others I've heard off

[Gabriel_Hurl]

France going in big

@BethRigby

Macron:
- French borders are closing from tomorrow midday. French citizens will be allowed to come home.
- Companies might not have to pay any tax & govt will guarantee E300bn of loans. 'No single company will go bankrupt'
- ****Gas, elec, water, rent bills suspended****

[larryin89]

349 deaths in Italy today .

[LeoMc]

So Boris has said stop non essential travel, close pubs & clubs and socially isolate.

But we are keeping schools open.

What is the actual rationale behind sending kids to sit in classrooms while putting in place the other actions?

Surely the things are absolutely counter productive to each other?

I would assume to provide Childcare for the Doctors, nurses, cleaners, Pharmacists, shop keepers, lorry drivers, Police and other Teachers needed to keep society functioning.

What they should do - and its so obvious that many other countries are already doing it - is close the schools to all but the children of critical workers.

If your class size drops from 30 to 3, then the chances of one of the 3 getting the virus to pass on is greatly reduced.

Risk isn't eliminated, but its largely mitigated.

That is the sensible way to go about it. Closing schools could be counterproductive but allowing people to keep their children off strikes a better balance. Those that need / have to go out to work are not taken from the work force unnecessarily.

[Hardy]

https://twitter.com/boughsof/status/1239490782861709312

[93-DY-SAM]

DUP again picking and choosing which bits fit their agenda. Can't wait to see what they make of this science:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2134162-five-things-you-need-to-know-about-dup-politicians-and-science/

Just for the record and for the purposes of balance SF are not much better. They have make a complete clusterf**k of this as well losing any sane argument they had with stupid rhetoric and comments. Not unlike what happened after the GE in the South. However there is far more at stake here.   

[seafoid]

So Boris has said stop non essential travel, close pubs & clubs and socially isolate.

But we are keeping schools open.

What is the actual rationale behind sending kids to sit in classrooms while putting in place the other actions?

Surely the things are absolutely counter productive to each other?

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned this week that large numbers of people having to self-isolate is "only likely to increase" domestic abuse incidents in the UK.

[Itchy]

DUP again picking and choosing which bits fit their agenda. Can't wait to see what they make of this science:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2134162-five-things-you-need-to-know-about-dup-politicians-and-science/

Just for the record and for the purposes of balance SF are not much better. They have make a complete clusterf**k of this as well losing any sane argument they had with stupid rhetoric and comments. Not unlike what happened after the GE in the South. However there is far more at stake here.

How do you reckon that. Few curse words aside they are the only party in the North talking any sense on this.

[seafoid]

Leo Varadkar in the live press conference reckon 10k to 15k people will have tested positive for Corvid-19 in the ROI within the next month.

https://www.ft.com/content/e015e096-6532-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68
"The situation in other countries now resembles the situation we were in during the first few weeks of the Sars spread in Taiwan in early 2003," says Prof Su. "You are not ready, you have no experience."
After the Sars epidemic, Professor Su Ih-jen overhauled Taiwan's entire public health system

Early travel restrictions, aggressive testing and screening of contacts and strict quarantine rules have been key. Universal healthcare, clear management structures for the public health response and proactive communication to get the population on board have also helped.  "

[tyrone08]

So Boris has said stop non essential travel, close pubs & clubs and socially isolate.

But we are keeping schools open.

What is the actual rationale behind sending kids to sit in classrooms while putting in place the other actions?

Surely the things are absolutely counter productive to each other?

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned this week that large numbers of people having to self-isolate is "only likely to increase" domestic abuse incidents in the UK.

Didn't really take long for people to see what a utter useless leader Boris is. Ironically it's the poorer ex Labour areas who voted for Boris which will suffer the most. The UK had a chance to lead the way and work closely with Europe which may have aided in the upcoming negotiations but they have completely messed it up.

[playwiththewind1st]

There was a case mentioned on the ITV News earlier of a man who was hospitalised on 3 March & only died last Friday, on the 13th. What exactly is, or has been, going on? Plus, if it started in China in December, when precisely did the powers that be cop on that it was going to spiral out of control rapidly & why haven't adequate preventitive measures been put in place, long before now? It looks like all these steps that  are now coming in are being put in place way too late.