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

Harry Palmr · 15-03-2020 01:34PM

gnarbarian wrote: »

Just watching the live cam at Templebar, the punters dont know what to do with themselves once they realise the place is shut down.. Good enough, the eejits ruined it for everyone last night, it was such a piss take.

They do - take pictures of one person at a time in front of the pub and it's taking that group of young women fecking ages to do it.

/checks image again

Christ they are still there.

SlowBlowin · 15-03-2020 01:34PM

Come on, I can get going today until I know what that sign says....

Gods Gift · 15-03-2020 01:34PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

We will have to try. Or the North will have to change strategies. Or we will have to change strategies.

North can’t be seen to follow the republic as unionists have to follow boris and kin. No matter what.

PLUG71 · 15-03-2020 01:34PM

So due to health issues i'm classed as at high risk so will be off work without pay.

Has anything been said regarding paying back credit?

Timberrrrrrrr · 15-03-2020 01:35PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I am not advocating drink driving in the slightest, id imagine b&bs are still open

That desperate for a pint? Cant understand this mentality at all.

dan786 · 15-03-2020 01:35PM

In Austria gatherings of more than five people have been banned. The country's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that police would enforce the rules in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

The tougher measures were decided at an extraordinary session of parliament, during which Mr Kurz called on the population to self-isolate, only move out of doors when absolutely necessary and limit contacts to "the people they live with".

voluntary · 15-03-2020 01:35PM

Necro wrote: »

We cannot close the northern border. People need to realise this is not happening.

We're bad enough with a fcuking virus we don't need to go back to the Troubles alongside that!

The Republic's strategy to isolate infected etc will not work with fully open borders with the North if they apply the UK strategy to let the virus infect majority of the population. We either stop the traffic or involuntarily adapt their strategy.

16thelegend · 15-03-2020 01:35PM

Any sign of building sites closing?

Cilldara_2000 · 15-03-2020 01:35PM

niallo27 wrote: »

People will die anyway, how long should we go into lockdown for. A month, 6 months, a year. We will run out of money, mass lay offs. Imagine the suicide rates after this for a country that really struggles with mental health issues.

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

You are just getting worse.

"People will die anyway"

You should be afcukingshamed of yourself.

Have to agree with the reply here. In any case, the nation as a whole will not run out of money. People's well-being which includes their financial affairs will be looked after.

And on the far side, the economy will get moving again. It will have hastened the end of certain sectors which were not going to be viable in future anyway. Harsh but the reality in the modern world and has been for centuries, EG we don't see a whole lot of farriers and blacksmiths any more.

On the flipside, many companies might be concerned about how so much of the world's economic output depends on one country and we might see a small resurgence of manufacturing in Europe. Having said that, I won't be crying if the amount of plastic tat that's produced every year is greatly reduced.

dodzy · 15-03-2020 01:36PM

SlowBlowin wrote: »

Come on, I can get going today until I know what that sign says....

12.35pm. Doors not open. Guess we know what the sign says now.

silverharp · 15-03-2020 01:36PM

woohoo!!! wrote: »

The main thing is that it's impossible given that there's so many crossings and there is nowhere near the manpower to enforce.

you don't have to get everyone, easy enough to put concrete blocks down on minor roads and set up whatever on the main roads

Augme · 15-03-2020 01:36PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Get your head out of the sand man, do you think a few weeks of lockdown and this will magically disappear.

No thinks he will disappear ffs. The point of the lock down is too slow down the spread and thus slowdown the impact on the hospitals. The only way to save lives is to spread the rate of infection out over a longer time scale.

For example 1,000 people getting infected over a month is far better than 1,000 people getting infected over a day.

Spook_ie · 15-03-2020 01:36PM

all about the mane wrote: »

Would be awful if someone with that mindset crashed and died on the way back.

As long as they died and didn't occupy an ICU bed.

is_that_so · 15-03-2020 01:36PM

PLUG71 wrote: »

So due to health issues i'm classed as at high risk so will be off work without pay.

Has anything been said regarding paying back credit?

Talk to your bank/card provider.

wakka12 · 15-03-2020 01:36PM

Now more cases outside of China than inside. Number of active cases has also now outnumbered recovered cases for the first time in a few days.

Harry Palmr · 15-03-2020 01:37PM

dan786 wrote: »

In Austria gatherings of more than five people have been banned. The country's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that police would enforce the rules in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

The tougher measures were decided at an extraordinary session of parliament, during which Mr Kurz called on the population to self-isolate, only move out of doors when absolutely necessary and limit contacts to "the people they live with".

So the family dinner is just about doable for most but not all

"Hey kid you're eating in the hall, the bottom of the stairs is good enough for you"

paul71 · 15-03-2020 01:37PM

is_that_so wrote: »

So, I went to the pub is very much a trigger point for many at present!

Rightly so.

Gooey Looey · 15-03-2020 01:37PM

16thelegend wrote: »

Any sign of building sites closing?

I have a cousin who said there's whispers coming from the CIF that they are to prepare to be advised to shut down after Tuesday

the deftone · 15-03-2020 01:37PM

Im a barber, just found out the shop has closed. Will I be able to get some sort of jobseekers payment? I know my employer wont be able to keep paying me....

wakka12 · 15-03-2020 01:37PM

Huge jump in Switzerland,almost 850 new cases today. Switzerland are also only reporting serious cases now, so that is an enormous strain on the health services there in just the last 24 hours.

digitaldr · 15-03-2020 01:38PM

I was in what is possibly Ireland's dirtiest Tesco (Phibsboro) and all the till operatives were wearing gloves which they didn't seem to change or sanitise - utter madness!

bekker · 15-03-2020 01:39PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

We will have to try. Or the North will have to change strategies. Or we will have to change strategies.

The Border will stay open, we are going to have '000s of unemployed young men soon; the last thing we need is for the drums to start beating.

What we need is for the clueless British Conservative Government and their fanatical advisers to stop relying on so far non-existent antibodies and get with the rest of the world.

KiKi III · 15-03-2020 01:39PM

I flew to Dubai last Thursday. It’s weird. At the time, Italy was the only country in lockdown and there was no advisory not to travel, Trump hadn’t instituted the European travel ban. In fact, even now there’s no advice not to travel to or from Dubai afaik.

I’m really not sure how much social distancing is necessary? I’m not displaying any symptoms, and I haven’t been around anyone with a confirmed case (as in, no one in my second or tertiary circles has been diagnosed)

Is it really that risky for me to meet friends individually or in small groups of 2-3? I’m talking about coffees and other such activities, not the type of thing you saw in temple bar.

deisedevil · 15-03-2020 01:39PM

digitaldr wrote: »

I was in what is possibly Ireland's dirtiest Tesco (Phibsboro) and all the till operatives were wearing gloves which they didn't seem to change or sanitise - utter madness!

Watch sky news. UK Government putting out the call to companies to make more ventilators. Telling over 70's to self isolate from now on.

youreadthat · 15-03-2020 01:39PM

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

Agreed... It affects us far more than the others in Europe.

While we try to reduce spread as much as possible, north of the border they are trying to infect at least 60% of the population !

Unbelievable !

They are not trying to infect 60% of the population...

I’m starting to see how easy and dangerous fake news is.

expectationlost · 15-03-2020 01:39PM

16thelegend wrote: »

Any sign of building sites closing?

why the gov hasn't order people not to go to work. they can hardly work from home...

paul71 · 15-03-2020 01:39PM

the deftone wrote: »

Im a barber, just found out the shop has closed. Will I be able to get some sort of jobseekers payment? I know my employer wont be able to keep paying me....

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/66d22e-covid-19-deasp-information-for-employers-and-employees-pdf/

Yes

2Mad2BeMad · 15-03-2020 01:40PM

the deftone wrote: »

Im a barber, just found out the shop has closed. Will I be able to get some sort of jobseekers payment? I know my employer wont be able to keep paying me....

same boat here, not a barber but business is so bad the last week my employer will most likely close this week if it doesnt pick up (which is definitly wont)

NIMAN · 15-03-2020 01:40PM

dan786 wrote: »

In Austria gatherings of more than five people have been banned. The country's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that police would enforce the rules in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

The tougher measures were decided at an extraordinary session of parliament, during which Mr Kurz called on the population to self-isolate, only move out of doors when absolutely necessary and limit contacts to "the people they live with".

attended by 135!!

thelad95 · 15-03-2020 01:40PM

digitaldr wrote: »

I was in what is possibly Ireland's dirtiest Tesco (Phibsboro) and all the till operatives were wearing gloves which they didn't seem to change or sanitise - utter madness!

A lot of this kind of stuff is just "corporate signalling" as in look at us we're doing something in reaction to the crisis, without actually thinking through if that will in fact make any difference whatsoever.

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