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

Xertz · 09-03-2020 03:15AM

Sitting on the sidelines or the fence is a national sport amongst Irish politicians. That’s nothing new.

I think we should probably avoid getting hysterical but there’s a happy medium between being so laid back we’re almost horizontal and hysteria and we don’t seem to be finding that.

It’s either online panic or offline “ah sure it’s grand”.

nocoverart · 09-03-2020 03:17AM

This thread at night reminds me of the old school chat rooms before social media was a thing... a bit of communal like spirit going on here.

solidasarock · 09-03-2020 03:18AM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Why are FG not taking this situation seriously enough? What the fock will they gain sitting on the sidelines. People will remember this.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/fine-gael-reject-calls-for-national-government-to-tackle-coronavirus-986559.html

In 3 months they want to be sitting across the Dail telling the other parties they messed up their handling of the virus and are willing to have people die to get there.

wakka12 · 09-03-2020 03:18AM

The exodus from Milan looks crazy. It is ironic that it will probably spur an explosion of cases in theSouth of the country as people flee the lockdown zone , exactly the opposite of what they want to achieve

kowloon · 09-03-2020 03:21AM

nocoverart wrote: »

This thread at night reminds me of the old school chat rooms before social media was a thing... a bit of communal like spirit going on here.

It's the frequency of posting, but it's not as hectic as some IRC channels were in the beforetime.

Xertz · 09-03-2020 03:21AM

nocoverart wrote: »

This thread at night reminds me of the old school chat rooms before social media was a thing... a bit of communal like spirit going on here.

Boards.ie is an old-school forum. It’s not that far removed from the days of BBS, but it has clung on as a serious virtual space in Ireland in a way you don’t tend to have a in other countries quite to the same degree.

It’s a bit like the way we still have the Late Late & Liveline. Maybe this is just the online incarnation of that kind of Irish big open forum / the national kitchen table.

It’s better than the private bubbles on Facebook and Reddit and the pile ons on Twitter.

The fact that you get a broad cross section of non like minded posters is what tends to keep it saner and more likely to be self fact checking. You won’t get away with posting utter rubbish without being called out lol.

fritzelly · 09-03-2020 03:22AM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Why are FG not taking this situation seriously enough? What the fock will they gain sitting on the sidelines. People will remember this.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/fine-gael-reject-calls-for-national-government-to-tackle-coronavirus-986559.html

Thought they made it clear they had no desire to be in government and only would if it meant SF didn't get in to power

If the SHTF in the next week then it will certainly be incumbent on FF/FG to form a government - if they don't they are being very disingenuous and one could say detrimental to the health of the country

spookwoman · 09-03-2020 03:23AM

fritzelly wrote: »

Maybe I'm missing something with this home testing kit stuff - it still needs to be analysed by qualified professionals
Is this just a money racket to get people to pay for a test

Anyone explain?

Difficult one but with the way the system is at the moment in the states I suppose anything would be an improvement to what they have now. I see the UK are looking at a way that involves a breath test, which could something if it only takes a few mins to get a reading

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-51791451

kowloon · 09-03-2020 03:23AM

wakka12 wrote: »

The exodus from Milan looks crazy. It is ironic that it will probably spur an explosion of cases in theSouth of the country as people flee the lockdown zone , exactly the opposite of what they want to achieve

Yeah, people rushing to get out of 'the zone' are undermining the whole reason for having it in the first place.

Runaways · 09-03-2020 03:24AM

Xertz wrote: »

Sitting on the sidelines or the fence is a national sport amongst Irish politicians. That’s nothing new.

I think we should probably avoid getting hysterical but there’s a happy medium between being so laid back we’re almost horizontal and hysteria and we don’t seem to be finding that.

It’s either online panic or offline “ah sure it’s grand”.

I agree but FG are technically still the government. And they’re *nowhere* to be seen on this.
Just push out HSE dept heads instead.
I understand that. Nobody in FG has a clue about their own brief never mind a serious international health crisis.
Martin and Mary lou in particular railing for cross party leadership meetings and consensus asking Leo to convene a meeting to come up with a plan and he hasn’t responded.

Our acting Taoiseach is (technically) a medical professional. He’s dropped the ball big style not getting out in front of this. He’d have won back loads of public sentiment had he done so.

The man is perpetually inept and incompetent.

fritzelly · 09-03-2020 03:24AM

nocoverart wrote: »

This thread at night reminds me of the old school chat rooms before social media was a thing... a bit of communal like spirit going on here.

Thread at this time of night is so nice - normal chat, no the world is doomed, frantic posting of rumours, just a lot more laid back
Will wake up in the morning to 100+ pages and about 10 worthwhile posts

Bozo Skeleton · 09-03-2020 03:26AM

I work in a Dublin City centre bar. I'm doing my best not to catch this, and I reckon I'm pretty good at it, because I'm aware. But all it takes is one slip.
I'm observing peoples behaviour the last week, more than usual, and to be fair it's normal behaviour. Handshakes, hugs, opening public doors like normal.
The normal things that people do. And a feeling, more prevalent in younger folk, that it's simply a bad flu. I see a lot of people not giving a shít/ or unaware
It's going to blow up in Dublin. I know people don't want to hear that. It's what I'm seeing.

Xertz · 09-03-2020 03:26AM

Technically speaking, they’re a caretaker government and won’t initiate anything without speaking to all the party leaders first.

We’re basically on autopilot until some government is formed and to be quite honest, the Coronavirus probably will also mean running a fresh election isn’t likely to be practical, so they would want to get their collective heads together and form a government soon!

You’d want to be off your rocker to call another GE with this thing rolling.

Runaways · 09-03-2020 03:29AM

Xertz wrote: »

Technically speaking, they’re a caretaker government and won’t initiate anything without speaking to all the party leaders first.

We’re basically on autopilot until some government is formed and to be quite honest, the Coronavirus probably will also mean running a fresh election isn’t likely to be practical, so they would want to get their collective heads together and form a government soon!

You’d want to be off your rocker to call another GE with this thing rolling.

That’s just it though!

Look

No response from Leo.

https://twitter.com/maryloumcdonald/status/1236765609087696898?s=21

kowloon · 09-03-2020 03:32AM

Xertz wrote: »

You’d want to be off your rocker to call another GE with this thing rolling.

The one thing that gets a lot of elderly people out of the house into large groups. Might not be the best.

09-03-2020 03:33AM

Bozo Skeleton wrote: »

I work in a Dublin City centre bar. I'm doing my best not to catch this, and I reckon I'm pretty good at it, because I'm aware. But all it takes is one slip.
I'm observing peoples behaviour the last week, more than usual, and to be fair it's normal behaviour. Handshakes, hugs, opening public doors like normal.
The normal things that people do. And a feeling, more prevalent in younger folk, that it's simply a bad flu. I see a lot of people not giving a shít/ or unaware
It's going to blow up in Dublin. I know people don't want to hear that. It's what I'm seeing.

wipe the door handles and toilet handles with 70% alcohol. Be aware of people using their hands in the ice buckets. Just thinking out loud here

fritzelly · 09-03-2020 03:33AM

Bozo Skeleton wrote: »

And a feeling, more prevalent in younger folk, that it's simply a bad flu.

And lucky for them a bad "flu" is the worst it will be for them and more likely a bit of a cough, suppose we are/were all the same when we were younger - feeling indestructible an immortal. In fact I think it's only as you get older you start to think about the mortality of your relatives - you never think your parents are gonna die for example - just not in their thought processes

Get a bit older and every ailment starts to take on more of a worry.

Xertz · 09-03-2020 03:35AM

kowloon wrote: »

The one thing that gets a lot of elderly people out of the house into large groups. Might not be the best.

It’s the canvassing, the meetings, the hand shaking and kissing and everything else that goes with the process. Ireland doesn’t really do non contact elections. They’re very human events and not just a big media and online campaign.

So I think they would all rather soon need to realise we need a government and we aren’t going to be going back to the polls. So find a solution! You’re all basically centrists with far more in common than you disagree on anyway!

Scuid Mhór · 09-03-2020 03:38AM

nocoverart wrote: »

This thread at night reminds me of the old school chat rooms before social media was a thing... a bit of communal like spirit going on here.

I too have gotten that vibe. I miss the old internet so much. Probably the most activity boards has had in a decade.

Runaways · 09-03-2020 03:38AM

The plague of endless stupidity of electing ff and fg on repeat for a century has verifiably killed more people in Ireland than this virus will.

We need another election.

skimpydoo · 09-03-2020 03:40AM

fritzelly wrote: »

Thought they made it clear they had no desire to be in government and only would if it meant SF didn't get in to power

If the SHTF in the next week then it will certainly be incumbent on FF/FG to form a government - if they don't they are being very disingenuous and one could say detrimental to the health of the country

FF, the Greens and SF are ready to go into a government of all parties till September. We need one voice on this and we also need to keep an eye on sneaky Boris and his Brexit plans.

ZX7R · 09-03-2020 03:41AM

Xertz wrote: »

Technically speaking, they’re a caretaker government and won’t initiate anything without speaking to all the party leaders first.

We’re basically on autopilot until some government is formed and to be quite honest, the Coronavirus probably will also mean running a fresh election isn’t likely to be practical, so they would want to get their collective heads together and form a government soon!

You’d want to be off your rocker to call another GE with this thing rolling.

we would end up like iran

kowloon · 09-03-2020 03:43AM

Xertz wrote: »

It’s the canvassing, the meetings, the hand shaking and kissing and everything else that goes with the process. Ireland doesn’t really do non contact elections. They’re very human events and not just a big media and online campaign.

Forgot about the canvassing. Virus home delivery.

old_aussie · 09-03-2020 03:44AM

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[/QUOTE]

Moving to where?

skimpydoo · 09-03-2020 03:46AM

fritzelly wrote: »

Get a bit older and every ailment starts to take on more of a worry.

Every time I get a slight bug or minor illness I start thinking has my cancer come back because it will one day. I finished my treatment last October and am now in remission. I have a 1 in 5 chance of it coming back over the next 2 years.

jimmycrackcorm · 09-03-2020 03:47AM

Runaways wrote: »

I agree but FG are technically still the government. And they’re *nowhere* to be seen on this.
Just push out HSE dept heads instead.
I understand that. Nobody in FG has a clue about their own brief never mind a serious international health crisis.
Martin and Mary lou in particular railing for cross party leadership meetings and consensus asking Leo to convene a meeting to come up with a plan and he hasn’t responded.

Our acting Taoiseach is (technically) a medical professional. He’s dropped the ball big style not getting out in front of this. He’d have won back loads of public sentiment had he done so.

The man is perpetually inept and incompetent.

May Lou and Martin are asking for cross leadership meetings but they don't have any plans either. Just playing politics.

But it's seems we're just looking for some soothing write from our leaders. Or else we are looking for rash decisions like loving down the island.

So many posts on this thread about banning flights from Italy, and then what about them next bock outbreak, France, or Spain or what about the UK, are we going to be closing off the border?

Runaways · 09-03-2020 03:48AM

skimpydoo wrote: »

FF, the Greens and SF are ready to go into a government of all parties till September. We need one voice on this and we also need to keep an eye on sneaky Boris and his Brexit plans.

Boris and British are already having their asses handed to them. They did all this thinking they were billy big balls. They’re one country against the biggest trading block on the world.
They’ve completely screwed themselves.

jimmycrackcorm · 09-03-2020 03:49AM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Praise China time, the people who caused it all. How on earth the rest of the planet is not seeking damages from them I'll never know. They've cost the world trillions, and have caused the deaths of 1000's of innocent people.

How about waiting until they reach the numbers that Germany caused from starting WW2?

fritzelly · 09-03-2020 03:54AM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Every time I get a slight bug or minor illness I start thinking has my cancer come back because it will one day. I finished my treatment last October and am now in remission. I have a 1 in 5 chance of it coming back over the next 2 years.

Believe you're in the 4/5's majority - optimism is good for the mind and body

kowloon · 09-03-2020 04:00AM

skimpydoo wrote: »

Every time I get a slight bug or minor illness I start thinking has my cancer come back because it will one day. I finished my treatment last October and am now in remission. I have a 1 in 5 chance of it coming back over the next 2 years.

Sorry to hear that, I can see how it might weigh heavily. I'm immune-compromised myself and I've had lung infections in the past, but I'm stuck in the house for the next month due to other issues so not many virus worries should things go sour.

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

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