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

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  • #3692
    smallfryy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29 ✭smallfryy


    If I may ask your collective advice, I work in an office of 10.
    We have the ability to work from home since the Beast from the East and for adverse weather.
    However, even after Leo's speech on Thursday we've been told we still have to work business as usual and cannot work from home.
    With creche and school closed it's a nightmare but we were told if we don't come in we can take unpaid leave but I have rent to pay and honestly I'd rather catch the virus myself than have to ask for a few weeks grace from my LL. So unpaid leave isn't an option.
    My office also doesn't practice 1 to 2 meter distances between us. In fact no manager has been in since the announcement on Thursday.
    I do not want to rock the boat but at this point should they not be encouraging us to work from home? All the head office staff have made changes but my office seem to be forgotten and I'm worried. Am I being a total drama Queen? Apologies if so, it is all just a bit surreal seeing it all unfold while it's still business as usual for us.


  • #3693
    Mebuntu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭Mebuntu


    Ger Roe wrote: »
    Just watching the Temple Bar webcam. It's getting busy on the party streets.
    Yes, was watching earlier. However, the inside webcam seems to have been disengaged so we can't see what's going on in there.

    Alcoholic Ireland still alive and well. Even the threat of a deadly virus can't stop them.


  • #3694
    robfowler78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭robfowler78


    Lads have to ask and before people say otherwise I'm happy to have some sort of lock down, but if the place locks completely down how are you all surviving without wages etc. It seems to me everybody talks about the greater good but I'm talking short term. I know loads of people who rely on their wages for weekly food etc.
    Seems to me that a lot of posters on here are people who have jobs that allow working from at home or don't need child care etc but there are alot of people who don't have the same options.


  • #3695
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,080 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    Downlinz wrote: »
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    Place is hopping tonight!

    It's a lot quieter than normal tbf. A lot.


  • #3696
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Would you prefer Ireland's call?

    Ireland, Ireland, together standing at least 1-2 metres apart.


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  • #3697
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    Galway by comparison looks a lot more subdued

    https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/ireland/galway/shop-street.html


  • #3698
    thomas 123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭thomas 123


    AllForIt wrote: »
    Plus, it's okay to spread it in a supermarket but not okay to spread it in a pub.

    Ffs ...


  • #3699
    Cilldara_2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Cilldara_2000


    smelly sock wrote: »
    More rumours flying around. Hearing from AGS members and a nurse i know thats red warning from Monday.

    Anyone else hearing anything?

    Haven't heard from anyone itk but I expected a ramp up to the next level on Monday since the last ramp up on Thursday.


  • #3700
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    deisedevil wrote: »
    Is a "red warning" even an official term for that type of thing. Have we a storm on the way?

    It is apparently. We are at yellow at the moment. I thought that too when i heard it.


  • #3701
    05eaftqbrs9jlh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭05eaftqbrs9jlh


    laurah591 wrote: »
    they need to drop this east crap
    They did already for confirmed cases. They're not even giving a general location now, just including the entire Republic as one big infection. Apparently they're switching to a more "granulated" way of reporting??

    From Monday... or maybe Tuesday. Everything is going to be happening Monday or Tuesday. They're maybe going to give us a sense of how many ventilators they have then too. And maybe tell us how many community transmission cases. And if we behave ourselves, maybe then they'll tell us how many healthcare workers are now sick with the virus.


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  • #3702
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Good riddance so, will solve a lot of our impending pension problems as well as getting rid of future bed blockers in the hospitals to mention just a few positives of that age group choosing to darwin themselves


    They should operate a scheme not unlike getting a mortgage where they check your bank statements etc during triage. If you've been found to be in a pub based on your transactions etc then straight to the community centre / school or other non medical building with you. Do not get a ventilator, do not get ICU.

    Hard decisions being made in Italy. This seems like an easy one.


  • #3703
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I think 18 days is average check out...28 for recovery

    In which case, it would be at least Wednesday, and more likely today week, before we see the first Irish recoveries. At least the increase in positives is largely due to scaling up of testing, rather than the actual percentage going up.


  • #3704
    Sittingpretty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,872 ✭✭✭Sittingpretty


    aristotle25 wrote: »
    Yes heard same from a serving member of the Gardai.

    What does a red level warning mean though?


  • #3705
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    US2 wrote: »
    The Guinness always tastes nicer when the pub is busy, great craic here and not a word about the virus.

    Great craic there, yet here you are...posting on boards...


  • #3706
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,727 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    First it was the rugby match.
    Then the parade.
    Then Cheltenham.
    Then the panic shoppers.
    Now the pubs.

    People just love a good bandwagon.

    People feel helpless and can’t blame the government for once, so take out their anger on others.


  • #3707
    AllForIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    The thing that gets me about the people out and about in pubs and clubs tonight is that they’re spending so much money unnecessarily in a time when we might be facing into a large recession due to the virus and other things. I’ll be curbing my spending a lot in the coming months just in case.

    Maybe they think it's their last ever night out.


  • #3708
    Hobgoblin11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Hobgoblin11


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    The thing that gets me about the people out and about in pubs and clubs tonight is that they’re spending so much money unnecessarily in a time when we might be facing into a large recession due to the virus and other things. I’ll be curbing my spending a lot in the coming months just in case.

    A proxy saver

    Dundalk, Co. Louth



  • #3709
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    The Dail passes legislation, not the government. There would be no problems passing whatever emergency legislation is needed in the Dail.
    Sigh, they are the only ones at present who can propose it but there is no way to get through the requisite stages, to make sure it passes muster legally. Let me give the non-dummy answer, the DoH can just add it to the list of things it advises to close. They are still appealing to people to respect the guidelines but are not at that point yet.


  • #3710
    Cilldara_2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Cilldara_2000


    Downlinz wrote: »
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    Place is hopping tonight!

    The three Gardaí on the left there are equipped with measuring tapes and are now going in to enforce social distancing guidelines.


  • #3711
    zerosugarbuzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭zerosugarbuzz


    Downlinz wrote: »
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    Place is hopping tonight!

    Absolutely F***ing ridiculous :mad:


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  • #3712
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,625 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Bit cynical wrote: »
    Live webcam of Temple Bar for people to get angry at.

    Business as usual. I went to the one showing the Bellagio conservatory in Vegas. Its completely deserted. Never seen it so empty its usually packed. Whatever about Trump and his ****ty response, americans are taking it seriously it seems at least


  • #3713
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Youd have to presume an announcement by Govt. Tomorrow at some stage re a stricter lockdown.


  • #3714
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Sittingpretty wrote: »
    What does a red level warning mean though?

    I'd hazard a guess of enforced isolation or at least policed isolation. Only those who should be out are out. Staggered shopping / pharmacy visits in the community.


  • #3715
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    US2 wrote: »
    The Guinness always tastes nicer when the pub is busy, great craic here and not a word about the virus.
    Social distancing at work I hope.;)


  • #3716
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    smallfryy wrote: »
    If I may ask your collective advice, I work in an office of 10.
    We have the ability to work from home since the Beast from the East and for adverse weather.
    However, even after Leo's speech on Thursday we've been told we still have to work business as usual and cannot work from home.
    With creche and school closed it's a nightmare but we were told if we don't come in we can take unpaid leave but I have rent to pay and honestly I'd rather catch the virus myself than have to ask for a few weeks grace from my LL. So unpaid leave isn't an option.
    My office also doesn't practice 1 to 2 meter distances between us. In fact no manager has been in since the announcement on Thursday.
    I do not want to rock the boat but at this point should they not be encouraging us to work from home? All the head office staff have made changes but my office seem to be forgotten and I'm worried. Am I being a total drama Queen? Apologies if so, it is all just a bit surreal seeing it all unfold while it's still business as usual for us.

    Can you and a few workmates not band together and make a phone call to management,? Power in numbers


  • #3717
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,274 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    deisedevil wrote: »
    Is a "red warning" even an official term for that type of thing. Have we a storm on the way?

    Kermit any snow due with it ;)


  • #3718
    Ger Roe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,193 ✭✭✭Ger Roe


    laurah591 wrote: »
    they need to drop this east crap

    They will be. It was announced at the press conf earlier today that more details will be provided next week, as it spreads and infects more areas.

    BTW what's the 'Red Warning' being spoken of here? I wasn't aware of a colour scale public warning for anything other than weather conditions.


  • #3719
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    jam_mac_jam wrote: »
    No a supermarket is a necessity a pub is not. People need to eat. They don't have to drink alcohol

    Amazed by this argument. Can people actually not see the difference.

    Apparently not.

    I find those that want to be in a busy pub to "support them" or just to "go for a pint" as completely lacking in knowledge about the attributes of this virus and also the effect of their actions on the economy in the medium term.

    While these halfwits think they are supporting the local now, conversely in all likeliehood they are prolonging the effect on the country and pain on the economy just so they can have their few pints.

    A cohort of selfish clowns.


  • #3720
    ZX7R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    I wonder how rubbish collection is going in Italy.
    My son is special needs and is incontinent large use of nappies.
    Strange the things the mind worries about where to store if there is no collection


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  • #3721
    Ursabear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Ursabear


    smallfryy wrote: »
    If I may ask your collective advice, I work in an office of 10.
    We have the ability to work from home since the Beast from the East and for adverse weather.
    However, even after Leo's speech on Thursday we've been told we still have to work business as usual and cannot work from home.
    With creche and school closed it's a nightmare but we were told if we don't come in we can take unpaid leave but I have rent to pay and honestly I'd rather catch the virus myself than have to ask for a few weeks grace from my LL. So unpaid leave isn't an option.
    My office also doesn't practice 1 to 2 meter distances between us. In fact no manager has been in since the announcement on Thursday.
    I do not want to rock the boat but at this point should they not be encouraging us to work from home? All the head office staff have made changes but my office seem to be forgotten and I'm worried. Am I being a total drama Queen? Apologies if so, it is all just a bit surreal seeing it all unfold while it's still business as usual for us.

    You are not being a drama queen, if you can do your job remotely then I cannot see why your manager would not encourage this. The minimum you should be able to move your desks further apart particularly if other ppl have stopped coming in. However I think your manager should allow you to WFH. I'm just a regular working person myself but our boss has encouraged us to and it's a small company .


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