The HorsesMouth wrote: » This is completely distorted. There are many times that many people who have actually had corona virus. Cillian De Gascun said there is a possibility it could be between 5% and 30% of the population. So even if you took the lower 5% it works out at 0.65% of cases. There is not an expert in the world willing to state a percentage fatality rate and until we have the antibody test to see who has or hasn't had this thing we wont be able to predict one.
road_high wrote: » Hopefully this nonsensical nanny state rubbish falls flat on its arse soon. Insanity compared to the continent where common sense rains supreme.
hmmm wrote: » If he said that (proof?) he's wrong. The 5k limit is for exercise from your home. You are not supposed to be driving to a location 5k away, and I expect this is how the guards will enforce it. Until the 4th phase, we are told to avoid unnecessary journeys (car journeys). You have always been able to drive outside the 2k/5k if you have good reason e.g. food shopping, looking after elderly.
JL555 wrote: » He also went on to talk about masks and said the jury is still out on masks,,, what jury is he on about? the Eurovision jury? He also said if people are going to wear masks that he would prefer them to coverings rather than masks, to keep those for the HSE, he needs to be careful about those type of comments also, because the lockdown psychos will become the mask police and if they see people wearing PPE masks in public, the snide comments will be sickening.
easypazz wrote: » Tomorrow hopefully, I expect a lot more traffic on the road, too much for the Guards to check every car, so the checkpoints will be scaled back.
road_high wrote: » And they might get back to real instead of hassling innocent private citizens? We live in hope- though they seem to be led by an unyielding authoritarian dish cloth. Very little respect for AGS after this, not sure how others feel. I was a big supporter hitherto
normanoffside wrote: » Yeah from 2:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtYYCEg8LAE
easypazz wrote: » 1303/21506 = ~6%
Stark wrote: » I had respect for them until that tweet where they were taking smug pleasure in turning some poor old man home without his parcel after catching him out on the post office being more than 2km away.
KrustyUCC wrote: » I think travel in that instance is a bit misleading I think the exercise has just expanded from 2 to 5km from tomorrow I don't think you can travel 5km for exercise to a beach etc in your car
the kelt wrote: » I’ve seen this brought up a few times but now does the fact other countries have had issues with nursing homes somehow negate our issues? As if it’s alright sure other countries made mistakes too?? I’ve seen France and Sweden being mentioned as other countries with nursing home issues yet they still seem to be progressing faster than ourselves. Are there other countries with nursing home issues being hampered like ourselves in easing restrictions? Genuine question as I don’t know?
Ginger n Lemon wrote: » Thats the huge issue. Government should NOT act on health advice alone. This is some sort of a horrible dream isnt it? Is our government now only able to pursue 1 agenda? Whats the point of employing all those economists, accountants and finance professionals in the government buildings if you will act on health advice only?
rob316 wrote: » And the pressure begins, the vintners want to reopen 6 weeks earlier.
normanoffside wrote: » https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/0501/1136173-gaa-and-soccer-projected-to-resume-in-july/ Golf courses are to reopen on 18th May. Are people really supposed to walk to them? There's blind following of rules and then there's common sense, if people are allowed to drive 5km and they are allowed to exercise 5km from home, can both not be combined?
Penfailed wrote: » How many people on here bitching about the restrictions have actually done anything constructive about it? How many of you have lobbied your local TD? How many of you have contacted your local councillor to speak to a TD on your behalf? If the sum total of your frustration is posting on Boards, then you have achieved nothing.
hmmm wrote: » The original poster was suggesting there was no risk in a barbers, I was making the point that there was. There's risk in everything which involves interacting with other people. As I understand it from reports, NPHET have given government their assessment of the risks, but made no real recommendations as to when things should be reopened. It's a political decision as to how fast things should reopen, and the government have decided to reopen the less dangerous/uncertain things first (mostly things that are outdoors in phase 1). That's a sensible approach. If you open the possibly more dangerous things first then you run the risk of not being able to open anything at all if the infected numbers shoot up.
road_high wrote: » Saw that up on Facebook too....revelling in the nonsense. They might not be so smug with the paycut coming their way though.... Personal accounts of them checking car boot for shopping (being delivered to elderly parents in rural area)...also turning cars about from a small town that wanted to go shopping in bigger, cheaper stores for groceries in neighbouring large town. I'll never respect that kind of inanely petty carry on. Appreciate many think it's wonderful though
castletownman wrote: » They set up a check-point yesterday on a country lane down the road for me that leads to a popular hill walk. I'm surprised they knew of it though, because when there was a spate of robberies in the area they were nowhere to be seen.
Ginger n Lemon wrote: » There may be a bus coming and if the driver is drunk I could get hit and possibly die. I know, I ll cocoon myself for many months. Only to have the same risk 3 months from now.
RugbyLad11 wrote: » I've had enough so I've decide I've decided I'll see my partner some day this week, don't worry we will just go for a walk with no touching. The problem is I live around 8KM away, I will cycle it so I'm wondering what is the best excuse to give the Garda when I get stopped on my bicycle 1. Tell them I'm delivering medical supplies (I actually am bringing gloves and hand sanitizer to partner ) 2. Tell them I'm out for a cycle and if they ask for address give them a different address less than 5KM away
KrustyUCC wrote: » You'll have no bother cycling You're just exercising so no excuse needed Go 5km and use your address if stopped If 5km nearer your partners house use their address
Discodog wrote: » The present operation ends at midnight. They will have to scale back & give Gardai time off etc. The interesting thing is how the Gardai deal with things after the 18th when their special powers are due to end.
hmmm wrote: » The small risk from getting hit by a bus is nothing like the decisions a government has to take when deciding what to do about a pandemic which threatens to over-run hospitals and kill tens of thousands of people in a very short period of time. At least get some sort of realism here.
