Covid 19 Part XXXII-215,743 ROI (4,137 deaths)111,166 NI (2,036 deaths)(22/02)Read OP

GeorgeBailey

giveitholly wrote: »

If you want a bit of positivity on a weekly basis then tune into Pat Kenny on a monday morning on Newstalk he has Luke O'Neill on and he is always highlighting any good news and staying positive the whole time

Yip. Used to annoy me "we're in the sh!t and all you can do is give us this happy, clappy nonsense". I've come to admire it though. Didn't falter. Kept coming with any bits of good news despite almost everyone else insisting on focusing on the bad.

MerlinSouthDub

CorkRed93 wrote: »

More work outbreaks. Its baffling that this has been happening in these settings since May and NOTHING has been done to mitigate the risks.

Regular testing is done in meat plants, and they use PPE. They are high risk environments for spread, and it's impossible to prevent all outbreaks. What others ideas do you have to mitigate the risks?

TonyMaloney

39 more days of this boring rubbish to endure.

The only thing to be said for it is that it should knock the bollocks out of the virus if we stick to it.

Stheno

TonyMaloney wrote: »

39 more days of this boring rubbish to endure.

The only thing to be said for it is that it should knock the bollocks out of the virus if we stick to it.

It will be extended to Tuesday 13th April imo

Thats another 5/6 weeks

niallo27

Stheno wrote: »

It will be extended to Tuesday 13th April imo

Thats another 5/6 weeks

Full level 5 until April, I don't think so. People are already at breaking point. Need to give something back.

Loafing Oaf

Stheno wrote: »

It will be extended to Tuesday 13th April imo

Thats another 5/6 weeks

They need to set a firm case target and stick to it however long it takes. Failure to do that for the second lockdown ultimately led to the nightmare after Christmas.

Happydays2020

Maybe we need to seal the border (ok for me), introduce mandatory quarantine for all travellers (hauliers included), and go for zero Covid for a number of years while we wait for the vaccination to be fully rolled out.

We can go to rugby games (inter provincials), have pints, meals out etc.

Doctors room ghost

What a fcukin time to be alive.

cjyid

niallo27 wrote: »

Full level 5 until April, I don't think so. People are already at breaking point. Need to give something back.

Yep they'll open some things in March me thinks.

Necro

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Happydays2020

niallo27 wrote: »

Full level 5 until April, I don't think so. People are already at breaking point. Need to give something back.

If we are below 1000 on 1 Feb, below 500 on 14 Feb and below 100 (or less) on 1 March it will be very difficult to hold the restrictions at the current levels. And watch certain politicians (soc dems and Labour) start to shift their positions.

niallo27

TonyMaloney wrote: »

39 more days of this boring rubbish to endure.

The only thing to be said for it is that it should knock the bollocks out of the virus if we stick to it.

Not often I agree with ya Tony.

Azatadine

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Its obvious to me the vaccines are next to useless.
.

Good to know. I must let the various evaluation and approval agencies know.

Cluedo Monopoly

TonyMaloney wrote: »

39 more days of this boring rubbish to endure.

The only thing to be said for it is that it should knock the bollocks out of the virus if we stick to it.

To be honest I think people should try and make the most of it e.g. get fit, do a course, teach the kids new skills, explore your local area etc etc. We might never have as much free time again.

mohawk

TonyMaloney wrote: »

39 more days of this boring rubbish to endure.

The only thing to be said for it is that it should knock the bollocks out of the virus if we stick to it.

39 more days of the same walk day in day out, looking at the same 4 walls day in day out. Knowing it was going to happen doesn’t make it any easier when it happens.

The longer it goes on the more likely people won’t stick to it. Once the numbers go a good bit lower than they are now the household visits will go back up again. There is only so long many will stick to it 100% the longer it goes on the more people will feel justified to pop into their neighbour or call into their parents.

ninebeanrows

They'll wait this time for cases to be below 200 per day I reckon and then we will move to level 3 without hospitality.

That is possible on current trajectory by early March

Turtwig

Happydays2020 wrote: »

If we are below 1000 on 1 Feb, below 500 on 14 Feb and below 100 (or less) on 1 March it will be very difficult to hold the restrictions at the current levels. And watch certain politicians (soc dems and Labour) start to shift their positions.

Hospitalisations and ICU will be a significant determining factor. There'll have to be an appreciable safety net there before any major lifting of restrictions.

manofwisdom

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Its obvious to me the vaccines are next to useless.
.

There's always one..

Azatadine

Azatadine wrote: »

Good to know. I must let the various evaluation and approval agencies know.

Its my opinion, hopefully I am wrong but I have little faith when you see the mess it is, not to mention companies making profits out of this misery.

Which CEO cashed all his shares in when the orders started coming in?

niallo27

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

To be honest I think people should try and make the most of it e.g. get fit, do a course, teach the kids new skills, explore your local area etc etc. We might never have as much free time again.

We have had most of last year to do that, hard to get fit or explore your local area if your stuck within 5km

ninebeanrows

I think they want/need to avoid any other wave at all costs and that's what they are going for so if you push strong restrictions til April/May

Seasonal factor combined with vaccinations combined with low case numbers will put us in a good place to open society significantly.

Gruffalux

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

What a fcukin time to be alive.

Even in your living room you are still on an incongruously hospitable planet that spins at 1000 miles per hour in a galaxy that is speeding through the vast cosmos towards Andromeda at 1.3 million miles per hour.

TonyMaloney

mohawk wrote: »

39 more days of the same walk day in day out, looking at the same 4 walls day in day out. Knowing it was going to happen doesn’t make it any easier when it happens.

The experts may take a dim view, but what if we all swapped gafs until March 4th?

TonyMaloney

Gruffalux wrote: »

Even in your living room you are still on an incongruously hospitable planet that spins at 1000 miles per hour in a galaxy that is speeding through the vast cosmos towards Andromeda at 1.3 million miles per hour.

That's not comforting, you psychopath

Always_Running

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

They'll wait this time for cases to be below 200 per day I reckon and then we will move to level 3 without hospitality.

That is possible on current trajectory by early March

Late February by my calculations.

niallo27

TonyMaloney wrote: »

The experts may take a dim view, but what if we all swapped gafs until March 4th?

This is not a swinging site Tony.

Gruffalux

TonyMaloney wrote: »

That's not comforting, you psychopath

Haha sorry...I find it uplifting.

iamwhoiam

TonyMaloney wrote: »

The experts may take a dim view, but what if we all swapped gafs until March 4th?

Great idea ! Any takers for a four bed south Dublin for a caravan by the sea ? !

jammiedodgers

niallo27 wrote: »

This is not a swinging site Tony.

You need to be a subscriber for that I think

MerlinSouthDub

Deleted User wrote: »

Its obvious to me the vaccines are next to useless.

Who needs Phase 1, 2, 3 clinical trials involving over a hundred thousand people, an independent oversight Board, the FDA or the EMA when we have experts on here instead.