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

Jim_Hodge · 29-04-2020 08:45PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Are the majority of new cases now in care homes? and amongst health workers? If so would it not be better to concentrate lockdown/isolation on those 2 groups (I know very hard for healthcare workers), but we are almost 5 weeks into countrywide lockdown now and we are seeing little to no progress in stopping the spread of the virus!! This tells me that for all the efforts we are making, they are having no effect, so perhaps teh spread is not out in teh general population (who are by and large following the restrictions).

Social Distancing is obviously here to stay, so what's teh benefit in extending the current restrictions on movement for another 2 weeks?

Are you seriously saying there has been no slowing of the virus? You must be looking at different figures to me. Big deal if it has taken five weeks of restrictions to save lives and enable our health service workers cope. Your priorities are all over the place. You don't know what a real lockdown would have been like. If it takes only a slight relaxation for a few more weeks, or even no change, so be it if we can continue to manage the spread.

thomas 123 · 29-04-2020 08:45PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Less drama FFS. You shouldbt be anywhere near your nana or her mates. Why are you?

Cocoon the elderly. Isolate the vunerable. Let everyone else back to work.

So are you implying the rest of us go back to normal and lock a generation away indefinitely? That’s pretty dramatic in my opinion.

If we do that how do the elderly safely get their groceries without risking catching this? That’s just one example, Can you suggest how they would do that indefinitely without being at risk if the rest of us are back to normal?

BLIZZARD7 · 29-04-2020 08:46PM

splinter65 wrote: »

Will we not eventually all get it and 98% will be fine after it and won’t get it again?

No. 98% (not sure where you got this figure?) would only be okay if we can treat the severe cases. If the hospital system gets overwhelmed then the mortality rate rises dramatically. Nevermind the secondary deaths from no treatment for heart attack/stroke/car crashes etc

Also we don't have proof of full immunity after getting it either.

SCOOP 64 · 29-04-2020 08:46PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Less drama FFS. You shouldbt be anywbehere near your nana or her mates. Why are you?

Cocoon the elderly. Isolate the vunerable. Let everyone else back to work.

RIP to all the deceased.

You know that wont happen for now, 2 deaths between 15 to 24 its not just old people.

sonofenoch · 29-04-2020 08:46PM

branie2 wrote: »

Others are doing it as well

But you are like the angelus with it......hovering on the button waiting for the number ..............RIP, the number who have died

Isn't one enough and everyone give it all the likes they want

Arghus · 29-04-2020 08:46PM

splinter65 wrote: »

You, your Ma and da, and your nana and all her mates are going to die. Shocking, I know.

What's your point.

autumnbelle · 29-04-2020 08:47PM

If Germany are looking at going back into lockdown as numbers start to rise again I don’t think we have any chance of restrictions lifted in the near future. It’s going to be no surprise to anyone the restrictions being lifted. Scary I miss normality

Jinglejangle69 · 29-04-2020 08:47PM

Did they say if the 2 15-24 deaths had underlying issues?

splinter65 · 29-04-2020 08:47PM

s1ippy wrote: »

Well, not really because you're not very LIKELY to have those things happen you, and you can live with a high quality of life for a long time after them.

You’re not very likely to die of covid either. Very unlikely in fact. What’s the difference?

hmmm · 29-04-2020 08:48PM

US aiming to have 100 million vaccine doses by year end.

BLIZZARD7 · 29-04-2020 08:48PM

smelly sock wrote: »

Amd the vasy majority of people will live a great and long life after over coming covid. And its not likely to contract it either.

Not likely to contract it? You are very likely to contract it over the course of a few months in an unmitigated open spread (which is what the quoted post was referencing)

autumnbelle · 29-04-2020 08:48PM

Tony was getting pissed off before the sneeze ðŸ˜‚

ACitizenErased · 29-04-2020 08:48PM

That sneeze was hilarious

spookwoman · 29-04-2020 08:48PM

Minutes - Cleared and approved by the committee lol

wakka12 · 29-04-2020 08:49PM

splinter65 wrote: »

Just throwing this out there. Does anyone else think that eventually we’ll have to get back to normality and accept that on any one day I might:
Have a heart attack
Have a stroke
Be diagnosed with liver/lung/brain cancer
Be diagnosed with motor neurone disease
Get knocked down by a car
Lose my eyesight
Contract Coronavirus

Definitely , heard a good quote the other day
'Why do people fear terrorism and SARS so much more than automobile accidents and cardiovascular disease? Because terrorism and SARS seem new and unknown, and therefore uncertain. Humans can accept significant danger and loss of numerous lives,provided these happen in a manner in which they are accustomed. But when unexpected dangers emerge, they fear these more than is truly justified.'

Struck By Lightning: The Curious World Of Probabilities
By Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

AVFC.Stephen · 29-04-2020 08:49PM

While we as a nation and our government have made mistakes... I think leo with his knowledge compare to his counterparts has dealt with this a lot better that I would of predicted. I'm actually glad we have him compare to what the US are dealing with. Folks that are sticking to the rules all need to pat themselves on the back

Well done

JP Liz V1 · 29-04-2020 08:49PM

sonofenoch wrote: »

Are you the official RIP poster.........RIP should go without saying, why the need for it repeated I don't know

What's wrong with RIP ing those who die daily

kilkenny31 · 29-04-2020 08:49PM

It does seem to me that we are at the point where we could slightly relax restrictions. Maybe go back to where we were after the initial restrictions I.e. pubs closed, social distancing etc. I think our figures are manageable. Our ICU figures and hospitalizations are low.

splinter65 · 29-04-2020 08:49PM

Arghus wrote: »

What's your point.

My point is that everyone has to die, of something eventually. As 98% of people who get covid DONT die of it then I’m starting to wonder why we don’t just get back to normal.

spookwoman · 29-04-2020 08:50PM

https://twitter.com/ciananbrennan/status/1255584458843000836?s=20

JP Liz V1 · 29-04-2020 08:51PM

branie2 wrote: »

Others are doing it as well

I do it and don't see a problem with it

autumnbelle · 29-04-2020 08:51PM

The room is full of COVID ðŸ˜‚

sonofenoch · 29-04-2020 08:51PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What's wrong with RIP ing those who die daily

Nothing....does it need repeating ad infinitum

BLIZZARD7 · 29-04-2020 08:52PM

splinter65 wrote: »

My point is that everyone has to die, of something eventually. As 98% of people who get covid DONT die of it then I’m starting to wonder why we don’t just get back to normal.

Where are you getting this figure from??

Allinall · 29-04-2020 08:52PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Minutes - Cleared and approved by the committee lol

Standard procedure after any meeting.

JP Liz V1 · 29-04-2020 08:52PM

s1ippy wrote: »

Two 95 year old grandparents I have, one in Cork and one in Kerry. Neither have been tested, one has cancer and the other has dementia.

I hope they are ok, are they sick?

wadacrack · 29-04-2020 08:52PM

Holohan laughing at a reporter who displayed Covid symptoms. Slowly he is becoming like Trump

Gynoid · 29-04-2020 08:52PM

sonofenoch wrote: »

But you are like the angelus with it......hovering on the button waiting for the number ..............RIP, the number who have died

Isn't one enough and everyone give it all the likes they want

Why be an arse. No one is hovering over buttons. Some people get the numbers here. Some people deal with the rotten situation by wishing that the dead rest in peace. It expresses the feelings of others too . Just glide over such posts if you don't like it.

WoollyRedHat · 29-04-2020 08:52PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

That sneeze was hilarious

George Lee in his white coat, is coming to take them away, achoo achoo, take them away!

Stheno · 29-04-2020 08:52PM

autumnbelle wrote: »

The room is full of COVID ðŸ˜‚

I was just thinking the same

They should do it via Zoom

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

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