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So what are the positives surrounding the Covid19 coronavirus?

Snow Garden

It's all doom and gloom on the main thread but what are the positives surrounding the Covid19 coronavirus?

Top of my head...

- More employers will start working-from-home policies (where possible) and there will much less stigma around it in the future

- People will get to spend more time with their families and local communities this Spring

- Due to home working, there will be less traffic congestion on the roads and less people commuting for excessive hours every week

- People will develop better hygiene practices

- People will eat healthier, drink less and sleep more in order to build up their immune system

- The reduction in economic activity will have a positive effect on the environment and help countries meet their climate change targets

- Less pointless consumerism

- Food retailers will make increased profits due to stockpiling (much of which will probably get binned in the long run)

- The number of people that contract flu this year will diminish due to better hygiene standards at all levels

- We will finally fully acknowledge how inadequate our health service is and perhaps do something meaningful about it

- We may even get a national government who will focus on fixing major problems in Ireland rather than votes in the next election7

- People will eat more locally produced food

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stargazer 68

Doubt we will have the 'trick or treaters' on October

If people don't want to send their kids to school they certainly aren't sending them to random houses for 'candy'

blade1

stargazer 68 wrote: »

Doubt we will have the 'trick or treaters' on October
If people don't want to send their kids to school they certainly aren't sending them to random houses for 'candy'

It'll be covid or treat from now on.
Same principle but the stakes are higher.

E mac

No more going to the pub Fri+Sat has made me realise how much money I was spending. I miss going but my bank balance kinda cheers me up nowadays...

Dickie10

same. i drank at least one night of weekend usually a 9-3 sitting. perhaps a sunday eveniing 8-12 too an odd time. but from march 7th - August 3rd i didnt take one drop of acohol. stayed dry completely

Hawthorn Tree

111 days until Christmas

Dr. Bre

Hawthorn Tree wrote: »

111 days until Christmas

Christmas will be cancelled

BobbyMalone

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Christmas will be cancelled

I'm not sure this belongs in 'what are thepositives surroundingthe Covid19 coronavirus' thread ...

Unless you hate Christmas, I suppose.

Gruffalux

Less housework!
Very unlikely to get unexpected visitors who will discover my creative chaos. Woohoo!

Purple Mountain

I don't know if this will happen but I'd hope it would.
We might shift to a more continental habit of socialising.
Have a few drinks over a meal and not just go out binge drinking for 6 hours straight.

robbiezero

Purple Mountain wrote: »

I don't know if this will happen but I'd hope it would.
We might shift to a more continental habit of socialising.
Have a few drinks over a meal and not just go out binge drinking for 6 hours straight.

Whats stopping people from doing that if they want to?

Purple Mountain

robbiezero wrote: »

Whats stopping people from doing that if they want to?

Irish mindset of going out and drinking to get drunk unfortunately.

Assetbacked

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Irish mindset of going out and drinking to get drunk unfortunately.

Irish people deserve a lot of nights out after the last 6 months of having pubs closed. Those nights out are going to be something special in a couple weeks, seeing friends in such settings that we haven't seen in many months, going out to watch matches with pub atmosphere. The pints will taste all the sweeter too. A positive in itself is the thirst that has brewed during the last 6 months.

Van.Bosch

Record high leaving very results

zerosugarbuzz

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Irish mindset of going out and drinking to get drunk unfortunately.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country

Ireland is not at the top of the European list for alcohol consumption. Many many people including myself, my family and most of my friends are perfectly capable of drinking in moderation. Though I do know a few alcoholics too.

[Deleted User]

Purple Mountain wrote: »

I don't know if this will happen but I'd hope it would.
We might shift to a more continental habit of socialising.
Have a few drinks over a meal and not just go out binge drinking for 6 hours straight.

Why do you hope that would happen? Can YOU not just go for a meal and have some drinks if thats what you enjoy?

You are even free to move to another country with a social culture that you approve of if you want to.

I don't understand anybody who feels the need to comment on how we should socialise.

whisky_galore

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Record high leaving very results

Probably record high points to compensate?

Dickie10

Deleted User wrote: »

Why do you hope that would happen? Can YOU not just go for a meal and have some drinks if thats what you enjoy?

You are even free to move to another country with a social culture that you approve of if you want to.

I don't understand anybody who feels the need to comment on how we should socialise.

Yeah i dont get this , why does it seem to annoy people that we spend an evening or night drinking?whats the big fascination with eating food in the middle of it? plus how exactly do single people mingle with each other in a foodservice/table setting to find a partner/shag? if the future was like this would it not be very tough for singletons to socalisze? is drinking in bars not the way people meet in UK and USA too? not sure what happens in Europe

Xtrail14

The Chinese are making a fortune on mass producing ppe and mass producing a vaccine to their virus.

bb1234567

Dickie10 wrote: »

Yeah i dont get this , why does it seem to annoy people that we spend an evening or night drinking?whats the big fascination with eating food in the middle of it? plus how exactly do single people mingle with each other in a foodservice/table setting to find a partner/shag? if the future was like this would it not be very tough for singletons to socalisze? is drinking in bars not the way people meet in UK and USA too? not sure what happens in Europe

Yes it is just certain posters overexaggerating. Levels of alcohol consumption in Ireland are not particularly high compared to global average. Most countries in free and liberal socities have vibrant bar and pub cultures just like Ireland and alcohol is also a major factor in group social interactions in all those places just as much as some people on here would like to think it's not

Global cities with most bars per capita
Top- Tokyo, Seoul, Rome, Madrid,Montreal, Edinburgh,Buenos Aires, Bogota. Dublin is nowhere near them in terms of pubs per head of the population

http://www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/data/number-of-bars-per-100000-population

Man Vs ManUre

We should be better prepared now for when the giant alien spacecrafts appear over our major cities.

Gods Gift

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

We should be better prepared now for when the giant alien spacecrafts appear over our major cities.

Yes. €9 meal with pints.

Capt. Autumn

Covid cures you of cold sores. In my experience anyway.

MrStuffins

This board is awash with negativity. It's not good for us!

There are plenty of threads talking about the negatives but what have been the positives for you so far since this pandemic started? Personally some of the positives for me have been.......

- Work from home. This has added so approx 90 mins to my day. I can stay up longer, I can wake up later and I don't have to worry about a daily commute to and from the office. I cycle to work, so i'm missing the exercise, but I sure am not missing the rainy mornings on the bike. My other half also works from home and it's been great to spend more time with her.

- More time to read. During the lockdown phase, I set myself a challenge to read at least one book a week. I found that my busy schedule had meant I wasn't reading as much. Once the pubs were closed, sports were off and everything was closed, I found it the perfect excuse to get stuck into some books. Things have opened up a bit since then so i'm not quite reading as fast, but i'm still reading and very glad I picked it back up.

- Learning a new skill. I figured that in 10 years time, if I looked back at all of the spare time I had during the pandemic and hadn't picked up a new skill i'd be disappointed. So I decided to invest in a set of electronic drums and teach myself that. During lockdown I was able to practice quite a bit. The evenings i'd normally spend in the gym I would spend playing drums. I'm still not very good, but i'm improving and i'm trying to find as much time as possible at the moment to keep it up.

So, what have been the upsides for you?

TonyMaloney

I learned to program in Python to the extent that I'm able to adequately illustrate our imminent doom.

ShineOn7

See here OP https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058060900

storker

MrStuffins wrote: »

This board is awash with negativity. It's not good for us!

There are plenty of threads talking about the negatives but what have been the positives for you so far since this pandemic started? Personally some of the positives for me have been.......

- Work from home. This has added so approx 90 mins to my day. I can stay up longer, I can wake up later and I don't have to worry about a daily commute to and from the office. I cycle to work, so i'm missing the exercise, but I sure am not missing the rainy mornings on the bike. My other half also works from home and it's been great to spend more time with her.

- More time to read. During the lockdown phase, I set myself a challenge to read at least one book a week. I found that my busy schedule had meant I wasn't reading as much. Once the pubs were closed, sports were off and everything was closed, I found it the perfect excuse to get stuck into some books. Things have opened up a bit since then so i'm not quite reading as fast, but i'm still reading and very glad I picked it back up.

- Learning a new skill. I figured that in 10 years time, if I looked back at all of the spare time I had during the pandemic and hadn't picked up a new skill i'd be disappointed. So I decided to invest in a set of electronic drums and teach myself that. During lockdown I was able to practice quite a bit. The evenings i'd normally spend in the gym I would spend playing drums. I'm still not very good, but i'm improving and i'm trying to find as much time as possible at the moment to keep it up.

So, what have been the upsides for you?

Working from home is the big one. At least 90 minutes saved and, since I'm now home earlier than my wife, I can get the dinner on and we eat earlier, which is healthier and leaves more quality/family time in the evenings.

Reading not so much, since I used to do most of my reading on the train. But I've taken to audiobooks and listen to them mostly when cooking - or driving instead of music. I'm currently on Anthony Beevor's history of WW2.

Acquiring new skills - definitely. I've been learning Linux and also HTML and CSS web design...and looking to move on to JavaScript and then Python.

On a wider level, I think hygiene is a big plus. I'm not sure if it's distancing, masks or hand-washing, but I haven't had a cold since February. Maybe if we keep some of the anti-COVID habits we've picked up, we'll be healthier and less people will need to take time off work due to illness. And maybe others will stop bringing their illnesses into work with them to share around.

keenanem

MrStuffins wrote: »

This board is awash with negativity. It's not good for us!

There are plenty of threads talking about the negatives but what have been the positives for you so far since this pandemic started? Personally some of the positives for me have been.......

- Work from home. This has added so approx 90 mins to my day. I can stay up longer, I can wake up later and I don't have to worry about a daily commute to and from the office. I cycle to work, so i'm missing the exercise, but I sure am not missing the rainy mornings on the bike. My other half also works from home and it's been great to spend more time with her.

- More time to read. During the lockdown phase, I set myself a challenge to read at least one book a week. I found that my busy schedule had meant I wasn't reading as much. Once the pubs were closed, sports were off and everything was closed, I found it the perfect excuse to get stuck into some books. Things have opened up a bit since then so i'm not quite reading as fast, but i'm still reading and very glad I picked it back up.

- Learning a new skill. I figured that in 10 years time, if I looked back at all of the spare time I had during the pandemic and hadn't picked up a new skill i'd be disappointed. So I decided to invest in a set of electronic drums and teach myself that. During lockdown I was able to practice quite a bit. The evenings i'd normally spend in the gym I would spend playing drums. I'm still not very good, but i'm improving and i'm trying to find as much time as possible at the moment to keep it up.

So, what have been the upsides for you?

Great Idea!

Positives - I've stayed better connected with Family

Was out walking more and find new routes, areas that i havent had a chance to go.
Garden was updated aswell!

Working from home has had it's benefits! although i am back in the office 3 days a week now have that balance is great.

Oranage2

With life being in the fast lane I hadn't had much time for boards in the previous 3 years. During the lockdown I had unlimited free time and now I'm back glued to it

El_Duderino 09

Saved money towards buying a house.

Started using YouTube exercise videos, which was a big plus and will be vital during winter lockdowns.

More house parties. They've been great fun and very civilised without anyone getting messy and good adherence to distancing.

Hygiene has improved and cold and flu might be permanently down as a result.

storker

Oranage2 wrote: »

With life being in the fast lane I hadn't had much time for boards in the previous 3 years. During the lockdown I had unlimited free time and now I'm back glued to it

Downsides thread