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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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  • #5222
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    It's a 2km radius from your house which means a 4km diameter which can easily max out as an 8km run/cycle/walk.
    Nobody in the countryside is going to be stopped going beyond that either.


  • #5223
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,194 ✭✭✭screamer


    These restrictions might seem harsh but come on it’s nothing compared to that poor nurses plight. Poor woman RIP. There’s a family destroyed and a life gone forever. You’re being asked for 2 weeks holed up in your house, do it for her and the thousands like her who will be putting their lives on the line to save anyone who suffers this terrible virus. Reduce their risk, stay home so they get to go home alive.


  • #5224
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 10,919 ✭✭✭✭con747


    BoatMad wrote: »
    So how did you shop before , and what’s wrong with others shopping for a few weeks

    Can you read? My wife has the car. When she eventually gets home she spends 30 minutes making sure she has not brought the virus home because i have 3 underlying conditions. Now i have to hope strangers have the same regime with my shopping. Is that a good reason?

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  • #5225
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    Need a Username wrote: »

    I see people do it all the time and wonder do they know how stupid they look. :D

    Kinda like posters like you writing some amount of crap on the internet


  • #5226
    BoatMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,506 ✭✭✭✭BoatMad


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    Did you quote my post but ignore everything other than the first few words I wrote? GDP for the year will be no indication of long term economic damage. GDP per quarter afterwards versus the same quarters in previous years will be. We can take a few quarters being absolute ****shows.

    You can be no more certain about long term economic damage than I can be about next year's weather. You opinion is that there might be. It is no more than your opinion and I have no idea if you have any qualifications to make such a prediction. You don't know how markets will bounce back or not, what medium term packages from the EU and the ECB will be like, how quickly the show will get on the road again here and elsewhere and all the other variables than will have a huge impact on whether or not there will be long term economic damage.

    Sorry , experts have been coming out all week taking about economic damage , many of these businesses will never reopen , etc. I can argue with reason that there will be considerable damage , as to exactly how much, well that depends , but the eurozone is still arguing over Eurobonds FFS


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  • #5227
    almostover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭almostover


    retro:electro wrote: »
    So are the Guards going to be stopping people asking where they’re going or how exactly is this going to be policed? Is it just up to us all to comply and then Guards will intervene when measures are clearly not being adhered to? What’s to stop Dave saying he’s going to Tesco to do his mother’s shopping 5k away and then stopping on his way home for an hours run. Who is actually going to be monitoring this?

    One word: Responsibility. This isn't about how to get away with flouting the restrictions, it's about doing what's necessary to prevent the unnecessary deaths of your fellow citizens. Grow up!


  • #5228
    TheDoctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,990 ✭✭✭TheDoctor


    LOCKDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


  • #5229
    timhenn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 514 ✭✭✭timhenn


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    There are a number of stages in this fight against the virus - if we went into a full lockdown 2 weeks ago - then the virus wouldn't be spreading as fast and the hospitals wouldn't be busy - but the virus wouldn't go away, people would get restless and start to wander about 3 weeks and then you would get to week 6 and numbers would rocket - and then what - enforce another lockdown?

    The government have all the medical experts to hand - what have you got?


    Your one of these posters that has 20/20 vision and no matter what the government do you will find fault.

    Hang on, what have you got? Did you just make all that sh1t up or you got an expert on hand? Or a crystal ball?

    I've been calling for more action to sort this, people who defend the government have said that's wrong, the government are going the right way about it. Now the government have announced more action and those same people are saying how right they are. It's hilarious!


  • #5230
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Why doesn't your other half do the shopping on the way home? Even Leitrim has a Tesco they is open 6am -midnight.I'm working similar hours to him and I can still manage to get a shop in.
    They live in the middle of nowhere they said.


  • #5231
    BoatMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,506 ✭✭✭✭BoatMad


    con747 wrote: »
    Can you read? My wife has the car. When she eventually gets home she spends 30 minutes making sure she has not brought the virus home because i have 3 underlying conditions. Now i have to hope strangers have the same regime with my shopping. Is that a good reason?

    It seems you can get shopping , yes , it’s not ideal , but then , nothing is right now.

    So what


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  • #5232
    Sean 18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 204 ✭✭Sean 18


    Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »
    Batman franchise is going to take a nosedive.

    How could somebody eating a bat cause the world to shut down you think the person would have got posioned not spread it around


  • #5233
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,541 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Strazdas wrote: »
    The 2km thing presumably applies to visits to supermarkets and pharmacies as well.
    No it doesn't, it only applies the exercise part.


  • #5234
    Heckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,378 ✭✭✭Heckler


    In all my years in my company we have never ever dealt in medical supplies. Now that the govt, has shut down everything guess what ? Now we do and are deemed essential, Bull**** of the highest order. **** you Dell you greedy *****.


  • #5235
    BoatMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,506 ✭✭✭✭BoatMad


    s1ippy wrote: »
    They live in the middle of nowhere they said.

    Seemingly half of boards, live up a mountain peak , in Narnia .


  • #5236
    Be right back
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,503 ✭✭✭Be right back


    screamer wrote: »
    These restrictions might seem harsh but come on it’s nothing compared to that poor nurses plight. Poor woman RIP. There’s a family destroyed and a life gone forever. You’re being asked for 2 weeks holed up in your house, do it for her and the thousands like her who will be putting their lives on the line to save anyone who suffers this terrible virus. Reduce their risk, stay home so they get to go home alive.

    May she rest in peace.


  • #5237
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    gnarbarian wrote: »
    Anybody know if coal deliveries are still aloud under this lockdown?

    Yes, Fuel suppliers are essential


  • #5238
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,447 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    I'm still not clear on how mandatory these new restrictions now are.

    Eg : there's over 150km between my house and my son. If I decide to travel between the 2 tomorrow, is someone actually going to stop me?

    They are absolutely mandatory. That are direct instructions from government for the benefit of all of society.

    Will you be punished if you do the trip? It's unlikely you'll be caught, but that's not the point. A responsible citizen wouldn't countenance making the trip.


  • #5239
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,149 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    https://twitter.com/IDSIreland/status/1243645433043435523?s=20


  • #5240
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Need a Username wrote: »
    I actually don’t understand the running and jogging.

    I see people do it all the time and wonder do they know how stupid they look. :D


    I just don't get this running and jogging and gym shyte anymore.

    Well it ain't going to happen again for a while, so they might have to do the circle around their area. Fine.

    Please don't tell us about how hard it is for you though. Had enough now.


  • #5241
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,809 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    Need a Username wrote: »
    I actually don’t understand the running and jogging.

    I see people do it all the time and wonder do they know how stupid they look. :D

    Whatever happened to 'power walking' .....you know the type arms swinging like a sasquatch, seems to have gone out of fashion


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  • #5242
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    timhenn wrote: »
    Hang on, what have you got? Did you just make all that sh1t up or you got an expert on hand? Or a crystal ball?

    I've been calling for more action to sort this, people who defend the government have said that's wrong, the government are going the right way about it. Now the government have announced more action and those same people are saying how right they are. It's hilarious!

    There are 3 different phases and still has been made clear from the start - they are introduced as and when needed.

    Start right now - what more action do you want - name 5 things that make sense..

    Remember if you say close the airports - you have to think about the cargo planes, you have to think about the Irish abroad and how they will get home - so think carefully.


  • #5243
    BoatMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,506 ✭✭✭✭BoatMad


    Sean 18 wrote: »
    How could somebody eating a bat cause the world to shut down you think the person would have got posioned not spread it around

    The vector , it seems is the practice of eating parts of a pangolin , that seemingly was bitten by a bat. Pangolin scales are seen as a medicinal benefit in China.


  • #5244
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,667 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    optimusgrime wrote: »
    Just wondering, I'm assuming An Post/Other couriers will still be delivering orders, ie if I order from Amazon I could still receive parcels etc?

    You will but the likes of Amazon are prioritising some deliveries so you might see some delays.


  • #5245
    paul71
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭paul71


    con747 wrote: »
    In my case my OH works in a sector that is vital so is doing 14-17 hour days since the beginning of the month 7 days a week. We are a 1 car household and her hours do not coincide with supermarket opening. So, I have to try get people i don't know to get my shopping is what has changed for me and numerous others in that boat. Also we live in the middle of nowhere with no nearby neighbours.

    Ok thats fair enough, if you are in that situation. Contact your local GAA club and ask them if they are running delivery services. I know many of them are. If they are not ask them if they think they would consider it. Failing that contact the civil defense and try and band your nearest nieghbours together (even if they are 3 or 4 miles from you) and outline your situation.


  • #5246
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,427 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Alun wrote: »
    No it doesn't, it only applies the exercise part.

    How do you know? The Govt saying 'stay at home except to shop for essential food' does not mean that person is free to take a 30 mile leisurely spin out into the countryside to do their shopping. The assumption would be they would go to a shop or supermarket nearby.


  • #5247
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,195 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    s1ippy wrote: »
    They live in the middle of nowhere they said.
    BoatMad wrote: »
    Seemingly half of boards, live up a mountain peak , in Narnia .

    Also seem to have great internet - led to believe from others that there is no internet in the middle of nowhere


  • #5248
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,623 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    kingtiger wrote: »
    people should get it through their thick skulls that we are all on a wartime footing at the moment

    we still have the luxury of home comforts and food on the table, there is no ration books, your children are not shipped off alone to some place in the country to escape bombing runs

    all is being asked that you stay at ****ing home for a few weeks, how hard is that?

    Someone else deserves a kiss. ^
    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    I have a feeling that those calling for a "full lockdown" for the last fortnight will now be the same ones saying that "they're taking our freedom away".

    No.
    BoatMad wrote: »
    Seemingly half of boards, live up a mountain peak , in Narnia .

    Beats living in Cloud Cuckoo Land.


  • #5249
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Ford and GM have been forced by Trump under some American emergency act to make good on their promise and open up the factories to manufacture 40,000 ventilators as they had promised.

    He especially slated the GM Ceo because she stated they could only produce 6000 and not until late April. This is not in line with the contract signed by GM and Ford with the US government.

    Good man Trump. One thing you got right.


  • #5250
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Are all fast food takeaway delivery services finished so ?


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  • #5251
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    I just don't get this running and jogging and gym shyte anymore.

    Well it ain't going to happen again for a while, so they might have to do the circle around their area. Fine.

    Please don't tell us about how hard it is for you though. Had enough now.
    This may help to explain,

    Endorphins also trigger a positive feeling in the body, similar to that of morphine. For example, the feeling that follows a run or workout is often described as "euphoric." That feeling, known as a "runner's high," can be accompanied by a positive and energizing outlook on life.


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