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CoVid-19 Part VIII - 292 cases ROI (2 deaths) 62 in NI (as of 17th March) *Read OP*

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  • #6932
    rovers_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭rovers_runner


    He's going to ask us to stop buying all the eggs and flour.
    Himself and Matt had planned to make cupcakes for St. Patrick's day but they couldn't get the ingredients.
    First World problems eh...


  • #6933
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    all I want from Leo is honest about how long this is going to go on for, best scientific estimate, so we can plan on that basis


  • #6934
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bennyl10 wrote: »
    Be surprised if this is anymore than a Paddys Day ‘we all need to come together’ speech

    There’s viral, then there’s viral - this is viral viral- I reckon we’ll be asked to do jumping jacks at dawn every day to keep fit and sing “I love my leader, Leo”
    I, for one, will be going underground- preferably underground my beloved chip shop :P


  • #6935
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,656 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I'm guessing it'll simply be a

    Thanks for all your help
    Appreciate the public doing their best
    We have tough times ahead
    Things are going to get worse before better
    We may need to introduce more serious measures

    Type of speech.

    No doubt social media will have him closing the border, army stopping movement etc though. They have 20min to speculate.


  • #6936
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭This is it


    Gooey Looey wrote: »
    My wife says there's reports of idiots in McDonalds with their children today

    Saw it myself. Drive through jammed but plenty inside too.


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  • #6937
    UrbanFret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Not sure if I've seen Contagion.

    Did any of these dystopian pandemic movies ever feature scenes of loockdowns like what's happening now in some countries?


    watched it the other night. Its eerily close to what is happening now. worth a peep.


  • #6938
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭threeball


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Surely in a situation like this, it's never too early to have a shutdown?

    Where is the logic in wanting til numbers start rising to have a shutdown?

    Because we need people to be infected. The health system comes near capacity, Lockdown. The beds free up, back to work, numbers rise again, lockdown. Thats what you can expect going forward. Brits have now moved to this same model but late to the party.


  • #6939
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,398 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Surely in a situation like this, it's never too early to have a shutdown?

    Where is the logic in wanting til numbers start rising to have a shutdown?

    I think it will be more gradual. They shut the pubs only a few days ago. That's a big ask for this country.

    They need the population to willingly comply with these measures for some time.


  • #6940
    Drumpot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,306 ✭✭✭✭Drumpot


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Not sure if I've seen Contagion.

    Did any of these dystopian pandemic movies ever feature scenes of loockdowns like what's happening now in some countries?

    Actually contagion has just that, where families are effectively locked in house. Haven’t watched it in awhile but there are a few things Simile like groups jostling for vaccine (Trump move).


  • #6941
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Shn99 wrote: »
    Doubt itll be 29th of March, doing my LC this year. Hopefully its after the easter holidays were back to normal.

    Not a hope. What I could see happening is LC and JC classes brought back maybe 2 or 3 days a week to prepare for the exams but all other classes will be suspended till September at the earliest or possibly August if the spread was well Under control by then.


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  • #6942
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    bennyl10 wrote: »
    Be surprised if this is anymore than a Paddys Day ‘we all need to come together’ speech

    Not a fan of Leo or his party but I have been impressed with his and his governments actions even if they are only following advice. It is obvious they are listening to experts and the good of the people seems to be their collective priority, although all the other parties seem to giving their support aswell. Corny I know but we are all in this together, the virus does not discriminate.


  • #6943
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,722 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    billyhead wrote: »
    A couple of questions. How did this virus start
    Did a Chinese man take a liking to eat a contaminated bat in some remote area of Wuhan? Also what happens during a lockdown. I presume you can go for walks, cycled and the supermarket s are still open. Does public transport run in a lockdown?


    Full Chinese type lockdown, no public transport stay home except for a limited number of trips for food. No walks or cycles.


  • #6944
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,342 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    An Ciarraioch wrote: »
    We won't know until the weekend if the measures taken last Thursday have slowed the pace.

    Due to how long symptoms may not appear it be longer then the weekend


  • #6945
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    expectationlost wrote: »
    all I want from Leo is honest about how long this is going to go on for, best scientific estimate, so we can plan on that basis

    With all due respect, that’s a total bollix question to ask- no one knows, least of all, Leo.


  • #6946
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Shn99 wrote: »
    Doubt itll be 29th of March, doing my LC this year. Hopefully its after the easter holidays were back to normal.

    Not a hope. What I could see happening is LC and JC classes brought back maybe 2 or 3 days a week to prepare for the exams but all other classes will be suspended till September at the earliest or possibly August if the spread was well Under control by then.


  • #6947
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,817 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Not sure if I've seen Contagion.

    Did any of these dystopian pandemic movies ever feature scenes of loockdowns like what's happening now in some countries?

    Contagion is that movie tbh.
    It's a fairly realistic view of a virus with a lower R/0 than Corona but a far higher fatality rate.


  • #6948
    emeldc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,598 ✭✭✭emeldc


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    Tomorrow at 0600 hours THE PURGE BEGINS
    What does that mean ffs


  • #6949
    Dinarius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Dinarius


    awec wrote: »
    Unless I'm misunderstanding your point, that is NOT a 10% mortality rate.

    Correct.

    Mortality is a % of total diagnosed cases, not a % of new daily cases.

    D.


  • #6950
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    retro:electro wrote: »
    Imagine if it was leo live from Temple Bar wishing us all a happy st Patrick’s day sloshed

    Please let this be true with the cabinet doing a rendition of Sweet Caroline at the end.


  • #6951
    Hobgoblin11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Hobgoblin11


    Leo has tested positive?

    Dundalk, Co. Louth



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  • #6952
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,733 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    banie01 wrote: »
    Sitting down to watch Contagion with the wife and kid!
    Please hold all questions until the end of the presentation ;)

    Don't do it to yourself.Fomites.


  • #6953
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,742 ✭✭✭893bet


    Boggles wrote: »
    If the Broadcast starts with Leo in a wooden shed with one lamp we know where it is going.

    Perhaps it's fate that today is the 17th of March, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live. To exist. And should we win the day, the 17th of March will no longer be known as an Paddy’s Day, but as the day when the world declared in one voice: We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!


  • #6954
    Acedia.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭Acedia.


    MipMap wrote: »
    It's only been about 9 days since the first case was detected !
    I know it seems like ages. Give it some time. Unfortunately it takes time for people to die also so expect that too.


    At the same time The number of serious cases has been at 6 since 13th March and I find that suspicious as 2 died since then but the number stayed at 6.

    I understand that the first death in Ireland was tested after he died so number of deaths rose by 1 while the number of active cases stayed the same. The total number of cases quietly rose by 1 that day.


  • #6955
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,123 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Seems some people are excited at a lockdown.

    Its not gonna happen and it would be a disaster.


  • #6956
    Dank Janniels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭Dank Janniels


    hairyslug wrote: »
    We're going to Ibiza
    Whoah! Back to the island
    Whoah! We're gonna have a party
    Whoah! In the Mediterranean Sea

    More like:
    Boom boom boom boom
    I wana go boom boom
    Lets spend tonight quarentene together
    together in my room!


  • #6957
    RoryMac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭RoryMac


    Bogwoppit wrote: »
    Sky box is gone now

    Part of the lockdown


  • #6958
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    I'm amazed at the amount of cases in iceland, up to 250 now and I would assume they are all in the only town on the island which only has a population of 130k


  • #6959
    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    Falthyron wrote: »
    What I would give for some chat about a 'backstop' or 'a hard Brexit' these days...
    Salad days indeed.


  • #6960
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Shn99 wrote: »
    Doubt itll be 29th of March, doing my LC this year. Hopefully its after the easter holidays were back to normal.

    Not a hope. What I could see happening is LC and JC classes brought back maybe 2 or 3 days a week to prepare for the exams but all other classes will be suspended till September at the earliest or possibly August if the spread was well Under control by then.


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  • #6961
    bennyl10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Not a fan of Leo or his party but I have been impressed with his and his governments actions even if they are only following advice. It is obvious they are listening to experts and the good of the people seems to be their collective priority, although all the other parties seem to giving their support aswell. Corny I know but we are all in this together, the virus does not discriminate.

    They’ve handled this quite well

    And I think that speech(if it is a ‘come together’) isn’t even misplaced!

    Show unity and just keep getting across that we all need to play a part


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