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

B.A._Baracus · 05-10-2020 01:39PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

While outlets such as barbers, hairdressers and clothes shops closed during the last lockdown and were deemed non essential, off licenses were allowed remain open and deemed essential. What a farce. And it will be the same this time.

If they were to close people would be kicking up something fierce.
Lol.

Richard Hillman · 05-10-2020 01:39PM

If they close Off Licenses we riot. End of.

Hurrache · 05-10-2020 01:39PM

Sweet.Science wrote: »

How did the GAA blow it? Surely it was the players and supporters that blew it.

Demanding a meeting with NPHET didn't help the optics one bit, there's plenty of schadenfreude over that particular hissy fit.

Ficheall · 05-10-2020 01:39PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You can't close off licenses as people who are alcohol dependent can die from withdrawal.

"Yeah, but what about the people who will die if they don't get a haircut?" - Zara

Working class heroes · 05-10-2020 01:39PM

Denny61 wrote: »

You clown. You can't isolate counties

we isolated six about a hundred years ago........:)

MerlinSouthDub · 05-10-2020 01:40PM

landofthetree wrote: »

This is never accepted by opposition or the media.

We spend enough yet the opposition always say we under invest in healthcare. We dont. Our health spend per capita is well above average for Western Europe.

Nobody wants to reform.

This. And all you ever hear from doctors and nurses is that they need more funding. It's quite clearly not a funding issue.

Denny61 · 05-10-2020 01:40PM

The government will have to impose lockdown or Else NPHET will be undermined

Goldrickssan · 05-10-2020 01:41PM

First lockdown started when we had 68 ICU and 380 Hospital cases.

Today we have 23 ICU and 150 Hospital cases.

Have we been preparing for this or just fingering ourselves silly for the past 7 months? Looking at these figures it looks like we've gone backwards if we go to level 5 today.

Blondini · 05-10-2020 01:41PM

Paddygreen wrote: »

Don’t want to jump the gun guys but I think I will headband down to Spar to get a bottle of pressuco or two and some to celebrate later. Couldn’t sleep last night after hearing that Dr Tony was back full steam ahead to rally us all against deadly Covid19.

Keep an eye out for escaped drunken bog monkeys.

Hurrache · 05-10-2020 01:41PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Only in Ireland would an off licence be deemed essential.

I have nothing against alcohol.

We got into this mess largely because of house parties.

I wasn't at any, and yet somehow I managed to consume alcohol weekly without the urge to throw one.

Drug driving has been up since the restrictions months ago. Only solution is to ban cars.

An Ri rua · 05-10-2020 01:41PM

Denny61 wrote: »

You clown. You can't isolate counties

Is that all of us on the thread, then?

tobefrank321 · 05-10-2020 01:41PM

Deleted User wrote: »

You can't close off licenses as people who are alcohol dependent can die from withdrawal.

Bullsh*t

Goldrickssan · 05-10-2020 01:42PM

landofthetree wrote: »

This is never accepted by opposition or the media.

We spend enough yet the opposition always say we under invest in healthcare. We dont. Our health spend per capita is well above average for Western Europe.

Nobody wants to reform.

God forbid you call out civil servants
Unions would be up Michael's hole in no time

CalamariFritti · 05-10-2020 01:42PM

Denny61 wrote: »

The government will have to impose lockdown or Else NPHET will be undermined

Nphet doesnt need undermining. They've done a pretty good job at that themselves. Nphet needs to be disbanded. Putting our trust in Nphet is like giving the cat the job to watch the cream.

Gruffalux · 05-10-2020 01:42PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

It should not be a national level 5.

Counties like Dublin, Donegal, Cork and possibly Galway should be moved progressively up levels if required.

Moving the entire country to level 5 immediately is massive overkill.

You might think. But I am regularly in 4 or 5 counties of a working day. It is a tiny country and people move avout a lot.
There is background data here that we are not aware of, eg people really messed up waiting for serious medical attention for other things who will not get near a hospital for 6 months if this thing gets out of hand

landofthetree · 05-10-2020 01:43PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

While outlets such as barbers, hairdressers and clothes shops closed during the last lockdown and were deemed non essential, off licenses were allowed remain open and deemed essential. What a farce. And it will be the same this time.

One in every five patients admitted to the critical care unit in Dublin’s Beaumont Hospital during the lockdown were there because of booze, a top medic has revealed.

Liver consultant Dr John Ryan believes hospitals around Ireland had similar numbers as drinking reached crisis levels during the pandemic.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/one-five-critical-care-dublins-22424995.amp

A nation of drunks who block up hospitals.

MrMusician18 · 05-10-2020 01:43PM

I'm hearing that all gaa club games have been suspended.

PopePalpatine · 05-10-2020 01:43PM

John O.Groats wrote: »

And what about the anti vaxxer nutjobs that will refuse to take a vaccine should one be developed? What then?

Fuck them.

Funsterdelux · 05-10-2020 01:43PM

Tony Maloney isnt around

So Scotland

NS: "I can report that the total number of positive cases that were reported yesterday was 697 which is 12.8% of people newly tested. The total number of positive cases is 32,906."

Plumbthedepths · 05-10-2020 01:44PM

Gradius wrote: »

You are defending inaction, you are defending the status quo approach that everyone hates.

Your nonsense wasn't credible the first time you said it and still won't be no matter how many times you say it.

Thomas.. · 05-10-2020 01:44PM

Denny61 wrote: »

The government will have to impose lockdown or Else NPHET will be undermined

They will but it's not that at all

MM and varadkar won't want responsibility for a negative outcome here so they will go with level 5

They're chickensh1t to use jargon

drunkmonkey · 05-10-2020 01:44PM

froog wrote: »

and those people should be properly fined and enforced by gardai who seem to be more concerned with busting people for weed and checking car insurance. banning alcohol is a ludicrous idea.

They should have legalized weed at the start of this, instead they drove prices through the roof, what a time to be a drug dealer, there probably praying to Saint Tony every night for the gifts he brings.

As for alcohol there at nothing, we've now more sheebeens than pubs. If there going to shut off licences they may close the brewerys as we've moved on from 6 packs to kegs.

tigerboon · 05-10-2020 01:45PM

All GAA games stopped. Well done to all the Muppets both celebrating and organising yesterday. Nothing for a couple of hundred thousand kids now.

TonyMaloney · 05-10-2020 01:45PM

Funsterdelux wrote: »

Tony Maloney isnt around

So Scotland

NS: "I can report that the total number of positive cases that were reported yesterday was 697 which is 12.8% of people newly tested. The total number of positive cases is 32,906."

wtf man, that's my thing

their positivity rate is really out of control now

tobefrank321 · 05-10-2020 01:45PM

bennyl10 wrote: »

People aren’t following the precautions as they are

Cases are rising everywhere and we need to take steps to stop this.

95% of people are following precautions.

Goldrickssan · 05-10-2020 01:45PM

tigerboon wrote: »

All GAA games stopped. Well done to all the Muppets both celebrating and organising yesterday. Nothing for a couple of hundred thousand kids now.

They're still allowed train just no matches

titan18 · 05-10-2020 01:46PM

Denny61 wrote: »

The government will have to impose lockdown or Else NPHET will be undermined

Not really. You can easily word something that government agree and are moving up some restrictions, but explain away why not going to level 5.

Be like, We agree with NPHETs assessment that cases are increasing/things becoming worrying etc, but in light of other factors like economy, we're pausing the move to level 5 atm and going to level 3/4 whatever, and seeing will cases drop. It's on everyone to work with these restrictions bla bla or we will be all in level 5 in 3/4 weeks.

TexasTornado · 05-10-2020 01:46PM

Daughter just texted me. She works in the Jervis centre and went for a walk on her lunch break. Massive queue outside the Toy shops there on Jervis street seems to be a bit of a panic they'll be closed for xmas. This is the level of intelligence we are having to deal with now during this pandemic.

polesheep · 05-10-2020 01:46PM

landofthetree wrote: »

This is never accepted by opposition or the media.

We spend enough yet the opposition always say we under invest in healthcare. We dont. Our health spend per capita is well above average for Western Europe.

Nobody wants to reform.

I well remember the formation of the HSE. There were hundreds of people recruited to posts that hadn't been vacated by the previous incumbent or one or two words were changed in the job description to make it seem like the new role was somehow different to the incumbent's. Then there was the intense pressure to keep facilities and admin open in parts of the country where they weren't needed. And it has continued in that vein with ministers taking advantage of the HSE to bring jobs to their constituencies. This mindset has to change before the HSE can change.

Paddygreen · 05-10-2020 01:46PM

Welcome back Dr Tony.. been playing this for weeks thinking about you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

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

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