Ireland Team Talk XI: Team of nervoUS MOD warning Post 1

aloooof · 26-02-2020 3:52pm

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Absoloute joke. Reactionary OTT Ireland at its finest.

Knox Salmon Shortbread wrote: »

Absolute nonsense of the highest order ruining the 6 nations and ruining a weekends for loads of people for nothing.

Presumably you both have massive qualifications / credentials in the field of virology to explain why the advice from the World Health Organiziation, the European Centre for Disease Control and the National Public Health Emergency Team should be ignored?

26-02-2020 4:06pm

Play it behind closed doors?

26-02-2020 4:10pm

aloooof wrote: »

Presumably you both have massive qualifications / credentials in the field of virology to explain why the advice from the World Health Organiziation, the European Centre for Disease Control and the National Public Health Emergency Team should be ignored?

UEFA appear to be happy to ignore it.

moritz1234 · 26-02-2020 4:11pm

Munster game went ahead in Parma friday night.
Parma (Soccer) play next game behind closed doors

irelandrover · 26-02-2020 4:14pm

Knox Salmon Shortbread wrote: »

UEFA appear to be happy to ignore it.

Has any government where there's a UEFA match advised them to cancel the match.

26-02-2020 4:20pm

irelandrover wrote: »

Has any government where there's a UEFA match advised them to cancel the match.

Well why wouldn’t they be advising them if they are as worried as is made out?

The Juventus match tonight is no less risky than the rugby in two weeks.

Mr Tickle · 26-02-2020 4:20pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Play it behind closed doors?

I thought the same.

Can imagine an Italian makes a break, sees that he's going to be caught by the covering defender, breaks into a coughing fit, defender slows down.

Or at lineout time, Hooker stares the defensive jumper in the eye and slowly licks the ball.

aloooof · 26-02-2020 4:28pm

Knox Salmon Shortbread wrote: »

Well why wouldn’t they be advising them if they are as worried as is made out?

The Juventus match tonight is no less risky than the rugby in two weeks.

How do you know this is true? Again, if you can let us know your virology credentials, this opinion might have more weight.

As an aside, Turin appears to be outside the higher risk areas versus, say, Treviso.

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Cookiemunster · 26-02-2020 4:29pm

aloooof wrote: »

How do you know this is true? Again, if you can let us know your virology credentials, this opinion might have more weight.

As an aside, Turin appears to be outside the higher risk areas versus, say, Treviso.

Turin in still in the at risk zone and their home match on Sunday has to be played behind closed doors

Diabhal Beag · 26-02-2020 4:32pm

There'll be more matches called off imo. Don't think it's OTT to postpone these events at all tbh.

Squidgy Black · 26-02-2020 4:45pm

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

There'll be more matches called off imo. Don't think it's OTT to postpone these events at all tbh.

Talk of Cheltenham being called off potentially.

People talk about business losses etc, I can guarantee you there'll be no bigger losses than the bookies and the pubs if that's the case

thelad95 · 26-02-2020 5:02pm

Surely this then means Italy v England on the last day is also a goner?

Shefwedfan · 26-02-2020 5:10pm

thelad95 wrote: »

Surely this then means Italy v England on the last day is also a goner?

Of course

Just not announced

Cookiemunster · 26-02-2020 5:24pm

The Scots aren't considering any cancellations yet.

https://twitter.com/SDM_Robertson/status/1232702556511637504

jacothelad · 26-02-2020 5:26pm

aloooof wrote: »

My understanding is that, while the fatality rate for SARS is higher, the coroanvirus is far more contagious, and that's the bigger issue. From here, over a week ago:

I thought this tweet from the other day was interesting:

https://twitter.com/nj_joel/status/1231567911241666562?s=12

It's comparing apples and oranges though. Ebola is a haemorrhagic virus not a corona virus. It is now thought that the Black Death was caused by such a virus not bubonic plague....it killed 60% of the Population of Europe...then 50,000,000 died.

Interestingly there may now be an effectice vaccine on the way against Ebola.

Shefwedfan · 26-02-2020 5:32pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

The Scots aren't considering any cancellations yet.

https://twitter.com/SDM_Robertson/status/1232702556511637504

The same Scottish who complained about a hurricane would stop their game:P:P:P:P

Slasher · 26-02-2020 5:36pm

thelad95 wrote: »

Surely this then means Italy v England on the last day is also a goner?

Presumably Ireland v France on the 14th will be cancelled. Two dead in Paris (so far) from COVID-19. People in Paris wearing face masks.

TheAnalyst_ · 26-02-2020 5:37pm

aloooof wrote: »

How do you know this is true? Again, if you can let us know your virology credentials, this opinion might have more weight.

As an aside, Turin appears to be outside the higher risk areas versus, say, Treviso.

It's the exact same scenario. What do credentials have anything to do with it?

If we're going with this apporach then I want all incoming flghts stoped immediately. St Patricks "festival" cancelled. All gatherings of over 1,000 people banned.

random_banter · 26-02-2020 5:44pm

Slasher wrote: »

Presumably Ireland v France on the 14th will be cancelled. Two dead in Paris (so far) from COVID-19. People in Paris wearing face masks.

Have the tickets for the game and the trip to Paris booked for awhile now so watching this situation carefully. We are also planning to spend the rest of the week in France and travel to the Alps.

No panic or drastic decisions yet but keeping an eye and seeing if there's a notable spread in the affected areas as has happened in Italy - Lombardy, Milan etc. Will make an informed decision (or as well informed as you can be right now).

Anyone else in this situation?

Eod100 · 26-02-2020 5:52pm

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

It's the exact same scenario. What do credentials have anything to do with it?

If we're going with this apporach then I want all incoming flghts stoped immediately. St Patricks "festival" cancelled. All gatherings of over 1,000 people banned.

You cant just ban flights on a whim. Would likely need to have justification to do so from WHO and agreed with EU countries, airlines etc. St Patrick's Day Parades could well be cancelled between now and then. It doesn't have to be an all or nothing approach.

stephen_n · 26-02-2020 5:54pm

moritz1234 wrote: »

Munster game went ahead in Parma friday night.
Parma (Soccer) play next game behind closed doors

Not a big enough crowd to be a problem

stephen_n · 26-02-2020 5:56pm

Correct decision, just handled very poorly by Simon Harris.

Nermal · 26-02-2020 5:58pm

random_banter wrote: »

Anyone else in this situation?

Yes. If flights are still on, I'll go.

Kevski · 26-02-2020 6:24pm

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

It's the exact same scenario. What do credentials have anything to do with it?

If we're going with this apporach then I want all incoming flghts stoped immediately. St Patricks "festival" cancelled. All gatherings of over 1,000 people banned.

Why 1,000?

aloooof · 26-02-2020 6:27pm

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

What do credentials have anything to do with it?

That's a phenomenal sentence. Why listen to experts when we can listen to.... randommers on the internet??

I'll have to think about that one. Think about it deeply.

martingriff · 26-02-2020 6:58pm

stephen_n wrote: »

Correct decision, just handled very poorly by Simon Harris.

How was it handled poorly by Harris. In my opinion the rugby heads were poor. Sulked a bit but realised it was right to do

tototoe · 26-02-2020 7:01pm

martingriff wrote: »

How was it handled poorly by Harris. In my opinion the rugby heads were poor. Sulked a bit but realised it was right to do

If you are, as minister for health, going to announce an event is cancelled, you surely would discuss it with the organisation running it. Not announce it on 6one news.

It was amature stuff frrom harris, and typically FG in its arrogance

fitz · 26-02-2020 7:04pm

stephen_n wrote: »

Correct decision, just handled very poorly by Simon Harris.

I've no problem with the matches being pulled, but I think it's frankly ridiculous that there are no travel restrictions being enforced. People were criticising the IRFU for being greedy, but I don't see any reason for reasonable travel restrictions other than financial cost... Somewhere in all this, the risk to public health is being weighed against the disruption and cost of travel restrictions, and being judged as not significant enough.

Charlie 22 · 26-02-2020 7:08pm

random_banter wrote: »

Have the tickets for the game and the trip to Paris booked for awhile now so watching this situation carefully. We are also planning to spend the rest of the week in France and travel to the Alps.

No panic or drastic decisions yet but keeping an eye and seeing if there's a notable spread in the affected areas as has happened in Italy - Lombardy, Milan etc. Will make an informed decision (or as well informed as you can be right now).

Anyone else in this situation?

Yup same situation and a gift too. Will go unless the flights are cancelled. Perhaps the sightseeing will be easier if things are locked down a bit but would feel guilty to bring it back but also guilty because it was a gift if I didn't go.

Podge_irl · 26-02-2020 7:13pm

tototoe wrote: »

If you are, as minister for health, going to announce an event is cancelled, you surely would discuss it with the organisation running it. Not announce it on 6one news.

I'm happy enough to take him at his word that he left the meeting about the issue shortly before being on the news and tried and failed to get in contact. He was obviously going to be asked about it on air and was at that stage a bit stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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