Coronavirus thread - 19/10/2020 - The Day Ireland Died

[eoghanruadha]

Hopefully that is the case, something we’ve done or the virus has done will have made it far less deadly this time round.

[Juhniallio]

No response to singing like a canary though…

[myboyblue]

We shouldn’t forget how those cunts in Cheltenham fucked us

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

I just can’t pinpoint when this was

[Batigol]

The virus was WAY more prevalent back in March/April. It was impossible to get a test

[tazdedub]

You must do a lot of singing.

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

I’d tout on you

[eoghanruadha]

Yes fairly conclusive the testing regime has adjusted the cases : severe illness : deaths ratios

[Jahan]

The main thrust of your point is not entirely unreasonable but is undermined by bullshit presented as fact, which in my opinion is a significant part of the issue.

We could well be going around in circles until the majority of the country understands the facts and reaches some level of consensus on what the correct approach is. Incorrect statements just polarise opinions further than they already are.

I’m sure you are well meaning but this is just nonsense.

@farmerinthecity

Mortality is around 5% of total cases with this virus. That is nothing at all to be sniffed at.

The virus spreads like wildfire. That is because we are in a global pandemic. This virus has never been in a human before and hence runs from human to human with lightning exponential speed.

[balbec]

He’s a limerickman of course he wants it to go ahead.

[Copper_pipe]

3 deaths in that nursing home in Laois in the past week according to RIP.ie

[Juhniallio]

@farmerinthecity where did you get 5%?

[Ambrose_McNulty]

From his hole.

[EstebanSexface]

1800 odd deaths from 42k odd cases I’d say

[farmerinthecity]

That was the rate mentioned back at height. I accept it’s probably overstated now.

[Arthur]

This is the crux of the matter really. I haven’t a clue if farmers 5 pc is true because all we ever hear really is case numbers. I’m sure the rest could be found somewhere but there shouldn’t be any room for doubt on percentage mortality rate, percentage asymptomatic, percentage of false positive/negative tests, percentage hospitalised etc. These should be widely available and publicised figures. The time for being clandestine with the facts for whatever reason is surely long over.

[feck_it]

Hardy fucking har.

[Juhniallio]

The rte news confidently told us the virus was increasing all over the country rapidly there…not long after admitting that Dublin’s R rate was only 1. It’s no wonder people haven’t a breeze what’s true and what’s not.

[Copper_pipe]

Virgin Media News (VirginMediaNews)

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Nice to see Gina from Hugo’s get some media coverage at last.