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

ThunbergsAreGo · 17-03-2020 10:00PM

walshb wrote: »

Not a sniff of humanity off her...

In your face type demanding..

"I was talking to a man that....."

She's a cretin, an opportunistic cretin. The virus doesn't care about politics

amadangomor · 17-03-2020 10:01PM

Gynoid wrote: »

Well my internet wasn't stable enough to handle RTEs broadcast so I have completely missed out the warm glow.
I'm getting 15,000, cocooning, capes and precious, a serious vibe, but no extra measures. Alright, back to work we go so. Unavoidably being with lots of people all day long.

Will talk to manager about doing an evening shift. Maybe 2pm to 10pm. would be a lot quieter and far easier to socialy distance.

vladmydad · 17-03-2020 10:01PM

I remind people here that Dr Tony Fauci, America’s leading Immunologist, said Trumps weeks old China ban and his EU ban has saved lives and bought America time....Leo could of done the same for us with the Italian flights but nope his EU masters wouldn’t give permission.

Mental Mickey · 17-03-2020 10:01PM

landofthetree wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/vincentbrowne/status/1240034060199759877

Edit: it works fine

Shelga · 17-03-2020 10:01PM

Ireland apparently has 3.1 doctors per 1000 people, according to this: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS

Lower than the EU average of 3.6, higher than the UK number of 2.8.

What should it be? I know we have a lot of Irish doctors who've left for places like Australia and Canada, but they're replaced with doctors from all over the place, right?

Obviously hardly any countries have enough doctors to be fully prepared for what's to come, but how do people who work in the health sector feel about the numbers we have, and the number of nurses, and resources in general?

landofthetree · 17-03-2020 10:01PM

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

No chance of them increasing taxes when half country won't be working. Whatever needs to be done economically will be done on the far side, nit in one month. And I think it will be more on the stimulus side rather than austerity given the experience people had with austerity already. More or less everyone whose opinion counts has said it didn't work including those who were the cheerleaders for it at the time.

Italy will be the subject of huge austerity by the EU.

I think the EU could break up after all this.

Shn99 · 17-03-2020 10:01PM

Prime time reporter switching between "epidemic" and "pandemic"...its one or another

Class MayDresser · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

30 quid a call. The absolute ****ing leeches.

babybuilder · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

History will judge how Ireland responds. I fear dark times ahead.

ShaneU · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

spookwoman wrote: »

the oap's and carers at least will get it before the others

You would think, Tesco staff can't refuse anyone entry, can only advise people in future to shop after 9am. And judging by the selfishness of some customers so far it will fall on a lot of deaf ears.

awec · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

He could have announced a cure for covid19 and some people wouldn't be happy.

IMO he got it spot on. The right amount of hope, along with the right amount of reality. He had to get the message right between making sure people understood how serious this was, but also preventing mass panic.

For all the talk of scripted and all that, he's hardly going to wing it. But even the best written speech can be a disaster if delivered poorly, I thought Varadkar did exceptionally well in this regard.

I personally feel better after hearing it.

Cilldara_2000 · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

randy hickey wrote: »

I had to log on specifically to thank this post.
People should never underestimate just how vital it is for the population of a country to be reassured that their leaders can be trusted to do the right thing in a crisis.
Leo, Simon Coveny and Simon Harris, have all gone up in my estimation as a result of their actions during this crisis.
That speech was needed tonight, and was perfectly weighted for the point we are currently at on the curve.
There will be more of these needed unfortunately, as we move into different stages, and implement new measures, but I rest assured that these guys genuinely have our best interests at heart.

Agree. They have more to do than just follow the advice of the medical experts. They have to sell it to the public and they have to come up with schemes to support the people financially as well as put the extra resources into the health services. They are doing all three well IMO.

jackboy · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

If the vulture funds did well out of the 2008 crises this crises is going to be at another level altogether for them. There will be a massive transfer of wealth from the poor and middle classes to the rich.

walshb · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

Is this lad wearing fooking runners on tv?

Blueshoe · 17-03-2020 10:02PM

landofthetree wrote: »

Italy will be the subject of huge austerity by the EU.

I think the EU could break up after all this.

A silver lining then. Not the Italians but the Eu breaking up

Blueshoe · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

landofthetree wrote: »

Italy will be the subject of huge austerity by the EU.

I think the EU could break up after all this.

A silver lining then. Not the Italians but the Eu breaking up.

PS after Leo's speech it's suddenly ok to think about and be proud your country again.

Basics of nationalism.
Nationalism is a good thing despite what has been force fed down your throats.

Come together for Ireland

Kaisr Sose · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

namloc1980 wrote: »

We will.

Lets hope we dont. The lower, for as long as possible, the better..

igCorcaigh · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

Ger Roe wrote: »

They aren't glued to the interweb like the rest of us. We have to pass the info on to them and stress the urgency. Again and again and again.

I speak as someone who has to call my elderly mother and convince her to stay in, every day. So far it is working, but she isn't as well informed as her keyboard warrior son.

Exactly what I meant. We can't blame them, and they're the most vulnerable.

An elderly lady asked my mum what time is mass. God love them.

spookwoman · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

ShaneU wrote: »

You would think, Tesco staff can't refuse anyone entry, can only advise people in future to shop after 9am. And judging by the selfishness of some customers so far it will fall on a lot of deaf ears.

Heard lidl will have security

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

RoryMac wrote: »

Hard to blame one woman you know not following advice that if they has symptoms to isolate on the HSE or government. It's obvious there's going to be delays on testing when the numbers ramp up, it's on us to not be stupid and go out mixing with people if we have symptoms

She self-isolated when she got symptoms last Monday afternoon. She became extremely unwell during the week and was prioritised for testing on Friday when they introduced the new criteria. It was still Sunday by the time she got seen. They just got her results this morning and she is confirmed now.

Her husband contacted everyone on her behalf to say she is not doing well at all, said to put the word out there that she has it in case anyone she was around last week slip through the cracks, as contact tracing is not proving very effective, she isn't well enough to be able to communicate who she had around. They're tracking her GPS but it's very slow going.

The story was reported in the local news this morning and mentioned at the press conference. At the press conference, the officials were livid when it was brought up and when I checked, the news article I had seen this morning about it was removed.

1wizards sleeve · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

She’s working from home aswell as being a full time mother to kids off school.

She is hiding

Francie Barrett · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

Hurrache wrote: »

Will you complain if we don't because someone from FG said it?

Of course not.

I am just saying I think that the number of cases will level off in the next few days as people (generally) take more precautions.

Humberto Salazar · 17-03-2020 10:03PM

Just remember that we almost crippled ourselves economically a decade ago by paying the bond holders and banks even though it was their gamble that did for us back then. If the banks start playing silly buggers this time, it won't be passive acceptance from citizens. They need to be very active in engaging with government and it's customers during the next few months.

vladmydad · 17-03-2020 10:04PM

Blueshoe wrote: »

A silver lining then. Not the Italians but the Eu breaking up

It’s definitely a major blow to globalization

SAM SO NITE · 17-03-2020 10:04PM

martingriff wrote: »

Where is this 30 quid for a call coming from

GP'S will do consultations over the phone with you to avoid having to come to surgery. they get 30 euro per call from the government.

Bunny Colvin · 17-03-2020 10:04PM

There's a Sinn Féin TD on Prime Time saying there needs to be more action from The Government, her definition of action is opening up a blank chequebook. I think the Government is doing a very decent job at the minute. It's far too easy to sit back in opposition and criticise in times like these.

bekker · 17-03-2020 10:04PM

Usual political stirrers out tonight on all sides.

If you have so little cop-on that you don't understand that all pols have been brought on board with the general thrust of the proposed measures, I feel for you.

igCorcaigh · 17-03-2020 10:04PM

vladmydad wrote: »

I remind people here that Dr Tony Fauci, America’s leading Immunologist, said Trumps weeks old China ban and his EU ban has saved lives and bought America time....Leo could of done the same for us with the Italian flights but nope his EU masters wouldn’t give permission.

We don't need EU permission to stop flights.

Quantum Erasure · 17-03-2020 10:04PM

Shn99 wrote: »

Prime time reporter switching between "epidemic" and "pandemic"...its one or another

why not both...?

Jenbach110 · 17-03-2020 10:04PM

Well done Leo.
He was very measured and direct.
Our grandkids will pay the bill for this unfortunately but there is no other option!

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