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

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

Great news re Dublin - definite signs cases number are dropping there.

No, they're pretty much the same. The rest of the country is just catching up but they don't have the population density to blame.

This is an absolute cop out by the government, there will be some virtue signalling Gardai checkpoints this weekend and the October bank holiday and that'll be it. Meanwhile our hospitality sector will be absolutely crippled again for no reason whatsoever.

It's never been businesses that can be blamed, it's personal responsibility. And that's non existent in a significant minority unfortunately. We don't have a government or a police force with the horlocks to actually fine or enforce anything.

Meanwhile we're perfectly happy to allow a bunch of left wing loonies march down Grafton Street putting innocent civilians who were caught up in it along with workers on Grafton Street at risk.

Any mass gathering should be dispersed as allowing it is endangering public health. People have a constitutional right to protest but they don't have a constitutional right to gather in large groups. Again, we don't have a police force with the horlocks to enforce this.

So the hospitality sector has been crippled and yet again family members won't be allowed into funerals all the while students in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Dublin will continue to have rave like gatherings which the Gardai will do nothing about.

Yeah there's some wishy washy nonsense about gatherings and visitor numbers but nobody will pay any attention. A quick drive through Dublin city will show you this.

caveat emptor wrote: »

Someone posted this earlier in the thread.
If there have been 254 cases in the 65 + age bracket in the last week there will be a serious demand on ICU.
Currently the 65 - 74 age cohort has a 5% lCU admission rate.
5% of 254 is 12.

An increase in the vulnerable age groups, in the Homeless, Travellers and those trapped in Government DP homes...
All neglected groups by this Government...

TexasTornado wrote: »

Ah no. Another huge number

Zero deaths, though - can't get much smaller than that.

Richard Boyd Barett = Paul Murphy

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

It works to flatten the curve. Not to cut cases.

That's the goal.
Covid 0 isn't the goal.

Deshawn wrote: »

Private hospitals shouldn't have to make up for the failings of the hse.

Let the fallout of the triple whammy of the Coronavirus pandemic, the winter flu and the backlog of hse cases be on the heads of Martin, Varadkar and the other clown.

4 weeks of maximum restrictions could be an opportunity lost. Shortsighted

The best health system in Europe is the German one.

They use private hospitals a lot.

Ohmeha wrote: »

All of the main supermarket retailers Dunnes/Tesco/Supervalu/Aldi/Lidl in Dublin are failing to enforce customers wearing masks or their staff wearing visors properly. This weekend I watched people in Tesco with masks worn below their chin eating fast-food in the store and sniffing into Shampoo bottles

Supermarkets aren't there to enforce the law, they can request customers wear them but it's up to the Gardai like it or not to enforce the laws.

Apart from the fact that the Mandatory wearing of Face masks provision in law expired today, so it's no longer Mandatory to wear them...

John O.Groats wrote: »

I know it doesn`t suit your agenda but thankfully no they won`t.

I don't think he has an "agenda" when it comes to welcoming the fact that there's NO DEATHS... from Covid.. sorry if that affects your agenda..:rolleyes:

Goldrickssan wrote: »

That's the goal.
Covid 0 isn't the goal.

If the case numbers are flat at level 3+ it's level 3+ until vaccine.

The other option would be to ramp up and down restrictions. Is that better or worse? I'm not actually sure.