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

Strumms wrote: »

Who polices social distancing in a garden center though. Garden centers are probably one of the furthest things from being an ‘essential’ anything. I don’t think anyone NEEDS a hanging basket full of begonias right now.

Not essential no but essential for peoples sanity to give them something to do in the garden

DebDynamite wrote: »

If there’s 106 in ICU now, surely it will be below 100 in one week’s time. I’m sure most people wouldn’t have too much of a problem if they extended the lockdown by one extra week up to midnight on Sunday 10th May. It’s only a 4 day week anyway, so wouldn’t seem too long for us to get through, and would give an extra 6 days to see how the numbers are. Any more than a week though seems unnecessary

You do realise that the restrictions won't just end, don't you? It will be a gradual scaling down over many weeks.

In grand scheme of things not an issue, but anyone's else's hands in pieces due to the incessant hand washing?

I have a pharmacy mosturiser but its not doing much. Anyone else have the same issue and would you consider taking it up with a doctor?

smelly sock wrote: »

Whats his qualifications for saying this though? Look at Trump for ffs. The yanks are comical.

Yanks are very sadly comical, Trump should be committed, to a hospital and that fücking Pence eejit is no better. Hilary might not have been that much better but it would be difficult to imagine her meeting his levels of idiocy.

The BFG is on now

Say my name wrote: »

Yea I dunno.
Just thinking about if it was. It might explain why now that when we are officially having it here we're getting off lightly compared to other countries.
That time in December January could have been our immunization time even with some different type of covid.
Anyway just spitballing..

I believe autopsies and ICU deaths from start of year are being checked.

smelly sock wrote: »

Whats his qualifications for saying this though? Look at Trump for ffs. The yanks are comical.

Governor Andrew Cuomo seem to be respected and intelligent in this whole thing unlike Thrump.

He has made a lot of sense and disagreed with Thrump.

Strumms wrote: »

Who polices social distancing in a garden center though. Garden centers are probably one of the furthest things from being an ‘essential’ anything. I don’t think anyone NEEDS a hanging basket full of begonias right now.

I'd kill for a geranium!

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

You do realise that the restrictions won't just end, don't you? It will be a gradual scaling down over many weeks.

I’m quite aware of that. I think the scaling down should start from this Tuesday, or possibly the following Monday

smelly sock wrote: »

Dr luke o neill is a bit of a header. Wasnt he telling us a few months ago there was nothing to worry about.

Celebrity gone to his head. Hopefully he is as good as the game he talks.

Dr Flip Flop

He was saying last week or the week before that it was fine bringing the kids into the supermarket, grand not a bother they dont get sick. But thats not the fookjng point. Just read today that Study finds children may be as infectious as adults

wakka12 wrote: »

If anything like that video in Ballymun becomes in any way common itll be far more than 106 in ICU in a weeks time rather than less

Especially if the guards just sit back and do nothing like they did in the video. Not even a megaphone or anything to drown out “Hey Jude”. The crowd didn’t even seem that threatening or intimidating. I’m sure if they guards had a loudspeaker and asked everyone to go back into their own homes the majority would

bekker wrote: »

Just lost confidence in Paul Reid, who was on VM TTS, answering re consultant's contracts.

Unfortunately he's seems have revealed himself to be just another DOH, HSE clone, spouting waffle for the anally retentive, control everything, responsible for nothing culture.

I'm far from a fan of consultant' stances on different issues, but now is not the time for DOH to try to put the boot in.

How did you have any confidence to begin with? That gob$hite was on the Late Late not to long ago laughing off the suggestion we might need to stay indoors/cancel plans etc as long as we all watch this hand washing tutorial...

smelly sock wrote: »

I fully believe this has been in the country for longer than we think or that some are willing to believe.

What makes you believe that? And if it is around so long why did every country in Europe simultaneously observe massive uptake in ICU and excess deaths in the community at the exact same time?

Given how quickly it spreads, if it was around for months many people would already have the virus. But even in New York city, one of the densest busiest most cosmopolitan cities on earth, only 20-25% of the city population have antibodies for the virus

Personally I'd be very surprised if antibody testing showed any higher than 2-4% of the Irish population had it. I'm sure in Dublin alone though the proportion is far higher

smelly sock wrote: »

Wtf arent we making mask wearing compulsory. Who the hell is making decisions. Its got to have to help.

Properly should a while back, but is there enough to go around.