Covid19 Part XVIII-25,473 in ROI(1,736 deaths) 5,760 in NI (551 deaths)(30/06)Read OP

another cluster in meat factory

Newspaper headlines go in bold with me for everything.

Don't like it? I really don't care.

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Would really like to know where they get this from
https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1272575500108603392?s=19

1.7m wearing masks?

Was Ronan drinking cans in the park over the weekend?

Surely the 1.7m figure is at a push the answer to 'have you ever worn a face mask in public'?

Was all around Dublin city centre today, saw thousands of people, at most 1 in 20 had a face mask on but that would be a very generous estimate, it was probably more like 1 in 50 people or even 1 in 100

On public transport and supermarkets and other enclosed places there is relatively high numbers wearing them though like 1 in 5 people I would say

fr336 wrote: »

This is a discussion board both sides should get a hearing. This thread has turned from educational to certain posters simply trying to shut down debate in 99% of their posts. The bullying of one poster is truly pathetic and the moderator lack of action even moreso. Thank you to the few posters from both sides of the argument posting good info and analysis.

This.
I brought this up yesterday and got smart arse replies.
Just let people voice their opinions and their interpretation of the facts without ganging up on people.

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Do you disagree that there are a number of posters who come on here to scaremonger?

Not to speak for who you quoted but that's your interpretation of it. Perhaps said posters spend time looking at news and researching. It would be like accusing those who post good news of not caring about the seriousness of the virus at its peak. It's not healthy for discussion to be shut down in this way and I'm glad it doesn't happen at government level in Ireland by the looks of things.

tom1ie wrote: »

There are some that present facts that people don’t want to entertain so the group on here shut them down and tell them to stop scaremongering.
Is it scaremongering or sharing facts?
I believe it’s sharing facts, they might be unpalatable, but they are facts none the less.

There's a difference between posting informative news articles and posting negative news articles in block, large writing, clearly looking for attention and to get a reaction.

ACitizenErased wrote: »

There's a difference between posting informative news articles and posting negative news articles in block, large writing, clearly looking for attention and to get a reaction.

Citizen, not that it matters, but I think you bring a nice balance to this thread and you have informative posts. However there is a certain posse that seem to shut down certain posters when the slightest bit of (what others think) realism is mentioned. That’s not on it’s a public forum

Both the UK and New York State today reported the fewest deaths in a day since lockdown measures were introduced

Goldengirl wrote: »

This.
It wrecks liverx and kidneys also..thrombosed.

So does booze ;-)

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I appreciate that but bias towards negative news articles when there are clearly people using this thread to get information is not on either. This is supposed to be the main thread on here, yet the negativity that overflows it some days is genuinely unbearable sometimes.

In the past for sure I agree it was completely overly negative to the point it was not a productive discussion or balanced source of news at all. But in the last few weeks any news posted from around the world which does not relate to how few cases Ireland is now reporting daily is not just dismissed but those posters are also attacked. And of course it is important to acknowledge the great feat accomplished by Ireland but the rest of the world is now going through an almost uncontrolled period of case growth as their lockdowns have ended but transmission has not, these countries will remain as threats of reintroduction of community spread to Ireland for a long time to come, discussions about what's going on outside Europe should not be dismissed just because they are not positive news currently.