SARS in Ireland (1 Viewer)

[Speed Racer]

...Did yiz hear what they did with a Chinese woman who had SARS symptoms last week? She went to St.Vincents hospital and they just checked her out a little, gave her a mask, and sent her back to a Youth Hostel! .....Ha ha ha The incompetence of our own country never fails to amaze me. They have zero preparations here, in the inevitable case of more SARS outbreaks. But the doctors in charge are arguing about their paychecks. Which is cool.....

......I'm not using the bleedin DART if these outbreaks grow in Dublin within the next 3 weeks. Coz the DART will be like a mobile breeding ground. Doing a tour of all the towns. Fantastic! !bog

....Chicken Balls!


....Info here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2856735.stm

 

[rumpus]

"Doctors were last night trying to trace anyone who may have been in contact with a woman with SARS-like symptoms, who was released from hospital to a Dublin hostel at the weekend..."


It is kinda hilarious.....what they're saying...


"Sorry about this but we sent a woman roaming Dublin with a life-threatening virus which is quite contagious. If you see her drop us a line, eh?"

 

[Speed Racer]

Its kinda like something that would happen in Springfield in the Simpsons. We live in a society run by Springfieldians.

 

[pete]

i just got introduced to someone over from Singapore

ah bollocks

 

[rumpus]

So long pete ...and cover your mouth when you post, man.

 

[Speed Racer]

You've only got a 4% chance of kicking the bucket. And the youngest person to die from it so far was 37 years old. So everybody hide yer Grannies

 

[LMD64]

The Minister for Health, Mr Martin, has admitted the strike by public health doctors means "we are not at full capacity in terms of dealing with an issue like this".

yes. mental capacity, the idiot fuckheads.

"As a precautionary measure, she was given a mask and advised if there was any change in her condition to come back to A+E".
The results of blood tests on the woman are expected today.

what kind of change in her condition would be necessary for her to be quarantined, do you reckon? umm, death, maybo?
and they let her out before the blood test results have come back from the lab? we're definitely not dealing with rocket scientists here (i know, they're doctors, not rocket scientists, but you kind of presume some degree of competence from the people in whose hands you are expected to entrust your lives to)





actually, it'd be fun to walk down grafton st with a face mask on, coughing and spluttering underneath it. stop into BT2 and keep rubbing your nose and sneezing and then picking up the clothes

 

[sparse]

Has anyone actually been cured of it? or are there thousands of people sitting in hospitals half sick?

 

[Speed Racer]

Originally posted by sparse
Has anyone actually been cured of it? or are there thousands of people sitting in hospitals half sick?

Hundreds recover everyday from it. Its not like AIDS or anything. Its a mutation of the common cold. The real danger is to the Elderly, and young children.

 

[sparse]

Originally posted by Speed Racer
The real danger is to the Elderly, and young children.

Oh that's ok then, I don't like any old or young people anyway.

 

[snap-apple]

Originally posted by sparse
Oh that's ok then, I don't like any old or young people anyway.

me either. yay! c'mon the SARS!

 

[Wedge]

my friend is working at St. James's hostipul and hes got a cough recently, so im gettin kinda worried about me, i mean, fuck him

 

[fleo]

Originally posted by Speed Racer
Hundreds recover everyday from it. Its not like AIDS or anything. Its a mutation of the common cold. The real danger is to the Elderly, and young children.

I heard that children weren't picking it up as easily: http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/11sars1.htm
They probably would have less a chance of surviving it though with their little lungs.

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by Speed Racer
Hundreds recover everyday from it. Its not like AIDS or anything. Its a mutation of the common cold. The real danger is to the Elderly, and young children.

So therefore it's pretty much like yer standard flu (which has probably killed a hell of alot more people in the same timeframe). Bit of a crap health scare. Ebola was much more hardcore...still have nightmares about that...

 

[Pantone247]

Originally posted by Juno
Ebola was much more hardcore...still have nightmares about that...

was there much Ebola in Westmeath?

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by Pantone247
was there much Ebola in Westmeath?

You'd know as well as I would cos if any kind of pox descended upon the place it would undoubtedly decide to wipeout the black hole of Athlone first.

 

[snakybus]

what kind of hat does a virus wear?

ebola hat

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by snakybus
what kind of hat does a virus wear?

ebola hat

Hark! The sound of one hand clapping...

 

[snakybus]

my humour too highbrow for you?

 

[Latex lizzie]

..zing!