Covid 19 Part XXIV-37,063 ROI (1,801 deaths) 12,886 NI (582 deaths) (02/10) Read OP

Popular opinion appears to be just to do as little as possible. Don't want lockdowns, don't want restrictions, don't want to be inconvenienced.

It's amazing how the popular opinion requires the laziest effort. What a coincidence.

Meanwhile we're stuck in the purgatory of lockdown/open up cycle that is quickly destroying the economy and my head.

Anybody have any ideas on an exit strategy? Nope. Apparently this is all fine and any approach to an idea is shot down immediately.

The house is being gambled on a vaccine that in theory may never exist. Note how that plan requires zero effort too. Strangely convenient.

Around and around we go, twirling into oblivion

Gradius wrote: »

Popular opinion appears to be just to do as little as possible. Don't want lockdowns, don't want restrictions, don't want to be inconvenienced.

It's amazing how the popular opinion requires the laziest effort. What a coincidence.

Meanwhile we're stuck in the purgatory of lockdown/open up cycle that is quickly destroying the economy and my head.

Anybody have any ideas on an exit strategy? Nope. Apparently this is all fine and any approach to an idea is shot down immediately.

The house is being gambled on a vaccine that in theory may never exist. Note how that plan requires zero effort too. Strangely convenient.

Around and around we go, twirling into oblivion

If you currently believe a vaccine may never exist you need to read more

Gael23 wrote: »

If the numbers are falling again today level 5 cannot be justified

So if they rise does that mean you think it is justified?

Decisions are not based on daily single figures.

When should we know the positive swabs. Can at least see from that is it looking bad, as they had rose on Saturday.

GooglePlus wrote: »

1 in 10 infected globally would mean a prevalence around 20 times higher than global testing shows. I'd well believe it's high but with that in mind, we would have had 760,000 infected in Ireland as opposed to 38,000.

The roughly 1 in 19 infected being missed applies much more to developing countries like India rather than Ireland. Certainly in Ireland 19/20 infections were not going unreported

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Sources indicate he has MM cowering behind the chair and still hasn't discovered Leo hiding behind the curtain yet. Éamon Ryan is off having a lunchtime siesta in the Dáil chamber.

"What the **** happened. I left you alone for five minutes you bumbling fool"

i can actually picture him taking off his belt and whipping them in a corner.

Gradius wrote: »

Yes, I'll read more about their efforts to find a cure to a disease and that will make it 100% a fact.

Sure why not throw in a cure for cancer too?

Just because you really want something doesn't make it an inevitability. Planning your life on something that may or may not happen is insanity.

Yes, hope for the thing to materialise, but don't plan on it.

What if it's 2022 by the time something is created? Happy to live in this joke until then?

Just to add... this is NOT living...

Hook the virus to my veins now so I can take my chances with it.
Because the current 'cure' is FAR worse than the damn thing!

Wolf359f wrote: »

Usually between 3:30 - 4:30

Eurghh, ages away

ACitizenErased wrote: »

If you currently believe a vaccine may never exist you need to read more

I wouldn't bother. Same poster referred to the GFA as a little bit of political paper and wanted the gov to break international law last night.

Better off banging your head against a wall

froog wrote: »

everywhere green until we get a vaccine. amber if cases are rising for a period of 3-5 consecutive days. RED if cases still rising two weeks after going AMBER.

no debating, no sub committees. the levels enforced immediately. everyone knows the criteria.

Sounds good.

I think the problem currently is that this lockdown seems to have come out of the blue. I know NPHET have a difficult job monitoring data and trying to make decisions, but we need to know why there was no need for Level 3 a few days ago, and now we've jumped to Level 5.

Businesses in particular need to be able to plan. They can't cope with 24 hours notice (or less) of everything being shut down. They can cope a bit if they get a week, or longer, notice.

It's one of the reasons I like the "circuit breaker" ideas. Flag a period in advance where you inform the country that everything is going to be shut down for 2 or 4 weeks. If we have to do 2 months open 1 month closed for the next 12 months let's do that to get us to vaccines and rapid testing.

I’m expecting a lockdown to be announced today. I would rather not be in lockdown but ultimately people’s health has to take centre stage above all else.
Going forward there needs to be consistency from the Govt on what gets shuts down.
Pubs being opened is a no no as far as I’m concerned until a proven vaccine is found. This buy food is a load of crap. Once alcohol is consumed people can drop their guard. Also most Irish pubs are small so socially distancing is not possible.
Pleased to see Dr Holohan back. He did a sterling job until tragic personal circumstances took him understandably out of circulation. Keep safe everyone