Jenbach110 wrote: » Look your right its difficult. We wont do it. Makes much more sense for everyone to stay at home for 2 years
Thelonious Monk wrote: » Yes and there's no avoiding that no matter when Ireland reopens. We're heading for a global depression. Enjoy the ride, at least we don't live in some total mess of a country, it's going to get really bad in poorer countries.
alwald wrote: » You will understand better if you compare all the available data of Sweden versus its neighboring countries...Google isn't your forte so it might take you time .
niallo27 wrote: » You say that but poorer countries live with this **** most of the time.
niallo27 wrote: » Is the real issue, being able to go for a walk and being bored. The real issue is that most of us will be broke after this and life will be ****. This is the main crux of the issue not because we cant go for a walk in the park.
STB. wrote: » Yeah, that's not going to happen. The next 3 weeks are about slowing the spread, not overwhelming ICU's and saving lives. 1000 cases today. We are now over 10,600. There are large numbers being admitted to hospital, not just ICU. Of the 10,600. 10,247 are active cases, and in turn 194 are in serious or critical condition. If you don't see the bigger picture, you are living in la la land. And there are quite a few in this thread who clearly are.
BanditLuke wrote: » It doesn't matter a jot what Ireland does now. We rise and fall on the shoulders of others. The whole world is heading into a depression which will make 2008 seem like a tea party. You think opening up a few coffee shops and hardware stores is going to change our direction?
Cupatae wrote: » You were saying its the way forward and shooting down everyone else, you want the restrictions lifted im just asking how you wanna do it? wheres the silver bullet?
GazzaL wrote: » However, we also need to get the young, fit and healthy back to work.
Thelonious Monk wrote: » Yes and now it's even worse. I was watching a thing about Ecuador on C4 the other day, COVID is a problem there, people's parents decomposing in their houses because they can't get anyone to take the bodies away. At least we have a somewhat decent infrastructure to deal with all this.
Stateofyou wrote: » Kiki's story (and thank you for sharing) highlights yet another failure of our healthcare system. Mental health help and support here is difficult to find and terribly underfunded in normal times. I know several people who have struggled to find any available or affordable counselling to help them. They've turned to mindfulness apps and other activities as a sort of plaster. Two others I know do have counsellors but feel they're not a great fit but as that's all the option they have feel it's better than nothing. Yes, we all need to check in on our people, our friends and family, at a time like this. But also, where is the funding or focus on mental health support? It wasn't there before, it's not there now (or please correct me if I'm wrong), and doubtful it will be a priority in the months after. Kiki, you should have arrived at hospital and then been escorted to the mental health ward and gotten excellent care. But that doesn't exist. It's bullish*t.
Cupatae wrote: » Id argue poorer people are hardier and can put up with more.. take someone from a desperate poor country and drop em in a irish house...see if there on boards complaining about it been too hard mentally to stay inside...
antgal23 wrote: » I saw that, very sad When it gets into the favelas or the townships it'll kill a lot of people
easypazz wrote: » How are there 10247 active cases? How many have fully recovered by now?
Jenbach110 wrote: » You use a lot of ammunition comparisons for such a caring selfless person. Testing. Its difficult. 5m people. Luckily 1m are on the benefit assistance. Public sector are at home. Lots of options for manpower to implement the testing. It wont happen tho, people like yourself are to happy to sit at home indefinatley
ShineOn7 wrote: » That's a fair point. Maybe have all under 40s with no underlying conditions restrictions lifted. Their mortality numbers are comparatively very small It wont happen though as many silly over 40s will then see this as almost a challenge to ignore the restrictions
GazzaL wrote: » Doing nothing and staying in lockdown indefinitely isn't an option. The longer we're in lockdown, the worse the consequences will be.
Cupatae wrote: » So you want to lift the restrictions and test 5m people? for a self proclaimed know it all you are very vague in your answers, you wanna train the 1m to test?? hows it gonna work? what if people get reinfected? you spelled indefinitely wrong by the way... i know how much of a stickler for spelling you since you pointed it out in my last post :cool:
Jenbach110 wrote: » The testing is difficult to carry out so we will all stay home. Case closed.
alwald wrote: » Read about it to understand the measures put in place to end it.
Gael23 wrote: » That’s the problem. The longer it goes on the social and economic fallout gets worse
easypazz wrote: » I expect them to start announcing what restrictions will be lifted on May 5th well before that date. Maybe starting next week.
Elmer Blooker wrote: » I have read about it. There were only restrictions put in place in 1919 once the war was over and by then the damage was done and it was too late. Have you ever seen those old films of the crowds celebrating the armistice in Nov 1918 when the second wave was at its peak?
