Covid 19 Part XXIV-37,063 ROI (1,801 deaths) 12,886 NI (582 deaths) (02/10) Read OP

is_that_so

Hooked wrote: »

Because, F0çK knows... we did shag all to improve our shambolic healthcare system in those 6 months.

Make that 30 years. Not a whole lot that could be done with a behemoth like the HSE in that time apart from crisis management. Problems stretch far and wide in it and a lot of them are not money but they do have a surge/contingency plan.

Boggles

boggerman1 wrote: »

Michael McNamara calling out nephet on the radio.this madness has to be called out

Yes, exactly what we need right now, that absolute bollíx ranting and raving to rile up his twitter followers.

sideswipe

TexasTornado wrote: »

Level 5 or no level 5 the elephant in the room is the schools and the colleges.

Close the wet schools and just leave the schools that serve food open?

Non solum non ambulabit

John O.Groats wrote: »

That option was tried and is not having the desired effect so a minimum level 4 on a countrywide basis is necessary unfortunately mainly due to the fcukwits.

Level 4 won't stop f@ckwits. Only destroys economy. Transmission is in family homes. No level is going to stop that.

caveat emptor

exponential total cases

Widdensushi

Hooked wrote: »

So... 6 months on we've learned that 95% of those who died had underlying medical conditions...and 93% were over 65 years old...

This virus has killed 126 "under 65 year olds" (may they rest in peace). Cancer kills that many people in FIVE DAYS!!!

But.. lets just properly DESTROY the whole bloody country once and for all. :mad:

Because, F0çK knows... we did shag all to improve our shambolic healthcare system in those 6 months.

That 105 year old could have hung on for another 6 months

Jinglejangle69

Sam Mconkey is unbearable.

is_that_so

boggerman1 wrote: »

Michael McNamara calling out nephet on the radio.this madness has to be called out

Had they recommended immediate changes to Levels 3 & 4 with a warning that further measures might be needed soon, the conversation would be different. Instead they caught everyone on the hop with a Level 5 plan for four weeks on a Sunday evening. Very badly handled.

stephenjmcd

https://twitter.com/BryanNewsatOne/status/1313045011785711616?s=19

Doctor Jimbob

This is how I imagine Tony Holohan on his return:

scrumqueen

Paddygreen wrote: »

But why would you even want to? It’s so scary out there,

Bit of perspective please, this kind of hyperbole does no one any favours.

Yes, caution should be paramount but caution should be wearing your mask and keeping your distance and not travelling unnecessarily.

Paddygreen wrote: »

We can do everything online, even our jobs. We don’t have to leave our houses guys,

No, we cant, there are some industries SMEs and sectors that will be decimated by a L4 not to mention a L5.

Paddygreen wrote: »

we are all in this together.

LOL. Not since the nationwide lockdown lifted we haven't. Its everyone out for themselves now, evident by the numbers an blatant disregard for the guidelines we see everywhere every day.

TexasTornado

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Sam Mconkey is unbearable.

Really like him tbh. He's calm and to the point.

JDD

Widdensushi wrote: »

That 105 year old could have hung on for another 6 months

*Sigh* Once more onto the breach...

Lockdowns are not about preventing deaths. Lockdowns are not about preventing ICU admissions. Lockdowns are about reducing hospital admissions.

Repeat ad nauseum.

Does anyone know what our ICU and hospital bed capacity at the moment is? There used to be a useful infographic that showed available covid beds with how many of them are currently occupied. They don't seem to publish that infographic anymore.

Also, does anyone know whether we still have an additional surge capacity in ICU/hospital beds or is that only available if we shut down the remainder of the health system like we did in March?

stephenjmcd

Dan O Brian on radio 1 saying shutting down the economy again has the country on a trajectory to require another bailout

is_that_so

TexasTornado wrote: »

Really like him tbh. He's calm and to the point.

It's usually a different point every time!

TexasTornado

boggerman1 wrote: »

Michael McNamara calling out nephet on the radio.this madness has to be called out

He came across as an utter loon tbh.

Sardonicat

Non solum non ambulabit wrote: »

Level 4 won't stop f@ckwits. Only destroys economy. Transmission is in family homes. No level is going to stop that.

So you don't think keeping people at home and stopping visits between homes will stop transmission in homes? Okay....

Plumbthedepths

TexasTornado wrote: »

Really like him tbh. He's calm and to the point.

Clearly then you never listened to him so.

tobefrank321

Sardonicat wrote: »

Is it that some people do not have the capacity to project? Like toddlers they have to be told what to do because they struggle to grasp reality beyond what is directly in front of them and just like toddlers they tantrum when they can't do what they want because they can't see the danger in it.

Toddlers my arse.

More like adults asking questions like why the government/HSE/NPHET haven't prepared for the INEVITABLE second wave.

ICU capacity now appears to be lower than in April.

The City West facility was decommissioned even though everyone knew what was coming.

Now they've been caught out with an unexpected rise (they seem not to have expected it), haven't prepared properly and need to shut everything down.

Its a shambles.

John O.Groats

Non solum non ambulabit wrote: »

Level 4 won't stop f@ckwits. Only destroys economy. Transmission is in family homes. No level is going to stop that.

And how do you think the virus is transmitted in family homes?. By people out and about in contact with other infected people and not taking basic precautions. The virus doesn`t suddenly materialize out of thin air you know.

is_that_so

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Dan O Brian on radio 1 saying shutting down the economy again has the country on a trajectory to require another bailout

Doubtful , as the ECB presses are running off free money 24 hours a day and will for some time to come but we could probably write off 2021.

Blondini

I Wonder is Mr. Tony reading this thread?

stephenjmcd

TexasTornado wrote: »

Really like him tbh. He's calm and to the point.

He has splinters in his arse from jumping over the fence every single day.

His points change like the weather

prunudo

Between the news last night and the change in the weather, it doesn't half bring in an onset of feeling down about everything. Depression is probably too strong a word but Im definitely not in an upbeat mood. Waking up this morning on a dark wet morning wondering whether I'll still be in business by the end of the year let alone this time next year. Even last week waiting on my negative result I didn't feel this bad.
These sheilded highly paid and unelected civil servants have no idea what is happening up and down the rest of the country. Oblivious to what a simple 'leak' does to normal people trying to get by day to day.

GooglePlus

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Dan O Brian on radio 1 saying shutting down the economy again has the country on a trajectory to require another bailout

We needed a bail out for our banks, this is a different situation altogether.

I can't see a scenario where we require a bailout because there's nothing to bail out as such.

Non solum non ambulabit

Sardonicat wrote: »

So you don't think keeping people at home and stopping visits between homes will stop transmission in homes? Okay....

You completely ignored my point. On purpose i contend.

I'm saying fcukwits won't listen. Are you telling me the antimask protestors on Grafton st yesterday are now going to follow the rules? Or will they continue to not follow the rules?

TexasTornado

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Clearly then you never listened to him so.

Iv'e actually listened to him a fair bit tbh. He clearly knows what he is talking about unlike many of the "experts" on here.

John O.Groats

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Dan O Brian on radio 1 saying shutting down the economy again has the country on a trajectory to require another bailout

Not shutting it down for a relatively short period now will eventually lead to that happening anyway.

caveat emptor

Fvcking Phil. (joke)

https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1313010668048732160?s=20

stephenjmcd

GooglePlus wrote: »

We needed a bail out for our banks, this is a different situation altogether.

I can't see a scenario where we require a bailout because there's nothing to bail out as such.

In his view the country itself could be bankrupt in 2021.

Now some of his views i don't agree with but he's of the opinion that the ECB won't be throwing money at us because we're the only country looking at a full shutdown.

Like I say some of the things he says i agree with others I don't