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

I am amazed that there are still some hosts letting out the spare room on Airbnb. I was able to successfully complete (and cancel) a booking for a room in a shared house ( with the host?) in Sutton for this weekend.

fr336 wrote: »

Re supermarkets it's all ancedotal but have you guys seen how many London bus drivers have died from this? Think it was around 10 at last check. I'm wondering if even being at the front of the bus as they are but in such a compact environment greatly increases their exposure compared to supermarket staff? But again it's just what we're getting to hear - maybe there are many cases from supermarket workers it just doesn't sound as "newsworthy" as bus drivers? We are still in relatively early days with this whole thing - maybe it will turn out that supermarkets presented a very low risk for some reason but the journey on the bus there will turn out to be extremely risky? Personally I'll be avoiding them all as much as possible for the foreseeable.

A chinese study found the 2 metre distancing isn't enough on a bus, at least on a long journey (4 hours). I'd expect the same would apply to taxis, trains and air travel.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074351/coronavirus-can-travel-twice-far-official-safe-distance-and-stay

bodhrandude wrote: »

I agree He was responsible for wiping out TB from Ireland by helping get built loads of hospitals around the country much to the detriment of his government because of the expenditure and his famous showdown with Bishop McQuaid from Derry.

Unfortunately a gross oversimplification.

Sanitorium building plan was by outgoing FF government MoH, it continuation was an agreed plank of the Interparty Government as it was being formed, the BCG vaccination scheme was the state's adoption of an ongoing vaccination campaign by voluntary organisations, and the reason Interparty Government fell was FG opposition to 'socialist medicine'

Noel's 'showdown' was a piece of political theatre, but there can be no argument that he was the main vocal driving force behind the anti-TB programme of the Interparty Government.

It was his intransigent stance and the equally intransigent pro-IMO anti-socialist stance of some of his government colleagues that led to it's collapse.

Madisyn Modern Spaniel wrote: »

I felt guilty this evening. A lady in her 60s came right up beside me in the queue to enter Tesco (even in the pre-era of social restrictions, she was in my personal space). in the Tesco queue. I then asked her for some space. As I queued for the till, she was ahead of me. She noticed a (very cute) baby in a pram (child no more than 5 months). She said “you are such a cute child” and tickled the child under its chin. The dad looked down awkwardly at the floor. I told her that social distancing is not just some theoretical concept, that people throughout this country are getting sick. As I was walking to my car, her and her daughter were giving me dirty looks. I feel terrible now

Pick your shops.

owlbethere wrote: »

Are there any for the rest of Ireland?

Like the west, and the south of Ireland, and the North too.

It seems as though North-West of last month has now become North.

It was really Donegal then, what if anything else, now makes up North?

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

The hub of this outbreak was in China.

Australia and New Zealand are much closer to China, so why not compare them to us? Potentially they could have been really badly affected - particularly in Australia, where there is a huge Asian population.

The connections between Europe and China dwarf those between Australian and NZ and China. We get millions more tourists than New Zealand every year due to our proximity to Europe and USA.

I would be very surprised if the very low density suburbs of south east coastal dublin were the 'epicentre' of the outbreak in the city

glasso wrote: »

just ignore it then.


I'm not claiming anything about them.

Exactly they mean nothing a random picture with no meaning a ridiculous post to get people worked up about thinking it is hotspots or the like a cry for attention post I think.

Madisyn Modern Spaniel wrote: »

I felt guilty this evening. A lady in her 60s came right up beside me in the queue to enter Tesco (even in the pre-era of social restrictions, she was in my personal space). I then asked her for some space. As I queued for the till, she was ahead of me. She noticed a (very cute) baby in a pram (child no more than 5 months). She said “you are such a cute child” and tickled the child under its chin. The dad looked down awkwardly at the floor. I told her that social distancing is not just some theoretical concept, that people throughout this country are getting sick. As I was walking to my car, her and her daughter were giving me dirty looks. I feel terrible now

Don’t feel terrible. I’ve twins still in a pram and I’d never let any stranger touch them. Surprised the father didn’t say anything or step in to block her. I’d have gone ape.

Madisyn Modern Spaniel wrote: »

I felt guilty this evening. A lady in her 60s came right up beside me in the queue to enter Tesco (even in the pre-era of social restrictions, she was in my personal space). I then asked her for some space. As I queued for the till, she was ahead of me. She noticed a (very cute) baby in a pram (child no more than 5 months). She said “you are such a cute child” and tickled the child under its chin. The dad looked down awkwardly at the floor. I told her that social distancing is not just some theoretical concept, that people throughout this country are getting sick. As I was walking to my car, her and her daughter were giving me dirty looks. I feel terrible now

She may have just forgotten, its easy to forget, but I think you were right to say something. A cute little puppy ran up to me outside the shop the other day, wasnt thinking and patted it on the head, obviously the owner said similar to what you said to that lady , to me. I felt pretty guilty after!

macmahon wrote: »

Can someone please explain to me again why testing centres are empty?

You need approval to get a test, can't just show up, the less people you test the less people can be confirmed as having the virus and so the better your approach looks...possibly.