Covid19 Part XVII-24,841 in ROI (1,639 deaths) 4,679 in NI (518 deaths)(28/05)Read OP

political analyst wrote: »

Sweden didn't have a lockdown but it's doing well.

Why did the Irish, British, Spanish, Italian and other European governments not go with the idea of herd immunity?

People are living in misery because they can't travel, they can't have a meal in a restaurant or coffee in a café - they can't even visit relatives!

Furthermore, surgery not related to Covid should still have been allowed to go ahead. Anyone who has severe pain at the moment because the necessary surgery is not being allowed to take place is in a much worse state than most people who have caught SARS-CoV-2 - the official designation for the virus - the symptoms of which are not much different from the flu.

By the way, in my experience, diarrhea is much worse than having an awful fit of coughing.

i will presume the loose bowel comment was in jest...however there are 1,375 people who have died as of yesterday in Ireland who might disagree. And please if you do respond to this, please dont use the super edgy (and embarrassingly cringy) argument, 'they are all old and are going to die', (when its your turn will you be so cavalier?), these are Irish Citizens we are talking about here, people who have worked to make this country what it is today for you , for me, for all of us. A little respect would go a long way.

some figures (today):

Sweden infected. : 24,623. Deaths : 3,040
Norway infected :7,996. Deaths : 216. (they are 1 day behind on updating)
Finland infected. :5,673. Deaths : 255
Denmark infected :10,083 Deaths : 506

If you want to do a comparison you need to do a fair one. comparing the nordics with say Ireland or the UK is not recommended. Swedes in general are quite reserved, they do social distancing normally as do most of the nordics.

Also please stop saying Sweden has no lockdown. it depends where you go in Sweden, Some cities are on lockdown (last i heard Malmo was) and some have done some (like Stockholm) and some have done none. They govt have asked local authorities to put in place social distancing rules, closures, all the usuals on spacing , people to work from home when they can (they do that as per here) etc. The govt has no right to dictate those, only recommend. its up to local authorities to decide if they want to or not. Also Sweden is huge (quite deceiving on a map; exercise one: open a world map and take the length of Sweden, fold it over - it will touch North Africa) and has about 11ish million. outside the major cities its very very very remote, like Norway, Finland, less so Denmark.

Now personally, one thing i do think they got right is allowing regions flexibility. if you are in a town in northern Sweden or say western Ireland, flexibility on shutdowns should be in place, at least by now. Sweden definitely got it very wrong on the major cities as you can see from the data above. Also there is little indication they are over the infamous curve (we are, at least the first one), in fact there is quite a lot of reasons to believe they are most definitely not.

Seamai wrote: »

Was thinking the same, I'd say his number crunching goes over most peoples heads.

He has a monotone voice, but what he has to say is very interesting.

Deleted User wrote: »

Zara King should be fronting Xposé or other lightweight piffle. Connections are handy when she is being asked to address Tony Holohan on behalf of the public.

She wouldn't have a job in any other country. I have never seen a reporter of her physique on TV besides Ireland

wadacrack wrote: »

She wouldn't have a job in any other country. I have never seen a reporter of her physique on TV besides Ireland

Off all the stupid comments on this forum id say thats in the top 10. What ever about her journalism skills her appearance has no place in deciding where she works.

Arghus wrote: »

Zara King in the house.

Shes a nice woman

poppers wrote: »

Off all the stupid comments on this forum id say thats in the top 10. What ever about her journalism skills her appearance has no place in deciding where she works.

Its an observation

wadacrack wrote: »

Its an observation

It's a fúcking pathetic observation.

To be fair, Tony isn't been entirely clear there re numbers of people who are working in contact tracing.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Outside the impact of a mask is minimal. I do laugh everytime I meet a car with the lone driver wearing a mask.
I do agree though that in environments where maintaining social distancing is difficult, including supermarkets, masks should at a minimum be recommended

My husband is constantly saying this too...we came up with the idea that maybe they are going to more than one shop and dont have enough masks to change between two shops (and you shouldn't remove or reuse some) so they simply keep it on until they are done. Probably not right but slightly restores my faith in mankinds common sense lol

Arghus wrote: »

To be fair, Tony isn't been entirely clear there re numbers of people who are working in contact tracing.

Is the app ever going to happen?

Shelle1234. wrote: »

My husband is constantly saying this too...we came up with the idea that maybe they are going to more than one shop and dont have enough masks to change between two shops (and you shouldn't remove or reuse some) so they simply keep it on until they are done. Probably not right but slightly restores my faith in mankinds common sense lol

I put my mask on at home . I prefer adjusting it and fixing it before leaving the house . I then drive the 10 mins to the supreme alone in the car . So I would be one you would see on my own with a mask on