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

20-03-2020 04:20PM

TheCitizen wrote: »

You haven't been paying attention have you. We need lockdown now, deal with the economy recovery later.

I have been paying complete attention, thanks. So when later? 2021? Dealing with an economic recovery will not help small business people now and next week and next month. The more we can help the tens off thousands of them stay on their feet the better. Like I said, everyone susceptible to this virus, through age or illness, should stay in absolute quarantine in their homes. The rest should be social distancing based, with sensible closure mass of gathering venues and policing of crowds gathering in parks. I think the government is doing a pretty damn good job, and looking to limit the duration of any lockdown

Akrasia · 20-03-2020 04:20PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

And Dundalk racing going ahead today, a few hundred people from all over the country mixing and risking carrying the virus home.

In fairness, having grown men riding around on the back of an animal so that other men can guess which one is the fastest for money, is an essential public service at the moment

is_that_so · 20-03-2020 04:21PM

Petrol pump thing seems like nonsense.

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1241011046833360898

MD1990 · 20-03-2020 04:22PM

wow

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1241021181626667009

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 04:22PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Thurles is on tomorrow, Downpatrick and Naas sunday.

Irish horse racing is behind closed doors

dummy_crusher · 20-03-2020 04:25PM

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

What’s wrong with google and finding it for yourself or do ye need constant spoon feeding.

If you've read it somewhere, isn't it very simple to copy the link and paste it in your comment?

You've then backed up your statement and saved anyone else the effort of verifying what you said.

If you dislike being asked for a source so much, why not save yourself the irritation in the first place?

spookwoman · 20-03-2020 04:25PM

MD1990 wrote: »

wow

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1241021181626667009

My concern is some of the little ****es would turn around and either cough, spit or thump you.

Blaze420 · 20-03-2020 04:26PM

MD1990 wrote: »

wow

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1241021181626667009

So we should go out and start smacking these goofy teenage dickheads in to the mouth for not observing social distancing - with absolute ****ing pleasure. Where do we sign up?

optogirl · 20-03-2020 04:26PM

MD1990 wrote: »

wow

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1241021181626667009

A the park this morning my 8 year old started lecturing teenagers who had hopped the fence into the playground

. Was proud of him although I do want him to avoid situations where he could get his head kicked in ...

masterK · 20-03-2020 04:26PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Irish horse racing is behind closed doors

Probably a very shrewd commercial move by HRI, there is literally nothing else to be bet on at the moment. ITV are even broadcasting Thurles tomorrow.

McMurphy · 20-03-2020 04:26PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Petrol pump thing seems like nonsense.

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1241011046833360898

I got one of these fuel pump emails this morning from a colleague and immediately was skeptical of it, I mean I'm not a scientist, but surely a diesel or petrol fumed pump handle wouldn't be virus bacteria nirvana?

I would have thought it might even be antibacterial?

owlbethere · 20-03-2020 04:28PM

plodder wrote: »

I saw the video going around of the Wuhan wild animal market. If China has shut that sh!t down and makes sure nothing like it ever happens again then they shouldn't be blamed for this. But, if they don't ...

I watched a video last night about the Chinese and their treatment of dogs. There's a Chinese dog festival and it's absolutely brutal. The murdering of dogs is pure vicious.

Does anybody know what Irelands and Europes farming and slaughtering practices are like? Are animals like cows, pigs, sheep killed slowly for their meat and fur or is it done in more of a humane manner?

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 04:28PM

masterK wrote: »

Probably a very shrewd commercial move by HRI, there is literally nothing else to be bet on at the moment. ITV are even broadcasting Thurles tomorrow.

Yeah 100%, they're saying to protects jobs in the industry which is does but it'll be the only kind of sports someone can watch or like you say bet on at the moment

klose · 20-03-2020 04:28PM

I see a lot of small businesses in town are promoting or only giving the option of cashless transactions, wonder will all this set the ball rolling on a couple of cashless only businesses?

circadian · 20-03-2020 04:30PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Everyone out and about today, every where looks busy. All the industrial retails premises are open, life goes on. Gangs of teenagers out and about, summer holidays have come early.
We're doing a little, but hardly enough. The '' dumb'' part of society will force a lockdown, as it's the only way those dumbasses will distance themselves from others.

This is it. The toerag next door, who lives with his grandparents, was marauding around with his gang of mates. I called him up on it and his smart arse response was "the government aren't making us stay apart, they're just asking us to".

I reminded him that this kind of thinking is what leads governments to change from asking people to do something to making them do it.

****ing idiots.

Timberrrrrrrr · 20-03-2020 04:30PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Irish horse racing is behind closed doors

Still several hundred people in one space, it should be stopped until it's over.

Akrasia · 20-03-2020 04:30PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Irish horse racing is behind closed doors

What, like this?
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freshpopcorn · 20-03-2020 04:30PM

I was in Aldi Yesterday.
I was in the queue and there was few people behind me.
They opened a other checkout and in was next line and I walked up to it. I
A woman who wasn't in the queue pushed past me and raised her hand to me and said stop keep back. (I only had about four items).

Mervyn Skidmore · 20-03-2020 04:31PM

Blaze420 wrote: »

So we should go out and start smacking these goofy teenage dickheads in to the mouth for not observing social distancing - with absolute ****ing pleasure. Where do we sign up?

Youth gatherings are down 80%, while heavy sack beatings are up a shocking 900%.

Naggdefy · 20-03-2020 04:31PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Irish horse racing is behind closed doors

The horses just run by themselves i suppose.. No jockey, trainers and owners..

It's unnecessary. Every other sport is shut down. But theses money hungry so and sos.

Tacitus Kilgore · 20-03-2020 04:31PM

McMurphy wrote: »

I got one of these fuel pump emails this morning from a colleague and immediately was skeptical of it, I mean I'm not a scientist, but surely a diesel or petrol fumed pump handle wouldn't be virus bacteria nirvana?

I would have thought it might even be antibacterial?

WTF is virus bacteria?

wadacrack · 20-03-2020 04:31PM

London is in huge trouble. Will be much worse than Lompardy

https://twitter.com/LawrenceDunhill/status/1241015122858070018?fbclid=IwAR2-mYoQxv1O9a_99maRuBrI2aSJVSSP-6BBetRvUe8b-rHyRx7cbvAb94k

Wibbs · 20-03-2020 04:31PM

McMurphy wrote: »

I got one of these fuel pump emails this morning from a colleague and immediately was skeptical of it, I mean I'm not a scientist, but surely a diesel or petrol fumed pump handle wouldn't be virus bacteria nirvana?

I would have thought it might even be antibacterial?

Yeah if washed down with petrol after each use... They'd be like public door handles. Touched by hundreds of people a day. I'd wear gloves using one, and have. They provide them in most garages.

Quin_Dub · 20-03-2020 04:32PM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

One thing
Can a mother or father bring her kids out for a walk in a town once they stay away from people?

Also can an elderly person go out for a walk?

Some say yes and some say no.

Here's the current official advice

bekker · 20-03-2020 04:32PM

The delay in getting ordered tests carried out, and in communicating results to test subjects appears to be growing, hopefully only temporarily.

Sincerely hope this is just a soon to rectified hiccup in processing the hugely increased number of tests, though some delays in delivering results were already apparent.

But a HSE spokesman coming out with 'bottle necks in the system', and 'everyone doing their best to rectify situation' are ominously reminiscent of previously encountered systematic problems in mid-layer HSE performance.
(RTE News Now, and AFAIR HSE morning briefing in course of responding to questions.)

The top layer, front-line and labs are doing phenomenal work, but it appears that the systematic problems in mid-level administration may not be over.

otnomart · 20-03-2020 04:32PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

So Spain could be worse than Italy in a few days time. This is really hitting southern Europe hard for some reason. It will be interesting to see how a country like Belgium fares.

Belgium is in full lockdown since Tuesday.
2200+ cases, of which 164 in intensive care (of which 114 on a respirator)
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2020/03/20/16-covid-19-deaths-and-462-new-infection-in-the-past-24-hours/

fritzelly · 20-03-2020 04:33PM

klose wrote: »

I see a lot of small businesses in town are promoting or only giving the option of cashless transactions, wonder will all this set the ball rolling on a couple of cashless only businesses?

Been happening a few years now - cash is dirty and germ ridden at the best of times

Cork Boy 53 · 20-03-2020 04:37PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Still several hundred people in one space, it should be stopped until it's over.

It very soon will be.

Akrasia · 20-03-2020 04:37PM

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

WTF is virus bacteria?

Most viruses attack bacteria
Interesting fact, about 70% of the biomass in the ocean are microbes, and of that 20% are killed by viruses every single day, it's almost all viruses killing bacteria like lunatics

Nothing to do with the comment above though

stephenjmcd · 20-03-2020 04:39PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Still several hundred people in one space, it should be stopped until it's over.

Very easy to social distance at a track, there wouldn't be several hundred at a behind close doors meeting.

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