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

wes · 05-10-2020 04:33PM

Infini wrote: »

Honestly I hope I'm wrong

I will be a very happy man if we are both wrong. I hope we don't end up having to do level 4/5 for longer in November or even December :eek:, which would **** up Christmas.

I hope level 3 does the job, and everyone has some cop on, and that they crack down on those bloody facist anti-mast protests.

Anyway, I guess I will be getting some use out of my P3 and KN95 masks.

StevenToast · 05-10-2020 04:33PM

Part XXV coming up tonight beasty?

bazermc · 05-10-2020 04:33PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

No DOH press briefing tonight

They're all in their bedrooms sulking

SEPT 23 1989 · 05-10-2020 04:34PM

ForestFire wrote: »

Can I ask what is wrong with a Level 5 restrictions for Christmas....If fact is this not the perfect opportunity to have a real lockdown we can prepare for....

- Schools are closed for 2 week anyway...
- Most workplaces are closed for at least a week...
- It's the depths of winter, with nowhere to go anyway...

If they told everyone to prepare for a 2 week Full Full lockdown, Im talking level 6.4382 here folks!!
Close Schools, shops and businesses (Except critical one of course and only emergency food deliveries) for the full 2 weeks.

Everyone instructed Stock up on Food (And toilet rolls!) for two weeks and only leave your house for walks on with your household and stay away from everyone else at all times.

After the 2 weeks, if anyone in your household has any symptoms, you remain in lockdown and are tested (maybe get 3 weeks food!!)

We have full household isolation for 2 weeks, with little impact on Economy as possible and try to control households with symptoms from there.

So .........We ride out level 3.453 until Christmas, come out the far side on level 1/2 and Repeat again for Easter!!

It would be perfect if we were in the 2nd week of December now

satgirl22 · 05-10-2020 04:34PM

can i ask what does it mean for restaurants in Cork in level 3 - is it outdoor dining only?

polesheep · 05-10-2020 04:34PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

Only Level 3???!!!!

THEYRE NOT TRUSTING THE SCIENCE

Which science? Medical science, economic science...

Spiderman0081 · 05-10-2020 04:34PM

If the government does not agree with NPHET or follow their advice, does this now mean that we should start calling them tin foilers? It’s hard to keep up with the name calling

wes · 05-10-2020 04:34PM

ForestFire wrote: »

Can I ask what is wrong with a Level 5 restrictions for Christmas....If fact is this not the perfect opportunity to have a real lockdown we can prepare for....

- Schools are closed for 2 week anyway...
- Most workplaces are closed for at least a week...
- It's the depths of winter, with nowhere to go anyway...

If they told everyone to prepare for a 2 week Full Full lockdown, Im talking level 6.4382 here folks!!
Close Schools, shops and businesses (Except critical one of course and only emergency food deliveries) for the full 2 weeks.

Everyone instructed Stock up on Food (And toilet rolls!) for two weeks and only leave your house for walks on with your household and stay away from everyone else at all times.

After the 2 weeks, if anyone in your household has any symptoms, you remain in lockdown and are tested (maybe get 3 weeks food!!)

We have full household isolation for 2 weeks, with little impact on Economy as possible and try to control households with symptoms from there.

So .........We ride out level 3.453 until Christmas, come out the far side on level 1/2 and Repeat again for Easter!!

A scheduled lockdown that we all know about before hand is definitely an interesting idea.

c.p.w.g.w · 05-10-2020 04:34PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

All colleges are online

Maybe the case on some, but in Limerick, cork & Galway student accommodation is full and plenty big house parties on going

landofthetree · 05-10-2020 04:35PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Yes enforcement needs to be stricter, high on the spot fines taken direct from PUP, Dole or Wages

We must be the greatest country on the planet for not actually apllying the laws we already have. Then when things go wrong we bring in more!

ACitizenErased · 05-10-2020 04:35PM

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Maybe the case on some, but in Limerick, cork & Galway student accommodation is full and plenty big house parties on going

Because people don't have proper internet at home. The people I know in accommodation are only there because they don't have broadband. The rest have remained at home.

Roots 2020 · 05-10-2020 04:36PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Unbelievable.
No consultation with HSE or government and Ireland is "braver"

https://twitter.com/christinafinn8/status/1313134672575160326?s=19

It sounds like Trump talk.. 'braver' my eye.

stephenjmcd · 05-10-2020 04:36PM

White house press secretary the latest to test postive
https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1313138387994509313?s=19

landofthetree · 05-10-2020 04:36PM

satgirl22 wrote: »

can i ask what does it mean for restaurants in Cork in level 3 - is it outdoor dining only?

Yes.

Level 3

Restaurants and cafes (including bars/pubs serving food) may remain open for take-away and delivery and outdoor dining to a maximum of 15 people.

GooglePlus · 05-10-2020 04:36PM

polesheep wrote: »

Which science? Medical science, economic science...

Medical obviously, it's a health advisory.

MerlinSouthDub · 05-10-2020 04:36PM

Ger Roe wrote: »

I absolutely agree, usually and normally, but in a pandemic situation, it may be prudent and perfectly possible to seek alternative activities and locations.

Well, in theory, I agree. But, in practice, many people can't seem to find the motivation to exercise anywhere else.

Funsterdelux · 05-10-2020 04:36PM

Peter Flynt wrote: »

Plane is going down but we'll do something about it when we're at 1000ft.

Not before this happens

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John O.Groats · 05-10-2020 04:36PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Yes enforcement needs to be stricter, high on the spot fines taken direct from PUP, Dole or Wages

Careful now. You may get loons accusing you of eroding your freedom and to go to North Korea.

Randle P. McMurphy · 05-10-2020 04:37PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

https://twitter.com/RTENewsPaulC/status/1313137187903475715?s=19

That sounds like they are gong to kill the messenger and carry on regardless. Good luck with that.

satgirl22 · 05-10-2020 04:37PM

landofthetree wrote: »

Yes.

Level 3

Restaurants and cafes (including bars/pubs serving food) may remain open for take-away and delivery and outdoor dining to a maximum of 15 people.

Thanks, to me that seemed to be level 4

walshb · 05-10-2020 04:38PM

quokula wrote: »

I strongly disagree with the decision not to follow NPHET's advice, but it is a bit rich seeing all the populist politicians coming out of the woodwork on twitter now with their "this government only private profits" nonsense, having stayed silent about what they thought we should do all day. I'm sure they had a draft of "the government don't care about working people's financial hardship" tweet ready if the government had gone the other way.

These opposition parasites than we have in the likes of PBP are so much more divisive and destructive that any bloody virus.

Miike · 05-10-2020 04:38PM

mcburns07 wrote: »

That we have this problem every single winter, pandemic or not. It's nothing new and we don't lockdown the country because of it every year. We don't even really push the Flu vaccine despite it being the primary illness taking up ICU beds.

I'm still bewildered as to what point you're driving home here. Every winter we have an ICU bed issue - Yes. That was without the pressure of a pandemic taking even more beds. It takes no great leap in logic to see how one can dramatically change the other. So what do you suggest, that we ignore the ICU bed metric?

is_that_so · 05-10-2020 04:38PM

wes wrote: »

A scheduled lockdown that we all know about before hand is definitely an interesting idea.

That's this "circuit breaker" idea. The UK have been mulling it over for a while. Midterm and Christmas holidays is the plan if they do it.

Plumbthedepths · 05-10-2020 04:39PM

Spiderman0081 wrote: »

If the government does not agree with NPHET or follow their advice, does this now mean that we should start calling them tin foilers? It’s hard to keep up with the name calling

Don't forget to add 'brigade' onto whatever name you call them. It seems to be important to do so.

billybonkers · 05-10-2020 04:39PM

Time to pick sides?

Jim_Hodge · 05-10-2020 04:39PM

satgirl22 wrote: »

can i ask what does it mean for restaurants in Cork in level 3 - is it outdoor dining only?

Same as Level 3 for everybody else.

https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/resilience-recovery-2020-2021-plan-for-living-with-covid-19/

tobefrank321 · 05-10-2020 04:39PM

Moving from level 2 to level 5 may only be the stroke of the pen for the likes of NPHET but it means putting tens of thousands on the dole, businesses ruined perhaps permanently and weddings and the like also ruined. And all because the HSE and particularly NPHET had no plans to increase ICU capacity.

This is where there focus should be, not on lockdowns.

mr_edge_to_you · 05-10-2020 04:40PM

I continue to trust NPHET.

However, I don't trust the government to properly enforce the level 2 restrictions let alone level 3 or 4.

polesheep · 05-10-2020 04:40PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Unbelievable.
No consultation with HSE or government and Ireland is "braver"

https://twitter.com/christinafinn8/status/1313134672575160326?s=19

That's actually quite a shocking thing to occur in a democracy.

Le Bruise · 05-10-2020 04:40PM

wes wrote: »

A scheduled lockdown that we all know about before hand is definitely an interesting idea.

Imagine the queues at the shops the evening before a scheduled severe lockdown. There'd be full on riots for the last piece of bog roll.

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

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