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

Raconteuse wrote: »

Entirely in your head because you have decided that he's the devil incarnate.

What unilateral action has he taken? Followed the UKs sick pay provisions last week. Followed the European CDC guidelines and announced it to the country from Washington. Probably the most important announcement by any Irish government since the founding of the state.

And after tonight's theatrics nothing new, country is still operational. He's dodged all major decision every step of the way. Geography will save us from the worst of this, not Leo.

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Felt like he had watched Presidents speech from Deep Impact or Armageddon - very articulate but over the top.....Very frightening and looking at figures from rest of the world there is no need....25,000 in a Italy have picked up virus from 60,000 million and yet from 5 million we will have 15,000 in a few days....Speeches like that terrify people...

I'd imagine seeing people lose their jobs and desserted streets terrifies people more.

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

I'm out.

Make sure you stay at least a meter away from anyone else you meet until you come back.

Raconteuse wrote: »

I've reckoned for a while that there is a strategy of "create awareness of the worst case scenario" and I agree with it, because it might make those who are cavalier and complacent take things seriously.

I agree but that is also creating unnecessary anxiety...The bit at the start really felt like Morgan Freeman letting the world know an asteroid is coming in Deep Impact....To be fair some great bits to it but real sense of doom which there isn’t and won’t be....I was shook after it but sticking with the maths and seeing what has happened in other places who have self isolated.....

vladmydad wrote: »

Leo didn’t stop the flights from Italy for weeks and imported this virus

I WILL POST THIS UNTIL ITS BURNED INTO YOUR MINDS

You need to stop this.

Nobody stopped flights and other countries are worse off than us.

They were following expert advice at the time and ireland has acted more decisively than other countries such as UK or The Netherlands.

The virus was here long before the Italian flights got here and also the Italian flights were bringing Irish people home too which is what we're supposed to do.

You're just banging the same political drum all the time with the benefit of hindsight and not contributed anything here that's constructive or beneficial expcept vent your own anger and agenda.

DeanAustin wrote: »

Didn't Italy ban flights from China on January 31st and still ended up in an almighty mess? Would it have been impossible to make it from Italy to Ireland even if he had banned flights. Did anywhere else ban flights coming in from Italy?

Real leaders don't wait for others to set the path.

The Irish government had the benefit of seeing how the virus spread in China and South Korea and what measures were needed to tackle it. What did they do in response? For weeks they continued to allow flights from North Italy whilst knowing the virus was rampant there, imposed no isolation requirements, no temperature screening of incoming passengers (it would have picked up those that are symptomatic), no checks whatsoever at airports, no travel warnings to the public until it was far too late.

They deliberately waited for it to get bad before they took serious measures and only then because it was what every other country was doing.

cannotlogin wrote: »

Our leaders are doing everything possible to keep as many people as safe as they can.

They have done so much positive-

- recruitment in the health care section
- mobilising the €320 per week for those who lost their jobs
- closing schools, universities, churches, bars
- banning large gatherings and events
- securing more ventilators
- setting up additional testing centres
- requesting banks, utility providers & the Revenue to defer payments

What more do people want? We are dealing with the biggest crisis of our time.

Compared to Trump & Boris, their actions are excellent, strategic and reassuring.

What? Trump and Boris are actually doing at least the same or more.

ITman88 wrote: »

Have to agree with you.
Would 2000 not be more logical with our stats

30% increase per day (which is what it is currently running at for the last few days) brings you to c.15k by the end of the month.

ITman88 wrote: »

Have to agree with you.
Would 2000 not be more logical with our stats

Exactly - 2,000 - 3,000 is more similar....Also that is comparing like for like...Is Italy more heavily populated wise? Do they have older population? We have one serious metropolitan area and that is it.....Figures might even be lower...I don’t know obviously - 15,000 just seemed wild'!!!!!!

No matter what Leo said tonight, he would still have been slated. I am not his biggest fan but tonight he stood up to the plate and unlike Trump and Boris he is taking it seriously. He is not calling it a hoax or a Chinese flu and he is not backtracking on his initial policy as Boris did. As someone who has a compromised immune system, I am glad Leo laid out what could happen and hopefully it won't be so bad.

One thing I do want is for the government to stop funding horse racing, those piss wallets have done a lot of damage to this country. They can fuking rot for all I care.

Tigerbaby wrote: »

I would hope that we can foresee vast changes in the Airline Industry from this.

In particular, I want to see Health systems put in place as currently exist for "terrorism".

The actions of a very select few mean that ALL of us have to suffer the horrendous hassle of security checks.

I await the same with regard to health checks on both egress and ingress passengers.

Think how quickly this virus has become pandemic, compared to how long it took for the Plague to spread from Genua etc.

The economic and health implications of Covid-19 will last for a long long time.


Thank you, airline industry.

I think its the wrong industry you are blaming here. They didn't cause this virus, another vile and disgusting one did,and not for the first time.

blackcard wrote: »

What were the other 6 times that a Taoiseach addressed the nation? De Velera in response to Churchill? Jack Lynch? Charlie Haughey telling us to tighten our belts?

Enda Kenny did two that I recall.
The first one in 2011, the first year of his term as Taoiseach, when the economy was still in a mess and in a bailout situation.

And another address few years later announcing our exit from the bailout programme.

Damm, maybe it's the cabin fever but the fear is coming on something awful! I suddenly feel the need to arm myself and hoard tins of beans.