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

Syncpolice · 15-03-2020 11:10PM

defrule wrote: »

Anyone know how resilient supply chains are?

If drivers start falling sick etc... and Tesco can no longer efficiently get food and supplies to the city. Then we truly will be screwed.

You had me until Tesco

Atavan-Halen · 15-03-2020 11:11PM

Weepsie wrote: »

Why would anyone have a new outfit for a Skype meeting. Perfect opportunity to work bottomless if one was inclined

No idea. To be fair it was mainly just tops they were buying so maybe bottomless is the norm. Still completely unnecessary though

Atlantic Dawn · 15-03-2020 11:11PM

GooglePlus wrote: »

Was a bit concerning to see Tesco absolutely fleeced out today, no toilet roll or anything. The concerning part was the worker there telling an elderly man that they don't have deliveries on a Sunday and that's why it's so bad but I've been there numerous times on a Sunday when a delivery was being packed, so it doesn't make sense to me why there wouldn't be one today.

Could we be seeing wider supply chain issues already?

I know in the UK supermarkets have asked the government to relax driving hours policing for drivers delivering for them, same should be done here.

paul71 · 15-03-2020 11:11PM

GooglePlus wrote: »

Was a bit concerning to see Tesco absolutely fleeced out today, no toilet roll or anything. The concerning part was the worker there telling an elderly man that they don't have deliveries on a Sunday and that's why it's so bad but I've been there numerous times on a Sunday when a delivery was being packed, so it doesn't make sense to me why there wouldn't be one today.

Could we be seeing wider supply chain issues already?

There will be no shortage of extra unemployed people next week to replace people in supply chains who become ill.

dan786 · 15-03-2020 11:11PM

According to a Government statement, the exceptional measures required to encourage social distancing will have an immediate impact on many employers. Although these measures are temporary they have, and will lead, to temporary business closures.

The statement says there is an important role for employers in helping the country to respond.

Following discussions with some industry groups today the Government is asking employers, if at all possible, to continue to pay workers during this period - at least at the jobseeker rate of €203 per week.

This refund, the statement continues, means that workers will retain their link with employers and there is no need for them personally to submit a job seekers claim.

The refund scheme will take some time to set up but in the meantime the Banks have been requested to provide working capital finance in the form of overdrafts or short term loans to cover costs.

Donald Trump · 15-03-2020 11:11PM

ITman88 wrote: »

Was thinking the exact same!!!
Who TF buys outfits for Skype meetings!!

Who TF puts on clothes below the waist for skype meetings?

............although there was that one awkward interview when I had to jump up to turn off the smoke alarm and forgot to turn off the camera....

Akrasia · 15-03-2020 11:11PM

walshb wrote: »

What figures are we thinking tomorrow at 6 p.m? ROI.

1.2 gazillion

BLIZZARD7 · 15-03-2020 11:12PM

walshb wrote: »

Crazy..

Are there strains/potency to this virus?

As in some people getting a more potent dose?

Possibly. We need to see where the mortality rate is in France, Germany, Spain etc by the end of the week.

Fireball81 · 15-03-2020 11:12PM

ITman88 wrote: »

Was thinking the exact same!!!
Who TF buys outfits for Skype meetings!!

Was in my jocks for some skype meetings last week - will be repeating it this week.

gmisk · 15-03-2020 11:12PM

defrule wrote: »

Anyone know how resilient supply chains are?

If drivers start falling sick etc... and Tesco can no longer efficiently get food and supplies to the city. Then we truly will be screwed.

Very. Should be no issues especially if people wise up and stop stockpiling random crap they don't need.

Ireland is also the most food secure country in the world.

SeaBreezes · 15-03-2020 11:12PM

paul71 wrote: »

Yeah in a wide open space hit by sea breezes, perfectly safe unless they were snogging everyone they met.

Leave me out of this.. :-)

Cypher_sounds · 15-03-2020 11:12PM

An Ri rua wrote: »

Just drove through Tullamore and every pub, that I could see, was closed.
Drove through Mountmellick and every pub is open.

Still in Mountmellick then?

Rob A. Bank · 15-03-2020 11:13PM

Wombatman wrote: »

Apparently a good % of the world ventilator supply is made in Galway by Covidian, an arm of Medtronic.

Hopefully they aren't all exported like food was during the famine.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/medtronic-buys-covidien-for-31-6bn-1.1834538

The problem is that you cannot magic up the specialist medical and nursing teams needed to tend to a ventilated patient, who is a dangerous infection risk.

Specialist ICU nurses and anesthetists are not that common... and if they get sick from the virus...

Syncpolice · 15-03-2020 11:13PM

walshb wrote: »

What figures are we thinking tomorrow at 6 p.m? ROI.

Numbers will be down I reckon bucking the general trend

is_that_so · 15-03-2020 11:13PM

GooglePlus wrote: »

Was a bit concerning to see Tesco absolutely fleeced out today, no toilet roll or anything. The concerning part was the worker there telling an elderly man that they don't have deliveries on a Sunday and that's why it's so bad but I've been there numerous times on a Sunday when a delivery was being packed, so it doesn't make sense to me why there wouldn't be one today.

Could we be seeing wider supply chain issues already?

There's a difference between shelves being packed and a delivery coming in. In-shop storage could have space for up to 1.5 weeks of some products.

Goldengirl · 15-03-2020 11:13PM

amadangomor wrote: »

Stupid, unfunny post of the thread award attempt?

Cilldara_2000 · 15-03-2020 11:13PM

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

Perhaps I should have said western style democracies, though Singapore is a bit of a doubt.

Strangely... we acted like an island nation when a virus was threatening cattle during the foot and mouth epidemic in 2001.

It is regrettable that the reliability of DUP leaders has actually gotten worse after Paisley. You wouldn't have expected that 20 years ago.

Stheno · 15-03-2020 11:13PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Is there ANY hope that come March 29th the measures that are being enacted will have slowed down the spread of the virus ?

Yes but will need to continue

WhiteMemento9 · 15-03-2020 11:14PM

Has anyone been having problems with making and receiving calls during this week? Networks apparently having awful diffculity in coping with the demand due to people working from home. That is only going to increase next week.

walshb · 15-03-2020 11:14PM

Akrasia wrote: »

1.2 gazillion

Any chance putting that in scientific notation?

Panrich · 15-03-2020 11:14PM

walshb wrote: »

What figures are we thinking tomorrow at 6 p.m? ROI.

At least 50 more.

Irish_peppa · 15-03-2020 11:14PM

Is it true that the thousands of people that normally collect their JSA payments in the post office in person will now get online payments? I see nothing online about it and those Jobseekers ques in the cramped post offices are gonna get longer

gmisk · 15-03-2020 11:15PM

WhiteMemento9 wrote: »

Has anyone been having problems with making and receiving calls during the week. Networks apparently having awful diffculity in coping with the demand due to people working from home. That is only going to increase next week.

Three had an outage one day I think that's all.
It wasn't data though it was making and receiving calls.

conor05 · 15-03-2020 11:15PM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Was in my jocks for some skype meetings last week - will be repeating it this week.

Work related I think they were referring to.

That was a different type of Skype call you had lad!!

A Dub in Glasgo · 15-03-2020 11:15PM

This thread is moving so fast, I went for a shower for 15 minutes and came back to over 100 new posts! :eek:

Spanish Eyes · 15-03-2020 11:16PM

If there is a total lockdown on non essential business, well I think that a levy should be put on those businesses who will profit from this,
i.e. supermarkets and the like.

In fairness, why should one strand of the economy continue to make money when others might have to close down and let staff go

Drumpot · 15-03-2020 11:16PM

I see the special cases from temple bar last night made it into the C4 news. That’s next level muppetry to be fair. :pac:

micks_address · 15-03-2020 11:16PM

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

This thread is moving so fast, I went for a shower for 15 minutes and came back to over 100 new posts! :eek:

Spreading much faster than the virus

woohoo!!! · 15-03-2020 11:16PM

Syncpolice wrote: »

Numbers will be down I reckon bucking the general trend

Test numbers, given the lowering the bar edict for such, have been ramped up. Also we're further along into this so the best I think we can hope for is a static level of increase cos we know it's in the community.

Cypher_sounds · 15-03-2020 11:17PM

An Ri rua wrote: »

Just drove through Tullamore and every pub, that I could see, was closed.
Drove through Mountmellick and every pub is open.

Still in Mountmellick then?

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