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

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    • #8042
      lbj666
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      hotmail.com wrote: »
      The 5km limit is unenforceable.

      Dont see hows its more unenforceable than 2km.


    • #8043
      Eod100
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      walshb wrote: »
      What time Leo speaking?

      6.30


    • #8044
      Pretzill
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      hotmail.com wrote: »
      The 5km limit is unenforceable.

      But you could say the same about the 2km - For me it's just another 3km of fields - but that extra 3km could make a huge difference to some who may be able to call up to friends/family and chat from a distance. Does it need to be policed?


    • #8045
      growleaves
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      Dariel Thankful Rally wrote: »
      I'm no fan of Sky News, but I don't see the problem with it. It's a quote from the child's father reporting how his son reacted to the loss. It accurately reflects the story of what that family has experienced.

      Lol


    • #8046
      Pretzill
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      sonofenoch wrote: »
      Thankyou the mourner in chief , will you be continuing this service for the countless who die from all manner of illness and injury daily when all is said and done........or do you only operate in the contagious virus industry

      Can you remove Enoch from your username and replace it with abitch?


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    • #8047
      davedanon
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      "He should just be honest he listened to unelected overpaid so called medical experts.

      Giving that he is unelected and his party as been utterly rejected by the country we all know he is just a snake oil salesman anyway.

      At least Trump was elected to his office unlike Leo who can not just do what he was clearly told by the Irish voting pubic jog on Leo.
      Last edited by CinemaGuy45; Today at 17:06."

      You......edited this, and this is the finished version?


    • #8048
      RebelButtMunch
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      is_that_so wrote: »
      Capacity is well in excess of those requesting tests and you can't make more people test positive!

      I'm happy to have the good news! Just healthy suspicion. I'm a cynical bastsd


    • #8049
      sonofenoch
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      Pretzill wrote: »
      Can you remove Enoch from your username and replace it with abitch?

      Are we all American now ?


    • #8050
      RebelButtMunch
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      political analyst wrote: »
      The cocooning of the elderly and of those younger people with serious underlying health problems (e.g. cystic fibrosis) would have meant that, if the "herd immunity" approach had been chosen, the number of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) would still have been relatively low, wouldn't it? After all, who has a serious underlying health problem without being aware of it?
      It's also diabetes or heart issues or even asthma


    • #8051
      ceadaoin.
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      New Home wrote: »
      Eh... Spain??? Some parts of the US?

      What parts of the US were overwhelmed? Even in the hardest hit area, NYC, they weren't
      New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that the state had managed to stabilize coronaviris infection rates and averted fears that the hospital system would be overwhelmed.

      Speaking at a briefing to reporters, Cuomo said that new cases had leveled off at a “manageable” 2,000 a day. “The health care situation has stabilized, the fear of overwhelming the healthcare system has not happened,” he said.


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    • #8052
      caveat emptor
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      sonofenoch wrote: »
      Thankyou the mourner in chief , will you be continuing this service for the countless who die from all manner of illness and injury daily when all is said and done........or do you only operate in the contagious virus industry

      Saucer of milk table 6. Mieow!


    • #8053
      Eod100
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      All of 5 mins official notice. Don't think this has been handled that well tbh. No media questions after and on Late Late tonight.

      https://twitter.com/LeoVaradkar/status/1256273258774695937


    • #8054
      Bannasidhe
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      hmmm wrote: »
      There's been a million individual tasks and difficult decisions required over the past few months, and you're including "Photo ops" in your criticism? People seem pretty happy to know that their Taoiseach and Health Minister are taking an interest in what is going on, unlike say the UK.

      This endless negativity is wearing.

      I am absolutely including photo ops - particularly when Leo was at pains to tell us his trumpeted return to doctoring was not about photo ops and then we see Dr Leo in his scrubs top, mask draped around his brass neck. grinning for the professional photographer that just happened to be there when Leo was help swab for tests.

      It's PR.
      PR as people are dying.

      As for the UK - I don't live there so frankly what their idiot elected officials do as no concern of mine. What our caretaker govt does is - and that includes the PR guru hired as this crises began.

      We don't need PR - we need clear information, transparency, and accountability.
      What we are getting is photo-ops, cancelled CMO press conferences, Speeches with no questions allowed, and Leo on The Late Late Show.


    • #8055
      spookwoman
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      ACitizenErased wrote: »
      The 40k includes nursing homes as well as usual swabs. It's a total figure. We have capacity for 70k a week.

      70k by end of next week.
      60k spread out over a few weeks, they could be sitting somewhere for a week before they get to the lab, plus there is the hospital admission tests, in house testing of medical staff, retests and GP referrals and meat processing plants by the looks of it.
      They were trying to widen the criteria for testing but they can't because of capacity issue.
      One doc said quote the journal
      "On the symptoms needed to get a test, Ó Tuathail said that they’ve been “tinkering with the edges”, and it won’t make a massive difference to GPs workload.

      He said that the change for GPs “is minimal”, because the big limitation is the priority catagory for testing. Of those who come to him with Covid-19 symptoms, 80-90% of people are not in the priority group for testing."


    • #8056
      speckle
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      sonofenoch wrote: »
      Thankyou the mourner in chief , will you be continuing this service for the countless who die from all manner of illness and injury daily when all is said and done........or do you only operate in the contagious virus industry

      Shame on your post. I am a far way from a Christian that you can get but I understand the sentiment. Maybe if you read the early posts today you would realise the worry that poster has been under with a grandmother waiting on test result.


    • #8057
      SEPT 23 1989
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      Here we go


    • #8058
      bloodless_coup
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      Do other countries fly the EU flag in every national address?


    • #8059
      New Home
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      ceadaoin. wrote: »
      What parts of the US were overwhelmed? Even in the hardest hit area, NYC, they weren't

      Did I imagine the videos from the healthcare staff desperate for help and for PPE, showing the queues and the A&Es and the rest, or was it fake news?


    • #8060
      Fann Linn
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      Will he mention nursing homes?


    • #8061
      SEPT 23 1989
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      18th of May


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    • #8062
      walshb
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      bloodless_coup wrote: »
      Do other countries fly the EU flag in every national address?

      Think so. And rightly so..


    • #8063
      Kiith
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      Extended to 18th May.


    • #8064
      ziggyman17
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      davedanon wrote: »
      "He should just be honest he listened to unelected overpaid so called medical experts.

      Giving that he is unelected and his party as been utterly rejected by the country we all know he is just a snake oil salesman anyway.

      At least Trump was elected to his office unlike Leo who can not just do what he was clearly told by the Irish voting pubic jog on Leo.
      Last edited by CinemaGuy45; Today at 17:06."

      You......edited this, and this is the finished version?

      step away from the keyboard.. You are embarrassing yourself now.......


    • #8065
      walshb
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      No change to current restrictions?

      Edit. Some changes...


    • #8066
      bloodless_coup
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      Not even fooking hardware shops opening next week


    • #8067
      Fann Linn
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      Going to be a long summer.


    • #8068
      PirateShampoo
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      2 more weeks will break people.


    • #8069
      SweetCaliber
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      Guess Woodies CEO will want to redact his tweet saying they will open Tuesday.....


    • #8070
      Jim Bob Scratcher
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      Kiith wrote: »
      Extended to 18th May.



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    • #8071
      walshb
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      PirateShampoo wrote: »
      2 more weeks is going to break people.

      What?

      Are we really this fragile.......?!


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