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

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Ah sweet Jesus I don't know them and I have tears

So sad.

ChikiChiki wrote: »

No peace and quiet here. House party and cheering on the balcony.

Cretins.

Liquid Ass is your friend in such scenarios.

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

"The calm before the storm, before the surge " is how I recall his words

That'd the infected Holiday makers from Spain/ the Cheltenham wânks blowing up figures.

Quadrature50 wrote: »

It's much better to prepare for the worst and get those ventilators as soon as we can .

Oh I agree about that, but on a social level I feel we should reel it in a bit. Fear can even make us do the right things tackling this virus but no excuse for some posts on here over the past few weeks that obviously wanted to distill fear in people.

Sawduck wrote: »

Debating with myself, should I go to work
I work in a warehouse unloading goods from all over Ireland and dealing with people from everywhere
I don't have any protection gear
I have asthma and scars in my lungs
It's difficult to know what the right thing to do is, I don't want this business to struggle either

If you had 100% health, I'd say yes.

With your underlying conditions however, the HSE advice is definitely not. Your life is more important than the business right now.

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

With the airports still open it's like the country is a sinking ship and you are tackling the hole below the water line but no matter how good you patch it up there's a steady new flow coming in that you simply can never stop until the airports are shut down.

Ryanair are days away from grounding their fleets by all accounts. It won't be long before air travel in and out is more or less halted, it's never going to be completely closed though.

rob316 wrote: »

Asthma, COPD, immobile and 88 years old. Good that poor woman wont suffer anymore.

Anyone else find it absolutely bizarre he is live tweeting about his mother dying.

I can’t comprehend this.
I spent time in palliative care with a relative and I left my phone in the car when I spent time with them.
This was regular updates on her mum in her final hours. It just doesn’t sit right.
I do hope she is comfortable.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Leo is a doctor, will he be helping on the front line

He did, tonight.

pjohnson wrote: »

That'd the infected Holiday makers from Spain/ the Cheltenham wânks blowing up figures.

More than likely just finding people and more people reaching the point where symptoms are showing.

Look at the US. Nearly doubled it's daily figure from yesterday. That isn't because they an extra 900 people got infected a day later. It is because they are rolling out a heavier testing programme. They will find more cases and unfortunately more deaths from the virus. However it will help them save lives over all. Same thing here as we increase our testing even further than we have (the US is a bit behind everyone else).

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

"The calm before the storm, before the surge " is how I recall his words

Actually yeah that was what freaked me out . Surge

joeguevara wrote: »

Banning air travel without WHO direction was impossible. Looking back on actions not taken will always show things in a bad light. But I think we are being seen as doing the most before others. U.K. allowing stereophonic concerts with tens of thousands on Friday night is disgusting. U.K. teachers on social media asking do they have to attend school worse.

Nonsense. Other countries did it unilaterly. Speaking of the WHO their advice was madness.

The first thing you do when there is a growing epidemic of something like cv is ban flights to and from that area and worry about legal issues later. Instead our government were afraid to act and its a huge reason why we are facing 15,000 cases by month end. This outcome was entirely predictable.