Covid19 Part XVI- 21,983 in ROI (1,339 deaths) 3,881 in NI (404 deaths)(05/05)Read OP

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

1. Deaths per million is an inconvenient truth for many of you - people are just choosing not to believe it, because they don't like the ugly truth

growleaves wrote: »

Here are the official Coronavirus guidelines:

1. Basically, you can’t leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.
2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one, it can save you, it is useless, but maybe it is mandatory as well.
3. Stores are closed, except those that are open.
4. You should not go to hospitals unless you have to go there. Same applies to doctors, you should only go there in case of emergency, provided you are not too sick.
5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.
6. Gloves won’t help, but they can still help.
7. Everyone needs to stay HOME, but it’s important to GO OUT.
8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes.
9. The virus has no effect on children except those it affects.
10. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…
11. You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms. Oh, my..
12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand and it’s better not to go out, well, but no…
13. It’s better to get some fresh air, but you get looked at very wrong when you get some fresh air, and most importantly, you don’t go to parks or walk. But don’t sit down, except that you can do that now if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant (but not too old).
14. You can’t go to retirement homes, but you have to take care of the elderly and bring food and medication.
15. If you are sick, you can’t go out, but you can go to the pharmacy.
16. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house, which may have been prepared by people who didn’t wear masks or gloves. But you have to have your groceries decontaminated outside for 3 hours. Pizza too?
17. Every disturbing article or disturbing interview starts with “I don’t want to trigger panic, but…”
18. You can’t see your older mother or grandmother, but you can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.
19. You can walk around with a friend but not with your family if they don’t live under the same roof.
20. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.
21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no, six, no, we didn’t say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily.
22. The virus stays in the air – well no, or yes, maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can travel further, maybe.
23. We count the number of deaths but we don’t know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were “almost dead” to find out if that’s what they will die of…
24. We have no treatment, except that there may be one that apparently is not dangerous unless you take too much (which is the case with all medications).
25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity, so when it circulates… but we must no longer be locked up for that?

Iamabeliever wrote: »

Do you have reasons why masks should not be worn?

is_that_so wrote: »

And now we are getting into the area where they are recommended and required for use but even there not for everyone. They also tend to be of a better quality.

gabeeg wrote: »

Simon Harris believes that it's called Covid-19 because there's been 18 previous coronaviruses.

Let that sink in

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

If you just ignore the huge amount of deaths we're suffering... yeah we're doing great! :rolleyes:

It's 44 days since we registered our first death from this virus.

We are currently averaging about 16.5 deaths per day right now...

If you go back roughly 3 weeks ago to the end of last month, we were averaging about 3.3 deaths per day.

So no, we're not doing that well tbh... we're losing a huge amount of people to this virus considering our tiny population. And it's actually quite shocking how so many people seem to have become desensitized to these deaths occuring every single day now!

Longing wrote: »

Please tell me thats a hoax.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

And 1574.455 of them are about flights.

The rest are telling various science and medical professionals what they are doing wrong with Wikipedia knowledge.

is_that_so wrote: »

Well there's a protocol for that you should be following anyway. Just to clarify these are not my opinions, they come from the HSE but I accept them just as I'd accept a requirement to wear a mask if they come to that conclusion.

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! wrote: »

1. Deaths per million is an inconvenient truth for many of you - people are just choosing not to believe it, because they don't like the ugly truth.
2. The complete lack of action over Cheltenham was a joke. Zero leadership - Leo the lion and his cronies were sitting with their thumbs up their butts - terrified to make a decision. And we have undoubtedly paid a big price for that in subsequent infections.
3. Bullsh*t and you know it... they were dithering again on the paddy's day decision. The local towns made their own minds up, and cancelled themselves. Again, zero leadership skills displayed.
4. Nursing homes a mistake? Try a MASSIVE CALAMITY... which has accounted for more than half our total deaths! And we were warned in advance from other countries - but again sat with fingers up butts until it evolved into a huge problem... Again, complete lack of leadership. (And more worryingly - complete lack of professional competence from our so-called "expert" CMO advising the "guuberment")
5. We're still not supplying adequate PPE now... I wouldn't be holding my breath that we'll get this completely sorted at any point. Disaster! (Baring in mind there are several PPE suppliers shipping their goods out of this country to other nations - while we are buying cheap crap from China - this just compounds the ridiculousness of the situation)
6. There is something called clear and strong leadership from elected officials... but again I won't be holding my breath waiting for this from Leo and the gang. They are followers not leaders. Slavishly going along with whatever the WHO says, despite that particular organisation making multiple screw-ups themselves!
7. Our testing has been laughable... I'm not even going to bother responding to your piss-poor attempt at defending it. We all know how rubbish our attempt at a testing regime has been. Amateurish, like practically everything else we've been doing throughout this crisis!

Iamabeliever wrote: »

Completely agree. But I do think HSE will change there view on this in time.