Coronavirus Part V - 34 cases in ROI, 16 in NI (as of 10 March) *Read warnings in OP*

Mic 1972 wrote: »

Finally some sense
In fact Italy, France and Germany manage to contain the initial few cases for more than a month before the inevitable outbreak

We here are moving a lot faster

Deadly serious question, can you qualify what you mean by “we here are moving a lot faster?”

I’m seeing a lot of posters say things will be grand and government is balanced. Well that’s great, I’d just like to hear the examples of the actions the government are taking to slow down the spread. We are in a containment phase but we know we will most likely be moving up a phase soon enough. so what are we doing to contain apart from running around on the backfoot trying to locate everybody who may or may not have had contact with our few confirmed cases? And don’t answer with “WHO says” or we are following other countries lead. South Korea and China are the ones WHO have been saying have been handling this crisis well. You don’t follow Italy and Germany into sh*t just because they are EU countries, you try to stay a step ahead by not doing what countries who are in bits did, so what are we doing to make sure we don’t end up like Italy?

People are right to be dubious and ask questions because what’s being said and what’s actually being done doesn’t stack up. They want us to take precautions to limit the spread but just not when it’s going to result in financial loss. If we are weeks ahead of Italy , what are we doing that they didn’t two 2 weeks ago?

You see I don’t mind being led by a government when what they say and do matches. I also don’t mind having it explained to me why certain things are so “we won’t be as bad as Italy”. But soundbite statements with no information or based on “well we don’t know but let’s presume the positive” are just not going to wash with me.

Calling people hysterical is not helpful or conducive to discussion, it’s nearly like some people have their fingers in the ears and can’t engage anybody who has differing views to their own. I feel I’m ready for what’s coming but I don’t feel many others are. I feel lack of transparency is leading to the issues we are seeing including distrust of decisions being made. We don’t need to know who is infected (like that poor doctor whose life is prob ruined) , don’t want to see that straw man argument that I think many, if any are suggesting.