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

That's it?

I was expecting all non food shops and public transport to be locked down.

So my ill conceived and badly thought out plan would be as follows.
Country including airports goes into a lockdown expect for critical front line staff.
A third of all healthy people including some frontline staff between 0 and 60 are packed off to hotels, barracks etc. Some people with the covid 19 virus are introduced, everyone shakes hands, cough, sniffle etc. until everyone has the virus, they stay there for 2 weeks until they recover. They can then go back to work, open shops, play sport. Over the next 4 weeks, the other 2/3 of the population under 60 are infected and recover. Normal life resumes. You would carry out a risk assessment on the rest of the population and infect those who are lower risk and who are willing. The remainder are given care to prevent them picking up the virus. Country back to normal by May

Mr.S wrote: »

Shoutout to the boards.ie thread!

In fairness he has a point...I haven't been on this thread most of the day...all the better for it.

retro:electro wrote: »

Good speech from Leo. Why are some disappointed that there’s “nothing new”?? He’s checking in with the nation on our most culturally significant day. It’s important to keep engaged. Not gonna lie I nearly cried when he described the elderly as “our most precious”.
He’s doing a good job.

Agree 100%. The mention of our most precious hit me like a tonne of bricks.

Gardai, fire, and emergency medical services will be unavailable until tomorrow morning at 7 A.M, when the Purge concludes. May God be with you all.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I was expecting all non food shops and public transport to be locked down.

public transport will not be shut down

This 15000 figure is looking quite likely...

Serious!

Was that it ? Chilling speech

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Excellent speech IMHO.

He's top class with speeches - a shambles with a lot of the other stuff though.

Deleted User wrote: »

No, this is a generalised motivational speech. Most of us are already imbued with common sense Leo. We need hard statistics.

My experience in Dublin city centre over the past few days would suggest otherwise unfortunately.

New Home wrote: »

I find him particularly patronising tonight. He actually used the sentence "Not all heroes wear capes". Seriously.

A rake of condescending clichés, as far as I'm concerned.

What's condescending about that? Looks like you had your opinion made already and are just trying to fit something into it.