GazzaL wrote: » That's bull****, and even the Government and HSE have rowed back on insulting the public, because it's as clear as day that the public have done their job on this.
Sean 18 wrote: » The thing is we don't know if they will ever find a vaccine and we don't know if you can get reinfected after getting it what's their plan keep us locked up forever the health service is going to be complete mayhem when the flu season starts in the autumn how are they going to manage that?
KrustyUCC wrote: » Brilliant So that's at least 8 weeks of lockdown with 0 reduction in restrictions Bloody fantastic
gmisk wrote: » The recent evidence now seems to point to the fact you can't be reinfected.https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-south-korean-reactivated-cases-not-reinfected-experts-2020-4 Also Dr Holohan confirmed no cases of reinfection in Ireland
KrustyUCC wrote: » From 12th of March to 5th of May is 55 days According to the Irish Times timetable it will be at least another 2 months if you don't live within 20km of your partner Dr Holohan has said now it willl be at three weeks in between stages You're now up to the end of July How can the government expect any couple to stick to that?
setanta1984 wrote: » The answers to these questions in the briefing are infuriating. They'll never be "happy" or have the numbers "where they want them" - until they are all 0, which is cuckoo land. They'll never recommend easing anything, the country has no hope unless some other authority brings some perspective on what constitutes life in this country.
Sean 18 wrote: » What about this vascular inflammation children are getting is this a new strain or something?
Sean 18 wrote: » Yes theirs no plan on the horizon nothing its like the same briefing every evening
99nsr125 wrote: » They will still die, just in the coming months not weeks That's what flattening the curve is all about, this seems to be lost from the narrative. There will still be the same number of cases both asymptomatic and terminal. We have no vaccine We have no cure We have no treatment, only the symptoms can be eased but ultimately your body must overcome it. Ask yourself why if we have spare bed capacity why those in nursing homes are not being treated in hospital. It's because it has been decided at political level with senior heath professionals to let them die. There's a story on the rte page today from a peer which gives an insighthttps://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0429/1135577-nursing-home-chaos-diary-of-a-pandemic-doctor/
Goose76 wrote: » For how long though? Are at risk groups expect to wave goodbye to all meaniful aspects of their entire lives (and indeed livelihoods) until there's a widely available vaccine? I cannot believe there isn't more focus and attention given to this, both on official news sites and speculative mediums like Boards.
drunkmonkey wrote: » A few of days ago I would have agreed with you, then the sh!t hit the fan locally in the last couple of days with a factory having over 80 positive tests and 200 staff out. People are going nuts as those people aren't isolating, so in 2 weeks time we should have a burst of cases due to this idiot employer who wanted to keep the show on the road at all costs. It's crap that like that will keep us in lockdown. Isolating has to be mandatory and forced, I know why they were welding apartments shut in Whuhan now. I'm not happy about this, I'm not a lockdowner but I see the problem with the soft approach and trusting people to do the right thing.
ixoy wrote: » One nugget from the data there - 5,684 cases of healthcare workers being tested positive but of those 210 were hospitalised. That's less than 4% and this is from people who are more exposed to heavy viral loads. Obviously very high but a bit different than what we've heard about the risk of ending up in hospital. Is it a younger age profile in play here?
moonage wrote: » Perhaps the best solution is to let the vulnerable remain cocooned while the rest begin to carry on with life as normal. Let the virus spread among the non-vulnerable who will recover and gain natural immunity. When there is enough community immunity the vulnerable are relatively safe. The virus isn't going to be eradicated. Trying to keep the spread as low as possible is futile and counterproductive—that will just keep us in a perpetual state of suspended animation. Quarantining the healthy is not the way to deal with an airborne respiratory virus that has the lethality of a bad flu season.
facehugger99 wrote: » We're flushing our economy and children's futures down the toilet to save a bureaucrat's reputation.
SNNUS wrote: » A doctor should not be in charge of the country. The longer they lock down, numbers of other medical issues will rise plus livelihoods will be gone for many.
[Deleted User] wrote: » Wrong about a political decision to just let them die. Rarely if ever would you see someone over 80, with pneumonia and in a home, sent to icu to prolong their life on ventilation. Old mans friend
road_high wrote: » Given up watching those about two weeks ago. There’s never anything new bar sadly a new death toll. I check in here for latest info and rumours.
FishOnABike wrote: » It's shortsighted selfish money grabbers like this that will keep us in a situation where we need to continue restrictions. They are too stupid to see the consequences of their own actions. How will they keep their show on the road if a significant number of their employees are out sick or have to self isolate? This possibly happening in repeated cycles. No business can run effectively if it has to almost shut down every time an employee tests positive. If a business hasn't planned for effective social distancing and containment it's not going to be able to operate restrictions or not. It's cowboys like this that prolong the need for restrictions for everybody else.
Deleted User wrote: » What’s the agenda for 3 more weeks lockdown?
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