So what are the positives surrounding the Covid19 coronavirus?

super_furry wrote: »

Actually now that you mention it, the addicts must be having a tough time of it. Wonder if there'll be a few that get clean almost by accident.

i have been recking my head thinking the same thing for over a week now , ,

funnily enough i havent been asked for "money for the bus " in nearly two weeks now either for some reason ......

KaneToad wrote: »

I could never understand how anyone, who wasn't British, ever watched that show. Its so far from being funny...

Nice username though!

Beats most RTE "comedy".

You would think RTE and other channels outputs would improve now that most everyone is stuck indoors, live shows and soaps aside.

I think they stopped filming Soaps...

Shaking hands as a traditional greeting or to acknowledge a deal will end.
I always found it uncomfortable anyway. No one wants a sweaty palm against theirs by choice. Future generations will find the practice archaic.

Social distancing in supermarkets at the checkout. I can't quite explain this, it's not a snobbish thing, but I do like it.

No sports news. I mean the constant drone of banal sports news (especially team sports), injury reports, surnames, etc, which I think is OTT ordinarily. Have noting against sport per se. (edit: I never thought I'd live to see the day this would come to a complete halt).

The huge reduction in traffic. I live in the busiest part of a town center and over the years I've decided I hate traffic. The sound of it is the biggest annoyance, and the never ending flow of it.

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

No need to iron shirts tonight.

No fear for a lot of people

Darc19 wrote: »

Possibly mentioned, but Ireland was lucky that Leo Varadkar was taoiseach and election was gone and he had no need to play to an audience.

He had nothing to gain and nothing to lose.

But more importantly, he's a doctor, his partner is a doctor, his dad is a doctor and his mum was a nurse.

So he understood the possibility of this being horrendous and did not need to question the experts.

So whilst he may not have done everything well in the past few years, he's the right person in the right place for now, and that has to be a positive.

And his 2 sisters are midwives and they're married to doctors, I'm not even joking!



Positives for me are ,I love working from home, I love not having to go anywhere, I love being able to exercise loads. Honestly if i didnt know what was the reason for all these cool things I'd be thinking life is great. Unfortunately its ****ed!

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I actually think people will drink more at home and possibly eat junk food.
Subscriptions and online viewing will increase.
Retailers will push online sales and offer free delivery and we may see an increase in this.
Couples who are working from home possibly will have relations and we might see a few extra babies in nine months.

I'm drinking more and eating junk food

The cleanliness all around!

Usually I keep my house as clean as possible while working fulltime, but I'm not too bothered with details. Now I'm walking through the house like a warrior queen, sanitizing/antibacterial cleaning stuff like guns and spears in hand in search of any surface that hasn't been cleaned yet.
Now all the light switches, door knobs, window openers, forgotten corners are gleaming.

Same with my next door neighbour who is whizzing around killing the enemy, both of us exchanging over the fence tips where there might be any germ/bacteria/virus left.

Then the effects of social distancing.
I actually have more of a social life, though only via social media/internet/phone, than before. I'm in constant contact with people I usually take for granted. Suddenly life is precious and you want to know how everyone is, exchanging experiences and feelings, and silly gifs and videos. And suddenly you know whom you actually care about and who cares about you, and that friendship blossoms where you never suspected it.