COVID-19 — Coronavirus

[marco]

Does the Irish army have tanks?

Genuine question not taking the piss

yes but they only have reverse gear

 

[aguero93:20]

I’d block it with a trolley full of toilet rolls!

Haha good luck so.

 

[aguero93:20]

yes but they only have reverse gear

Funny that, the only tanks we ever saw with a reverse gear belonged to you lot.

 

[SebastianBlue]

It was described yesterday at the select Committee. It's simply due to the limit on number of tests. They are using almost all the tests to identify people arriving in hospital with Influenza Like Illnesses as either COVID or not. Because they have to get the COVID cases on respirators asap.

That is *an* explanation, mate. It’s likely not the primary reason, as I have described in my post. The resistance to testing health workers will likely continue beyond increased availability of testing, even if the official word is that more testing will be available to health workers.

This has happened with previous larger scale outbreaks — unfortunately, I have seen it firsthand.

 

[kaz7]

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says isolating, testing, treating and tracing every suspected coronavirus case must be the backbone of the global response to the pandemic


WHO chief Dr Tedros calls on all countries to implement comprehensive strategies to slow down the pandemic and flatten its curve

We are so behind with testing

Boris coming up

Follow on here if you are not watching the telly

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavi...ct-renters-and-people-on-low-incomes-11959489

 

[Indaparkside]

Medical and NHS staff aren’t being tested.

It sucks for you guys but at the end of the day schools can close. The first people to be tested should be NHS staff and GPs, then the emergency services and then staff working in stores that HAVE to remain open.

Police officers, paramedics and fire crews are currently attending daily incidents as normal.

 

[marco]

Funny that, the only tanks we ever saw with a reverse gear belonged to you lot.

we like to feel we can get out of trouble as fast as we get in it,,,well oddball said that in kellys hero's

 

[Indaparkside]

Reporter
Me president someone in the White House used the phrase Kung flu is this putting Asian Americans at risk!!! No they’d agree haha

 

[AlgarveBlu]

Caught the last 5 minutes of an interview today with the CEO of Merck Pharmaceuticals from the U.S. on CNBC and he said that the world was in danger of taking their eye off the ball in terms of what is possibly going to cause a majority of the deaths whilst the immune system is fighting off the virus which is bacterial pneumonia as was the case with around 50% of deaths during the swine flu epidemic and that we need to make sure we have our ducks in a row with respect to antibiotics etc. I don't know the company that well anymore so I suppose they are probably major suppliers of antibiotics.

 

[aguero93:20]

we like to feel we can get out of trouble as fast as we get in it,,,well oddball said that in kellys hero's

Ha. Sceal a maith