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Covid-XIX Part VI - 90 cases ROI (1 death) 29 in NI (as of 13 March) *Read OP*

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  • #4562
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Why are we not all eating soap?

    Panic buyers cleared the shelves and left none for us :D


  • #4563
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Supervalue online site down.

    Who said don't panic.

    The irony is all the people hyperventilating while shopping are sure to boost our infected count in 2 weeks time when they start getting sick.


  • #4564
    laurah591
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭laurah591


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Someone needs to have a word with that person about milk.

    think il wait til next week for a shop 🙈


  • #4565
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,391 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    You all had weeks to stock up. Weeks. All a rush now
    This is it exactly, a few extra bits in the trolly last few weeks no big stress now.


  • #4566
    shirazhyder84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42 ✭shirazhyder84


    Went to a supervalue here in south dublin to have my lunch, the manager there was requesting everyone to calm down as they have plenty of supplies for everyone and will keep on restocking as there are no supply issues.


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  • #4567
    macnug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭macnug


    Absolutely mental out there except Iceland for some reason. Like Christmas without the turkey.


  • #4568
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    TheValeyard wrote: »
    Local Aldi is blocked!!! This is mental, people are going hysterical over this!!

    Reminds me of the African plague of locusts!

    They strip every shop in minutes and move on to the next one.


  • #4569
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,274 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    Honestly anyone in a lidl/tesco/aldi etc now, get the fook out of it, it will be crawling with germs, you are really putting yourself and others ar risk. Shop tomorrow, it will calm, today is not a good idea.


  • #4570
    poppers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 666 ✭✭✭poppers


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Damages the lipid layer on the virus structures though. Renders them inactive, and also the soap makes it easier to remove from the skin with rinsing.

    Soap is made up od lipids same as bacteria/virus membrane. The soap disolves this membrane and once gone the RNA cannot survive


  • #4571
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    It's not true! Soap is a surfactant and kills bacteria. Also destroys viruses. Surfactants disrupt bacteria cell membranes and virus coatings and kill them. It's actually far more effective than alcohol based hand sanitizers. There's some science for all the hand sanitizer panic buyers.

    +1 And washing up liquid is also a great soap. And you need to use barely any.


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  • #4572
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Panic buyers cleared the shelves and left none for us :D

    I have not checked since I have loads of soap.
    But is regular soap still easy to get in shops?
    It's far more effective than the hand sanitiser.


  • #4573
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,748 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    I'm not. My children's school sent out a text saying schools closed from tomorrow. Why the fúck cant they just simply say 'school will close today at 3pm/4pm and will not reopen until 29th March. Then there is no ambiguity. I now have no idea if my kids school is open or closed tomorrow.

    you have no idea?

    really?


  • #4574
    Utter Consternation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 938 ✭✭✭Utter Consternation


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    I can wipe my hole for the next 17 months.

    You might starve to death but you'll have the cleanest sheriffs badge in Ireland doing so.


  • #4575
    Blanco100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    You can say people are idiots all you want, and they are completely overdoing the bulk buying, but the buying in bulk will cause a problem in itself.


  • #4576
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,527 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    Always the same in this country.

    No panic, no panic, PANIC, buy everything in sight.

    Had we mild panic two weeks ago from the public and government we wouldn't need mass panic today.


  • #4577
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    macnug wrote: »
    Absolutely mental out there except Iceland for some reason. Like Christmas without the turkey.

    We’re in real trouble when Iceland shelves are stripped bare :P


  • #4578
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Supervalue online site down.

    Who said don't panic.

    The irony is all the people hyperventilating while shopping are sure to boost our infected count in 2 weeks time when they start getting sick.

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  • #4579
    Mango Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Mango Joe


    LRNM wrote: »
    The moment I read the news article about schools and events closing I immediately grabbed my keys and went to the local and fueled up + got some essentials.


    I was lucky I reacted so quickly. When I arrived there was only a handful of people getting things.


    I spent about 15-20 minutes and by the time I was queueing for the tills people were arriving en-mass. The place was mobbed and there was a queue for petrol and the checkouts.



    Still soap and plenty of food but I reckon give it a couple of hours and it's gonna be absolute mayhem,

    This post is like a mini-essay on knee-jerk cause-and-effect in a public health crisis with no logic deployed in the interests of self-awareness.


  • #4580
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    Will have to fight off every urge to eat like a king for the next week.


  • #4581
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,121 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    The last place I’d be found in for the next few days is ANY supermarket.

    The local Mace shop ten minutes away has everything we need and even if a little more expensive it’s great, and it’s good to support the local businesses, there is a top notch veg shop too that has artisan products, a butcher that will order what you want if what you want is not on display. I think we’ll be ok.

    And in the spirit of things, ahem... I need to stock up the cellar, so have just rung in the order to the local off license, paid by card over the phone and it will be delivered this evening..oh and the chemist will also deliver scripts and other supplies..

    No panic here!


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  • #4582
    LirW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Seems like so many are illiterate when it comes to the household 101: have enough food in storage to get you tied over a whole week if you can't shop.
    Husband always thought we have a bit too much stocked. Jokes on you buddy, jokes on you.


  • #4583
    Renjit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Renjit


    sonofenoch wrote: »
    Why are we not all eating soap?

    You know what else has lipids, your insides :pac:


  • #4584
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    Always the same in this country.

    No panic, no panic, PANIC, buy everything in sight.

    Had we mild panic two weeks ago from the public and government we wouldn't need mass panic today.

    Did you not listen to the HSE. They said there is a low risk chance of it coming here. Nothing to see carry on.


  • #4585
    Metalpanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 490 ✭✭Metalpanic


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    It's not true! Soap is a surfactant and kills bacteria. Also destroys viruses. Surfactants disrupt bacteria cell membranes and virus coatings and kill them. It's actually far more effective than alcohol based hand sanitizers. There's some science for all the hand sanitizer panic buyers.

    Plus plus for this post. The virus is coated in a lipid layer that soap breaks down and makes the virus fall apart basically. It is by far the most effective way of cleaning your hands. Hand sanitisers do work but are less effective and should only be used when you can't get to a sink/soap.


  • #4586
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    laugh wrote: »
    505333.PNG

    This is going on around the country right now.

    Milk thats non perishable


  • #4587
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I’m going to freeze whole sinkful of soapy water- instant years supply-no hand sanitizers needed for me :P


  • #4588
    terenc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 384 ✭✭terenc


    Can we quarantine all them Irish Gob****es in England who went to Cheltenham and are still flying out after the latest government announcement cancel the ferries and flights, let the English with the Boris herd mentality look after them.


  • #4589
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,078 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Downlinz wrote: »
    What are people buying?

    Dried food, frozen food and as much booze as they can fit in the leftover space in the trolley.


  • #4590
    OneColdHand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,454 ✭✭✭OneColdHand


    Deleted User wrote: »
    We’re in real trouble when Iceland shelves are stripped bare :P

    Iceland has over 100 cases now, people probably don't want to risk it!:D


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  • #4591
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Interesting article on BBC website saying worst case scenario would be 80% of UK population infected. However best case scenario, if delay tactics such as closing down workplaces etc and delaying this until summer with more people out in the fresh air, the number infected could be as low as 20%. Maybe clutching at straws, but I'll take anything right now.


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