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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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  • #8132
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,116 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    wannabecraig wrote: »
    That was to, not from. Was only cancelled 2 hours ago.
    And no, no cancellation emails.

    Airlines are not gonna fly people out and then have no one to fly back


  • #8133
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    I still think now we need a complete lockdown with curfew

    There's thousands of non-Irish still flying in from all over the World and they're handed a piece of paper and sent on their way. Yet Paddy & Biddy are told to hunker down and not to go next, nigh or near anyone else.


  • #8134
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,016 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    I still think now we need a complete lockdown with curfew

    I don't. Completely unnecessary and over the top. Social distancing will suffice.


  • #8135
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    wannabecraig wrote: »
    That was to, not from. Was only cancelled 2 hours ago.
    And no, no cancellation emails.

    Flights only make financial sense if the planes can go both ways.
    Many airlines will be lucky to survive this so there won't be many subsidised one way flights.


  • #8136
    Syncpolice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Syncpolice


    I'd like to welcome V8 interceptor back


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  • #8137
    Gretas Gonna Get Ya!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,245 ✭✭✭Gretas Gonna Get Ya!


    holyhead wrote: »
    Is it Leo’s fault thousands of Irish went to Cheltenham?? We as a people share culpability too not just the Govt.

    Actually YES... it is his fault technically!

    It's not ONLY his fault - but he is leader of the country, and absolutely could have taken a position on it and ordered our citizens not to travel to a bloody horse racing festival while there was a dangerous virus going around.

    We could have threatened them with fines for not complying with these orders. And we could have quarantined and tested them on return if they still went!

    We could have done lots of things... but instead our government did nothing, and took no position at all on the issue! Which is lack of leadership!

    Most people in the country could see it was a bad idea to go to that festival at this particular time. So why not take the lead as our government, and do something about those idiots?


  • #8138
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,247 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Laughable that so many on my Facebook stream are criticising the speech tonight and the government in general but have had posts over last few days at crowded beach, or house parties eTc.


  • #8139
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    Syncpolice wrote: »
    I'd like to welcome V8 interceptor back

    Erm, cheers...


  • #8140
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    What's a total lockdown? Everywhere closed except food retailers, chemists and essential services, i.e. what we're doing?


  • #8141
    wannabecraig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭wannabecraig


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Airlines are not gonna fly people out and then have no one to fly back

    Understood, they're still selling tickets for the flight out on Thursday.
    Perhaps they just haven't locked that part of the system down yet.
    I was really just wondering if there was any official line on it, with regards to Ireland. I know Germany have banned all flights landing, effective today.


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  • #8142
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,765 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    V8 Interceptor wrote: »
    There's thousands of non-Irish still flying in from all over the World and they're handed a piece of paper and sent on their way. Yet Paddy & Biddy are told to hunker down and not to go next, nigh or near anyone else.

    Where do you get these numbers from?

    The airports are empty.


  • #8143
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,016 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    wannabecraig wrote: »
    Flights seem to be cancelled from USA. Anybody with any further info?
    My partner was due to move here tomorrow and she's just seen on her app that the flight is cancelled.
    She's flying from LAX

    She might have to route via Canada, Mexico, etc.


  • #8144
    Syncpolice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Syncpolice


    V8 Interceptor wrote: »
    Erm, cheers...

    Just keep up the quality


  • #8145
    Jurgen Klopp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Jurgen Klopp


    Just a little snippet. But Ive seen people on about non medically trained people being used as Porters etc

    Trained healthcare assistant myself, but left it. Basically the ones that get people from beds, help with washing , dressing, feeding and then bringing patients up and down to X rays etc, in a hospital setting.

    To even be considered an interview for a hospital you need to have the equivalent of 1 years full classroom training, important ones such as infection prevention & control, health and safety in work place, palliative care

    A porter would be a step above it again, it tends to be far more responsibility than years ago. I think in house laundry and canteen tend to need the same qualifications as HCA as they tend to be used as floaters between duties, but I'm not totally certain.

    I think the cleaners tend be contracted out

    Maybe they will relax certain stuff now cause of the emergency but just my 2c in regards to non medically trained staff.

    I'm sure maybe they could fastrack people for admin maybe even allow volunteer ambulance drivers as long as you have class C licence I don't know


  • #8146
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    joeguevara wrote: »
    Laughable that so many on my Facebook stream are criticising the speech tonight and the government in general but have had posts over last few days at crowded beach, or house parties eTc.
    They're literally just criticising him for the sake of it.


  • #8147
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,116 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    wannabecraig wrote: »
    Understood, they're still selling tickets for the flight out on Thursday.
    Perhaps they just haven't locked that part of the system down yet.
    I was really just wondering if there was any official line on it, with regards to Ireland. I know Germany have banned all flights landing, effective today.

    Which airline?


  • #8148
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Where do you get these numbers from?

    The airports are empty.

    Lol. There's flights still coming in all day every day. Thousands upon thousands of people.


  • #8149
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,064 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Stheno wrote: »
    Why? I've been home now for two weeks apart from food shopping

    Not everyone is doing social distancing, gangs of teenagers about, restaurants still full etc., flights coming in, have the army and Gardai help enforce, the curve isn't flattening, the cases are increasing, we should be doing everything we can possibly to stop the spread imho
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #8150
    Woodsie1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Woodsie1


    Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »
    Sounds like so many others in the country... he thinks there is a big overreaction!

    There isn't!

    There is a massive over reaction.
    The lad is wearing gloves,using sanitizer and taking precautions like we all should but not falling into the trap that this thread and all the previous threads on boards have done...which is doomsday porn and a cohort of posters getting their rocks off on a serious situation but hyping it up into some imagined apocolyptic nightmare


  • #8151
    wannabecraig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 768 ✭✭✭wannabecraig


    tuxy wrote: »
    Flights only make financial sense if the planes can go both ways.
    Many airlines will be lucky to survive this so there won't be many subsidised one way flights.

    So because there are no flights over (probably), there will be none back, even though it's not prohibited?


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  • #8152
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    Syncpolice wrote: »
    Just keep up the quality

    Umm, sure.


  • #8153
    Jurgen Klopp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭Jurgen Klopp


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    What's a total lockdown? Everywhere closed except food retailers, chemists and essential services, i.e. what we're doing?

    I think the added bit would be no leaving your home under any circumstances except for food, hospital or emergency and anyone thought to be flouting said measures end up with large fines and possible arrest? Like not even allowed out for a walk type of thing.

    There's still plenty non essential services still open, lots of offices, etc


  • #8154
    Hoboo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    cnocbui wrote: »
    I don't. Completely unnecessary and over the top. Social distancing will suffice.

    There's tens of thousands already infected not showing symptoms yet, you knock yourself out.


  • #8155
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    wannabecraig wrote: »
    So because there are no flights over (probably), there will be none back, even though it's not prohibited?

    There may be some but not many, far too costly for the airlines.

    This was why there was such a large government appeal days ago for irish citizens to return home ASAP.


  • #8156
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,064 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Where do you get these numbers from?

    The airports are empty.

    Spain, Portugal and their nearby Islands all have returning Irish
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #8157
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


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    Raconteuse wrote: »
    They're literally just criticising him for the sake of it.
    People just looking to complain about and many don't even think before they do it.


  • #8158
    Syncpolice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 245 ✭✭Syncpolice


    Has supermacs said anything now mcdonalds is closing sit-down

    The crafty fox mcdonagh offered free burgers to the emergency services


  • #8159
    kittensmittens
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭kittensmittens


    Population of Italy 60.5 Million
    Cases of Corona Virus Italy 31.5 Thousand

    Population of Ireland 4.5 Million
    Cases of Corona Virus est by next week/s 15 Thousand


    Not quite sure that adds up tbh
    Also, Italy has a much older demographic than we do


  • #8160
    V8 Interceptor
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭V8 Interceptor


    Hoboo wrote: »
    There's tens of thousands already infected not showing symptoms yet, you knock yourself out.

    Totally. Leo and Simon have fukked up Royally. Doesn't matter what heroics they perform from here on in. They made a catastrophic mistake from the get go, the results of which will begin to be realised over the next week or two.


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  • #8161
    joeguevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,247 ✭✭✭joeguevara


    Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »
    Actually YES... it is his fault technically!

    It's not ONLY his fault - but he is leader of the country, and absolutely could have taken a position on it and ordered our citizens not to travel to a bloody horse racing festival while there was a dangerous virus going around.

    We could have threatened them with fines for not complying with these orders. And we could have quarantined and tested them on return if they still went!

    We could have done lots of things... but instead our government did nothing, and took no position at all on the issue! Which is lack of leadership!

    Most people in the country could see it was a bad idea to go to that festival at this particular time. So why not take the lead as our government, and do something about those idiots?

    Worse effected areas have only implemented lockdowns in last few days. Banning flights at the time was impossible and illegal. Governments don’t have the power to interfere in independent commercial businesses.

    We are doing more and quicker than the majority of countries. Our government has taken steps on the issue which is why we are in a better situation than most. U.K. still have schools open and concerts with tens of thousands of people. To say it’s doing nothing is wrong.


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