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CoVid19 Part X - 1,564 cases ROI (9 deaths) 209 in NI (7 deaths) (25 March) *Read OP*

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  • #5972
    BluePlanet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭BluePlanet


    all about the mane wrote: »
    What’s your solution if she is removed from the post?
    Rather like when someone exits a workplace.
    Walk them to the front door, take their badge off them and they loose access to the building.
    The only way they re-enter is on a Visitor badge.

    If FG don't have the numbers to replace, then look to the opposition benches to fill the post.


  • #5973
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,509 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    People going out for a jog, or queueing up to get a burger. Seriously, the only thing that is being asked of us is to stay the fcuk home. It's really not that hard to limit our interactions with people.

    How many people do you normally interact with when you're out running? Cows and pheasants are all I meet


  • #5974
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,543 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    fin12 wrote: »
    That’s true, I was out walking yesterday, people were walking in twos and three abreast, wouldn’t even move into a single file when being approached. I had to go into the grass to keep my distance.
    Just back from a walk along Bray promenade. Probably a good 5m wide, so plenty of room for people to walk in line either side and leave a good distance between them. But no, people walking towards us, 3 or 4 abreast, right in the middle, and not making any attempt to move. Ended up walking along the pebbles on the beach instead.


  • #5975
    Muahahaha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,810 ✭✭✭✭Muahahaha


    51551 wash your hands


  • #5976
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,074 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    AdrianG08 wrote: »
    What if you lost your job of 5 years in february for instance? You don't think financial circumstances have changed? And job prospects are just as tough?

    One person is on €203 and a month later another person receives €350.

    Its crazy. I get people don't want scroungers getting a rise, but being lumped in with the scroungers here is a kick in the balls.

    I fully get your point, it's not fair, there's no way of differentiating between people who have adjusted to living on the 200 versus those who are now living beyond their means due to sudden unemployment with no opportunity for a new job any time soon. It would stretch the state coffers further to have to cover everyone already unemployed before this crisis. There are no real winners.


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  • #5977
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    is_that_so wrote: »
    See my post above about our Constitution!

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112937896&postcount=5943
    Quite true that Constitution requires that for continuity.

    However the reason we still have a caretaker government is those non-constitutionally mandated organisations, the political parties, are jockeying for positions more advantageous to them.


  • #5978
    KiKi III
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭KiKi III


    Why haven't today's numbers come out yet? It's giving me anxiety.


  • #5979
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    mcmoustache wrote: »
    I think that they're covered by the first item on the list.

    1. Retail and wholesale sale of food, beverages and newspapers in non-specialised and specialised stores.

    I know this is a 1st world problem but I am guessing shops like Gamestop are closed. Only asking as I get the game I had ordered digitally instead


  • #5980
    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    Would going to the shop for a bottle of wine be considered essential shopping?


  • #5981
    Antares35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    jobeenfitz wrote: »
    Im in Spain also. We are in lockdown like you say. There is food in the shops. If they are stíl clear of virus in a couple of days their highly unlikely to pick up virus cos not in contact with outside world. Even in shops everybody out here is wearing masks and at this stage less likely now, that infected people out and about.

    We are close to peak here in Spain and with another 3 weeks lockdown they will be fine til then. By then the curve should be turning and things may start to get better.

    Just stay in contact and make sure their using common sense until this is over. Same as if they were home.

    Thank you. I really needed this. I think your post is the most positive thing I have read today! :) They are definitely staying in, and they have someone nearby who has offered to pick up food if needed for the elderly in the area and leave it on doorsteps. I will have the biggest hug (if we are ever allowed to do that again :pac:) for him when this is all over, and I can't thank him enough.

    It's hard to know how to interpret the stats. Some sources saying it will hit the peak soon then start to improve, then there are the ones who just constantly remind us "the old are being abandoned at nursing homes!" or "the ice rink is now a morgue!" etc. and it can be so hard to have any glimmer of hope.

    I hope you and your loved ones stay well and safe through this.


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  • #5982
    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    KiKi III wrote: »
    Why haven't today's numbers come out yet? It's giving me anxiety.

    Spreading out the bad news


  • #5983
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,445 ✭✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Happy4all wrote: »
    Would going to the shop for a bottle of wine be considered essential shopping?

    get 6 while you're there, save you going out tomorrow


  • #5984
    KiKi III
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭KiKi III


    Happy4all wrote: »
    Would going to the shop for a bottle of wine be considered essential shopping?

    Obviously not. How hard is it to stock up on booze in Dunnes or Tesco alongside your food shop?


  • #5985
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    KiKi III wrote: »
    Why haven't today's numbers come out yet? It's giving me anxiety.
    Expect 337 or 30% and you'll be pleased if/when it's lower.


  • #5986
    Hobgoblin11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Hobgoblin11


    Trump - herd immunity moment

    Mr Trump acknowledged there were trade-offs, but claimed, without apparent evidence, that if closures stretched on for months there would be “probably more death from that than anything that we’re talking about with respect to the virus”.

    The comments were further evidence that Mr Trump has grown impatient with the pandemic, even before it has reached its expected peak.

    In recent days, tensions have been rising between those who argue the country needs to get back up and running to prevent a deep economic depression, and medical experts who warn that, unless more extreme action is taken, the human cost will be catastrophic.

    Health experts have made clear that unless Americans continue to dramatically limit social interaction — staying home from work and isolating themselves — the number of infections will overwhelm the health care system, as it has in parts of Italy, leading to many more deaths

    Dundalk, Co. Louth



  • #5987
    FVP3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭FVP3


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    People going out for a jog, or queueing up to get a burger. Seriously, the only thing that is being asked of us is to stay the fcuk home. It's really not that hard to limit our interactions with people.

    That's not what is being asked. There's no restriction on walking or jogging. Both are safe.


  • #5988
    fin12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8146565/Scientists-Iceland-claim-FORTY-mutations-coronavirus.html

    Forty mutations of virus found.


  • #5989
    Mwengwe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Mwengwe


    KiKi III wrote: »
    Why haven't today's numbers come out yet? It's giving me anxiety.

    Why? What difference does it make? The numbers are essentially meaningless at this point anyway, we know they're not accurate, we know they're going to keep rising and that it will probably be another week at least before the effect of social distancing becomes evident. Every day on here someone is freaking out about the numbers not being released. We're in this for the long haul.


  • #5990
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,244 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    KiKi III wrote: »
    Why haven't today's numbers come out yet? It's giving me anxiety.
    They count them on their fingers, it takes a while.


  • #5991
    FVP3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭FVP3


    Happy4all wrote: »
    Would going to the shop for a bottle of wine be considered essential shopping?

    Buy some butter with the wine, and it is.


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  • #5992
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,882 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    France: +2,448 new cases/+240 additional deaths.

    Less new cases than yesterday but more deaths.


  • #5993
    Hobgoblin11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Hobgoblin11


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    They count them on their fingers, it takes a while.

    that's complicated

    Dundalk, Co. Louth



  • #5994
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Alun wrote: »
    Just back from a walk along Bray promenade. Probably a good 5m wide, so plenty of room for people to walk in line either side and leave a good distance between them. But no, people walking towards us, 3 or 4 abreast, right in the middle, and not making any attempt to move. Ended up walking along the pebbles on the beach instead.

    I am guessing some of them maybe from the same house and not doing it in the house they do not do it with jogging together


  • #5995
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    France: +2,448 new cases/+240 additional deaths.

    Less new cases than yesterday but more deaths.

    Youd kind of expect the deaths to continue upward after the % new cases decline would one? As it probably takes 7-10 days for the disease to kill a patient.


  • #5996
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 19,882 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    5th death in NI. A female in her 80's.


  • #5997
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    DOCARCH wrote: »
    France: +2,448 new cases/+240 additional deaths.

    Less new cases than yesterday but more deaths.
    Yeah somewhat like Italy, but maybe the peak coming?


  • #5998
    KiKi III
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭KiKi III


    Mwengwe wrote: »
    Why? What difference does it make? The numbers are essentially meaningless at this point anyway, we know they're not accurate, we know they're going to keep rising and that it will probably be another week at least before the effect of social distancing becomes evident. Every day on here someone is freaking out about the numbers not being released. We're in this for the long haul.

    The numbers are far from meaningless. They might not be totally accurate yet but they are the best indicator we have on whether our measures are starting to work.

    Pubs and schools were closed over a week ago and events started getting cancelled, lots of shops shut their doors voluntarily. It should start making a difference very soon and if not we need more measures in place.


  • #5999
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    saabsaab wrote: »
    I think many are coming around to the idea that we have more in common that with the UK

    Might be like when the north was bombed during ww2, they were happy for the fire brigade from the south to turn up and then back to normal once the danger passed.


  • #6000
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,009 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    MD1990 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ3QqNeeWUA

    72% of ICU patients in the UK where overweight/obese,

    Seems a even bigger risk than smoking.
    Not necessarily significant - a large percentage of the general UK population (that is not in ICU) is overweight or obese - percentage must be close to 72%.


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  • #6001
    Yurt2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭Yurt2


    fin12 wrote: »
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8146565/Scientists-Iceland-claim-FORTY-mutations-coronavirus.html

    Forty mutations of virus found.


    If true, would any science-type person like to speculate would so many mutations mean making an effective one-size-fits-all vaccine more difficult?


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