Covid 19 Part XXXIII-231,484 ROI(4,610 deaths)116,197 NI (2,107 deaths)(23/03)Read OP

Beasty

Deja vu all over again - Level 5 for probably another thread at least

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paulie21

Know posted in old thread but someone will be looking

https://twitter.com/COVID19DataIE/status/1364216698707054593?s=19

Plumbthedepths

Is that the longest thread ban list on Board's?

hynesie08

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1364206463539896324?s=20

Surely he has to give some sort of hope about April......

Sweet.Science

hynesie08 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1364206463539896324?s=20

Surely he has to give some sort of hope about April......

Genuinely is there any need for these if nothing is changing

Better for everyone if he just does a press release

Plumbthedepths

hynesie08 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1364206463539896324?s=20

Surely he has to give some sort of hope about April......

Don't read the Examiner so, they are saying March/April will be the most difficult months. No personal services or non essential retail till May. I don't expect a timeline but an indication of metrics to open would give some hope and a goal to reach for.
It's either the media or government but someone seems intent on pushing people over the edge.

D.Q

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Is that the longest thread ban list on Board's?

Sensational list. Each name tells its own story

seamus

hynesie08 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1364206463539896324?s=20

Surely he has to give some sort of hope about April......

Cabinet meeting was due 90 minutes ago.

If there's no credible leak of the new plan before Martin's TV announcement, I will eat my hat. It's so blatant at this stage that it can only be deliberate.

Beasty

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Is that the longest thread ban list on Board's?

The thread has been running for 13 months, and over 300,000 posts

Relaxation of Restrictions has a quarter of the posts, but 60% of that number on the naughty step

Plumbthedepths

D.Q wrote: »

Sensational list. Each name tells its own story

Much to my unending shame, I once graced it too, but due to the benevolence and compassion of our sometimes maligned Mods I enjoy the pleasure of easing my boredom here.

Plumbthedepths

Beasty wrote: »

The thread has been running for 13 months, and over 300,000 posts

Relaxation of Restrictions has a quarter of the posts, but 60% of that number on the naughty step

A crowded step, but I managed to squeeze in.

Plumbthedepths

seamus wrote: »

Cabinet meeting was due 90 minutes ago.

If there's no credible leak of the new plan before Martin's TV announcement, I will eat my hat. It's so blatant at this stage that it can only be deliberate.

Clearly Leo either forgot his phone or it was taken from him.

Wolf359f

paulie21 wrote: »

Know posted in old thread but someone will be looking

https://twitter.com/COVID19DataIE/status/1364216698707054593?s=19

Previous Tuesdays 7 day averages (swabs)
Tue 23/02: 779
Tue 16/02: 882
Tue 09/02: 1018
Tue 02/02: 1301

Vicxas

On average how long have these threads been lasting. Couple of weeks?

Must be the most active thread on boards ever.

Well that and people asking what a tracker mortgage is thread

ShyMets

D.Q wrote: »

Sensational list. Each name tells its own story

Some of those names bought a wistful tear to my eye

Arghus

I enjoy the banned list nostalgia that's always the page one preamble on a new thread.

Plumbthedepths

Vicxas wrote: »

Well that and people asking what a tracker mortgage is thread

I have one of those.

Happydays2020

seamus wrote: »

Cabinet meeting was due 90 minutes ago.

If there's no credible leak of the new plan before Martin's TV announcement, I will eat my hat. It's so blatant at this stage that it can only be deliberate.

We will do everything we can to avoid a 4th lockdown. The strategy for the Government to do this is to maintain the 3rd lockdown. But we will gradually ease you from the burden of your own children and send them back to small, medium and large crèches. Meanwhile... here is some more cash which your children and grandchildren will pay back...

igCorcaigh

Eh, what?

We can meet other people outside?

https://twitter.com/KarlBrophy/status/1363983625264463872?s=19

Me_Grapes

Wow that is some commitment to the use of the auld Roman numerals, such dedication to the practice I have only seen replicated in the Super Bowl!!

Even Wrestlemania jettisoned the practice after around 21!!

All being said, I think I speak for everyone here when I say let's hope this is one of the last threads the mods need to make on the subject

fits

For all those praising UK approach, not everyone agrees

https://twitter.com/lindsaybbent/status/1364134346899283970?s=21

Gruffalux

I don't know what Boggles ever did to be there. He and I disagree on just about everything but he was a good addition to the thread.

Plumbthedepths

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Eh, what?

We can meet other people outside?

https://twitter.com/KarlBrophy/status/1363983625264463872?s=19

It's from Donnelly, best to be ignored. He couldn't even get it right about the schools yesterday. I sometimes wonder does he just play games on his phone during cabinet meetings.

Arghus

Whatever side of whatever argument you tend to land on I think we can all agree that Donelley is hopeless.

DOCARCH

ShyMets wrote: »

Some of those names bought a wistful tear to my eye

Very impressive list!

Le Bruise

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I have one of those.

I missed out on one of those by about 3 months...costliest delay of my life

timmyntc

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

It's from Donnelly, best to be ignored. He couldn't even get it right about the schools yesterday. I sometimes wonder does he just play games on his phone during cabinet meetings.

He seems like your nice but dim friend, that you encourage to do and say stupid things.

No doubt some cabinet ministers do be feeding him a load of ****e information and wait till he goes on the radio for a laugh.

Plumbthedepths

fits wrote: »

For all those praising UK approach, not everyone agrees

https://twitter.com/lindsaybbent/status/1364134346899283970?s=21

I read the data about the drop in hospitalisations and transmission due to the vaccine. Over 18 million have received their first vaccine dose. The UK royally fùcked up at the start of this but while we will still be hoping to get to Penny's sometime in May it's looking likely our neighbour's could be experiencing something akin to normality in the same month.

Kunta Kinte

Me_Grapes wrote: »

Wow that is some commitment to the use of the auld Roman numerals, such dedication to the practice I have only seen replicated in the Super Bowl!!

Even Wrestlemania jettisoned the practice after around 21!!

All being said, I think I speak for everyone here when I say let's hope this is one of the last threads the mods need to make on the subject

No chance of that. Plenty more to come over the next 8 to 10 months at least.

muddypuppy

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Eh, what?

We can meet other people outside?

https://twitter.com/KarlBrophy/status/1363983625264463872?s=19

You're allowed to met another household for exercise, so I guess it depends on how loose your definition of "exercise" is.

Me_Grapes

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

No chance of that. Plenty more to come over the next 8 to 10 months at least.

Well one can still be positive

Atlantic Dawn

The reporters need to get tough questions together for the next presser and stop towing the line with this or there will be no economy left.

Arduach

Donnelly came across as a right tool on CB last night.

Bringing up that he was unsure if the schools opening dates were actually confirmed. When in doubt shut your mouth. Was he trying to bring attention to himself or seriously that stupid.

iamwhoiam

muddypuppy wrote: »

You're allowed to met another household for exercise, so I guess it depends on how loose your definition of "exercise" is.

My excercise is a slow ramble with a friend

Turtwig

Arghus wrote: »

Whatever side of whatever argument you tend to land on I think we can all agree that Donelley is hopeless.

I agree. However, the sh1t that's going on his personal life with his family home and security. That's completely unacceptable and would make anyone prone to goofs. Not saying we should cut him some slack that'd be overly generous. I do think we should bear in mind that many of the statements he is currently making are likely not with the clearest of minds.

Plumbthedepths

Turtwig wrote: »

I agree. However, the sh1t that's going on his personal life with his family home and security. That's completely unacceptable and would make anyone prone to goofs. Not saying we should cut him some slack that'd be overly generous. I do think we should bear in mind that many of the statements he is currently making are likely not with the clearest of minds.

Donnelly has been inept since the very first day he got the portfolio. He now has prehaps the heaviest workload of any sitting minister. He's responsible for Health, the vaccine rollout and mandatory quarantine whenever Helen gets the finger out. Even for a competent person that is far too much responsibility, Martin should grow a pair and reassign some of the workload to the multitude of other wasters currently underemployed.

Sanjuro

Arghus wrote: »

Whatever side of whatever argument you tend to land on I think we can all agree that Donelley is hopeless.

He's like the Dunning Kruger Effect gained corporeal form and was given a cabinet position in the Irish government.

retro:electro

Donnelly always comes across extremely rattled to me. A guy with a major chip on his shoulder who always comes across like he’s about 3.5 seconds away from completely losing his shlt. I’d say he’s hard work to work alongside

political analyst

https://gript.ie/look-for-ways-to-increase-insecurity-anxiety-and-uncertainty-zero-covid-document/

Gript claims that members of the Independent Scientific Advisory Group have recently been instructed to “look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety, and uncertainty”. The revelation comes from a trove of hundreds of emails, draft documents, and ISAG internal communications that were recently leaked to Gript.

iamwhoiam

retro:electro wrote: »

Donnelly always comes across extremely rattled to me. A guy with a major chip on his shoulder who always comes across like he’s about 3.5 seconds away from completely losing his shlt. I’d say he’s hard work to work alongside

He is the kind of person you would love to shake and scream “ get your act together “

One in every job and every family !

Le Bruise

Turtwig wrote: »

I agree. However, the sh1t that's going on his personal life with his family home and security. That's completely unacceptable and would make anyone prone to goofs. Not saying we should cut him some slack that'd be overly generous. I do think we should bear in mind that many of the statements he is currently making are likely not with the clearest of minds.

Not the biggest fan of him either but the threat to his family home is horrendous. Something similar happened to Simon Harris when he was health minister if I recall. It really is the poisoned chalice of ministerial positions.

wadacrack

Bit of a rise on Monday.


https://twitter.com/gpbuddy/status/1364245504717111301

marno21

muddypuppy wrote: »

You're allowed to met another household for exercise, so I guess it depends on how loose your definition of "exercise" is.

Drinking coffee = bicep curls with a 16oz weight.

DOCARCH

retro:electro wrote: »

Donnelly always comes across extremely rattled to me. A guy with a major chip on his shoulder who always comes across like he’s about 3.5 seconds away from completely losing his shlt. I’d say he’s hard work to work alongside

He came across quite competent/confident....when not in government/when in (quasi) opposition. :pac: Imagine what SF would be like!!!

Arghus

retro:electro wrote: »

Donnelly always comes across extremely rattled to me. A guy with a major chip on his shoulder who always comes across like he’s about 3.5 seconds away from completely losing his shlt. I’d say he’s hard work to work alongside

We'll agree on this retro.

I get a sense of a lot of passive aggressive anger in him. Like he's always simmering, ready to go off at any moment. It leads to a lot of stilted awkwardness.

Cork2021

political analyst wrote: »

https://gript.ie/look-for-ways-to-increase-insecurity-anxiety-and-uncertainty-zero-covid-document/

Gript claims that members of the Independent Scientific Advisory Group have recently been instructed to “look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety, and uncertainty”. The revelation comes from a trove of hundreds of emails, draft documents, and ISAG internal communications that were recently leaked to Gript.

Never heard of gript before but that wouldn’t surprise me one bit!

Deeper Blue

wadacrack wrote: »

Bit of a rise on Monday.


https://twitter.com/gpbuddy/status/1364245504717111301

Just out of interest is there usually much of a correlation between this and the number of cases in the days following?

stephenjmcd

wadacrack wrote: »

Bit of a rise on Monday.


https://twitter.com/gpbuddy/status/1364245504717111301

Full dataset on the above. You can see what counties reported the little rise on last Monday

Dublin for all the hassle it gets for numbers doing quite well on referrals

https://tomorrowscare.ie/covid/2021-02-23_COVID_GP_Survey_Results.pdf

Jim_Hodge

Cork2021 wrote: »

Never heard of gript before but that wouldn’t surprise me one bit!

Neither had I. But after reading another of their stories today, I take it all with a pinch of salt

A group of senior university scientists have said travelers might need to be vaccinated every time they go abroad.

In a new report published by the Royal Society Journal, several eminent scientists from Oxford University, Cambridge and elsewhere have cast doubt on the longevity of vaccine protection, prompting them to suggest travelers might need to be vaccinated for every trip they take.

speckle

iamwhoiam wrote: »

My excercise is a slow ramble with a friend

Gardening outdoors is a great form of excecise one can always excecise the vocal chords at the same time from a distance...I am even thinking of taking up the olde worlde walking balladeering with the guitar.. got to excercise or I wont be able to run around the stage at my next gig (have to rehab a knee) and being a bit overweight now from this stay at home mularky.. not good with this virus and I do need the extra vitamin D

Thanks your post made me smile as I do love rambling on..

NeuralNetwork

Cork2021 wrote: »

Never heard of gript before but that wouldn’t surprise me one bit!

It's a right-wing opinion driven website with an on-trend sounding name.