China Coronavirus

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

Previous topic - Next topic

Walter Cronc

What's the thoughts on the chancellor's announcement?

I fall in between the cracks as have only been self employed for a few months. Feel sick  :-\

quit yo jibbajabba

Def a few gonna miss out. Sorry to hear Walter.

Not payable to June

quit yo jibbajabba

Guy who helped compile Imperial College report reduces death estimate figure from 250k to 20k maybe not even. Still a lot but helluva difference....

Cant copy and paste but search Caleb Howe on twitter

J70

Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 26, 2020, 06:01:37 PM
Guy who helped compile Imperial College report reduces death estimate figure from 250k to 20k maybe not even. Still a lot but helluva difference....

Cant copy and paste but search Caleb Howe on twitter

I would presume this revision was made following the changes in the government's response strategy from the earlier madness, which were no doubt influenced by the Imperial College report ( even Trump was, at least for a time!).

RadioGAAGAA

#2360
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 26, 2020, 06:01:37 PM
Guy who helped compile Imperial College report reduces death estimate figure from 250k to 20k maybe not even. Still a lot but helluva difference....

Cant copy and paste but search Caleb Howe on twitter

Who?

Current measures have stopped it growing quicker, but its still growing at a steady ~20% per day.

There are now about 11,500 cases. That's getting into ICU thresholds.

**hopefully** the lockdown will see the growth figures decline and turn negative. Need strong evidence of this starting to happen within the next week or things get really bad.


edit: We aren't near the middle of the woods yet, never mind nearing the exit!

edit2: Clarified growth figure changes
i usse an speelchekor


quit yo jibbajabba


Milltown Row2

Quote from: RadioGAAGAA on March 26, 2020, 06:54:42 PM
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 26, 2020, 06:01:37 PM
Guy who helped compile Imperial College report reduces death estimate figure from 250k to 20k maybe not even. Still a lot but helluva difference....

Cant copy and paste but search Caleb Howe on twitter

Who?

Current measures have stopped it growing quicker, but its still growing at a steady ~20% per day.

There are now about 11,500 cases. That's getting into ICU thresholds.

**hopefully** the lockdown will see the growth figures decline and turn negative. Need strong evidence of this starting to happen within the next week or things get really bad.


edit: We aren't near the middle of the woods yet, never mind nearing the exit!

edit2: Clarified growth figure changes

You must put in at least one positive point in your posts Radio, as must of them are morbid  8)
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

Taylor

Quote from: Taylor on March 19, 2020, 08:48:58 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 19, 2020, 08:23:02 PM
Quote from: armaghniac on March 19, 2020, 08:14:51 PM
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 19, 2020, 07:58:31 PM
That's the same here and England I'd presume, so are people in England not bothering about being tested?

It isn't. If you phone your GP he'll check if you are seriously ill; if not then that is it he'll say take a panadol every 4 hours,  if you are ill then you go to hospital and then get tested.

So if you're not seriously ill then why get tested? If you've cold symptoms then best to stay in and not expose anyone?

If you're concerned and tell your GP he'll arrange a test .. the guy I know wasn't seriously ill and recovered but had the test, so you're saying they are not testing unless they are seriously ill?

GP won't arrange a test if you ask.
As of yesterday a bad asthmatic is showing all of the synptoms.
He feels like complete shit....in his words like he has been hit by a lorry.

Was told to double the intake of his inhaler and rest.
If he gets seriously ill he needs to call Doc and tell him.

That's it.

His partner is now showing synptoms as is his two kids.

All will simply be isolated the same as him.

It's a shambles in the UK

The asthmatic that was ill last week is still suffering.
Had to be rushed to hospital today where they tested him for a number of things but not Covid.
He actually asked why and they said their direction is to rule everything else out before doing the test.

Gave him steroids to open the airways and sent him home tonight asking  him to return if he doesn't improve.

Showing all of the synptoms of Covid.

Can only imagine the true number of cases in the 6 counties if this is being adhered to.

Scary stuff

tbrick18

See below from Eamon Mccann.
Still think Robin Swan is doing a good job? I don't.
We are under prepared and not doing enough to get prepared for this surge.


The Tories ordered 10,000 ventilators from Dyson. The North is to get only 600. Nurses and health workers here said our health service was one of the least prepared to deal with this crisis. We need thousands of ventilators not hundreds.

Last week Minister of Heath Robin Swann said he'd ordered 40 for a total in the North of 179. Pathetic!

Yesterday he announced 650 were being ordered. There's clearly no understanding of the threat people face and no clear leadership coming from Westminster or the Stormont Executive. This will cost lives. And this is made all the more disastrous given there is one of the biggest ventilator manufacturers in the world making them in Galway.

Another clear example of how an integrated all-Ireland public health strategy could save lives.

We need to keep shouting very loud for urgent action.

We need thousands of ventilators and we can get them.

Milltown Row2

How many are the firm in Galway making ?

I take it the south has demanded that they are used in the south?
None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Ea

laoislad

10 deaths today. Very sad.
When you think you're fucked you're only about 40% fucked.

RadioGAAGAA

Quote from: Taylor on March 26, 2020, 08:42:06 PM
The asthmatic that was ill last week is still suffering.
Had to be rushed to hospital today where they tested him for a number of things but not Covid.
He actually asked why and they said their direction is to rule everything else out before doing the test.

What the genuine f**k?!?!

So basically place everyone who has been testing/caring/transporting him at risk of contracting an infectious disease by not first testing the patient for said infectious disease.

All for perception.

Whoever decided that policy should be straight in front of a firing squad never mind a judge.


Raging. Proper raging.
i usse an speelchekor

armaghniac

Quote from: laoislad on March 26, 2020, 08:59:12 PM
10 deaths today. Very sad.

that's 13 on the island today, pretty much a doubling of numbers.
The numbers of new cases is still growing but relatively slowly and many of those were tested several days ago. You'd need to see that number begin to decline, although you can never be sure about whether the number represents a change in actual cases or a change in the processing of tests. 
If at first you don't succeed, then goto Plan B