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

sydthebeat wrote: »

That could be a post about my mother as well. She's 72 and still in good health, but it's a struggle to get her to understand she has to avoid going to unnecessary gatherings. She went out last night to a play! It's a very tricky balance to get the point across without scaring her into being a hermit with no human contact

Had a right barney with the Mrs last night, on about flying my 79 year old mother in law from the UK over to us in Luxembourg

She's exact same as your Mum sounds, fully independent, busy social life, etc.

Tried to get my Mrs to understand that it was too late already, and that travelling and going through airports was most dangerous aspect of it (not helped by fact that with FlyBe gone, now she can't go via Manchester, she has to go via southern airport).

We ended up settling on 'by the end of this week latest, or not at all'. I have a good relationship with my M-i-L...but secretely, I'm praying she turns down her daughter and sticks to her 'carry on as normal' in the UK. For her sake more than anything else.

NIMAN wrote: »

Aye, yesterday.;)

Sorry. Bloody Google , not for the first time,is making an eejit out of me !

yasmina wrote: »

I probably missed this in an earlier post but what happened in Italy with regard to food shortages? Am I right in thinking that there were initial shortages but now supermarkets are well stocked again?

There have never been any shortages as such.
Some people basically emptied the shelves in panic (same as the toilet paper obsession in Australia).
Shelves are fully restocked on a daily basis.

whisky_galore wrote: »

You would need to come over and scare my mother.
Obstinate and thick as two short planks, won't use sanitising fluid where it's provided.

NIMAN wrote: »

Mine would be like that too.

Some just can't be talked to. They know best:(

Grandchildren, if they have any.
I've found that as a last resort, "think of your grandchildren " can sometimes get the message across.

Boggles wrote: »

They need to section him, he is little more than a wild ranting and raving conspiracy theorist who is going to get a shít load of people killed.

Sounds a lot like most posters on this thread!

Mic 1972 wrote: »

Rents in Italy are very cheap, he probably only wants to come back to Ireland and get away from infected areas. It is a dangerous behavior, I hope strict precautions will be taken for people flying back to Ireland from infected areas

I think that everyone should always be allowed to repatriate from anywhere.
European Countries did repatriate their own citizens from Wuhan, and then quarantined them.

Therefore, whoever repatriates (even on a commercial flight, say from Paris) should isolate themselves for 2 weeks.

We've been at home for a week now. We weren't able to get hand sanitiser before we decided to self isolate. Today we have to go out to get food. Hopefully we will find sanitiser before too long and keep our hands clean as we go. A curse on those people with multiple bottles of hand sanitiser tucked away "just in case".

We both have health issues that might well make infection very serious for us. I've been coughing for a couple of weeks, but no fever.

Tootsie_1 wrote: »

Does anyone know how countries like Italy are coping with funerals ?

Neither weddings nor funerals are taking place in Italy

Mr.S wrote: »

What’s the obsession with hand sanitiser? Isn’t warm water and soap just as effective?

Handy when out, surgical gloves are better and they can be gotton on the net.