CoVid19 Part XIV - 8,089 in ROI (288 deaths) 1,589 in NI (92 deaths) (10/04) Read OP

Gynoid

There are such very different responses from people to the extension. I was relieved to hear it. Until we know more we must be cautious. The economy will wait. Plus I enjoy the quietness. Then my oldest phones me as I am 2 minutes into pondering that, and they are effing and blinding and saying how they will go off their bleeding rocker with the extension. Don't mean to laugh at them, but it is what it is. The caution of age versus the irrepressible energy of youth.

Baseball72

Doing some painting etc around the house/garden during this period would be a good use of one's time and would help with our mental health, provided the hardware stores put the appropriate procedures on social distancing in place.

normanoffside

BanditLuke wrote: »

I'm so sorry to hear that, honestly.

I get emotional when i deliver food to my own parents every week and all i can do is see them through the sliding door glass. They look all at sea and lost and they miss their grandkids desperately. Never thought i'd see times like this.

Honestly, at what point is living a sh1tty life of fear worth it.

The medicine is becoming worse that the disease.

Cork Boy 53

CitizenFloor wrote: »

There is usually a briefing on Fridays, or am I mistaken?

Don`t forget today is Good Friday which even if things were normal would still have been a day off for the public service including the Dept. of Health.
Anyway whatever about today there won`t be one on Monday.

Ficheall

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Has the press conference started already? :P

Hmm? Just looking at worldometers.

New Home

normanoffside wrote: »

Honestly, at what point is living a sh1tty life of fear worth it.

The medicine is becoming worse that the disease.

I hope you don't make a career out of trying to cheer people up. The empathy is strong in this one. :rolleyes:

easypazz

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Don`t forget today is Good Friday which even if things were normal would still have been a day off for the public service.

Were they all not giving a conference an hour ago?

Itssoeasy

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Do you understand the difference between those who run an organisation and those who work on the frontline? Clearly you don't!

Healthcare workers have been let down more than anyone by HSE and government mistakes.

I do actually which is why when I'm talking about the health service I make a point of saying which part I'm talking about. I never say the HSE as a blanket term unlike you did.

caveat emptor

Rvsmmnps wrote: »

We are all arguing amoung ourselves.. That's a good sign. Not the huge surge ogg body's building up.
By May what is going to happen economically?
Not just to Ireland but Europe too,

Well food will be a problem. All the cheap labour that is used to pick all the veg in spain can’t cross the border.

I know it’s hard to think 2 months in advance but we could be back to meat and 2 veg. If hardware store was open I wouldn’t be painting , I’d be planting my zuccinis and other foreign veg which won’t be available in supermarkets.

caveat emptor

https://twitter.com/georgeleerte/status/1248649141745602561?s=21

polesheep

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I welcome the government being honest about the lockdown extension. It is long but it's just what is required. The UK government know it'll be ages yet but are being coy. I think people feel less anxious when they have a concrete date. I'm aware that it could be extended beyond May 5th but at least you can plan that it won't be before that.

They haven't been honest once in this entire shambles. The whole thing has been an exercise in communication management.

Beasty

Ficheall wrote: »

100k deaths milestone passed..

and that's just those officially recorded. Who knows what the real figure is

eagle eye

Itssoeasy wrote:

I do actually which is why when I'm talking about the health service I make a point of saying which part I'm talking about. I never say the HSE as a blanket term unlike you did.

You didn't make it very clear, tbh I don't believe you. I think your backtracking now after being put on your place.

polesheep

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Source ?

Figures presented based on testing that we subsequently discovered couldn't have taken place.

CIARAN_BOYLE

Beasty

ECDC has us at 7393 cases after inclusion of tests sent to German laboratories not included in the total.

IamtheWalrus

polesheep wrote: »

They haven't been honest once in this entire shambles. The whole thing has been an exercise in communication management.

I haven't been following much as UK based but what have they been dishonest about?

Cork Boy 53

easypazz wrote: »

Were they all not giving a conference an hour ago?

Yes which is another reason why there might not be another briefing this evening.

easypazz

caveat emptor wrote: »

https://twitter.com/georgeleerte/status/1248649141745602561?s=21

Fcuk off george with your conveyor belt of misery

hard copy

BBC finally speaking truth to power

Itssoeasy

eagle eye wrote: »

You didn't make it very clear, tbh I don't believe you. I think your backtracking now after being put on your place.

Put in my place ? By who exactly ? Fair enough don't believe me.

polesheep

Ace2007 wrote: »

I've been saying from the get go, that "normal" life wasn't resume until the vaccine become available.

Normal being we can get on a plane and go anywhere in the world.

That's true. We will most likely require a vaccination cert to travel internationally. That doesn't mean, however, that we cannot get back to 'some sort' of normality.

New Home

New Home wrote: »

I hope you don't make a career of trying to cheer people up. The empathy is strong in this one. :rolleyes:

You're getting in the way of "economic progress" with that attitude.

*Sarcasm mode disabled*

You'd swear the sky was falling in for some people with extension of restrictions. While the numbers diagnosed with Covid-19 are still rising. Impatience and selfishness are not the highest virtues.

Vudgie

polesheep wrote: »

They haven't been honest once in this entire shambles. The whole thing has been an exercise in communication management.

What do you suggest genius?

wakka12

Glenomra wrote: »

544 new cases only in Sweden, two times our population, during the last day. An exemplar in how to manage affairs without imposing a draconian lockdown like we did.

Um approaching 1000 deaths btw, more importantly. Their cases are low because what is the point in testing large numbers if the goal is herd immunity, testing is just for the purpose of contact tracing and slowing spread, which Sweden have no interest in doing

gabeeg

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I haven't been following much as UK based but what have they been dishonest about?

They're obfuscating on the number of cases and the number of tests completed.

It's very disappointing

Tippex

UK going to be above china by Sunday at this rate for confirmed cases (yes I know I know about the numbers)

polesheep

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

I haven't been following much as UK based but what have they been dishonest about?

They gave figures based on testing that hadn't actually taken place.

Strazdas

Watching the Angelus just there : lovely touch to put portrait pics of Irish healthcare workers instead of the usual material

wakka12

Some areas of alarming growth in the last 48 hours are:
Belarus +1000 cases
Singapore 500
Ecudaor 3000
Russia 3200
Turkey 10,000
Brazil 2200
Peru +1500
Japan almost 1000 cases in the last 48 hours

An Ciarraioch

Will there be a daily case update today?