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

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  • Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Do you go to Tesco and threaten them if they ask you to pay for your groceries? How about when you fill the car with diesel. Do you threaten them when they say " any fuel?"
    Not right now but I can envisage a time when that will come. Right now I'll limit it to anybody trying to kick me and my family out of our home.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Not right now but I can envisage a time when that will come. Right now I'll limit it to anybody trying to kick me and my family out of our home.

    Do you pay your rent?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    pH wrote: »
    Where? Here in Ireland?

    Presuming you don't have a medical card, normally an A&E fee of €100 is charged for attending without a GP referral and from then on there's an €80 per night charge (capped at €800)


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

    We're so lucky. When compared to some other countries


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭mikeoc85


    rob316 wrote: »
    I fail to see how its insensitive. People of that condition die everyday.

    I agree, it’s always sad when someone dies. My grandfather used to say that the flu was the old persons friend as it was send them to the grave when it was their time.

    If this continues no one has any quality of life. I 100% understand if it takes healthy people but when it takes old people that have lives a full life, who have underlying conditions and were on the way out anyway...then that needs to be reported.

    Otherwise what’s the point. We’re all sacrificing our freedom, our kids futures, our homes, our jobs just so some old people can live a few more months until some other illness takes them?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,319 ✭✭✭✭walshb


    Listening to RTE now..

    We are not pushing this

    “If” you can maintain social distancing, no harm in cafes and restaurants remaining open...

    That’s just absurd.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,145 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    People will spend it on amazon and other uk websites.

    As people have pointed out here before, amazon employ a lot of people in this country including thousands of irish sellers you never see or hear about.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 887 ✭✭✭Vudgie


    Incredibly insensitive post.

    YUCK !!!

    Has there been any comment on where the woman contracted the virus was it from the general community?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,855 ✭✭✭weisses


    Netherlands another 30 deaths (136 total)

    Most fatalities aged between 80 and 84 ... Youngest 63


  • Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mikeoc85 wrote: »
    I agree, it’s always sad when someone dies. My grandfather used to say that the flu was the old persons friend as it was send them to the grave when it was their time.

    If this continues no one has any quality of life. I 100% understand if it takes healthy people but when it takes old people that have lives a full life, who have underlying conditions are we’re on the way out anyway...then that needs to be reported.

    Otherwise what’s the point. We’re all sacrificing our freedom, our kids futures, our homes, our jobs just so some old people can live a few more months until some other illness takes them?!
    Listen to what the Italians are saying, its killing young people too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    mikeoc85 wrote: »

    Otherwise what’s the point. We’re all sacrificing our freedom, our kids futures, our homes, our jobs just so some old people can live a few more months until some other illness takes them?!

    I read this in Patrick Bateman's voice.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭mikeoc85


    Listen to what the Italians are saying, its killing young people too.

    3 people with no underlying conditions in the last week. So that’s roughly 0.1%.

    Let’s lock up everyone for the foreseeable future, let’s not have any economy or jobs, no way of providing any sort of decent life for our families.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,782 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Why is that? What's the landlord going to do about it? I dont condone violence but god help any landlord knocking on my door asking me to leave.

    Hahahahaha clown


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,145 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    mikeoc85 wrote: »
    3 people with no underlying conditions in the last week. So that’s roughly 0.1%.

    More than likely no underlying conditions they didnt know about yet.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,380 ✭✭✭Jizique


    Vudgie wrote: »
    Has there been any comment on where the woman contracted the virus was it from the general community?

    Hope nobody suggests the live-tweeter was on a ski holiday in Ischgl


  • Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mikeoc85 wrote: »
    3 people with no underlying conditions in the last week. So that’s roughly 0.1%.

    Let’s lock up everyone for the foreseeable future, let’s not have any economy or jobs, no way of providing any sort of decent life for our families.

    Ok yes my bad. I meant it is infecting young people too and hospitalising them, contributing the strain on services. Reports of this in the UK also.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Jizique wrote: »
    She was a bit of an attention seeker

    Think she was in the Indo or IT this morning as well in an interview talking about it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Government will have to cover ip to 70% of peoples wages who have been made redundant or else the economy may collapse apparently.

    Covid19 to cost the country at least 34 billion all in.

    Italy have implemented two important policies regarding jobs and the economy.
    • made it illegal for anyone to be fired during this crisis
    • Companies have to cover 80% of people's wages

    Makes sense considering it is not their fault. Businesses have been given many incentives such as tax breaks and mortgage/insurance holidays etc.

    Government should do something soon.


  • Posts: 1,983 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ASOT wrote: »
    Hahahahaha clown

    Care to elaborate? You honestly think a landlord stands a chance of evicting someone at the moment?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Government will have to cover ip to 70% of peoples wages who have been made redundant or else the economy may collapse apparently.

    Covid19 to cost the country at least 34 billion all in.

    Figures and you don't go too well Blushoe :D Don't start your calculations yet. 45 were going to test positive with +/- 2 figure for Covid in Ireland 2 days ago. You said we could quote you on it. We had 191. You actually have a neck to come on here giving percentages and figures. We are all clueless at the moment but you're off the charts.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,876 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    Italy have implemented two important policies regarding jobs and the economy.
    • made it illegal for anyone to be fired during this crisis
    • Companies have to cover 80% of people's wages

    Makes sense considering it is not their fault. Businesses have been given many incentives such as tax breaks and mortgage/insurance holidays etc.

    Government should do something soon.

    That's fairly useless is the companies are bust.

    The most affected here so far are restaurants , cAfes, pubs etc and they can't pay wages without income.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Mwengwe


    niallo27 wrote: »
    More than likely no underlying conditions they didnt know about yet.

    ah well that makes it ok, what a relief.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,689 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    mikeoc85 wrote: »
    3 people with no underlying conditions in the last week. So that’s roughly 0.1%.

    Let’s lock up everyone for the foreseeable future, let’s not have any economy or jobs, no way of providing any sort of decent life for our families.

    I was reading what Spanish supermarkets are like at the moment : customers wearing gloves, tape and markings on the floor, people 2m apart, paying by credit card ......in other words, identical to Ireland.

    The Irish social distancing measures are much stricter than the 'lockdown now' guys realise, they've somehow convinced themselves we are being lax here.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,256 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    walshb wrote: »
    Listening to RTE now..

    We are not pushing this

    “If” you can maintain social distancing, no harm in cafes and restaurants remaining open...

    That’s just absurd.

    I think there's only so much that can be achieved by asking the public nicely. "Shaming" has got a bad rap recently, I think it should be used to force people to behave correctly at times such as now.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Italy have implemented two important policies regarding jobs and the economy.
    • made it illegal for anyone to be fired during this crisis
    • Companies have to cover 80% of people's wages

    Makes sense considering it is not their fault. Businesses have been given many incentives such as tax breaks and mortgage/insurance holidays etc.

    Government should do something soon.

    That should definitely be done here too. Plenty of campaniles will fire their staff and walk away with any money they have rather than pay their employees


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Italy have implemented two important policies regarding jobs and the economy.
    • made it illegal for anyone to be fired during this crisis
    • Companies have to cover 80% of people's wages

    Makes sense considering it is not their fault. Businesses have been given many incentives such as tax breaks and mortgage/insurance holidays etc.

    Government should do something soon.

    Now talk about unsustainable. Businesses no longer operating yet still paying 80% of wages. Might be ok for the Googles and Microsofts of the world but Mary's coffee house won't be able to do that.


  • Posts: 21,290 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    As I posted in other threads, not long back from a fortnight in Africa. Have been very ill with breathlessness, fever, myalgia, low oxygen saturation down to 82%, nausea, shivering, profuse sweating. In touch with doctor, to be tested, and to keep a very close eye on sats with my pulse oximeter from Aldi/Lidl. Malaria is also a possibility but less likely as the area I visited has an almost zero incidence, but I gave passed through areas of active Covid-19.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 43,004 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Now talk about unsustainable. Businesses no longer operating yet still paying 80% of wages. Might be ok for the Googles and Microsofts of the world but Mary's coffee house won't be able to do that.
    Yeah, this would work for about a week or two And then a lot of businesses would just go bankrupt.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    Figures and you don't go too well Blushoe :D Don't start your calculations yet. 45 were going to test positive with +/- 2 figure for Covid in Ireland 2 days ago. You said we could quote you on it. We had 191. You actually have a neck to come on here giving percentages and figures. We are all clueless at the moment but you're off the charts.


    100% chance that you are looking to argue.
    0% chance I will take the bait.

    I love you though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,876 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    Italy have implemented two important policies regarding jobs and the economy.
    • made it illegal for anyone to be fired during this crisis
    • Companies have to cover 80% of people's wages

    Makes sense considering it is not their fault. Businesses have been given many incentives such as tax breaks and mortgage/insurance holidays etc.

    Government should do something soon.

    Any links to either of those by the way?

    Haven't heard of them and a cursory Google.dodnt what me anything.


    It was the.UK that introduced an 80% income measure yesterday but it seems it only applies if the company DOESN'T lay off the worker and actually keep the job on ice (which may be impossible in and of itself?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭ITman88


    That should definitely be done here too. Plenty of campaniles will fire their staff and walk away with any money they have rather than pay their employees

    Well that would be the standard approach.
    If someone took the risk to start the business it’s their full entitlement to walk away if and when they want


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