China Coronavirus

[sid waddell]

I don't like the phrase 'wet pubs'.

Although a dry pub sounds catastrophic.

They love a good wet pub in Galway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPU8-KAN70s

[highorlow]

I think the Gov missed out on the messaging. I'm probably not alone in being sick of listening to the radio adverts to "stay safe" etc and I turn the channel over now when I here it.

They should've done the adverts in other languages for the ethnic minorities as it's not Paddy that's spreading this anymore, the spreaders are  travellers, Muslims and foreign nationals.

Given the snowflake era we are in if they did adverts in different languages they'd be called out as racists.

[armaghniac]

I think the Gov missed out on the messaging. I'm probably not alone in being sick of listening to the radio adverts to "stay safe" etc and I turn the channel over now when I here it.

They should've done the adverts in other languages for the ethnic minorities as it's not Paddy that's spreading this anymore, the spreaders are  travellers, Muslims and foreign nationals.

Given the snowflake era we are in if they did adverts in different languages they'd be called out as racists.

There is no point in running ads on the radio in different languages, this message should be sent in a more directed way.

These meat plants need to be brought under control. Either they implement proper spacing, as everyone else has had to do, or they test everyone every day at their own expense. You might find that faced with the latter that the former somehow becomes possible after all.

[highorlow]

These meat plants need to be brought under control. Either they implement proper spacing, as everyone else has had to do, or they test everyone every day at their own expense. You might find that faced with the latter that the former somehow becomes possible after all.

100%. I'm in the construction industry and naturally enough we had a few outlier sites but given the scale of works things are done correctly.

The meat producers are likely complacent as they never shut and were always regarded as "essential" ; people need their cheap salty ham.

Instead of locking down the good people of Offaly and Laois the Government should just lock
Down the meat factories for 2 weeks.

[thebigfella]

I think the Gov missed out on the messaging. I'm probably not alone in being sick of listening to the radio adverts to "stay safe" etc and I turn the channel over now when I here it.

They should've done the adverts in other languages for the ethnic minorities as it's not Paddy that's spreading this anymore, the spreaders are  travellers, Muslims and foreign nationals.

Given the snowflake era we are in if they did adverts in different languages they'd be called out as racists.

Is that you Donald?

[Cunny Funt]

Case this week = 550 (264 more cases than last week)

Deaths in ROI, 10 was reported this week but i think at least 7 of them didn't happen this week. We had 1 reported death last week.

Thats the highest weekly number of case we had since May. Going by the comments from medical experts i think we'll do well to keep under 550 cases for the week ahead.

[Milltown Row2]

Case this week = 550 (264 more cases than last week)

Deaths in ROI, 10 was reported this week but i think at least 7 of them didn't happen this week. We had 1 reported death last week.

Thats the highest weekly number of case we had since May. Going by the comments from medical experts i think we'll do well to keep under 550 cases for the week ahead.

What's the test rate like? Are there more people taking tests now, which will obviously throw up more cases or is it getting worse?

What would be the breakdown on hospitalisation,  ICU, no symptoms?

[Cunny Funt]

Case this week = 550 (264 more cases than last week)

Deaths in ROI, 10 was reported this week but i think at least 7 of them didn't happen this week. We had 1 reported death last week.

Thats the highest weekly number of case we had since May. Going by the comments from medical experts i think we'll do well to keep under 550 cases for the week ahead.

What’s the test rate like? Are there more people taking tests now, which will obviously throw up more cases or is it getting worse?

What would be the breakdown on hospitalisation,  ICU, no symptoms?

Around 30,000 tests was carried out the last 7 days down from last week when 35,000 tests was done. I'm expecting the following week to increase testing again.

No spike in hospital numbers yet thankfully.

[Milltown Row2]

Case this week = 550 (264 more cases than last week)

Deaths in ROI, 10 was reported this week but i think at least 7 of them didn't happen this week. We had 1 reported death last week.

Thats the highest weekly number of case we had since May. Going by the comments from medical experts i think we'll do well to keep under 550 cases for the week ahead.

What's the test rate like? Are there more people taking tests now, which will obviously throw up more cases or is it getting worse?

What would be the breakdown on hospitalisation,  ICU, no symptoms?

Around 30,000 tests was carried out the last 7 days down from last week when 35,000 tests was done. I'm expecting the following week to increase testing again.

No spike in hospital numbers yet thankfully.

So is the strain weakening or is the age group lower so not requiring hospital treatment? I know it's large cases but hopefully the death rate stays as low as it can

[Rossfan]

It seems to be staying at around 80% of the cases being under 45s.

[Cunny Funt]

Case this week = 550 (264 more cases than last week)

Deaths in ROI, 10 was reported this week but i think at least 7 of them didn't happen this week. We had 1 reported death last week.

Thats the highest weekly number of case we had since May. Going by the comments from medical experts i think we'll do well to keep under 550 cases for the week ahead.

What's the test rate like? Are there more people taking tests now, which will obviously throw up more cases or is it getting worse?

What would be the breakdown on hospitalisation,  ICU, no symptoms?

Around 30,000 tests was carried out the last 7 days down from last week when 35,000 tests was done. I'm expecting the following week to increase testing again.

No spike in hospital numbers yet thankfully.

So is the strain weakening or is the age group lower so not requiring hospital treatment? I know it's large cases but hopefully the death rate stays as low as it can

That seems to be the way for the last few weeks.

[highorlow]

Hopefully the people getting it now are only getting ordinary flu like symptoms and not the lung scarring and other stuff that's making the headlines. I've also heard of a good few older people back in March that had it and it was just like a head cold and passed through them. We might be ok here for winter as we had a severe flu season last winter unlike the Italians and Spanish who were caught off guard.

It's a case of personal responsibility at this stage but some of the foreign nationals don't get that, particular the Muslims and the ethic travelling community.

[sid waddell]

It's a case of personal responsibility at this stage but some of the foreign nationals don't get that, particular the Muslims and the ethic travelling community.

This is like bad satire.

Sure why focus on the actual personal responsibility of the owners and management at meat processing plants to ensure safe working conditions when you can just lump it all on low wage workers and ethnic minorities.

The vacuous right-wing mantra of "personal responsibility" is both a dog whistle and a self-consciously fraudulent grift to protect untrammelled corporate power, and lack of corporate responsibility, and incompetence or worse.

[armaghniac]

It's a case of personal responsibility at this stage but some of the foreign nationals don't get that, particular the Muslims and the ethic travelling community.

This is like bad satire.

Sure why focus on the actual personal responsibility of the owners and management at meat processing plants to ensure safe working conditions when you can just lump it all on low wage workers and ethnic minorities.

The vacuous right-wing mantra of "personal responsibility" is both a dog whistle and a self-consciously fraudulent grift to protect untrammelled corporate power, and lack of corporate responsibility, and incompetence or worse.

No, both the owners and the workers have responsibilities. They cannot just put the blame on the other.

[seafoid]

It's a case of personal responsibility at this stage but some of the foreign nationals don't get that, particular the Muslims and the ethic travelling community.

This is like bad satire.

Sure why focus on the actual personal responsibility of the owners and management at meat processing plants to ensure safe working conditions when you can just lump it all on low wage workers and ethnic minorities.

The vacuous right-wing mantra of "personal responsibility" is both a dog whistle and a self-consciously fraudulent grift to protect untrammelled corporate power, and lack of corporate responsibility, and incompetence or worse.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/meat-plant-clusters-may-be-down-to-softly-softly-approach-1.4324924?mode=amp

We know now what works to stop the virus: distance, hand hygiene, masks. We know where the risky environments are: crowded indoor spaces, meat plants, shared accommodation.