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

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  • #2942
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Madrid has one of the highest concentration of cases of any city in the world with almost 500 cases there

    No wonder the population is so densely packed.


  • #2943
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,420 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    But don’t worry, the price at the “pump” won’t be effected.

    Pat Kenny had a lad on from some petroleum “group” and it turns out the pricing is in an incredibly complicated.

    Even though the price per “barrel” is dropping dramatically it won’t change the price at the garage. No one is “gouging”, nothing to see here.

    Isn't it hilarious that when the price goes up it goes up almost immediately at the pump, no complications what so ever when that happens.


  • #2944
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,337 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Minister for Health Simon Harris has said there is a moderate-to-high risk that Ireland will follow a pattern seen in other EU countries in regard to the Covid-19 outbreak such as Italy, France and Germany.
    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0309/1121035-cabinet-virus-committee/

    I bet he's sorry he ever stood for election now. Imagine being landed with a once in 100+ year event after your term is over and you shouldn't even be in office anymore :D


  • #2945
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/ffs4qo/what_the_testing_centers_in_berlin_currently_look/ Big queues for the Coronavirus testing centre in Berlin


  • #2946
    Indestructable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,377 ✭✭✭Indestructable


    Maynooth and Newbridge cancelling their parades. Some sense being shown now at least


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  • #2947
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    well climate extremists should be delighted with developments.


  • #2948
    the butcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭the butcher


    The modern day cruise ship

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  • #2949
    RandomName2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    well climate extremists should be delighted with developments.

    There has been significantly less global pollution created in the last two months because of China's efforts to contain covid-19.


  • #2950
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,818 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Boggles wrote: »
    Isn't it hilarious that when the price goes up it goes up almost immediately at the pump, no complications what so ever when that happens.

    I can assure you, the pricing is very complicated.

    They make very little from the “mark up” on petrol. Something about the government, taxes, a weird forecourts fee...the list goes on.

    So when the price of crude oil drops, no one is making anymore money by selling the petrol at the same price as before the “drop”.

    All said with a straight face.

    EmmetSpiceland: Oft imitated but never bettered.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #2951
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,420 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Indestructable wrote: »
    Maynooth and Newbridge cancelling their parades. Some sense being shown now at least

    All the parades will be cancelled.

    The reason people are making up there own mind is they know that parades don't magically happen and it takes countless hours from volunteers.

    They are just saving them the hassle.

    But Simon will make a decision maybe soon, maybe.


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  • #2952
    Cork Boy 53
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭Cork Boy 53


    Boggles wrote: »
    All the parades will be cancelled.

    The reason people are making up there own mind is they know that parades don't magically happen and it takes countless hours from volunteers.

    They are just saving them the hassle.

    But Simon will make a decision maybe soon, maybe.

    We live in hope anyway.


  • #2953
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,420 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Cork Boy 53 wrote: »
    We live in hope anyway.

    He repeated the line several times this morning.

    "the most important thing is clarity".

    :pac:


  • #2954
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Madrid has one of the highest concentration of cases of any city in the world with almost 500 cases there

    No wonder the population is so densely packed.


  • #2955
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,808 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    cloudatlas wrote: »
    No wonder the population is so densely packed.

    Careful...
    That could well be used as an argument to continue our low density housing here.
    Or as one of the reasons why the virus won't ever be as bad here in Ireland ;)


  • #2956
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    Has the proverbial sh1t hit the proverbial fan today? Or what


  • #2957
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Madrid has one of the highest concentration of cases of any city in the world with almost 500 cases there
    Atletico Madrid fans should be blocked from entering Liverpool for the game wednesday.

    Wont happen though


  • #2958
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    The total tax take in Ireland relative to GDP is well behind almost all of the rest of the OECD: https://data.oecd.org/tax/tax-revenue.htm. Only Chile and Mexico are consistently behind us. France 46.09%, Denmark 44.86% and Belgium 44.85% are the top three there on latest available data. We're at 22.32%.The OECD average is 34.26%.

    We're well behind on health spending too: https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm. 7.095% of GDP vs OECD average of 8.795%. In context, our GDP was $411bn in 2019: https://data.oecd.org/gdp/gross-domestic-product-gdp.htm. The difference in real terms is $7bn. Had we spent that amount extra on health services over the last number of years, we might well have the same number of beds per capita as Germany, have a proper home and community care set up in place and be in a far better position to tackle this crisis.

    Let's look at personal taxation in detail

    According to the Irish Tax Institute

    In Ireland.
    At a salary level of €55,000, an Irish taxpayer pays more tax than in Sweden, Spain,
    Switzerland and the US. They pay over €800 more than a taxpayer in the UK.....

    A worker on €75,000 earns 3 times the amount of a person on €25,000 and pays almost
    8 times the amount of tax.

    • A worker on €75,000 earns 2.1 times the amount of a person on €35,000 and pays over
    4 times the amount of tax.

    • At a salary level of €75,000, taxpayers in Ireland are paying rates close to France and
    they pay over €4,500 more tax than their equivalents in the UK...

    Workers move from the 20% income tax rate to the 40% rate at low income levels.

    Ireland is one of only thirteen countries amongst the OECD’s thirty-four member countries
    that has a marginal rate in the fifties. It ranks in the Top 10.

    • Irish taxpayers enter the 52% rate at €70,045. In fact, at €33,801 we pay 49.5%, which is
    only 0.5% off the “Club”.

    "The 50% club"

    • Spain’s 52% marginal rate only applies from €300,000 and you must be earning almost
    €152,000 in France before you pay their marginal rate of 55.01%.

    The entry point to the
    50’s club in Finland is €100,000 and in Portugal it is €80,000.

    On Health spending

    The 2020 budget saw an increase of €1,006m (6.3%) on 2019 funding - bringing the Health Service Executive budget to a record 17.4 billion 

    It is estimated that Pay rises and pension payments, will eat up close to €400 million of the sum

    If we have a shortfall being spent on actual health care - it is not attributable to actual lack of funding ...


  • #2959
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,100 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Nobody turns my witty remarks against me. :p

    You're on the list 'New Home'.

    Revenge shall be in a forum, thread and at a time of my choosing.

    my-name-is-inigo-montoya.png
    https://rebeccabelliston.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/my-name-is-inigo-montoya.png


  • #2960
    jobless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,183 ✭✭✭jobless


    Indestructable wrote: »
    Maynooth and Newbridge cancelling their parades. Some sense being shown now at least

    greystones parade cancelled


  • #2961
    MadYaker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,337 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    All my meetings got cancelled so I'm "working" from home.


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  • #2962
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    595 new cases in iran and 43 deaths

    I go to college in UCD and our lecturer today told us that classes from next week on will most likely be done over skype for the foreseeable


  • #2963
    Bob24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    dan786 wrote: »
    Iran has reported 43 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall toll to 237 dead.

    Given how the death toll is increasing in Italy (which while far from perfect started later and has a better health system), i find it hard to believe these numbers.

    There must be many uncounted cases, people classified as dying from pneumonia, or people who had pre existing conditions classified as dying from those conditions.

    They will never give such figure - but a better measurement of the impact of the virus could possibly be to look at how many people are dying in hospitals each week (regardless of the cause) and compare to the average death figure on the same week for the past 5 years.


  • #2964
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,711 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    the Government should be printing ration cards.


  • #2965
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    The total tax take in Ireland relative to GDP is well behind almost all of the rest of the OECD: https://data.oecd.org/tax/tax-revenue.htm. Only Chile and Mexico are consistently behind us. France 46.09%, Denmark 44.86% and Belgium 44.85% are the top three there on latest available data. We're at 22.32%.The OECD average is 34.26%.

    We're well behind on health spending too: https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm. 7.095% of GDP vs OECD average of 8.795%. In context, our GDP was $411bn in 2019: https://data.oecd.org/gdp/gross-domestic-product-gdp.htm. The difference in real terms is $7bn. Had we spent that amount extra on health services over the last number of years, we might well have the same number of beds per capita as Germany, have a proper home and community care set up in place and be in a far better position to tackle this crisis.

    Maybe it's time to dip into the billions Apple owe us, or start taxing banks...


  • #2966
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    ArchXStanton wrote: »
    Maybe it's time to dip into the billions Apple owe us, or start taxing banks...

    your health is your wealth, the world is broke, can't print health


  • #2967
    Longing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Longing


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1236966780947574784


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1236973561052569600


  • #2968
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    wakka12 wrote: »
    595 new cases in iran and 43 deaths

    I go to college in UCD and our lecturer today told us that classes from next week on will most likely be done over skype for the foreseeable

    Tell him to stop panic mongering. What do they know any way. You should divide the number of cases by our population to impress them with your abilities :D


  • #2969
    Utter Consternation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Utter Consternation


    ArchXStanton wrote: »
    Maybe it's time to dip into the billions Apple owe us, or start taxing banks...

    Derp de derp de derp

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  • #2970
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    I've just checked the Aer Lingus website and all flights from Milan to Dublin are Sold Out for several months to come. Does this mean the flights are effectively cancelled from Milan to Dublin?


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  • #2971
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,420 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Tell him to stop panic mongering. What do they know any way. You should divide the number of cases by our population to impress them with your abilities :D

    He isn't.

    Schools will definitely be closed.

    When is the only question, next week wouldn't be a bad guess.


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