Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) Read warnings in OP

Kermit.de.frog · 06-03-2020 05:52PM

Guess Italy's figures before they come out in a few minutes.

A night with Mrs Piggy (to take forever) on the line for the closest. :pac:

Nermal · 06-03-2020 05:52PM

Downlinz wrote: »

People are now going to realise this is a business first, people second country.

As if the homeless and trolleys weren't a big enough clue before.

What do you think pays for housing and trolleys? Business does come first.

BarryD2 · 06-03-2020 05:52PM

gabeeg wrote: »

You can, as they have done before, cancel the official festivities that cause tens of thousands to line the streets in close proximity to each other.

I suppose the Paddy's Day foot & mouth cancellation was because of the perceived threat to the agriculture industry. So business was at stake.

caveat emptor · 06-03-2020 05:52PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Also add

NEW: Varadkar says Ireland may ask retired health workers to return to service in the weeks ahead if the need arises

A group that would be in the higher risk bracket.....

Thinking 2 steps head. Good man. They are the expendables. Knock off a few billion in pension obligations to boot. :pac:

secman · 06-03-2020 05:53PM

2001 Paddy's Festival was cancelled and rescheduled on the June bank holiday weekend and it was even better due to better weather. But that was done to prevent Irish cattle picking up a virus , the foot and mouth one..but hey this virus only affects us mere humans so NO cancellation this time.

Hector Savage · 06-03-2020 05:53PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Not final figure.

Final figure is 12:30 am our time.

It will be north of 600 i'd imagine.

But it;s ****ing 1.53 am there what the **** like ?

DOCARCH · 06-03-2020 05:53PM

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

The parade will be cancelled no doubt at all in my mind.

'Will be kept under review'....apparently.

Strazdas · 06-03-2020 05:53PM

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

The parade will be cancelled no doubt at all in my mind. They seem very naive thinking both our cases won't do big jumps and the cases rises in countries in Europe won't spook everybody. A day is becoming a long time now.

But if you cancel the parade(s), then you have to cancel loads of events on March 18th too.

Merely shutting down the parade would look like a PR stunt.

spookwoman · 06-03-2020 05:54PM

gabeeg wrote: »

To be fair I don't think that's the worst idea. You obviously don't put the oldies working with CV cases though. They'll be deployed to hopefully keep some semblance of regular health care going.

All it takes is one person to get it and then look what happened here we have 60 now in self isolation.

Away With The Fairies · 06-03-2020 05:54PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Also add

NEW: Varadkar says Ireland may ask retired health workers to return to service in the weeks ahead if the need arises

A group that would be in the higher risk bracket.....

So he sees a problem and asking retired health workers back, yet St. Patrick's Day is just over a week away and he sees no problem with it going ahead. Ireland won't be any different to the rest of Europe. I'm all for a parade in the summer.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 06-03-2020 05:55PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Yep the home is closed. They were very prompt. The announcement that all nursing homes should close went out and within ten minutes we had a text letting us know. Bit sad we won't see her on the big day but I'm definitely glad this is being done. No point in putting the residents at unnecessary risk. Of course there is still risk with changing staff etc but that's just life.

Reschedule for when it all blows over.

Call Me Jimmy · 06-03-2020 05:55PM

Strazdas wrote: »

But if you cancel the parade(s), then you have to cancel loads of events on March 18th too.

Merely shutting down the parade would look like a PR stunt.

I dunno because countries like Germany and France will have developed more.They and Italy will have taken pretty drastic measures which will be very hard to ignore.

The public consciousness will have changed a lot in a week.

skimpydoo · 06-03-2020 05:55PM

I am due to go to the Mater on Monday afternoon to do some urgent blood tests and it now looks like it might not happen.

https://twitter.com/PaulQuinnNews/status/1235922219018211329?s=20

secman · 06-03-2020 05:55PM

Strazdas wrote: »

But if you cancel the parade(s), then you have to cancel loads of events on March 18th too.

Merely shutting down the parade would look like a PR stunt.

It was done very successfully in 2001, moved it to June bank holiday weekend... but that was to protect cattle.....

harr · 06-03-2020 05:56PM

Strazdas wrote: »

It may be an issue but if you go down the route of saying gatherings of people are a health risk, then you would have to shut the entire country down - big sporting events, concerts, conferences, cinemas, theatres

There is an argument too that this would merely freak out the panic brigade even more, rather than do anything to calm them

Maybe but the likes of the paddy’s festival is bringing in thousands of over sees visitors, yes they probably will still come but at least you won’t have them crammed into a packed parade route

Boggles · 06-03-2020 05:56PM

Nermal wrote: »

What do you think pays for housing and trolleys? Business does come first.

By minimizing the outbreak and hoping to kill the spread ASAP does put business first.

Dial Hard · 06-03-2020 05:57PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

I wear gloves at the gloves at the pumps, I don't know who's dick beaters have touched it. :eek:

You could say that about pretty much every single item you ever touch outside of your house

kavanagh_h · 06-03-2020 05:57PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yep the home is closed. They were very prompt. The announcement that all nursing homes should close went out and within ten minutes we had a text letting us know. Bit sad we won't see her on the big day but I'm definitely glad this is being done. No point in putting the residents at unnecessary risk. Of course there is still risk with changing staff etc but that's just life.

Can you get someone inside to set up skype or something on the day as a big surprise?

Strazdas · 06-03-2020 05:57PM

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

I dunno because countries like Germany and France will have developed more and them and Italy will have taken pretty drastic measures which will be very hard to ignore.

The public consciousness will have changed a lot in a week.

But as I say, the obsession with cancelling the parade is quite bizarre. It's a two hour event.....there are large gatherings of people every day of the week.

yermandan · 06-03-2020 05:58PM

skimpydoo wrote: »

I am due to go to the Mater on Monday afternoon to do some urgent blood tests and it now looks like it might not happen.

https://twitter.com/PaulQuinnNews/status/1235922219018211329?s=20

Just got a call from my Dad, Naas Hospital has similar restrictions as of this afternoon. My Mam is in there with pneumonia for the past 5 weeks. He thinks it is precautionary as opposed to a suspected case

skimpydoo · 06-03-2020 05:58PM

Strazdas wrote: »

It may be an issue but if you go down the route of saying gatherings of people are a health risk, then you would have to shut the entire country down - big sporting events, concerts, conferences, cinemas, theatres

There is an argument too that this would merely freak out the panic brigade even more, rather than do anything to calm them

Fock the panic brigade. Something has to be done to stop things getting out of control and shutting down gatherings is the start.

Call Me Jimmy · 06-03-2020 05:58PM

Boggles wrote: »

By minimizing the outbreak and hoping to kill the spread ASAP does put business first.

Exactly, notice what big multinationals do when they get one case - everybody work from home now

But I understand SMEs will have a hell of time

Mic 1972 · 06-03-2020 05:58PM

Deleted User wrote: »

62 years old. Would be in a higher risk age group unfortunately.

he died within 3 days after having the initial first mild symptoms

iamwhoiam · 06-03-2020 05:59PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Also add

NEW: Varadkar says Ireland may ask retired health workers to return to service in the weeks ahead if the need arises

A group that would be in the higher risk bracket.....

And many retired nurses are no longer on the register .So they would be working illegally because they are not registered

Strazdas · 06-03-2020 06:00PM

harr wrote: »

Maybe but the likes of the paddy’s festival is bringing in thousands of over sees visitors, yes they probably will still come but at least you won’t have them crammed into a packed parade route

For two hours - risk of picking up the corona virus along a two mile route is probably minimal.

Town will be crowded that day anyway (for the entire day).

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 06-03-2020 06:00PM

skimpydoo wrote: »

I am due to go to the Mater on Monday afternoon to do some urgent blood tests and it now looks like it might not happen.

https://twitter.com/PaulQuinnNews/status/1235922219018211329?s=20

Seems to just be visitors so far!

Kermit.de.frog · 06-03-2020 06:00PM

Just heard that a local nursing home here in Dublin is restricting visiting.

YFlyer · 06-03-2020 06:01PM

I see sheep wrote: »

People would just go out anyway!

It'd be like when they 'cancelled' Rag Week :pac:

I think they did that in Cork one year. Both UCC and CIT students organised their own rag week.

frillyleaf · 06-03-2020 06:01PM

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

It's not 3rd world, and this does not prove anything to the effect.

I really don’t like when people compare our health system to the third world as it really undermines how awful the condition in developing countries actually are. It shouldn’t be in the state it is but by no means is it third world

ceadaoin. · 06-03-2020 06:01PM

gabeeg wrote: »

Hopefully it'll be huge floats driving slowly down empty streets. Sure how can you have a bloody celebration when the planet is in crisis and people are dying.

The planet is not in crisis. There are 8 billion people on earth. A minuscule number of people have been infected and an even more minuscule amount have died. The vast majority, by a wide margin, of people who get this will be absolutely fine. It's not the walking dead. Get some perspective.

By all means, take precautions -social distancing, hand washing etc. Plan for potentially staying at home for a couple of weeks. But all the complete hyperbole about how we're all going to die etc is ridiculous.

Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) *Read warnings in OP*

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Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) Read warnings in OP