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Covid 19 Part XX-26,644 in ROI (1,772 deaths) 6,064 in NI (556 deaths) (08/08)Read OP

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  • #5792
    GazzaL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭GazzaL


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    As opposed to touching their mask free faces with those same hands?

    Oddly enough, if you're not fidgeting with a face mask, you're less likely to touch your face.


  • #5793
    GazzaL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭GazzaL


    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    There is no scenario were wearing a mask will increase your chances of getting covid. Which is what your post claimed.

    So you're saying the WHO guidelines are wrong, and it's ok to touch your mask and face with dirty, contaminated hands?


  • #5794
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    First day of school in Georgia (USA) today. Christ almighty. Apologies for picture size.

    sp44ts8rize51.jpg


  • #5795
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    iguana wrote: »
    If they can't, they can say they tried, sure they even kept the pubs closed. .
    I'm not sure I agree with saying this is only optics.

    If politicians open pubs now and cases spike, and we can't open schools as a consequence they will be crucified by the public - and rightly so. The headlines write themselves. Notice how SF are saying absolutely nothing?

    The only thing that's missing here is they haven't been clear enough with publicans and their staff. "It's unlikely pubs will be able to reopen, we need cases to start declining, if they do decline we'll reconsider it, in the meantime here is the proposed bailout to see you through to a vaccine. We'd also like you to look for another job in the meantime." - that should have been the message.


  • #5796
    jam_mac_jam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,733 ✭✭✭jam_mac_jam


    GazzaL wrote: »
    So you're saying the WHO guidelines are wrong, and it's ok to touch your mask and face with dirty, contaminated hands?

    Nobody said that. Are you just making things up so you can disagree with people.

    This thread is just sniping back and forth at people. I do realise that I am contributing nothing but having a moan. But it really has got bad.


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  • #5797
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    GazzaL wrote: »
    Oddly enough, if you're not fidgeting with a face mask, you're less likely to touch your face.

    And no risk from a mask so.

    You're not making sense.


  • #5798
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    There is no scenario were wearing a mask will increase your chances of getting covid. Which is what your post claimed.

    That is a strong statement, what is your opinion on what happened in Israel where the school children were storing their masks on one hook?


  • #5799
    timsey tiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,768 ✭✭✭timsey tiger


    GazzaL wrote: »
    Oddly enough, if you're not fidgeting with a face mask, you're less likely to touch your face.

    Google face touching research, you might rethink the above statement.


  • #5800
    PokeHerKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    GazzaL wrote: »
    So you're saying the WHO guidelines are wrong, and it's ok to touch your mask and face with dirty, contaminated hands?

    Im saying there's no scenario were wearing a mask will increase your chances of getting covid.


  • #5801
    PokeHerKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    Widdensushi wrote: »
    That is a strong statement, what is your opinion on what happened in Israel where the school children were storing their masks on one hook?

    So a class full of unmasked children all got covid but it was the hook that caused it....?


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  • #5802
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    What about all these toxic masks in our community, if there is a lapse in concentration can people doing refuse catch it off masks? I am in favour of masks but they are not without risks if precautions are not taken


  • #5803
    Patrick2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    Sorry if this has been asked before but are there any figures on the numbers being tested and if it’s increased or decreased?
    Surely the number of new cases detected is only relevant in the context of numbers being tested?


  • #5804
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    So a class full of unmasked children all got covid but it was the hook that caused it....?

    Of course contaminated masks spread it


  • #5805
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Widdensushi wrote: »
    What about all these toxic masks in our community, if there is a lapse in concentration can people doing refuse catch it off masks? I am in favour of masks but they are not without risks if precautions are not taken
    There should be a leaflet & masks sent out to all households with clear instructions on how to wear them. These TV ads are no good.


  • #5806
    GazzaL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭GazzaL


    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    Im saying there's no scenario were wearing a mask will increase your chances of getting covid.
    If people incorrectly wear masks then they can increase their risk of infection from COVID and other illnesses. Otherwise, it wouldn't matter a jot how people wear them and the WHO wouldn't have produced lovely colourful posters.

    Widdensushi wrote: »
    What about all these toxic masks in our community, if there is a lapse in concentration can people doing refuse catch it off masks? I am in favour of masks but they are not without risks if precautions are not taken

    I saw a used face mask lying on the ground in a shop the other day #disgusting #filth


  • #5807
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    HSE Daily Operations Update

    15 in hospital, increase of 2.
    2 confirmed cases today, 1 in Kilkenny and 1 in Wexford.
    5 in ICU, no change.
    1 on ventilator, decrease of 2.

    Tallaght +1 (3)
    Drogheda -- (2)
    Mater -- (2)
    Wexford +1 (2)
    Beaumont -- (1)
    Cavan -- (1)
    Galway +1 (1)
    Kilkenny +1 (1)
    Mullingar -- (1)
    UHLimerick -- (1)
    Navan -1 (0)
    Sligo -1 (0)


  • #5808
    PokeHerKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    Widdensushi wrote: »
    Of course contaminated masks spread it

    You do realise a contaminated child had to put it on the mask in the first place? Then said child sat unmasked in a packed classroom. Now are we gonna argue over the chicken and egg as well?

    They should have been wearing their masks in class. It's the fcuking point of them. Your argument is completely idiotic.


  • #5809
    The Unbearables
    Closed Accounts Posts: 359 ✭✭The Unbearables


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    The entire world is winging it.

    This.


  • #5810
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,172 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    There should be a leaflet & masks sent out to all households with clear instructions on how to wear them. These TV ads are no good.

    This government don't do forward thinking - they act and deal with the consequences later

    MM all a fluster when asked to clarify when the new (review) date for phase 4 was - how he got to be the FF leader and leader of this country is beyond me, Donnelly seems like the type to just get headlines in the media


  • #5811
    The Unbearables
    Closed Accounts Posts: 359 ✭✭The Unbearables


    fritzelly wrote: »
    This government don't do forward thinking - they act and deal with the consequences later

    MM all a fluster when asked to clarify when the new (review) date for phase 4 was - how he got to be the FF leader and leader of this country is beyond me, Donnelly seems like the type to just get headlines in the media

    You get the government you deserve.


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  • #5812
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    fritzelly wrote: »
    This government don't do forward thinking - they act and deal with the consequences later

    MM all a fluster when asked to clarify when the new (review) date for phase 4 was - how he got to be the FF leader and leader of this country is beyond me, Donnelly seems like the type to just get headlines in the media
    I'm no Varadkar fan but him and Harris communicated fantastically. Everything was described in detail and explained properly. We're getting lots of mixed signals here.
    Like I still cannot understand why the outdoor gatherings weren't increased for sport...


  • #5813
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    There should be a leaflet & masks sent out to all households with clear instructions on how to wear them. These TV ads are no good.

    With the vast amounts we are borrowing this year, the extra amount needed to send a few masks to every house in the country would barely register.


  • #5814
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    There should be a leaflet & masks sent out to all households with clear instructions on how to wear them. These TV ads are no good.

    I was in my local supermarket today for the first time in a fortnight, the amount of people with masks under their nose was surprising, I don't know of any case within 40km from me since it started but it looked silly. I also don't think it is necessary in supermarkets with large ceilings and social distancing as much as possible but I won't do it incorrectly.


  • #5815
    normanoffside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,233 ✭✭✭✭normanoffside


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I'm no Varadkar fan but him and Harris communicated fantastically. Everything was described in detail and explained properly. We're getting lots of mixed signals here.
    Like I still cannot understand why the outdoor gatherings weren't increased for sport...

    They might go to the pub afterwards?


  • #5816
    PokeHerKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,937 ✭✭✭PokeHerKing


    GazzaL wrote: »
    If people incorrectly wear masks then they can increase their risk of infection from COVID and other illnesses. Otherwise, it wouldn't matter a jot how people wear them and the WHO wouldn't have produced lovely colourful posters.

    How could you INCREASE the risk? If I wear a hat in the rain have I increased my risk of getting wet? No, I might still get wet but I certainly haven't INCREASED my chances.


  • #5817
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    With the vast amounts we are borrowing this year, the extra amount needed to send a few masks to every house in the country would barely register.
    It makes enforcement way easier if masks are distributed. No excuse of "i dont have one" when everyone has been sent one.


  • #5818
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    GazzaL wrote: »
    Oddly enough, if you're not fidgeting with a face mask, you're less likely to touch your face.

    Is it just me or is the world getting dumber by the day. Even someone with an IQ of 20 wouldn’t be capable of writing the above.


  • #5819
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    normanoffside wrote: »
    They might go to the pub afterwards?
    If the pubs are closed then that doesn't really add up


  • #5820
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    PokeHerKing wrote: »
    How could you INCREASE the risk? If I wear a hat in the rain have I increased my risk of getting wet? No, I might still get wet but I certainly haven't INCREASED my chances.

    If you have covid the mask is another way to spread it if you do not look after it properly


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  • #5821
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,172 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    The Unbearables wrote: »
    You get the government you deserve.

    No one deserves this government

    Think we all could take extended restrictions if delivered in the right way, something this government are incapable of


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