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CoVid19 Part XI - 2,615 in ROI (46 deaths) 410 in NI (21 deaths)(29/03)*OP upd 28/03*

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  • #4142
    JP Liz V1
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    owlbethere wrote: »
    With new restrictions coming in tonight:

    Would we be allowed to shop in a larger supermarket in town or do we have to remain local and shop in a small local shop?

    I think one on there own can still travel to a larger shop for the weekly shop
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  • #4143
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    dirkmeister wrote: »
    Nice Terminator 2 reference, in fairness

    He couldn't say 'speak to the hand' quote.


  • #4144
    branie2
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    About time it happened


  • #4145
    FVP3
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    Roger_007 wrote: »
    These ‘extra’ restrictions are absolutely futile. Once you start making exceptions to the stay-at-home rule the thing falls apart. It only takes one person in any household to go out shopping or to work or for any other reason and they bring the virus back with them.
    All these measures are just window dressing. The horse has bolted long ago. All efforts should be concentrated on devising ways to protect the at-risk groups. The rest of us can just take our chances.

    So ban the shopping then. FFS. You people are crazed. You want everybody to starve at home in locked down rooms policed by the gestapo in order to free up ICU beds which wont be needed as we all starve at home.

    A lockdown that stops people from going to most work, to within 2KM of their house, stops people visiting their family is hardly "window dressing".

    I mean this is nearly Wuhan levels of control, and thats a strong authoritarian communist country. I agree with it, but its not nothing.


  • #4146
    [Deleted User]
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    Tomrota wrote: »
    There are still many open near me. Surely if people are only allowed outside for essential services, they should close the coffeeshops, no?

    You are allowed out for takeaway food as far as I understand. So coffee shops call into that category. All the ones I know have a queueing system outside and a table at the door to place your order. Seems perfectly reasonable


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  • #4147
    spookwoman
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    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    2km in this rural area is very restrictive. I know we can do the weekly shopping but simple things for older people, like a daily newspaper, requires 5km or more to the local shop.

    I's say for shopping and essential it's ok the 2km rule is for going for your walk more than likely


  • #4148
    Funsterdelux
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    Boggles wrote: »
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  • #4149
    nullzero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,669 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    2km is tough on people in rural areas.

    We can thank the clowns queueing for chips in howth last weekend and their ilk for the increased restrictions.

    Glazers Out!



  • #4150
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Jjjjjjjjbarry wrote: »
    Are all food suppliers who supply shops now shut for two weeks?
    No, they'll be seen as essential.


  • #4151
    TCDStudent1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭TCDStudent1


    On the 2k radius, does that mean I can go for a walk for 2k from my home and then 2k back to my home? Or 1K out and 1K back?


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  • #4152
    New Home
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    Class MayDresser wrote: »
    Those apostrophes helped, great idea.


    They're commas.


  • #4153
    nails1
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    Will warehouse workers like Fedex ups and Dhl still have to work?


  • #4154
    Jimbob1977
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    I'm thankful that I bought all those UHT milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.


  • #4155
    bottlebrush
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    Akrasia wrote: »
    Every single phone now will track your steps and the distance you have walked (ok, not a nokia 3210)
    But most people would have the cop on to know how far it is to the nearest landmarks around their house

    People will leave their phones at home


  • #4156
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,449 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Jjjjjjjjbarry wrote: »
    Are all food suppliers who supply shops now shut for two weeks?

    I'd imagine food production would be considered an essential service/industry.


  • #4157
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,807 ✭✭✭threeball


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    2km in this rural area is very restrictive. I know we can do the weekly shopping but simple things for older people, like a daily newspaper, requires 5km or more to the local shop.

    Like everything in Ireland this is designed for Dublin.


  • #4158
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Are the "lockdown" cohort on here finally satisfied?

    Weird comment. Sad as **** actually.


  • #4159
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    Going to visit Ben Gilroy Facebook page to see what words of wisdom he'll have.


  • #4160
    kilkenny31
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    Roger_007 wrote: »
    These ‘extra’ restrictions are absolutely futile. Once you start making exceptions to the stay-at-home rule the thing falls apart. It only takes one person in any household to go out shopping or to work or for any other reason and they bring the virus back with them.
    All these measures are just window dressing. The horse has bolted long ago. All efforts should be concentrated on devising ways to protect the at-risk groups. The rest of us can just take our chances.


    I've been saying that for a long time. We need to find a way to protect the elderly and vulnerble. What's awful is an elderly person I know is in her 80's and lives alone and she has told her daughter she would be better off dead rather than isolating herself. She can't cope with her family only calling to drop of food and her family won't stay longer with her to protect her.


  • #4161
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,069 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    TCDStudent1 wrote: »
    On the 2k radius, does that mean I can go for a walk for 2k from my home and then 2k back to my home? Or 1K out and 1K back?

    You have to tie a 2km long piece of string to your front door, and you can only walk until you run out of string, then you need to turn around and go home.

    Make sure it's exactly 2km.


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  • #4162
    SEPT 23 1989
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    I need a pint


  • #4163
    Mysteriouschic
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    eldamo wrote: »
    Where are passengers coming in from? Irish people being repatriated maybe, but there are no tourists landing wondering what is going on. The whole world is at a standstill due to this.

    Mostly UK flights , then Germany and France, USA


  • #4164
    Akrasia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,251 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    Roger_007 wrote: »
    These ‘extra’ restrictions are absolutely futile. Once you start making exceptions to the stay-at-home rule the thing falls apart. It only takes one person in any household to go out shopping or to work or for any other reason and they bring the virus back with them.
    All these measures are just window dressing. The horse has bolted long ago. All efforts should be concentrated on devising ways to protect the at-risk groups. The rest of us can just take our chances.
    The at risk groups include healthcare workers who have already had a fatality and will see many more before this ends. You can stay at home and knit for a few weeks, the ECB can pump a few trillion euros into the money supply to cover a lot of the costs and we’ll bounce back economically

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • #4165
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    TCDStudent1 wrote: »
    On the 2k radius, does that mean I can go for a walk for 2k from my home and then 2k back to my home? Or 1K out and 1K back?

    2km out. And then in a circle for as long as you want


  • #4166
    FVP3
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    spookwoman wrote: »
    I's say for shopping and essential it's ok the 2km rule is for going for your walk more than likely

    yes, you can probably bend the rules a bit by running or walking to the shop that is 3Km away. I might do that tomorrow in fact.


  • #4167
    gmisk
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    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    I'm thankful that I bought all those UHT milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
    And that I plunged all my money into frozen orange juice!


  • #4168
    Gunner Dry Eggshell
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  • #4169
    dan786
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭dan786


    TCDStudent1 wrote: »
    On the 2k radius, does that mean I can go for a walk for 2k from my home and then 2k back to my home? Or 1K out and 1K back?

    You can walk 100 kms within a 2km radius if you like. Its just that you must stay within 2km radius of your house.

    But again they said brief exercise so dont actually do 100kms.


  • #4170
    Wombatman
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    I wish they would cut out the waffle and Victor Hugo quotes at this stage.

    A half hour conference with 5 min of hard facts. Details of restrictions, no talk of enforcement.

    At least Bojo got straight to the point.


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  • #4171
    Linda Squeaking Strikeout
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Linda Squeaking Strikeout


    TCDStudent1 wrote: »
    On the 2k radius, does that mean I can go for a walk for 2k from my home and then 2k back to my home? Or 1K out and 1K back?

    Surely a TCD student knows what a radius is...


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