Lord Trollington wrote: » I can tell you exactly how the virus will react once business reopens . It will spread and people will contract it. Are people really expecting to lockdown until the virus disappears and once we come out of the lockdown everything is cool again . People need to get real here. This virus is going nowhere. Even with a vaccine it will be here . We can either live in paralysis like thos for years to come or get on living .
lord quackinton wrote: » https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0427/1134970-covid19-coronavirus-restaurants/ The lockdown merchants don’t care that such job losses will happen it does not affect them From day one on here I called this crisis for what it really was , a very bad decision I suggested 10, 000 lives lost would be agreeable if the lockdown did not happen In reality I would have found 20000 lives lost this year to it a better result then what has happened our economy If restrictions ended tomorrow we would have more cases but not many more deaths We should have protected nursing homes from day 1 and asked but not ordered those over 70 to isolate Why we did not do that I have no idea The government and Holohan have many questions to answer on that
wadacrack wrote: » Then we are locking down for no reason. The logical thing to do is to open back up when the daily numbers are low. Test, trace, isolate similar to SK. Locking down is also buying us time to have the ability to test in higher numbers.
[Deleted User] wrote: » I dont think any econmy is worth losing 20K lives for,catch a hold of yourself
stephenjmcd wrote: » Today's independent saying they might only change slightly but not an awful lot, goes on to say that sources say cases are too high in the community, which goes against everything that the CMO is saying daily, also worries over the HSE ability to do 100,000 tests a week. I'm sorry but that's not a proper reason to keep us all under restrictions, they've had weeks to prepare for this, again like you say I thought the initial response was excellent but now it's like faulty towers.
Metroid diorteM wrote: » Having been through the testing process I can say it does more harm than good. It takes too long (weeks) from start to finish and the results are almost always false negatives.
lord quackinton wrote: » We should have protected nursing homes from day 1 and asked but not ordered those over 70 to isolate Why we did not do that I have no idea The government and Holohan have many questions to answer on that
stephenjmcd wrote: » Nobody wants to lose 20k lives, I'd hope that's not what anyone is suggesting. I dont want to see 120,000 jobs gone and an industry destroyed either. There's going to have to be some sort of reopening in the next month.
agreeable if the lockdown did not happen In reality I would have found 20000 lives lost this year to it a better result then what has happened our economy
Pitch n Putt wrote: » Posted this in other forum regarding lockdown extension. Delays in testing being the cause of a extended lockdown is a joke. They could delay it until whenever they like as there’s not a hope of reaching 100000 tests per week. Joke after joke. We’ve been listening to Paul Reid and his ramp up of testing speech week after week after week. It ain’t going to happen. The government and the advisory committee will soon be in no doubt as to what most people think. It’s turning into a farce and they will become to be seen as inept and out of their depth. We’re just dawdling along in the hope it might just go away and we won’t have to actually make some decisions. Crazy stuff really the more it’s going on.
Lord Trollington wrote: » If there is no significant easing of restrictions next week I can see some real backlash against the government and the CMO. They had gained a lot of support for their initial response but the last week to 10 days they have looked like bungling idiots with their handling of the care homes and a lack of any clear exit strategy. A big week ahead for all
drunkmonkey wrote: » There should be no backlash against the cmo it's not his doing, they are an advisor panel nothing more. We don't always take WHO advise either again there only advisors. All decisions are made by the Government, the buck stops with them. The backlash should be aimed at Leo and Harris nobody else, it's their decision, the restrictions are their decision they have to own that decision.
easypazz wrote: » They are on about a bigger garda operation this weekend, more checkpoints and starting earlier. Sick bastards.
ChikiChiki wrote: » You really value the economy over mass deaths?
Deleted User wrote: » I dont think any econmy is worth losing 20K lives for,catch a hold of yourself
Penfailed wrote: » He does. He has said as much repeatedly. He tries to defend it by saying that if the economy tanks (which is bound to happen worldwide anyway), there will be deaths as a knock on effect.
drunkmonkey wrote: » We've suspended cancer screening, that already has to have had a knock on effect. Probably a whole host of other progressive diseases put on the back boiler as well.
is_that_so wrote: » BH weekend will have some people even more antsy and as it might be the end of this current regime of restrictions, there is a need to ensure people hang in till the end of that period. The weather might help there anyway!
stephenjmcd wrote: » I get the feeling that this exiting lockdown plan is going to be the most vague document the government has presented to us yet. Independent also reporting that there wont be any dates or timeline given to the phases in it other than "at the appropriate time"
niallo27 wrote: » A destroyed economy costs lifes and destroys even more though. There has to be a balance.
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