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

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  • #3302
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Always hated buffets but now it's not just the food that will kill you.

    The last time i was at a buffet was about 4 years ago. I witnessed an old man put one of the desert spoons in his mouth to clean it and put it back on the table for other people to use.


  • #3303
    MOR316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭MOR316


    expectationlost wrote: »
    you misquoted him https://www.thesun.ie/tvandshowbiz/music/5418899/bryan-adams-lets-rip-china-bat-eating-greedy-coronavirus/ he didn't say "greedy Chinese bastards" he said "greedy bastards"


    Now now now...

    You can't be correcting the narrative with facts! You must allow people and the media to bash others


  • #3304
    growleaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,985 ✭✭✭growleaves


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The last time i was at a buffet was about 4 years ago. I witnessed an old man put one of the desert spoons in his mouth to clean it and put it back on the table for other people to use.

    Lol

    You could have him arrested for doing that today.


  • #3305
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,121 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Strazdas wrote: »
    It's somewhat unclear. Some outdoor tourism and public amenities will reopen but from what I can gather, people are still being encouraged not to sunbathe and they should keep moving when out in the open. They don't want a scenario where people congregate in one area for hours and don't move (even if they maintain social distancing).

    I think the new limit next week is 20km, not 5km.

    20km is not until early June.


  • #3306
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    On primetime now.

    HSE app

    I wasn't watching it so I don't know what was on it. An app would be great.


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  • #3307
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The last time i was at a buffet was about 4 years ago. I witnessed an old man put one of the desert spoons in his mouth to clean it and put it back on the table for other people to use.

    Jesus, that's very bad.


  • #3308
    Strazdas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,342 ✭✭✭✭Strazdas


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    20km is not until early June.

    Yes, means Ireland will have a much stricter lockdown than Britain in this regard. Johnson is telling people they can travel anywhere within England as of tomorrow morning.


  • #3309
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,118 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Strazdas wrote: »
    Yes, means Ireland will have a much stricter lockdown than Britain in this regard. Johnson is telling people they can travel anywhere within England as of tomorrow morning.

    627 new deaths and 3,407 new cases today in Britain. They shouldn't even be relaxing restrictions at this point.


  • #3310
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭Polar101


    podgeandrodge wrote: »

    And my point to other posters is that she shouldn't be written off as a 'kook', "loon" etc just because she might have different views. I presume you would agree with me on that.

    Well once you've finally finishing watching the video, please let us know if there was anything in it that's worth noting.


  • #3311
    GazzaL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭GazzaL


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8


    Interesting interview with Elon Musk. It's quite long, but they touch on the COVID-19 situation at various points.

    He is of the opinion that we should re-open our economies and get back to work for the same reasons that have been outlined here. Lockdown restrictions compromise our civil liberties, they are incredibly socially and economically damaging, people are scared to avail of medical treatment for non-COVID illnesses, hospitals are lying empty, and most people of working age and younger are not at high-risk of death.


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  • #3312
    tigger123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,595 ✭✭✭tigger123


    GazzaL wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYjXbSJBN8


    Interesting interview with Elon Musk. It's quite long, but they touch on the COVID-19 situation at various points.

    He is of the opinion that we should re-open our economies and get back to work for the same reasons that have been outlined here. Lockdown restrictions compromise our civil liberties, they are incredibly socially and economically damaging, people are scared to avail of medical treatment for non-COVID illnesses, hospitals are lying empty, and most people of working age and younger are not at high-risk of death.

    I wonder would Elon volunteer a shift in a meat packing plant to set us all an example.


  • #3313
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,119 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    GazzaL wrote: »
    Interesting interview with Elon Musk. It's quite long, but they touch on the COVID-19 situation at various points.

    He is of the opinion that we should re-open our economies and get back to work for the same reasons that have been outlined here. Lockdown restrictions compromise our civil liberties, they are incredibly socially and economically damaging, people are scared to avail of medical treatment for non-COVID illnesses, hospitals are lying empty, and most people of working age and younger are not at high-risk of death.

    He has only one thing in mind and it's nothing to do with people's health


  • #3314
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Elon Musk has decided the gender yet for his son.

    People like that can get ****ed.


  • #3315
    GazzaL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭GazzaL


    fritzelly wrote: »
    He has only one thing in mind and it's nothing to do with people's health

    He's working in his own factory.

    https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259945593805221891


  • #3316
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    GazzaL wrote: »
    He is of the opinion that we should re-open our economies and get back to work for the same reasons that have been outlined here.
    Seriously, I'm pretty right wing and even I'm not naive enough to think billionaires with massive industrial companies want everything reopened because of their concerns over civil liberties.


  • #3317
    GazzaL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭GazzaL


    fritzelly wrote: »
    He has only one thing in mind and it's nothing to do with people's health

    His newborn child? Getting man to Mars? Building electric cars?


  • #3318
    RugbyLad11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭RugbyLad11


    tigger123 wrote: »
    I wonder would Elon volunteer a shift in a meat packing plant to set us all an example.

    I'm not really sure what you're trying to get at, a meat packing plant would be regarded as an essential service so even 'during' a lock down they still need to work


  • #3319
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    owlbethere wrote: »
    I wasn't watching it so I don't know what was on it. An app would be great.

    Theyre going to test it in June, they said they would release the source code before the app is released.

    Its a decentralised system and youd have to give permission for them to use the data.


  • #3320
    speckle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭speckle


    owlbethere wrote: »
    That's very disappointing to read. It would be hugely beneficial to stamping down on the virus.

    My mother started coughing yesterday evening. It's not a heavy or deep cough. It's not continuous. There's no temperature. It's very mild. It's not all the time. It s a cough here and there. The woman would need to be floored with her legs falling off before she would isolate herself into her room. She's following the guidelines as we all are in the family. Tracing her steps back over the past 14 days, and she's only been to the post office one day and to the shop another day.

    If we had any indication it was in the locality, it would be easier.

    hope your mam recovers from whatever she has. Get her to connect with her doctor by phone, (she might have already)the earlier the better even if it turns out to be a false alarm and something else.


  • #3321
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,030 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    fritzelly wrote: »
    He has only one thing in mind and it's nothing to do with people's health

    Being arrested?


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  • #3322
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    Watched an interview with a Dr Mimi Fan on Primetime this evening which reinforced my appreciation of the calibre of foreign born medical professionals in the Irish Health Service.

    On another level, we as a state owe a lot to all categories of the mainly lower paid workers in care home environments who have born the majority of the risk of caring for our elderly relatives without the benefit of adequate PPE.

    Perhaps we should consider extending to all foreign born people who worked caring for the COVID-19 vulnerable ill and elderly in 2020 a foreshortened waiting period to qualify for Irish citizenship as they have adequately demonstrated their commitment.

    Maybe we could allow work in that sector in 2020 to be equivalent to multiple years of residency, and be generous in applying other aspects of existing regulations for such applicants.


  • #3323
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,118 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Los Angeles County has extended stay-at-home order for a further 3 months.

    https://twitter.com/IndyUSA/status/1260303641950519299


  • #3324
    anplaya27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭anplaya27


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Paul Reid was saying 3 days then 2.5 days from referral test and result

    Is contact tracing still being done?

    I got tested 2nd. Still no results and was supposed to be fast tracked as I work within hse. Bull****


  • #3325
    sonofenoch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,502 ✭✭✭sonofenoch


    bekker wrote: »
    Watched an interview with a Dr Mimi Fan on Primetime this evening which reinforced my appreciation of the calibre of foreign born medical professionals in the Irish Health Service.

    On another level, we as a state owe a lot to all categories of the mainly lower paid workers in care home environments who have born the majority of the risk of caring for our elderly relatives without the benefit of adequate PPE.

    Perhaps we should consider extending to all foreign born people who worked caring for the COVID-19 vulnerable ill and elderly in 2020 a foreshortened waiting period to qualify for Irish citizenship as they have adequately demonstrated their commitment.

    Maybe we could allow work in that sector in 2020 to be equivalent to multiple years of residency, and be generous in applying other aspects of existing regulations for such applicants.

    Why? they don't seem to have made a very good fist of it.......an yes I'm being an arse, but the point still stands


  • #3326
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    owlbethere wrote: »
    That's very disappointing to read. It would be hugely beneficial to stamping down on the virus.

    My mother started coughing yesterday evening. It's not a heavy or deep cough. It's not continuous. There's no temperature. It's very mild. It's not all the time. It s a cough here and there. The woman would need to be floored with her legs falling off before she would isolate herself into her room. She's following the guidelines as we all are in the family. Tracing her steps back over the past 14 days, and she's only been to the post office one day and to the shop another day.

    If we had any indication it was in the locality, it would be easier.

    Ring yogurt GP a sudden cough is now enough to get her tested

    Best wishes its nothing


  • #3327
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,119 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Stheno wrote: »
    Ring yogurt GP a sudden cough is now enough to get her tested

    Best wishes its nothing

    There's probiotic doctors now?


  • #3328
    bekker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭bekker


    Yes sonofenoch you are being an arse and the point doesn't stand, government policy, owners*, management, DOH and HIQUA are in line for responsibility way before them.

    *including Irish State, cf Phoenix Park outbreak.


  • #3329
    kippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,226 ✭✭✭✭kippy


    Rob A. Bank wrote: »
    98.6% of Covid-19 cases having a fever is an enormous amount... and that is why temperature screening is so important in order to detect active virus cases.

    I don't know the man, so I am not in a position to judge if he is making things up or not.

    But to come up with a position on temperature screening that flies in the face of all accepted international screening methods is certainly curious.

    Perhaps he does not want to be proved wrong yet again ?
    98.6 percent of hospitalised caseshave a temperature....may be one reason they are in hospital in the first instance but there are many many more people who have had Covid that never needed to go near a hospital. Maybe there is a wider data set out there that backs up the CMO's percentages......


  • #3330
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    fritzelly wrote: »
    There's probiotic doctors now?

    Its a totally different culture


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  • #3331
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Shocking that UK is lifting lockdown already, 627 feckin deaths today, jesus christ. You'd worry for them, they'll be back into full peak pandemic swing within the next fortnight. Looks like those pessimistic predictions from a few weeks ago of half of the deaths in Europe being in the UK will probably come to fruition


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