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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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  • #6182
    Achasanai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Achasanai


    is_that_so wrote: »
    The reaction is not surprising as people adjust. Like the first panic run it'll settle down after a few days once we get used to it.


    Exactly. Although we're due a 'big' shop, we're waiting until the end part of the week with the hope that any panic buying will have died down by then.


  • #6183
    RandomName2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭RandomName2


    Nermal wrote: »
    Could the mouth-breathers get a separate thread to shout ‘stay at home’ repeatedly to one another in?

    You've been banging on about this non-stop for weeks.
    Nermal wrote:
    No point in seriously damaging our economy for what will only be very marginal gains in safety. Life is risk.

    I've been a little bit shocked by how many self-centered people there are in this country. People who don't feel we are in this together. People who are only interested in their personal comforts and don't give a damn how many people have to die to service them.

    Italy is finally starting to curb its death rate.

    h2i8h2v3z8p41.jpg

    'A waste of time', I can imagine you saying, 'Sure they should have kept on the way they were going, but just euthanize those who are brought into hospital. The economy would be saved, and decent people would not be inconvenienced'

    This was the attitude that led to Covid-19 becoming a pandemic in the first place. Can't cut off travel with China, that would damage the economy.

    Call people who say that the curve should be flattened 'panic-mongers' say that people who listen to the government and health professionals are 'mouth-breathers', say that the possibility of long-term damage to health due to the coronavirus is just bull****.
    Nermal wrote: »
    BoatMad wrote: »
    The evidence is those that recover from any sort of serious bout they can loose 10-30% lung function permanently

    This is not some form of mild flu

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    That's wankerdom of the highest order. What, is your summer trip jeopardized?


  • #6184
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,063 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    JustAThought wrote: »
    there wont be a fish left in the sea or bees or wildlife anywhere if the poison the water and air with chemicals and bleach.Where so they think the run off for these chemicals go?

    Bleach breaks down to salt water fairly quickly, it's not a danger to the oceans and probably would be mostly broken down in passing through storm water drainage systems.


  • #6185
    NATLOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,356 ✭✭✭NATLOR


    Curious_Case wrote: »
    Me too

    The UK were a little slow

    US citizens are very unfortunate in that their president seems unable to comprehend statistics, facts, mathematics, etc.

    Trump is a one trick pony, great man for sorting out the economy

    Your worst nightmare for dealing with this


  • #6186
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,528 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    OH works in a Builder's Providers.
    They had all the safety measures in place.
    2 in the shop at a time, sanitizer and gloves available, 2m marked out for queuing outside/tils, people with accounts told to phone in order and collect - drive into the yard jobby.

    And what happens? People notice the gates to the yard are open to allow collection so they start to go into the shop via the warehouse. For a browse...or to order new bathroom suites.. :rolleyes:
    Staff working were being put at risk because half the bloody country decided this was the ideal time to tackle those DIY projects, and some of those people decided they didn't want to queue or stick to the restrictions.

    Hardware shops are now emergency/delivery above is the reason why.

    A lot of older people in local towns seem happy to just wonder in for a browse and a chat. A good few retailers have had a closed door policy over the last week or so for that reason.


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  • #6187
    CptMackey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭CptMackey


    Cilldara_2000 wrote: »
    Christ almighty. They received advice yesterday to shut the country down. Would you have preferred they waited while they drew up the list and still have hordes of eejits roaming the countryside today? Just to satisfy a few gob****es with no common sense on the internet?

    I imagine they knew this was a distinct possibility a few weeks ago. So a list of what to close and what to stay open should have been sorted . This gets people to stay at home and keeps their boss off their backs. And leave people know should they apply for the social.
    The 2 week term is nonsense as well. This is going to be months of this


  • #6188
    Red for Danger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭Red for Danger


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Once ICUs and hospitals get overwhelmed and reach capacity the death rate soars.

    True
    We've to take this inevitability into or planning here
    The fairytale stuff has to stop
    Were not south South Korea
    Germany deaths just like the others is on the rise it was only the time keeping the low
    Belgium on 64 early in the morning and irish people on here still thinking we're gonna stay in control

    I


  • #6189
    RoryMac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,617 ✭✭✭RoryMac


    CptMackey wrote: »
    So they could have had a list done

    I think you're underestimating the work involved in putting together a list of services/businesses that need to be kept open or partially open to support the essential services. Each hospital probably has 100's of companies that provide equipment or services to them, most of those won't be critical to the day to day running of the hospital but when for example their PCs stop working or the air conditioning stops these will need to be fixed


  • #6190
    Bob24
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    The way they do passport checks in China those days for inbound international flights ... directly on the plane with heavy protective equipment before being sent into quarantine.

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  • #6191
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    RandomName2 wrote: »
    You've been banging on about this non-stop for weeks.



    I've been a little bit shocked by how many self-centered people there are in this country. People who don't feel we are in this together. People who are only interested in their personal comforts and don't give a damn how many people have to die to service them.

    Italy is finally starting to curb its death rate.

    h2i8h2v3z8p41.jpg

    'A waste of time', I can imagine you saying, 'Sure they should have kept on the way they were going, but just euthanize those who are brought into hospital. The economy would be saved, and decent people would not be inconvenienced'

    This was the attitude that led to Covid-19 becoming a pandemic in the first place. Can't cut off travel with China, that would damage the economy.

    Call people who say that the curve should be flattened 'panic-mongers' say that people who listen to the government and health professionals are 'mouth-breathers', say that the possibility of long-term damage to health due to the coronavirus is just bull****.



    That's wankerdom of the highest order. What, is your summer trip jeopardized?
    That poster is one of the worst for the selfishness all right - "well I'm fine, so what's the problem bruh?"

    We are a month behind Italy and Spain. It's only in the last month that things escalated for them.


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  • #6192
    kingshankly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭kingshankly


    Achasanai wrote: »


    Exactly. Although we're due a 'big' shop, we're waiting until the end part of the week with the hope that any panic buying will have died down by then.

    Supermarkets haven’t done enough imo you should get a ticket entering the car park stay at your car then go in when your number is called or comes up on a screen this lining up craic ha to stop it also heightens panic when people see queues
    Also anyone sharing empty shelves or big queues on social media need to be fined it just adds to the panic


  • #6193
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    RandomName2 wrote: »
    You've been banging on about this non-stop for weeks.



    I've been a little bit shocked by how many self-centered people there are in this country. People who don't feel we are in this together. People who are only interested in their personal comforts and don't give a damn how many people have to die to service them.

    Italy is finally starting to curb its death rate.

    h2i8h2v3z8p41.jpg

    'A waste of time', I can imagine you saying, 'Sure they should have kept on the way they were going, but just euthanize those who are brought into hospital. The economy would be saved, and decent people would not be inconvenienced'

    This was the attitude that led to Covid-19 becoming a pandemic in the first place. Can't cut off travel with China, that would damage the economy.

    Call people who say that the curve should be flattened 'panic-mongers' say that people who listen to the government and health professionals are 'mouth-breathers', say that the possibility of long-term damage to health due to the coronavirus is just bull****.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112928035&postcount=237

    That's wankerdom of the highest order. What, is your summer trip jeopardized?

    It is interesting how much of people's personalities have been laid bare on these threads. Let it go, you're mutually irritated/outraged by the topic and it'll just be yet another bout of scrapping for the moral high ground.


  • #6194
    Steer55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 226 ✭✭Steer55


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    New data has been added to Worldometer. Including the date of each country's first case confirmation.

    When Italy and Spain were at the point in time that we are at now (about four weeks since the first confirmed case) they had a fraction of the deaths in this country.

    I'm actually sick with worry now.


    It's no good worrying, just follow the protocols asked of you, no more can be said. There are political. Cultural and environmental factors at play too in the way particular countries are affected with this virus. We can't really compare countries with each other.


  • #6195
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,210 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    BBC reporting that an official in Japan has said that an emergency is coming in Tokyo. Now that the Olympics has been cancelled will we start to get the real picture of what is happening there?


  • #6196
    Kerry25x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 556 ✭✭✭Kerry25x


    Red for Danger wrote: »
    Germany deaths just like the others is on the rise it was only the time keeping the low

    They are also counting them differently to most countries apparently, not attributing the death to Covid19 where an underlying condition played a significant part.


  • #6197
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    is_that_so wrote: »
    It is interesting how much of people's personalities have been laid bare on these threads. Let it go, you're mutually irritated/outraged by the topic and it'll just be yet another bout of scrapping for the moral high ground.
    More important things to worry about than telling people how they should feel, I.t.s.


  • #6198
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    NATLOR wrote: »
    Trump is a one trick pony, great man for sorting out the economy

    Your worst nightmare for dealing with this
    He's now taken to threatening anyone he think he can blame. We all share a level of frustration about this and he's taking it a lot worse than most.


  • #6199
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,063 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    tromtipp wrote: »
    Sweet suffering Jesus, walk the first 2 km of your favoured route, turn round and walk back. If you need to, repeat. It really isn't difficult.


    During the Foot and Mouth epidemic we all* stopped walking in the countryside from early February until early May - it was difficult, but we managed it.


    *Many of us.

    Ok, I take your advice, walk 2k and repeat the section. Apart from now obeying the rules, how is that in any way safer?


  • #6200
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,145 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    CptMackey wrote: »
    They should have had the list sorted before the lockdown. But sure the civil service doesn't work weekends. So to hell those that do

    These armchair experts are just sickening, add nothing to the discussion, belittle the hard work of others, and just stink of childish petulance and a lack of appreciation of how things in the real world work.


  • #6201
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    Steer55 wrote: »
    It's no good worrying, just follow the protocols asked of you, no more can be said. There are political. Cultural and environmental factors at play too in the way particular countries are affected with this virus. We can't really compare countries with each other.
    Yeah I agree there that each country is different but still, other countries can be used as a rough guide.

    The problem is all these selfish people not following the protocols.


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  • #6202
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1243636243159752705

    Could you imagine Bill Clinton, Obama or even Bush jr. being this thick?

    Trump supporters, come on you know he's a dumb ass, you know it.

    The dumb asses are the ones standing shoulder to shoulder around him!


  • #6203
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 43,036 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Palmach wrote: »
    Maybe their approach is the right one and we are overreacting.

    Netherlands have a death rate of 32 per million

    We have a death rate of 4 per million.

    So nope, their approach is not the right one


  • #6204
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    More important things to worry about than telling people how they should feel, I.t.s.
    What's that acronym?


  • #6205
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Deaths in Indonesia now up to 106, there were less than 10 confirmed cases in the country less than three weeks ago.


  • #6206
    khalessi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,216 ✭✭✭khalessi


    E36Ross wrote: »
    Panic buying alive and well in Limerick. :rolleyes:

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157383349171775&id=335733926774&comment_id=10157383353446775&notif_t=comment_mention&notif_id=1585394296966306&ref=m_notif

    What Im seeing there are people queuing calmly maintaining social distance for their shopping, didnt see any panic


  • #6207
    Poor_old_gill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭Poor_old_gill


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    Another good thing about McGregor's stance on Covid is the demographic he appeals to.

    Most of his fans and MMA fans and fighters are males in their 20s and 30s. They are a little high on testosterone and risk takers generally. Many idolise him. It's great he's giving this message rather than 'get out and enjoy yourselves, it's only a flu, stop acting like bleedin old fcuking women'. Look he has assaulted a man outside the Octagon, is no angel. But on this he's shown maturity and responsibility.

    I completely agree, as I've said on here earlier - when all this i over we should remember who played their part and who didnt.

    He is playing his part, so fairplay to him for that.

    This is a numbers & optimisation situation so the more resources we can get our hands on the better and the more lives will be saved.

    When governments the world over are telling people to stay at home and crippling their own economies by doing so - it essentially means we are in a bit of a pickle here so I say fairplay to anyone who steps up to the plate in anyway.

    If you have time the give that, if you can give money then give that, every little will help.


  • #6208
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    is_that_so wrote: »
    What's that acronym?

    Your initials. :)


  • #6209
    homah_7ft
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,126 ✭✭✭homah_7ft


    I can't understand why the lotto hasn't been cancelled. Surely that is the definition of a non-essential reason to go to the shop.


  • #6210
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    homah_7ft wrote: »
    I can't understand why the lotto hasn't been cancelled. Surely that is the definition of a non-essential reason to go to the shop.

    It can be done online.


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  • #6211
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,449 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Leo having to spell it out for the eejits out there:

    .


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