Should Covid-19 clusters areas be identified to everyone.

mgn

Does it not make sense to identify these areas to the public so people can avoid these areas when the have to go out for shopping.
Where i live for example there are 3 towns i can go to, so if there was a cluster in one i'm going to avoid it and reduce the risk to me and others.

Jizique

mgn wrote: »

Does it not make sense to identify these areas to the public so people can avoid these areas when the have to go out for shopping.
Where i live for example there are 3 towns i can go to, so if there was a cluster in one i'm going to avoid it and reduce the risk to me and others.

Nobody should be going more than 2km so what’s the point

mgn

Jizique wrote: »

Nobody should be going more than 2km so what’s the point

If that was enforced half the people in country would starve, nearest town to me is 9 miles away, although there is a small shop in the village, that is still 4 miles away.

Jizique

mgn wrote: »

If that was enforced half the people in country would starve, nearest town to me is 9 miles away, although there is a small shop in the village, that is still 4 miles away.

Except for food shopping - you are still going to go to the nearest town surely, and if there is an identified cluster, one assumes they are self- isolating anyway

mgn

Jizique wrote: »

Except for food shopping - you are still going to go to the nearest town surely, and if there is an identified cluster, one assumes they are self- isolating anyway

If i knew of a cluster in the town that i normally go to, i would go to a different one for now, a few extra miles in a car is not going to bother me much these days.

crossman47

mgn wrote: »

If i knew of a cluster in the town that i normally go to, i would go to a different one for now, a few extra miles in a car is not going to bother me much these days.

You would and so would many others, some possibly carrying the virus, and so create a new cluster.

mgn

mgn wrote: »

Does it not make sense to identify these areas to the public so people can avoid these areas when the have to go out for shopping.
Where i live for example there are 3 towns i can go to, so if there was a cluster in one i'm going to avoid it and reduce the risk to me and others.

And so will everyone else putting pressure on the other 2 towns

CIARAN_BOYLE

mgn wrote: »

Does it not make sense to identify these areas to the public so people can avoid these areas when the have to go out for shopping.
Where i live for example there are 3 towns i can go to, so if there was a cluster in one i'm going to avoid it and reduce the risk to me and others.

The decision has been made by the public health team that there is enough asymptomatic cases that working by cluster isn't a good idea.

If the HSE identify that there's a cluster in town x everyone in town x will go to town y and z. There will be enough asymptomatic carriers in town x that town y and z will be the same as town x.

Beasty

It's quite straightforward for everyone really. Maintain your 2m distance to minimise risks of contracting or passing it on. You really can have no idea if anyone you come into contact with has got it. Even if they have tested negative they can still have picked it up since their test. Maybe the best place to be is where there have been a large number of infections as you may well find a larger proportion have recovered and no longer infectious

Making no-go areas is not going to work.

The One Doctor

Jizique wrote: »

Nobody should be going more than 2km so what’s the point

People are mixing this up. You are permitted to go up to 2km for exercise. This does not apply to anything else.

JP Liz V1

I do think we should be informed of the cluster locations, the more information and knowledge we have the better imho

Deep Thought

I believe that are rolling out an app within the next 10 days. But will be an opt in service

Marsden35

I hope it also shows paedos with corona so we can keep our elderly AND children safe.

I can't think of any drawbacks other than people travelling further to do their shopping or even going to stay with relatives in said area. It might induce more population movement which we don't want.

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I do think we should be informed of the cluster locations, the more information and knowledge we have the better imho

Every time information has been given, people have responded in the worst possible way. 1 more pint down the pub, queue at McDonalds, panic shopping.

The less people know the better.

We already have people here saying they’ll avoid those areas at all costs if they knew. So they’d just be dragging the virus elsewhere anyways.

Yakult

Just assume everywhere is a possible cluster and take precautions regardless.

Tell me how

Marsden35 wrote: »

I hope it also shows paedos with corona so we can keep our elderly AND children safe.

What the f*ck is this?

If there is a known pedophile, your concern is whether or not they have corona?
Or, if there is an app released, you want to use this opportunity to identify the location of pedophiles?

Either way, it seems a bizarre train of though to be on at this particular point in time unless it is part of a prior agenda.


Or was it meant to be some sort of joke?

Tell me how

Yakult wrote: »

Just assume everywhere is a possible cluster and take precautions regardless.

Assume you have it, but thankfully are symptom free, and behave accordingly.

Junkyard Tom

mgn wrote: »

Does it not make sense to identify these areas to the public so people can avoid these areas when the have to go out for shopping.
Where i live for example there are 3 towns i can go to, so if there was a cluster in one i'm going to avoid it and reduce the risk to me and others.

But what happens then is the people in Clusterville go to the two other towns and spread the virus there.

Marsden35

Tell me how wrote: »

What the f*ck is this?

If there is a known pedophile, your concern is whether or not they have corona?
Or, if there is an app released, you want to use this opportunity to identify the location of pedophiles?

Either way, it seems a bizarre train of though to be on at this particular point in time unless it is part of a prior agenda.


Or was it meant to be some sort of joke?

There are apps in the USA that show you paedos in the area. It was a joke. Settle down.

JP Liz V1

Deep Thought wrote: »

I believe that are rolling out an app within the next 10 days. But will be an opt in service

Pay?

TheChizler

Is there anything to say these clusters are town or village sized or building sized? I thought I heard something about them mainly being nursing homes. No point in identifying a building when people shouldn't be going there to visit anyway.

Harry Palmr

Its far to say the cat is now out of the bag, avoid nursing homes and people who work in them,

splinter65

Some people are so overwhelmed with the need for gossip and drama that they will make any excuse to get details “ I need to know where the clusters are for reasons I can’t really explain”

Deep Thought

I believe that are rolling out an app within the next 10 days. But will be an opt in service

mgn

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

The decision has been made by the public health team that there is enough asymptomatic cases that working by cluster isn't a good idea.

If the HSE identify that there's a cluster in town x everyone in town x will go to town y and z. There will be enough asymptomatic carriers in town x that town y and z will be the same as town x.

Is this same public health team that has let people walk through airports for the last few months unchecked your on about, if it is i think i would prefer to know where the clusters are.

mgn

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

But what happens then is the people in Clusterville go to the two other towns and spread the virus there.

So you think a person without the virus is better off going to clusterville and hope that he doesn't get it rather than avoid it.

mgn

splinter65 wrote: »

Some people are so overwhelmed with the need for gossip and drama that they will make any excuse to get details “ I need to know where the clusters are for reasons I can’t really explain”

I can explain, it's called taking extra precautions trying to stay safe.

Ireland is too small to keep such things a secret,if there was a cluster,it would be known in locality within days

Junkyard Tom

mgn wrote: »

So you think a person without the virus is better off going to clusterville and hope that he doesn't get it rather than avoid it.

I think that's preferable to the population of Clusterville panicking, getting out, and potentially spreading it to places where there is no cluster.

JustAThought

well stay away from hospitals and Arklow . That’s where one of the husband and wife who caught it returned to from their ski trip in Italy- opening their businesses and practices before being brought into A&E.

Junkyard Tom

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

I think that's preferable to the population of Clusterville panicking, getting out, and potentially spreading it to places where there is no cluster.

Plus giving some ejjits a sense complacency thinking its nothing to do with them its not in their area.