CoVid-19 Part VII - 169 cases ROI (2 deaths) 45 in NI (as of 15 March) *Read OP*

Spain to be put in full lock down from 8am on Monday.

ITman88 wrote: »

Possibly a world war.
People starving and dying as what happens now in 3rd world countries happening then in 1st world countries.
Russian Migs intercepted twice in one day in Irish airspace recently. Jets from RAF intercepted them, not much about it tho.
No many on this thread I from what I’ve read will cope with the real horror that’s coming.
A reversal of fortunes where Asia will be the superpower is very likely and Europe resembles sub Saharan Africa

In fairness, though, you have a tenuous enough grasp on what is 'very likely'.

nthclare wrote: »

Luckily for me, I am a bit of a lone wolf and tend to roam hills and cliff walks etc and have 4 good friends amongst maybe 10 others where we are not too close but frequently we go fishing, hiking and surfing together.

But we're all a bid odd anyhow, maybe misfits as in don't conform to herd mentality and all non drinkers or druggers so we're not going to be socially effected by lack of contact.
We thrive on solitude and the great outdoors.

We now and again have really deep conversations about what would happen if there was a shutdown or we had a virus in our midst.

We'd not suffer through lack of human interaction etc

Its the jocks and gannets I have concern about, the self proclaimed middle classes who have no coping skills unless they're out necking beer, wine or a few lines of coke to be able to fit in and be accepted and validated by their peers.

They're the people who could crack during this, and more liable to spread the virus than most people.

Walked past a well known bar in ennis yesterday evening and the usual local self absorbed Clare celebs and good looking guys and women in their huddle inside drinking and not a care in the world.
I hope they will be safe and sound but knowing some of their self indulgent habits they'll more than likely be in the thick of it and demanding special treatment and walk over anyone to get what they want.
The don't realise that viruses dont discriminate but when its too late they'll be off their heads with anxiety.

How do I know?

Because I was once like them, I thought like them, behaved like them, that feeling of insecurity and egotistical self indulgence takes years to recover from thats for sure.

17 years off the hooch and away from the dick heads and gannets, if this was 2003 id be out there drinking and being full of **** like the pint men driving Audis and vino Mini Cooper wrecks.

When disaster strikes better to be a nobody rather wanting to be a somebody.

I'm really glad to hear your group will cope well. My partner and I are saving for a mortgage so we've put the social life to one side anyway for the last six months. Partner is currently out of work but at least we have cashflow from my salaries and even fewer outgoings than usual (cancelled all the unnecessary subscriptions too, Netflix, Spotify etc). We don't really do drugs and we're rationing the bit of drink we have so we're actually taking it in our element and not getting too bogged down with the depressing aspects of it. I'm sure there'll be plenty more misery down the line but we'll just handle that as it comes. It's good to have a support network, I hope yourself and your buddies keep in touch regularly.

My parents are older, I've been making sure to keep them briefed on the situation. There was a time they weren't taking it as seriously as they should have been, but they're on full lock-down now. They care for my adult brother, who has special needs. After two decades of minding him and not being able to go out, losing a lot of their 'friends' (people can be very uncomfortable if things get too "real" in someone else's life), they're looking at the kind of people that you mentioned with a lot of empathy, because they remember what a shock to the system it was losing their freedom and being limited by circumstances.

I did also find out that my mother went and babysat for my sister [snipped]. I wrote out a full on death threat to my sister in a message telling her NOT to put our mother at risk like that and then didn't send it, called her and spoke to her civilly. It's very hard not to react with intensity when the lives of people you love are on the line and NOBODY WILL LISTEN TO You! I'm quite sure though after this weekend the situation will become glaringly apparent to all but the most ignorant.

On another note, my sister [snipped] says she's "probably already had it" and is still sending her 3 year old into creche, putting her elderly mother in law at risk. They are only testing severe cases over there. I don't know how people aren't keeping themselves informed, I just think they have absolutely no clue the immensity of this and just want to maintain their own "normality", even at the risk of losing everything.