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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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  • #4892
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    the.red.baron wrote: »
    You have now topped 1,000 posts with the same ****e


    Would ya not do something useful instead


    Obsessesive much
    Thanks for counting there TRB. It's appreciated. "Obsessesive(sic) much"? Now maybe, and I know this might be a stretch, but how about actually debating the points I've raised and the failings they highlight? Apparently it seems that's too difficult. It shouldn't be if you think we're doing so well and can demonstrate that.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #4893
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,505 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Mike3287 wrote:
    What do you think?

    I thought if we quarantine and wear facemasks and get to 0 cases that we can come to an agreement with other countries that have 0 cases about opening up to each other.


  • #4894
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,054 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    So are we all to wear masks now from next week on when shopping?
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #4895
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,505 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    JP Liz V1 wrote:
    So are we all to wear masks now from next week on when shopping?
    There's no order to wear masks just advice. I've been wearing masks since the start of March.
    Best thing about that is it has helped enormously with social distancing. The idiots seem to think I must have the virus if I'm wearing a mask.


  • #4896
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    So are we all to wear masks now from next week on when shopping?

    Up to yourself really, if you want to wear one wear one if not you dont have to.
    Pretty similar to as it is now tbh


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  • #4897
    Mike3287
    Closed Accounts Posts: 379 ✭✭Mike3287


    eagle eye wrote: »
    I thought if we quarantine and wear facemasks and get to 0 cases that we can come to an agreement with other countries that have 0 cases about opening up to each other.

    A closed economy?

    Would be great alright

    Think we would all love it

    We cant close off to the US, UK etc and only let Icelandics in


  • #4898
    Mike3287
    Closed Accounts Posts: 379 ✭✭Mike3287


    eagle eye wrote: »
    I like reading posts from somebody with a bit if cop and common sense. Would you not do something useful and stop criticising good posts?

    Same

    Like his posts


  • #4899
    2smiggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,339 ✭✭✭✭2smiggy


    I have some masks ordered, for myself, and for lads at work. Thou they have little interaction with the jobs they do. I will use them going shopping etc. Luckily I don't need to use public transport. The only reason I can see for not calling for the use of face 'coverings' sooner was the lack of masks?? The sooner people start using them, the more people will see it as some way normal.


  • #4900
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,505 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Mike3287 wrote:
    We cant close off to the US, UK etc and only let Icelandics in
    Yes we can until they are clear. I'm not advocating for closing off, I want quarantine for anybody coming in so they're welcome so long as they are willing to be placed in state quarantine until such time as it's safe to let them in.


  • #4901
    larchielads
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭larchielads


    If i wanted to get tested how much would one cost and are they free with medical card?


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  • #4902
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,115 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    larchielads wrote: »
    If i wanted to get tested how much would one cost and are they free with medical card?

    No one pays but you need symptoms and to be referred by your doc


  • #4903
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,156 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    What was the thinking behind not making face covering mandatory - at least on public transport - they obviously feel it's important enough to warrant a strong recommendation, so why the half assed approach? I don't understand that.


  • #4904
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    moonlighting_1 wrote: »
    Nobody in public wearing face masks. Thick ***** everywhere going right up to shop workers and staff. Scary stuff. No 2m distancing.
    We are headed for a second wave mark my words.
    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    And a second wave will be even harder. They can't close things again.
    eagle eye wrote: »
    Second wave will he a disaster if it's bad. A second lockdown will be much worse for the economy because it f rates uncertainty into the future. It's one of the reasons I'm not happy about this phased reopening as things stand. I want quarantine for all incomers and facemasks by law in shops, urban areas, public transport etc. That'll prevent a second wave.

    Jesus lads. Yous come across as people afraid of their own shadows. A bit of perspective - most of us won't get it, and most of us who do will survive. That doesn't mean I don't care about nursing homes/vulnerable etc. - that of course needs to be managed better.

    But ffs, calm down a bit. My 80 yr old mother is calmer than the lot of ye.

    6034073


  • #4905
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    Jesus lads. Yous come across as people afraid of their own shadows. A bit of perspective - most of us won't get it, and most of us who do will survive. That doesn't mean I don't care about nursing homes/vulnerable etc. - that of course needs to be managed better.

    But ffs, calm down a bit. My 80 yr old mother is calmer than the lot of ye.

    6034073
    Your 80 year old mother has lived 80 years though. Younger people have underlying conditions too and want to protect themselves from the further compounding illnesses which are knock-on effects with this illness. What a full recovery looks like a year on is not yet known.


  • #4906
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    A bit of perspective - most of us won't get it
    Citation needed.


  • #4907
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Arghus wrote: »
    What was the thinking behind not making face covering mandatory - at least on public transport - they obviously feel it's important enough to warrant a strong recommendation, so why the half assed approach? I don't understand that.
    Some people really don't like being told what to do.
    "Don't go more than 2km for exercise."
    "Let me dust off my hiking boots that I've not worn in six years, and go stick it to the man."


  • #4908
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The government should have just said masks work amazingly well but are illegal to wear due to not being able to track our faces in public. Everyone in the country would have been clamouring for them.

    "What fuking guard has the right to tell me to take mine off, just so I can be tracked?!"


  • #4909
    eagle eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,505 ✭✭✭✭eagle eye


    Plumbthedepths wrote:
    Will you be disappointed if there is no significant second wave?
    Rolls eyes.


  • #4910
    Onesea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 475 ✭✭Onesea


    What Wil happen to the world's economy if this continues for another 3 months?


  • #4911
    US2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,651 ✭✭✭US2


    The average age of people who die from Cvoid19 is older than the average life expectancy of irish people yet we have the healthy people locked up. Madness!

    Yes they are your grannies your grandads and you dont want them to die but come on, passed there use by date literally.


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  • #4912
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    US2 wrote: »
    The average age of people who die from Cvoid19 is older than the average life expectancy of irish people yet we have the healthy people locked up. Madness!

    Yes they are your grannies your grandads and you dont want them to die but come on, passed there use by date literally.

    You won't die from getting raped so it's ok if everyone gets raped.


  • #4913
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,019 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    US2 wrote: »
    The average age of people who die from Cvoid19 is older than the average life expectancy of irish people yet we have the healthy people locked up. Madness!

    Yes they are your grannies your grandads and you dont want them to die but come on, passed there use by date literally.

    They are of far more use than some of the dregs that have crawled out and started posting here during a pandemic.


  • #4914
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    US2 wrote: »
    The average age of people who die from Cvoid19 is older than the average life expectancy of irish people yet we have the healthy people locked up. Madness!

    Yes they are your grannies your grandads and you dont want them to die but come on, passed there use by date literally.

    You do know what life expectancy is don’t you? The age that the average person is expected to live to. If all the people who in normal circumstances would live to 90 die in their early 80’s, before you know it life expectancy is 75. Do 75 year old become expendable then in your book?


  • #4915
    AllGunsBlazing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭AllGunsBlazing


    blade1 wrote: »
    You won't die from getting raped so it's ok if everyone gets raped.

    Sounds like a David Brent quote.


  • #4916
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    AllGunsBlazing wrote: »
    Sounds like a David Brent quote.

    Never seen David Brent but I'm assuming it's funny so! :D


  • #4917
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,098 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    US2 wrote: »
    The average age of people who die from Cvoid19 is older than the average life expectancy of irish people yet we have the healthy people locked up. Madness!

    Yes they are your grannies your grandads and you dont want them to die but come on, passed there use by date literally.

    All I can say is; that's a deplorable thing to say and tells us plenty about the calibre of person we're dealing with.

    Have you spoken to some of the 'younger' people who have had this virus and ended up in ICU? Not a pleasant experience. But you probably don't give a damn about them either.


  • #4918
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    eagle eye wrote: »
    Second wave will he a disaster if it's bad. A second lockdown will be much worse for the economy because it f rates uncertainty into the future. It's one of the reasons I'm not happy about this phased reopening as things stand. I want quarantine for all incomers and facemasks by law in shops, urban areas, public transport etc. That'll prevent a second wave.

    The face masks/face coverings are an absolute joke. It's just a recommendation to wear one. How is it ok to go out infecting people?


  • #4919
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,274 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    This is the cheapest I’ve seen masks if people are looking to buy (cheaper than lidl). Don’t know quality but might help https://www.homestoreandmore.ie/wipes-cloths/disposable-3-ply-face-masks---box-of-50/111141.html


  • #4920
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,854 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    blade1 wrote: »
    Never seen David Brent but I'm assuming it's funny so! :D

    when I saw your comment I was wondering where I could get some Trump disinfectant for my eyes :pac:

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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  • #4921
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    pc7 wrote: »
    This is the cheapest I’ve seen masks if people are looking to buy (cheaper than lidl). Don’t know quality but might help https://www.homestoreandmore.ie/wipes-cloths/disposable-3-ply-face-masks---box-of-50/111141.html

    Not available online and shop is closed.


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