Covid 19 Part XXII-30,360 in ROI(1,781 deaths) 8,035 in NI (568 deaths)(10/09)Read OP

Looking forward to a high number later, we should be going for gold with the healthy under 40's since there's no deaths and hardly any going near a hospital.

If we could manage to get the number up to say, 100,000 per day, we would be through this thing in 6 weeks.

caveat emptor wrote: »

Nothing to panic about. This is what living with the virus looks like. I'd wait another couple of weeks before getting concerned.
Although I can't see wet pubs in Dublin being opened if the current trend continues.
Rural should be grand so the dubs can all fly down the country for a spin and a pint without having to get a chicken burger.

It's part of the encourage staycations scheme...

Deleted User wrote: »

I agree with all except for demographics.

From what I have seen and heard it's nearly exclusively the oldies..

No cases have been related back to these venues but did hear of over 200 at a funeral recently in a smallish church. The priest said I won't turn anyone away. Theres always a few in every walk of life.

In my local church Wednesday's Mass is for old age pensioners not to have them there on a Sunday to split them from the younger people.

Illogical decisions by the government going to lead to harsher restrictions in the future if we don't act soon. It’s impossible to have a high number of infections and community transmission and not have vulnerable or elderly individuals hospitalized. Schools will have to close too. Hopefully some localized retrictions in Dublin help. Looks inevitable now.

I believe there is an outbreak in a nursing home in North Dublin.

caveat emptor wrote: »

Nothing to panic about. This is what living with the virus looks like. I'd wait another couple of weeks before getting concerned.
Although I can't see wet pubs in Dublin being opened if the current trend continues.
Rural should be grand so the dubs can all fly down the country for a spin and a pint without having to get a chicken burger.

I agree on the need for bit of calm. It is a trend we can see elsewhere. I think they want to get all pubs open unless we have a very big reverse in community spread.

copeyhagen wrote: »

Interesting figures here....

And what % of the Irish population have one of those conditions, it's not a small number.

ixoy wrote: »

Be curious as to where in Dublin these cases are mainly.

Dublin North Central along with Dublin West had been flagged previously

s1ippy wrote: »

Aren't you just back from an Italian skiing holiday? I've a great memory.

Edit - just saw your other post... Can't really see how your travel has been impinged if you're going on two or three foreign holidays this year.

I detect a little begrugdery in that post or have you something against people travelling in general? Yes i know there’s a pandemic but you need to be clear on your real motives about travelling.

copeyhagen wrote: »

Interesting figures here....

Translation: It's ok if people with Asthma, Diabetes or weak immune systems die en masse as long as I get to have a selfish pint.

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't normally agree with your posts, but opening all wet bars is a mistake.

Wet bars could have opened as restaurants. It's not as if they couldn't reopen under any circumstances.

Once you open it will be very hard to close again.

The positive out of all this is the end of the pub. Long live the wet bar.

The inconsistency by the government mind boggling. Get outdoors was the message yesterday yet still no news on attending sports events outdoors. The GAA season is over soon and as we all know the evidence is getting even stronger that outdoor transmission is very low. Could easily have a crowd of 300-500 at alot of venue's and with proper planning it could be very safe.

So are we going the Swedish route now?

antodeco wrote: »

The problem I have with the pubs (and it seems to be mainly a Dublin thing) is that there is no time restrictions, no social distancing, no contact tracing in the majority of pubs I have either been in or been told of. I have seen people falling out of pubs locked. Ive seen the same oul lads going in at first opening and in there until night. Im more than happy with pubs opening where we can be 99% sure of them sticking to the rules. The problem is, from what Ive seen, Id be surprised if it was 10% or higher.

A direct result of being treated like crap with little or no support from government, talked down to, lauded as absolute hotspots for the virus spreading despite already being one of the most heavily regulated industries in Ireland in nearly every regard most of whom would have happily complied with whatever sensible guidelines that could have been issued back in July.

The fact that I can legally go and meet a group of friends, order a plate of goujons and drink for hours on end but can't go to a "wet" pub (that term makes me want to vomit) for a one hour catch up with a friend over two pints is ridiculous.

The government lost the people when they "compromised" by allowing gastropubs to open with the €9 meal nonsense which has just led to all sorts of nonsense rule bending.