Relaxation of Restrictions, Part IV - **Read OP for Mod Warnings**

I think humidity plays a big role in the transmission of this disease.

In sunshine and low humidity its transmission appears very limited

It's in moist clammy buses and trains and similar settings it gets hold.

North Italy is a prime example of a high humidity location in late winter.

There is little doubt the good weather here played a critical role is bringing our infection rate down so dramatically

Would be a good thesis for somebody, but almost impossible to prove causation

hmmm wrote: »

This thread is hilarious. Where do you lot hang out normally?

From hugging grandparents left right and centre in the middle of a pandemic, to believing that shops will be full if we simply close our eyes and ignore everything, to some form of religious vision that a virus will never come back - and most of all a belief that you're all right and everyone else is wrong. It's just a riot of self-delusion.

Id say back into lockdown Straight away. That hugging thing must be stopped

ixoy wrote: »

Very interesting article from the BBC: Why most Covid-19 deaths won’t be from the virus

It covers a range of issues - ones such as famine in poorer countries, health screenings, mental health, and a lot more. Well worth a read.

Comparisons between some country's excess mortality rates in a few months/a year will be interesting, for example venezuela with a long lockdown that almost completely prevented an outbreak,and Brazil where it is almost completely unmitigated. Probably the two most contrasting policies between two border nations in the world

Goldengirl wrote: »

This post works if you substitute "twitchers " with " whingers " too, lol.

LOL indeed. Substitute in whatever you like. We will see in a month or so.

Jackman25 wrote: »

3 months of non-stop doom and pessimism from you is fairly tedious too.
Even today on the other thread with the announcement of 9 new cases, your first port of call was that it was after a weekend and therefore not a true picture. Of course, in that you were unsurprisingly wrong.

At least the "relax it" crew are sometimes right

I was going to say the same but find that posters never ending depression extremely tiresome and hard to engage with. There’s never anything new in what they’re saying just the same ole angry caution caution on loop

Look - if you have a modicum of critical thinking ability and can weed through the skewed and sensationalised reporting of numbers to justify said restrictions, then you'd understand the frustration from those questioning lockdown/restrictions here.

Comparisons to the flu have been hashed out - yes it's a different virus. A new virus, understood.

Have a read of this;
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/flu-outbreak-linked-to-18-deaths-and-strain-on-emergency-departments-1.4125414

Here's a pertinent bit;

'
Dr Kevin Kelleher, HSE assistant national director for public health, said he expected the number of deaths directly related to the flu to reach 100 in the coming weeks.

However, he said many people who died after being admitted to hospital with the flu had other underlying conditions.

“So they will die from pneumonia, they will die from their heart disease or something else, and that figure longer term is normally around 300 or 400 in total,” he said.'


If it's acceptable that three or four hundred die 'with flu' each season in our hospitals - extrapolate that to residential care homes and you're easily over a thousand deaths 'with flu'. And this is something we have a vaccine for.

This happens most years with some years worse than others.

So yes, some of us have trouble with the hysteria. Not to say that improved personal hygiene is not a positive to come from this - but surely at this point there needs to be a reality check on the fear mongering.

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Are you from Dublin? If you are the irony of a Dub calling Cork a ****ehole proverbial or otherwise is delicious.:D

No Im much closer. Oh the irony

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

I think humidity plays a big role in the transmission of this disease.

In sunshine and low humidity its transmission appears very limited

It's in moist clammy buses and trains and similar settings it gets hold.

North Italy is a prime example of a high humidity location in late winter.

There is little doubt the good weather here played a critical role is bringing our infection rate down so dramatically

Would be a good thesis for somebody, but almost impossible to prove causation

Back in the early days I posted that the fact that it is windy in Ireland might just be to our advantage . I was ridiculed and posters laughing that I thought “ Corona would be blown away “
I still maintain that the fresh moving air we get with sea breezes and low humidity is to our advantage and could very well be a factor in low spread in the community
All around here people were very good about meeting only outdoors , even wearing jackets etc to chat outdoors . I think it probably helped that we have windy weather in Ireland .

Naos wrote: »

Ginger will be satisfied once he gets his Gym, Barbers, Pub and Cinema open. :pac:

And Social Distancing removed!

Ginger n Lemon wrote: »

I do have to say i blush for having become such an internet star on boards

On a more serious note, im very happy with how things are going but i think 29 june reduce it to 1.5 metres and scrap phase 4. Then I will be even more happy.

9 new cases and posters here want us to wear masks.. says it all

Ah, I'm just teasing.