Speakerboxx wrote: » Lads lads lads number are still high and inconsistent. This phasing of things could be a disaster if things go bad again. Could very well happen. This virus is gonna be around for another while yet. Not confident that we will get the better of it anytime soon.
Deleted User wrote: » Well... I have a reasonably solid understanding of what I've been reading for the last month about the virus, and I'm guessing you're at a similar level. And yes.. there is no proof of anything.. Which is why lauding and promoting Herd Immunity is misleading.They are one of our best ways to achieve herd immunity, - Your words. A suggestion of Herd immunity existing as something that can be achieved. Which it hasn't been. Otherwise, you would have provided evidence of it. Any evidence to support that theory? Oh, of course not, you don't need evidence to prove immunity. How naive I must be... :rolleyes:
alwald wrote: » I was quite busy today with no time to spend on internet...I started looking at this thread few minutes ago and the level of whinging is unreal...it's time to close it again...good luck to all!!
SusieBlue wrote: » Talk about attention seeking. This isn’t an airport, there is no need to announce your departure.
alwald wrote: » Feel free to type any nonsense from your keyboard. The fact is the current restrictions apply to all of us regardless if we agree or not...complain and whinge as much as you want but nothing is changing so it's pointless.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » MeanwhileFearful Britons remain strongly opposed to lifting lockdownJust one in five want schools, pubs and restaurants to be reopened, according to new poll by Opiniumhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/02/fearful-britons-oppose-lifting-lockdown-schools-pubs-restaurants-opinium-poll
road_high wrote: » That's when the fun starts...posters like this are in still la la land with the delusion we can all sit at home watching Netflix "chillin" and the world will continue on. Seems to be still over 50% of the Irish population stuck here unfortunately for them.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » No country has "beaten" the virus. Restricting it is temporary and it's unknown about how seasonal it may be. The 1918 Spanish Flu second wave was far worse than the first a couple of months later. We have been here before
LiquidZeb wrote: » They do remind me of the lads saying at the start of WWI who said it'd all be over by Christmas. We know what happened then
bloodless_coup wrote: » There's definitely not enough good stuff on Netflix to last a year. You'd get through all the half decent stuff in two weeks.Seems to be a common line thrown out that people who call for an end to lockdown are weak. To me the weak and scared are those who want to curl up in a ball and live in isolation for the foreseeable future.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » Your analogy is for the people wanting to lift restrictions. No one else is saying it's over by x, quite the opposite. The small clique here are obviously in some way exposed perhaps more than others and so it's fair enough for them to be scared and insulting to others. I understand the frustration. It does not change the facts of the situation and the situation is pretty dire. But I personally think acceptance rather than denial is the best policy to go with because then you can plan ahead for possibly (but hopefully not) hard times. With denial comes unpreparedness which is even worse.
easypazz wrote: » The lockdown is done. It failed.
growleaves wrote: » Wow. Posters are still retailing extremely-unlikely-but-not-impossible worst-case scare scenarios. Spanish Flu second wave. No immunity. When will you stop your lying, emotionalism and spin? Why should the worst case scenarios from history jump up out of nowhere? The yellow journalism (social media version) continues.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » Waves are the typical evolution. The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy in the US has the 3 scenarios outlined Even JP Morgan has the scenario outline for it's clients The outlook this year is not good and those who reopen too soon will have the more difficult time reimposing the measures to re-contain it. We don't want to be in that nightmare. But sure keep the fingers in your ears, lalalalala, you have your belief and not science.
SusieBlue wrote: » The current numbers are a reflection of the complete mismanagement of the nursing home and care facilities around the country by the government. The are not a reflection of the efforts of the majority of Irish people to abide by the rules. They were concentrating so hard on ensuring no one went more than 2km away from their homes that they completely neglected to properly protect our most vulnerable elderly citizens. They are using these numbers as a means to enforce the current lockdown when the lockdown has no effect on the outbreak in nursing homes.
Galwayguy35 wrote: » People have put their lives on hold for weeks now and there was very high compliance with the restrictions and what did we get yesterday from Varadkar? Absolutely nothing.
patnor1011 wrote: » You can not contain virus unless you order everyone in the house for 2-3 weeks with no exception. None. Then go from house to house and burn those with dead people inside. Since it cant be done this illusion of a lockdown is pointless excercise.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » We have no choice. Don't re-impose measures and the health system is over run within weeks so not only do you have a spiralling COVID death toll but you have growing deaths from other illnesses.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » We have no choice. Don't re-impose measures and the health system is over run within weeks so not only do you have a spiralling COVID death toll but you have growing deaths from other illnesses. It is far from a pointless exercise. It could not be any more needed. If we want to avoid that we need to be extremely careful about how we go forward from here.
patnor1011 wrote: » We do have choice. Only about a third of countries imposed such restrictions yet we are being told there is no choice? I do not know. Our health system has been overrun for quite some time. Miraculously we no longer have these problems? We are kidding ourselves that we can somehow make situation better. Where are those troley counts right now? Nowhere to be seen as hospitals are suddenly half empty waiting for that covid patients surge which is not materializing. And no, it is not due to "lockdown" because with this halfmeasures with people still allowed to go shopping as they please or "excercising" and tens of thousands still working in "essential services" this is no lockdown. These restrictions are causing more pain and future suffering than this virus.
