Coronavirus - Dig In, It's going to be a while yet

[LionelRitchie]

[iron_mike]

402 cases 13 dead.

[Copper_pipe]

Median age of deaths is 92

[TheBlackSpot]

@Gman

The person who is deemed medically to need it more. Just because you or I can afford health insurance, that shouldnt be the measure on whether someone should live or die. It’s what causes the problems as it is, the belief that you have to have private health insurance. It unfortunately is a necessity, but there is no way that when in a circumstance of whether someone needs a ventilator, their financial capabilities should not be the deciding factor. It should be who is most vulnerable and needs it to survive.

Certainly agree that financial clout should not be a factor. I heard a discussion on this by various medical professionals and while nobody would make a real statement the implication was that it would be those patients most likely to survive would get the treatment. They look to government to decide policy on it.

[anon7035031]

The best comparison to China is North Korea, who are still insisting today they have zero cases.

Germany has 81,728 cases and 997 deaths, right in line with the ~1.4% mortality rate for a country doing a lot of testing from early on and very good health care system.

South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan were prepared for a pandemic, you simply can’t compare them to any western country. What we should do is learn from their approach.

[Copper_pipe]

148 admitted to ICU

14 of those have died.

109 are in ICU at the moment.

[myboyblue]

@anon60384913

Hopefully the tfk family show as much sympathy as you showed me when my friend passed away.

Yes, but yours was a lie.

[myboyblue]

@carryharry

Sorry to hear that, pal.

Oh listen, I didnt know the chap. Lord rest him. Its closer to us all that some here think.

[anon78624367]

we’ve reached our uptick in hospitalized cases, that number is growing pretty much on the same curve as cases and seemed to be about 10 days behind the uptick in cases. I’m worried about the amount of people being hospitalized. Hopefully that doesn’t filter into ICU.

[Copper_pipe]

Spain to track mobile phones in virus fight

[Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy]

I’m a big fan of the North Korean leader. He has a great way about him.

[anon78624367]

[anon60384913]

@myboyblue

@anon60384913

Hopefully the tfk family show as much sympathy as you showed me when my friend passed away.

Yes, but yours was a lie.

Pretty sure he was known to a few forum members or his family were at least. I’d usually snap here and lose the plot but yet again you’ve highlighted want a prick you are. Wonder will your mates from this morning run to defend you again this evening.

[kerry1891]

@balbec

Nephew of mine was knocked out with a flu just after New Year. He was in Denmark for New Years. His sister is a nurse and now that she has seen the virus symptoms first hand, she is convinced that he had it. Antibody test would be good.

I know of some people in Kerry and Dublin who believe they had the damn thing in December \January

It was either this virus or some other mother fcuker of a virus. I don’t know tbh, I posted on it a few nights back

[anon26343222]

@Gman

…he belief that you have to have private health insurance. It unfortunately is a necessity, but there is no way that when in a circumstance of whether someone needs a ventilator, their financial capabilities should not be the deciding factor. It should be who is most vulnerable and needs it to survive.

If I need a ventilator for this virus chances are if I dont get one il die .

[johnnysachs]

If you get one you will have a 1 in 5 chance of survival looking at the stats. Most people who need a ventilator die.

[Copper_pipe]

Fergal Bowers (FergalBowers)

[anon60384913]

Who told us it takes two years to train the nurses? That should be the number one goal at the moment. Increasing our icu capacity.

[Julio_Geordio]

They make it sound very easy

[Copper_pipe]

The HSE have struck a deal with a Laboratory in Germany to send some tests over to be examined.