drunkmonkey wrote: » The message from media at the moment has to be no they won't lift restrictions. It'll be at the last minute they don't want us to get complacent this week. There towing the party line at the moment which is the right thing to do. Wait and see what Ivan Yates has to say about it this evening, he's not in the bull**** business.
Deleted User wrote: » Count me in, I’m done with this.
kenmm wrote: » You mean they can ease restrictions because they are better run or what?
jonnny68 wrote: » yep if they announce a 2 week extension then a substantial amount of people will do their own thing, people are at breaking point as it stands.
is_that_so wrote: » Now the question of collective mental health becomes as much an issue as controlling the spread of the virus.
Nermal wrote: » https://www.forbes.com/sites/gabrielleigh/2020/04/27/the-predicted-coronavirus-catastrophe-hasnt-arrived-in-sweden-whats-next/#7b44042b3caf Sweden: roads busy. Shops busy. Travel agents busy. One can avail of luxuries forgotten here such as, for instance, a haircut. Spend the evening at a packed barbeque. Field hospitals empty. We're in the midst of a mass delusion.
The HorsesMouth wrote: » It's seems obvious at this stage that the lockdown is being extended because they don't have different elements to control an outbreak in place i.e testing, contact tracing. How can it all hinge on a couple of admissions to ICU more than anticipated? If they feel they cant deal with a few extra admissions then why would they ever lift restrictions?! And you know I think if they came out and said to us that there have been delays but by May 14th for example we will be in a solid position to deal with it then people would accept it. But this slight blame game going on last week about more people out and about is not sitting well with people...more specifically the 90% of people who are following the rules as they have been asked. For the record I do support this lockdown and the next couple of weeks if that's what it takes (not sure if I could take much more after that) but I think a bit more openness and honesty would go a long way.
Penfailed wrote: » Well...no. They questioned the justification for a lockdown until a vaccine is found. That's not feasible. They didn't question the justification for a continuation of current restrictions.
easypazz wrote: » All these articles are just journalists making predictions, in fact we are probably doing a better job on here. Fast food chains to be allowed reopen for takeaway? They are already allowed open for takeaway, lots of them are, including Supermac. Nothing new in these articles at all. Construction to restart from next week, roadmap for everything else, phased reopening and stepback if cases get out of hand.Nobody ever expected back to normal next Tuesday.
hmmm wrote: » Mental health is going to be badly affected if the virus starts going exponential again and the news is full of reports of overloaded ICU departments. Then we'll be back to lighting candles at 8pm, but with new haircuts.
Penfailed wrote: » Really?! Anyone else saying this has been branded as a 'lockdown nazi' or a member of the 'lockdown brigade'...by you!
robbiezero wrote: » What is the probability of transmission of the virus for someone who has been obeying the restrictions and keeping social distancing, visiting elderly parents (who have been doing the same) and meeting them in their garden for a chat while keeping the 2 metres distance for a few hours?
[Deleted User] wrote: » And how does allowing people go further than 5KM (or 2KM) affect Nursing homes??? I just don’t understand this. The Government dropped then ball on nursing homes, my own mother is locked up in one........so we all have to pay the price for this on the outside ? How does me going for a 10km walk increase numbers in Nursing Homes ?
is_that_so wrote: » We've never had overloaded ICUs and I disagree on people. We are far more mentally set up now to respond if we had to. I think people's sights are set a lot lower than that and would happily settle for family and friend contact. We may need to go again if required but as others have said the longer this goes on questions begin to be raised about how this is being managed. You also need to ask when does caution become the actual problem.
Idbatterim wrote: » A government and particularly varadkar " leading " us in this crisis, the only thing I'd trust him to lead me too, would be a kylie minogue gig ! These people making decisions on hundreds of thousands a year, unsackable, unaccountable, they would think different if they were on e350 a week or looking at having their business, many in the family for generations, wiped out! They talk about solidarity etc, fcuking hypocrites, go live in a small apartment with a few kids and work from home!
is_that_so wrote: » We've never had overloaded ICUs
Idbatterim wrote: » Yeah and it will be extended after that , somebody needs to tell the government that this virus isnt going anywhere, any time soon
awec wrote: » To date it has worked as they've enjoyed the support of the population, because the population was told it was temporary. Despite what you read on here, there's been excellent compliance to date with the measures. But I have noticed it starting to creak. .
Allinall wrote: » What would the think in that scenario?
awec wrote: » Pretty sure that has been targeted at the balloons who think the lockdown measures should just go on indefinitely. Nobody on here expects normality May 5th.
hmmm wrote: » Because we had the lockdown. If we hadn't had the lockdown, our ICU numbers were going to the moon.
Tenzor07 wrote: » For a lockdown to be truly effective there has to be compliance in the high 90% mark, and i'd say we're more like mid 70% compliance. Everyone is fed up with; fruitpickers, Travellers, Northern Ireland day trippers, open airports and Ferry ports!
Multipass wrote: » I would really like to see extensive questioning on what exactly they have done to prepare the hospitals - and most importantly, what is left to do which requires the extra weeks. Because the only reason to have this lockdown is to slow the spread to buy time for preparation. I have a horrible feeling that there is no more urgent preparation being done, and they’re stalling for time because they have no idea what to do. At some point someone has to say that this ends, we are going to end up damaging the health system and killing far more people if this continues.
