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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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  • #7352
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,660 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Lord Trollington wrote: »
    What is this suppose to mean... very cryptic

    Not really that cryptic.

    Someone posted
    Surely the time has come to shut down non essential places of work for a couple of weeks

    We all know its going to happen, hence Watch This Space.


  • #7353
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,117 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    d51984 wrote: »
    Folks just a quick update, thanks to my sisters I can now extend the below to the following areas

    Dublin 5, 9, 11, 13 and 15. All free to the elderly and we can do delivery's every 3 days.

    Also to all frontline staff, if your stuck during this crisis we can drop you and collect you from work.

    Just our little way of giving something back.

    Right, doing delivery's tomorrow. Ive bread, milk and toilet rolls and a few other bits to get a person by for a few days. Made up a few bags.

    Delivering FREE/No Charge for goods to elderly only who needs it. Ill just leave bag on front door.

    If you know anyone who wants a bag pm me. Dublin 5 and 17, but if needs I might be able to go further.

    Im just gonna leave bag on doorstep, knock and go. This will reduce contact.

    Please dont abuse it, pm for delivery details.

    Perhaps a mod could sticky a thread for you here? :)

    Just a thought


  • #7354
    Naked Lepper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭Naked Lepper


    laugh wrote: »
    Jesus Italy.

    whats the latest?


  • #7355
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1239237647031242752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1239237647031242752&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D112842329


  • #7356
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,939 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    walshb wrote: »
    I’m all for containment, but humans need to live...

    Most of this living needs cash. It’s that simple..

    Gradual and staggered lockdown is needed, but not OTT lockdown...

    I do appreciate that worry.

    Do you appreciate though that without an "OTT lock down", you're talking of deaths in the 100k+ range?


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  • #7357
    ITman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭ITman88


    jamesf85 wrote: »
    That’s not realistic. So 50% + of adults don’t work for 3 or 4 months. Small businesses go bankrupt, multi nationals leave Ireland, banks go under or need another bail out, no taxes paid, no income for the government.

    Who pays for the medical staff, who pays for anything?

    Exactly. No balance or foresight whatsoever by most posters.
    Who pays for all this??
    Our kids and grandkids will suffer this more than anyone.
    We don’t know yet if the UK’s approach is much better for future generation


  • #7358
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    walshb wrote: »
    I’m all for containment, but humans need to live...

    Most of this living needs cash. It’s that simple..

    Gradual and staggered lockdown is needed, but not OTT lockdown...

    No level of lockdown is OTT.

    You're right that humans do need to live to lets make our personal sacrifices so that we aren't burying 6%+ of our population in a few months.


  • #7359
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Ironicname wrote: »
    What an arsehole of a post.

    Gets worse. I think that poster mentioned they work for the HSE!!


  • #7360
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,043 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    walshb wrote: »
    I’m all for containment, but humans need to live...

    Most of this living needs cash. It’s that simple..

    Gradual and staggered lockdown is needed, but not OTT lockdown...

    Gradual and staggered doesnt work with the amount of stupid in Ireland. People need to have choices removed from them.


  • #7361
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    leck wrote: »
    Thanks for this spookwoman. Would you mind freezeing row 1 and columns A-C, would make it easier to scroll while knowing which data you're looking at. Viewers can't change that.

    done ... i think


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  • #7362
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,458 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Stheno wrote: »
    A lot of pubs seem to be closing

    Where I live four out of seven so far are shut/shutting today
    You went on a pub crawl???



    :pac::pac:


  • #7363
    completedit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭completedit


    Whatever your view. The video of that church in Italy is so sad to look at. I’m very fortunate to have been able to say goodbye to my parents in an individual and humane way. The families of the deceased might not be so lucky. My heart goes out to them.


  • #7364
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    WhiteMemento9 wrote: »
    How are all the people working in bars/nighclubs/resturants going to afford to pay rent in Dublin just to live somewhere? The dole would hardly cover most peoples rent in Dublin and in many cases wouldn't even cover it when you include bills. Many of these people won't have savings.

    If mortgage payments will be defferred so be the rents. I do not see how any landlord will try and succeed to evict you.


  • #7365
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    ITman88 wrote: »
    How bad could the societal impact be?
    I know solitary confinement is a form of torture but are we talking total breakdown of law and order after 4 weeks?
    Here's an article which makes passing reference to it in this context but much detail.

    https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/why-aren-t-we-lockdown-coronavirus-yet


  • #7366
    Syncpolice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Syncpolice


    Many businesses supplying goods etc will be forced to close next week

    Don't even need government intervention


  • #7367
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Gynoid wrote: »
    Horrible. Fcuk, this is all really horrible. Part of me still cannot believe it.

    numbers on a spreadsheet you can digest

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



  • #7368
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,043 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Gets worse. I think that poster mentioned they work for the HSE!!

    Meh take it with a pinch of salt. Seems to be one of "bantz" type posters.


  • #7369
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,315 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    d51984 wrote: »
    Ive bread, milk and toilet rolls
    So you're the prick stockpiling!! :mad: :D

    Joking aside, fair play to you D. Fair play.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #7370
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,117 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Gooey Looey wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1239237647031242752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1239237647031242752&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D112842329

    Good news is a slight slowdown in the rate of increase of new cases.

    Bad news new cases are up on yesterday by 200 I think and that's the highest number of single day deaths so far by far.


  • #7371
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,511 ✭✭✭harr


    Just had a friend ring me form UK asking if it was ok to drop up for a visit next weekend as he is over visiting his parents.. I politely told him to stay where he was. He honestly didn’t see what the problem was and said I was being dramatic and said if it was that serious the health authorities in U.K. would be doing more about it. This is a well educated man in a professional job . The mind boggles how a lot of U.K. residents are in the same mind frame.


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  • #7372
    walshb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,516 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    I do appreciate that worry.

    Do you appreciate though that without an "OTT lock down", you're talking of deaths in the 100k+ range?

    In Ireland?


  • #7373
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Is that the one where you just hear a voice of a guy who says his mate works for Europacar?

    Unfortunately fake news is lapped up by many as 100% true.
    A work colleague told me the Irish army are being mobilized to seal off the border tomorrow night/Tuesday morning.

    The bit about EuropaCar is true. They have taken a lot of cars from them. Friend works for them and confirmed this. I think the stuff about the 8am announcement is nonsense.


  • #7374
    completedit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭completedit


    patnor1011 wrote: »
    If mortgage payments will be defferred so be the rents. I do not see how any landlord will try and succeed to evict you.

    This is how society breaks down. Just because the law is in the tenant side, doesn’t mean man’s lizard brain is. Things could get bleak if this recklessness continues.


  • #7375
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Lundstram wrote: »
    Yeah.. People should not be throwing money at some random guy who set up a GoFundMe page. Our government are financially equipped to feed them.

    Thats an idea. If the Govt sanctioned an official GoFundMe to ease the burden and channeled the cash towards doctors and nurses I'd donate.


  • #7376
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    Lord TSC wrote: »
    Jesus.

    Nope. It came from China not Mexico.


  • #7377
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    How did it go so wrong for Italy???

    Their infection rate is the worst in the world.

    They'll have as many deaths as the whole of China within a week if these figures continue.


  • #7378
    Lord TSC
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,939 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    walshb wrote: »
    In Ireland?

    Yes.


  • #7379
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,043 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    patnor1011 wrote: »
    If mortgage payments will be defferred so be the rents. I do not see how any landlord will try and succeed to evict you.

    I wouldnt put it passed some of the vultures but the thing is they need to change like everything else does. Keep their ridiculous rent prices high and they themselves can enjoy getting zero rent.


    This isnt a time for greedy arséholes.


  • #7380
    hblock21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭hblock21


    China's numbers are a complete pile of rubbish.


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  • #7381
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Some of us will catch this virus and say 'Why me?'. However there'll be euphoria all over Europe in May 2021 when Eurovision is finally held, but spare a thought for those who met their Waterloo. Hopefully the vast majority of us will rise like a Phoenix.

    To conclude, at the end of the day J'aime la vie :)


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