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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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    #6752
    Scotty #
    Registered Users Posts: 3,767 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    11 new cases in Northern Ireland.


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    #6753
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    ITman88 wrote: »
    I think 2 weeks is the maximum we can commit to, after that it will look exactly like you have predicted!
    Not to mention the stress on marriages!

    Except it won't work for two weeks


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    #6754
    Gynoid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭Gynoid


    Strazdas wrote: »
    Even tourism will bounce back in time. The virus is everywhere in the developed world, not just in certain countries : if the virus can be beaten down, you will see a huge surge in people wanting to travel again.

    Must admit I feel a big grá to visit Italy when this is all over. Their singing amidst suffering is poignant. Plus they deserve the boost. Was mulling over to go to Sardinia this year anyway but for sure now Italia will be top of my list.


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    #6755
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,564 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    revelman wrote: »
    I thought the same thing. This actually creates an important precedent for every other country in Europe. Portugal for example has been dithering about closing its border with Spain but needed to get “EU approval” first. They should just close it.

    Portugal is +74 cases so far today.

    Was +34 yesterday.

    I imagine they'll put in restrictions with Spain.


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    #6756
    noodler
    Registered Users Posts: 26,315 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    All of them should be isolated on return. Our slow response to Northern Italy was a huge mistake and has put lives at risk and possibly already cost lives.

    Never would have been the will or appetite (or even legislation) to forcibly quarantine Irish people coming back from Italy holidays at that stage of the crisis.


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    #6757
    TheCitizen
    Registered Users Posts: 9,327 ✭✭✭TheCitizen


    revelman wrote: »
    Big news

    https://twitter.com/Off_CoV19_2020/status/1239194170553708544

    We should close the border with Northern Ireland unless they adopt our strategy and abandon the monumentally stupid Brit strategy that the moron Johnson and his hangers on came up with.


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    #6758
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    That's rubbish.

    Should of closed borders 3 wks ago.


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    #6759
    paddythere
    Registered Users Posts: 439 ✭✭paddythere


    statesaver wrote: »
    EU
    The EU need to realize their policy so far has been a disaster and that Europe will be part of the 3rd world when this is all over the way it is going


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    #6760
    MarkY91
    Registered Users Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    ZX7R wrote: »
    No doubt it will but it will take longer than other areas

    I can't imagine Italy's tourism industry recovering anywhere close to the time it will recover in Ireland.


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    #6761
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,215 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Mr.S wrote: »
    They can advise all they want, from Monday they won’t be allowed in.

    They didn't break up with us, We broke up with them! :D


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    #6762
    Syncpolice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Syncpolice


    Mr.S wrote: »
    They can advise all they want, from Monday they won’t be allowed in.

    Who's zooming who?

    Is the us or UK the problem


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    #6763
    cosanostra
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭cosanostra


    Govt assistance for struggling businesses tends to go to the wrong companies seen it many times, the ones who will really be hit hard are the small family run shop and pub in rural ireland who operate on a week to week basis they've had a long winter waiting for st patricks day to come and a few visitors to the area to bring much needed extra cash which would give them enough to pay their VAT bill, suppliers and other overheads, they wont meet the criteria for assistance


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    #6764
    rdwight
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭rdwight


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    UK advising against all non essential travel to the US

    How would a person get there anyway?


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    #6765
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    NI +11 up to 45.


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    #6766
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,564 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Mr.S wrote: »
    They can advise all they want, from Monday they won’t be allowed in.

    I know.

    It's meaningless 'retaliation' by a country that has yet to its spot in the world.


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    #6767
    Gynoid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,524 ✭✭✭Gynoid


    statesaver wrote: »
    Should of closed borders 3 wks ago.

    We are in the middle of very testing times but there is absolutely no need for this.


    It is should HAVE. :D :pac:


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    #6768
    ZX7R
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    In order
    1st cancel parades
    2nd close the pubs
    Now close the borders
    This forum will end up with little to give out about


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    #6769
    Blanco100
    Registered Users Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    UK advising against all non essential travel to the US

    You wouldn't get in if you tried to travel.


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    #6770
    patnor1011
    Registered Users Posts: 3,037 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    kalkat2002 wrote: »
    Will goverment help creche business...
    A lof parents won't be able to pay them and this looks lasting for long time

    No. They will be trying to help people to survive to the point they will be able to do so.
    The only stuff government will be supporting will be essential services like health, law and order. The only businesses which will get government support will be food and energy production and even these may be nationalized.


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    #6771
    Strazdas
    Registered Users Posts: 18,251 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Gynoid wrote: »
    Must admit I feel a big grá to visit Italy when this is all over. Their singing amidst suffering is poignant. Plus they deserve the boost. Was mulling over to go to Sardinia this year anyway but for sure now Italia will be top of my list.

    Me too : I was actually thinking of a trip to Rome at the start of the year (I've never been to Italy).


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    #6772
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    mcgucc22 wrote: »
    Nobody says 2018 was the best World Cup ever.

    Wrong.

    They did at the time, just like they did during the 2014 World Cup.

    BBC put a poll back in 2014 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28268842 2014 won it by a mile unsuprisingly.

    https://sputniknews.com/sport/201807051066074719-best-world-cup-poll/

    76% then said 2018 was the best WC ever during that. I post on RedCafe and I was in a minority arguing against it at the time.

    People need to understand the powerful effect recency bias has on the mind in moments like this.

    We're still in the early stages of this virus so we don't know its overall potential. Its clearly unprecedented in terms of its effects on schools, travel, sports etc.

    But we might be over the worst of it in 10-14 weeks. I stress might.


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    #6773
    joseywhales
    Registered Users Posts: 4,033 ✭✭✭joseywhales


    Isn't it obvious, we don't have the resources to support jobs and small business for months. You need to cut your costs to the bone and hold on. The government resources should be prioritised to make sure that everyone has food water and electricity for the coming months, not support an economy that is already yesterday's news, wake up.


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    #6774
    alastair
    Registered Users Posts: 19,307 ✭✭✭✭alastair


    TheCitizen wrote: »
    We should close the border with Northern Ireland unless they adopt our strategy and abandon the monumentally stupid Brit strategy that the moron Johnson and his hangers on came up with.

    There isn’t any practical closing of the border possible. Let’s be serious. And what benefit would it be?


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    #6775
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    UK advising against all non essential travel to the US

    A strange Bertie Woosteresque response.


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    #6776
    TheCitizen
    Registered Users Posts: 9,327 ✭✭✭TheCitizen


    statesaver wrote: »
    EU

    The EU are not stopping anyone closing their borders over this. We should shut the border with Northern Ireland if they stick to the stupid herd immunity Brit strategy.


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    #6777
    dan786
    Registered Users Posts: 3,307 ✭✭✭dan786


    https://twitter.com/healthdpt/status/1239199689397895176?s=20


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    #6778
    Pseudonym121
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Pseudonym121


    elperello wrote: »
    I think you should contact whoever gave it to you and offer to return it.

    Failing that your GP might help.

    email is probably best because they are all very busy

    Definitely contact the HSE helpline and inform them you have this. It will be better than nothing and could save lives.


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    #6779
    is_that_so
    Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    ZX7R wrote: »
    In order
    1st cancel parades
    2nd close the pubs
    Now close the borders
    This forum will end up with little to give out about
    There's always other posters being "disgracefully" positive!


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    #6780
    all about the mane
    Registered Users Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭all about the mane


    TheCitizen wrote: »
    The EU are not stopping anyone closing their borders over this. We should shut the border with Northern Ireland if they stick to the stupid herd immunity Brit strategy.

    Can NI have a different strategy to the UK?


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    #6781
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,955 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    TheCitizen wrote: »
    We should close the border with Northern Ireland unless they adopt our strategy and abandon the monumentally stupid Brit strategy that the moron Johnson and his hangers on came up with.

    Totally agree, one physical land mass, who totally different strategies, a virus that will not respect who considers themselves of x or y heritage. It's ludicrous. We need to close the border if they don't respect the will of the majority on the island.


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