SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)

Deery

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Listen. Understand. That virus is out there. It can't be reasoned with, it can't be bargained with. It doesn't feel pity of remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead.

Good choice of quote. Hopefully people stay in now.
He didn’t say that, did he? That’s a piss take right..
 

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America will hit insane numbers at this rate. I haven’t been following them much, have they imposed any sort of lockdown or closures?
Mostly schools/non-essentials closed. Restaurants are take out/delivery only.

Parts of the country will be able to weather it easier than others, but the places with busy airports (Atlanta, Denver, etc) will have problems and NYC, Louisiana, and Detroit (for some reason?) are fecked and their hospitals will be strained to the max if they aren‘t already.
 

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Good thing I can't view it. What you've written alone nearly sent me running to the hospital.
:lol: sorry mate, I would not have written it like that if I knew you could not see the article. I found another from the sun. Not excactly the same though but quoting the same worker:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11249735/red-eyes-telltale-sign-coronavirus-nurse-warns/

I guess this does not need to be true for all infected, and there is no "study" yet, but might be an additional sign to look for if one self or others are sick.
 

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"Mr Varadkar says he is reluctant to use the term 'lockdown' to describe the measures.

He says they are "very restrictive" measures, and there is not much more beyond this they could do.

On the 2km radius - beyond which people cannot travel from their homes - Mr Varadkar says there will be an element of people having to comply with it, but gardaí will be available to police it"

Just say you don't have a supermarket within 2km of your house to get food?
Thats most of rutal Ireland
 

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"Mr Varadkar says he is reluctant to use the term 'lockdown' to describe the measures.

He says they are "very restrictive" measures, and there is not much more beyond this they could do.

On the 2km radius - beyond which people cannot travel from their homes - Mr Varadkar says there will be an element of people having to comply with it, but gardaí will be available to police it"

Just say you don't have a supermarket within 2km of your house to get food?
There will allowances for this I'd assume, unless they expect half the country to starve to death instead. Actually that might be a decent way to slow down the virus.
 

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America will hit insane numbers at this rate. I haven’t been following them much, have they imposed any sort of lockdown or closures?
Almost everything is closed, and while people are supposed to stay home, I don't think it is as strict as in Italy for example.
 

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That's seems a bit of stretch, Charles is nothing more than a pointless celebrity living off state benefits and Boris is a elected official. There's a massive difference imo. Also while it's easier to test one person than millions of Nhs workers, doesn't mean it should be the option we chose.

Now having all of that I don't think we should have tested Boris, at least not this early anyway. He did after all say we'd have to take this one on the chin. At least give him a couple of rounds against the virus.
Incorrect. Charles does not receive money from the Civil List. His income comes from the Duchy of Cornwall, an estate comprising agricultural, commercial and residential property. The Duchy also has a financial investment portfolio.
 

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As the company said in a follow-up tweet, it's scandalous that a health service has to go cap in hand to a fetish company for PPE.

Yep. I wonder how many of those out 'clapping' last night voted for the party that has regimentally stripped this NHS to its bare bones over the past decade? But at least they'r doing their bit, right, out clapping in the street? Part of something. Part of a cause. Don't make me fecking laugh.

I saw a good tweet earlier, 'in germany we applaud our health service by adequately funding them' or similar. Boris out there clapping was an absolute travesty. A complete travesty.
 

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I'm sure it's not going to get better soon. Thanks for keeping the peace.
No need to thank me my friend. The NHS are the real stars. We all just need to do our bit and globally we will get through this together.

feck sake. I don't know how you keep it together when you come across 'people' like that.
And do you not think that a 30 quid find is a joke of a fine. Hand down £1000 on the spot would work better imo?
The issue is people are struggling for money and is hammering them the right thing to do? It's tricky isn't it but the government need to really tighten it up as it seems rather than listen people just want to try and find ways to work around what's been said.

Seriously WTF ? Not sure how you all hold your nerve in situations like this.
You really do get to see the very best and worst of humanity.
 

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Incorrect. Charles does not receive money from the Civil List. His income comes from the Duchy of Cornwall, an estate comprising agricultural, commercial and residential property. The Duchy also has a financial investment portfolio.
From 2012

Prince Charles's public funding increases by 11.8%
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18645331

Also

Prince Charles's £700m estate accused of tax avoidance

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/14/prince-charles-estate-tax-avoidance

This Doctor who had just worked a 14 hour shift manages to smile in his donated scrubs
:lol:

As the company said in a follow-up tweet, it's scandalous that a health service has to go cap in hand to a fetish company for PPE.
Can you please not make this about politics. Now dear sir go outside and clap like a seal for the NHS.

But really you're right, it's disgusting that NHS workers have to deal with stuff like this.
 

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Damn.

Someone was posting earlier that a lot of people are aimlessly hanging out in supermarkets to the point where some people are getting banned by shops.
It needs to be tightened up, we are only allowed to go into shops on our own. If someone else drives you, they have to stay in the car - it's been like that since early on in the quarantine in Italy. You get your shopping as quickly as you can and get out, no-one's wandering around.
 

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Yep. I wonder how many of those out 'clapping' last night voted for the party that has regimentally stripped this NHS to its bare bones over the past decade? But at least they'r doing their bit, right, out clapping in the street? Part of something. Part of a cause. Don't make me fecking laugh.

I saw a good tweet earlier, 'in germany we applaud our health service by adequately funding them' or similar. Boris out there clapping was an absolute travesty. A complete travesty.
My missus had a right go at me last night because I said that quite a few of the people clapping last night were hypocrites for voting Tory. She was adamant that we all should clap to show our appreciation as quite a few members of my extended family are nhs staff.

They're still hypocrites though.
 

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Just a quick question/s. How bad can a virus like this get without a vaccine being available to the masses? If the whole world carried on and no isolation measures were put in place would covid19 eventually kill millions and send the world into a major depression?

Also would influenza do the same given we didnt have a vaccine?

Are these viruses capable of wiping us out and that's why we simply have to quarantine until a vaccine is found?
 

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"Mr Varadkar says he is reluctant to use the term 'lockdown' to describe the measures.

He says they are "very restrictive" measures, and there is not much more beyond this they could do.

On the 2km radius - beyond which people cannot travel from their homes - Mr Varadkar says there will be an element of people having to comply with it, but gardaí will be available to police it"

Just say you don't have a supermarket within 2km of your house to get food?

The 2km was about non-essential travel.

Obviously you can travel as far as it takes for food.

They don't want people to actually starve. Is this a serious question?
 

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I thought Ireland were already in lockdown
It was in semi-lockdown, with inessential shops closed and people advised to stay at home as much as they can. Now it has just been made more strict, with people only going to work for specific essential jobs, told not to go more than 2km from home and the elderly being cocooned.
 

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:lol: :lol: What would you say if I was right?
I kind of just assumed you were having a bad day with the whole situation like me. :lol:

(To be honest I need a break from this thread/the news for a bit, if it's even possible).
 

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Well yeah I mean I was absolutely fine except I lost my sense is smell, had a fever and was lethargic for a couple of days.



The 2km was about non-essential travel.

Obviously you can travel as far as it takes for food.

They don't want people to actually starve. Is this a serious question?
Though as I just said to my mom in an extended argument, if you can shop locally you should rather than travelling into the city centre just because you prefer Tesco's milk.
 

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I kind of just assumed you were having a bad day with the whole situation like me. :lol:

(To be honest I need a break from this thread/the news for a bit, if it's even possible).
I'm having a bad day with the whole media 'no underlying health issues' push.

Look the girl up on Facebook. Go through her photos and some of the comments...I might be completely wrong and I'm fine with that. I'm not a professional, but I know what my opinion is and I'm comfortable with the fact I could be fecking wrong.
 

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It was in semi-lockdown, with inessential shops closed and people advised to stay at home as much as they can. Now it has just been made more strict, with people only going to work for specific essential jobs, told not to go more than 2km from home and the elderly being cocooned.
Caught up with the UK then
 

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Trump will surely get covid19 very soon given he has to meet so many people.

His age, obesity and other underlying health problems must surely make him one of most vulnerable people on planet?

I’ve never wished anyone dead and won’t start now. I’m just saying ...