CoVid19 Part XIV - 8,089 in ROI (288 deaths) 1,589 in NI (92 deaths) (10/04) Read OP

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Jesus wibbs as someone who normally contributes brilliantly to most forums we cross paths in that's a very negative post. You didn't strike me as the "sure I'd do better than the guberment" type but the above post does give off more than a hint of this. So anything anyone can do that you'd give actual credit to ?

I'm cautiously negative Itsso, because we haven't done nearly so well as we could have and we need to face the facts here. We are in the world top ten of percentage dead per million, even with the massive advantage of our low population density and mostly non shared living arrangements. That is not in any way doing well and that feeling has to change if we hope to do better. The list of screwups by our leadership is a long enough one.

I'm also not saying I'd do better Itsso, I am saying that other nations have done better and we should emulate them, not sit around playing catch up and being reactive rather than proactive. We need to decouple from the WHO advice for a start. Rather not be so slavish to them and have the balls to have some independent thought(and pigs might fly in the HSE). Something that has been seriously lacking.

The government only shut down Paddy's day after local councils did. A reactive stance and at the eleventh hour. Many businesses had already closed down, or reduced workers and implemented working from home before the government did. The government did nada regarding the risks of events like Cheltenham. The government didn't and still haven't put in health checks or restrictions or quarantine on our borders. The government didn't get serious about providing PPE to our frontline health workers until last week for god's sake. The HSE stated asymptomatic transmission was of very low risk, even if you were living with a covid contact person, a month after the dogs on the street knew this was a nonsense. The government is still dead set against the wearing of masks in public, because the WHO told them to, yet more and more nations are copping on this is major weapon along with hand washing and distancing in stopping the spread of this virus. And they won't change their mind until the WHO tell them to. Never forget the government said it was OK to visit people in care homes not so long ago. Care homes which have seen some of our highest number of deaths. Even when Italy's elderly were already dying like flies and it was known to be clearly targeting the elderly since early January. Our testing has been a bloody farce, with some waiting over two weeks for a result. It's taken until the other day before the government gave the Guards the tools to actually help do their job in reducing the number of idiots in the community spreading this virus.

And you think we should be positive? I fear we're sheep being led by sheep at this stage and that needs to change now. And since pigs might fly before the HSE get their collective fingers out, we as a people should all do this: Stay the hell at home unless for shopping(once maybe twice a week) and 2km distance exercise. Wear a mask when you're in public. All workers in the public domain should wear masks. Wash your hands before you leave the house and when you get back and use hand sanitiser when out and about if you're in contact with surfaces. That's what I would do and what we all could and should do.