CoVid-19 Part IX - 785 cases ROI (3 deaths) 108 in NI (1 death) (20 March) *Read OP*

RollieFingers wrote: »

The office I work in in the city centre is still open, commuting in as we speak.

Last weekend I was hoping to get word they would be closing as the thought of the travel in was freaking me out. However, after acquiring a mask and seeing how empty the DART is it's actually not so bad.

Great to still be earning at a time like this and not be one of the many unlucky people to have been laid off, hopefully it is only temporarily for the majority of you. Saying that I would have no argument if they do shut the doors though.

Get yourself a bike, i cycled for years in dublin, largest journey being 8km there and same back, all weathers, just dress appropriately.

froog wrote: »

beautiful day outside. raises the spirits.

until we see hordes of people all out in groups in the parks and beaches......

what we need right now is good old fashioned Irish pissing it down weather for weeks.

MOR316 wrote: »

You'd have to go outside to see them, wouldn't you?

Point taken.

See reports of......

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

Get yourself a bike, i cycled for years in dublin, largest journey being 8km there and same back, all weathers, just dress appropriately.

I live in Greystones, I'm far too lazy to be cycling that distance and back every day

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

until we see hordes of people all out in groups in the parks and beaches......

what we need right now is good old fashioned Irish pissing it down weather for weeks.

DoH believe there is a high compliance with the distancing advice and people do need cheering up.

Why are people calling for people not to go outside? We're not in official lockdown so people are entitled to go out if they wish.

I now live alone and am minimizing face to face contact. I'm working from home.

Have not had a conversation with a person since last Saturday. I now have a routine of going for a walk by the sea as part of my daily shopping trip. That way I get to see people and maybe have a safe chat with shop assistant. It gives me much needed exercise which will be more difficult in the coming weeks when the inevitable lock down is in place.

Yes, I have seen people of all ages not observing distancing but what do you expect . The vast majority of people are at home as witnessed by quiet roads, streets and public transport. There will always be idiots.

Either way it's perfectly safe to go outside and get exercise once distancing is observed and people should not be criticised for it as they need to get out for mental health and exercise reasons.

eagle eye wrote: »

I'm not sure if it's been posted yet but heard that the office of either the Taoiseach or Tanaiste ordered all civil servants to work with no preparations in place for dealing with covid-19. I was informed that anybody in the high risk category is excused but those with high risk family members residing with them, whether they be children or older relatives, have to go to work in an unsafe environment.
How can this be happening?

Have a couple of family members in the civil service. One is in a high risk category. Many of these offices are treating it like a joke. From managers laughing off issues, to people returning from high risk travel waltzing back into the office, to the archaic IT system that won't permit them to work form home, it's an absolute joke. This is across 2 different offices in 2 different geographic locations.

Ministers are publicly stating to private sector workers to work from home and avoid contact where possible (completely correctly), but then the civil servants that work from them are not afforded the same courtesy!

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

Sorry for my ignorance,

what does, 'DoH' mean at the beginning of your sentence?

Department of Health

saabsaab wrote: »

Our increase in cases rises as expected. I wonder how many are related to Cheltenham or Italian Tourists? Any figures for this?

Three Irish cases in Nextstrain are as follows:
-the Dublin one was originated via the Netherlands and/or Bavaria (via Italy)
-one from Limerick was originated via England and/or the Netherlands
-second one from Limerick is 100% from the Netherlands


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froog wrote: »

beautiful day outside. raises the spirits.

This, so much work to do around the house thank god, shed to clean, lawns to cut(if the weather holds). Might plant some salads 😅

TheAsYLuMkeY wrote: »

Sorry for my ignorance,

what does, 'DoH' mean at the beginning of your sentence?

Department of Health.

murpho999 wrote: »

Why are people calling for people not to go outside? We're not in official lockdown so people are entitled to go out if they wish.

I now live alone and am minimizing face to face contact. I'm working from home.

Have not had a conversation with a person since last Saturday. I now have a routine of going for a walk by the sea as part of my daily shopping trip. That way I get to see people and maybe have a safe chat with shop assistant. It gives me much needed exercise which will be more difficult in the coming weeks when the inevitable lock down is in place.

Yes, I have seen people of all ages not observing distancing but what do you expect . The vast majority of people are at home as witnessed by quiet roads, streets and public transport. There will always be idiots.

Either way it's perfectly safe to go outside and get exercise once distancing is observed and people should not be criticised for it as they need to get out for mental health and exercise reasons.

Newstalk breakfast show this morning reported a memeber of the Chinese Red Cross was in Italy to advise on how they are dealing with it, he was reported to have been alarmed at the level of outdoor activity.

His advice was a lockdown means a lockdown,

People should not be going out to socialise, only if it is utterly essential.

How things are playing out in Italy would appear he is right and we need to see it here.

Renjit wrote: »

Previous generation uncle aunties breeding like there is no end.

Sounds incestuous...

Is it available online anywhere?

I genuinely can't understand how/why people are hung up on how many infected we have.

"We're on track to be worse than Italy"

Really? How many tests had Italy administered at this stage after their first positive test or their first death? How many did we test that were counted with yesterdays figures? We don't even know what days were counted in yesterdays figures.

The only important number is number of deaths and amount in ICU. ICU being the main one because it has a direct relationship with the number of deaths. Everything else is just a guessing game. The virus could be anywhere from 0.2% to 3.5% death rate in those infected, we're purely speculating with anything else.

Let's focus on the positives, our first case was weeks ago, we now have 3 deaths and 7 in ICU. This is a hell of a lot better than where Italy were at this stage.

It seems people are looking for the negatives here.