Covid 19 Part XXV-44,159 ROI (1,830 deaths) 21,898 NI (598 deaths) (13/10) Read OP

odyssey06 · 07-10-2020 09:09PM

manniot2 wrote: »

Someone mentioned 50k of drink being sold in local shops each week. and people actually think this new way of living is keeping us healthy and 'safe'..christ above.

How do you think all those pubs and restaurants were making money as a business? Selling peanuts and fries?

The government get about half the price of a typical bottle of supermarket wine or spirits in VAT and excise with a lot less associated aggro (drink driving, disorderly conduct, rows coming out of pubs and clubs etc)

Santy2015 · 07-10-2020 09:10PM

manniot2 wrote: »

Someone mentioned 50k of drink being sold in local shops each week. and people actually think this new way of living is keeping us healthy and 'safe'..christ above.

It’s not safe. That’s why the pubs should stay at level 2. It’s a controlled environment and also they should be able to open later then 11.30 so that not everybody congregates afterwards at the same time!

Ficheall · 07-10-2020 09:10PM

Thomas.. wrote: »

That would make it bad advice

No, it's just advice based on his area of expertise. He provides info on one factor for the gov't to consider. Just like the gov't wouldn't ask their economics advisers to make all the decisions about the pandemic, or the education advisers, because health isn't their area of expertise. The gov't (theoretically) takes advise from experts on areas the experts are experts in, and then makes a call on what to do based on the combination of all this info.

Vicxas · 07-10-2020 09:11PM

According to 9 o clock news NPHET are going to push for level 5 again

wadacrack · 07-10-2020 09:11PM

Thespoofer wrote: »

Genuine although maybe stupid question here, is it a given with all pandemics theres a second wave, so generally speaking if we can 'flatten the second wave ' , that's it !? Job done? Back to some bit of normality ?

Just realised thats 3-4 questions.

That looks unlikely .Coronavirus's do not have long lasting immunity. The 1918 Flu variant is till around to some extent. Covid 19 may however become less challenging after this wave due to infecting the majority of vulnerable people. The advantage the FLU has is that it mutates generally to a less virulent form. Covid 19 this is not clear

mr_edge_to_you · 07-10-2020 09:11PM

Fergal Bowers' notebook will be on display on the National Museum in 40 tears time.

sideswipe · 07-10-2020 09:11PM

Going out on a limb here I know but I predict the next 2 weeks will tell a lot.

niallo27 · 07-10-2020 09:12PM

Hurrache wrote: »

Do you think NPHET implement measures?

Sorry I meant their plan was to implement one of the harshest lockdowns in the world. Do we really need an emergency team for this. Well a one man team.

KrustyUCC · 07-10-2020 09:13PM

Vicxas wrote: »

According to 9 o clock news NPHET are going to push for level 5 again

After 1 day of level three?

Muppets if they do

amadangomor · 07-10-2020 09:13PM

Santy2015 wrote: »

It’s not safe. That’s why the pubs should stay at level 2. It’s a controlled environment and also they should be able to open later then 11.30 so that not everybody congregates afterwards at the same time!

A colleague got it two weeks ago. He was telling me the week before that that he gets a lockin in his local and it's a free for all with zero social distancing.

Wonder where he got it from? Controlled environment me hole.

Tenzor07 · 07-10-2020 09:14PM

WW Satire sums it up for us:

“Jesus, we’re just trying our best and following guidelines but this ceaselessly malevolent, inextinguishable dumpster fire of the year just won’t let up...

.....The average person, who just tries to get through the day without breaking down while ugly crying, is constantly interrupted with news notifications about how the thing/restriction/guideline/measure we were all doing to help one another has either turned out to be pointless or served the exact opposite purpose it was intended for."

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/10/07/report-suggests-visors-useless-against-covid-oh-for-****-sake-cant-this-miserable-piece-of-****-year-just-give-us-a-break-for-5-****ing-seconds-i-mean-come-on/

Hurrache · 07-10-2020 09:14PM

Santy2015 wrote: »

It’s not safe. That’s why the pubs should stay at level 2. It’s a controlled environment and also they should be able to open later then 11.30 so that not everybody congregates afterwards at the same time!

Yeah, because you're less likely to catch or spread it indoors amongst a bunch of strangers.

Santy2015 · 07-10-2020 09:16PM

amadangomor wrote: »

A colleague got it two weeks ago. He was telling me the week before that that he gets a lockin in his local and it's a free for all with zero social distancing.

Wonder where he got it from? Controlled environment me hole.

I’m going by what I’ve experienced over the past few weeks, there’s always some bad eggs.

Also drinking at home could lead to a lot more problems then COVID in my opinion

Widdensushi · 07-10-2020 09:16PM

KrustyUCC wrote: »

After 1 day of level three?

Muppets if they do

Farcical, if they give the gardai the power to implement 3,sort out the lack of restrictions on airports and ports and stop the border crossings, if that doesn't work then implement more measures, otherwise we are pissing against the wind.

Hurrache · 07-10-2020 09:17PM

Santy2015 wrote: »

I’m going by what I’ve experienced over the past few weeks, there’s always some bad eggs.

Also drinking at home could lead to a lot more problems then COVID in my opinion

Spoken like a publican.

stephenjmcd · 07-10-2020 09:17PM

Posting here as likely influenced by COVID policy but poll is before the last few days goings on

https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1313926737672232961?s=19

Messi19 · 07-10-2020 09:17PM

Anything to be said for closing the schools? Certainly wouldn't be a popular opinion but it's surely no longer a coincidence that cases have spiked since they've returned

Santy2015 · 07-10-2020 09:18PM

Hurrache wrote: »

Spoken like a publican.

I couldn’t be further away then a publicans then Im Santy

Mwengwe · 07-10-2020 09:19PM

Close. The. Schools.

niallo27 · 07-10-2020 09:19PM

Messi19 wrote: »

Anything to be said for closing the schools? Certainly wouldn't be a popular opinion but it's surely no longer a coincidence that cases have spiked since they've returned

100%, everything was stable before they went back.

wadacrack · 07-10-2020 09:19PM

Messi19 wrote: »

Anything to be said for closing the schools? Certainly wouldn't be a popular opinion but it's surely no longer a coincidence that cases have spiked since they've returned

The RO is below 1 with them open in Denmark. Think its important they stay open. People just need to adhere to the new guidelines in level 3. They maybe are enough to suppress the R rate below 1

manniot2 · 07-10-2020 09:19PM

Santy2015 wrote: »

I’m going by what I’ve experienced over the past few weeks, there’s always some bad eggs.

Also drinking at home could lead to a lot more problems then COVID in my opinion

yeah this is what i meant when i posted about drinking at home excessively being unhealthy. of course people here thought i meant safe from covid ( the only danger in life)

landofthetree · 07-10-2020 09:19PM

Vicxas wrote: »

According to 9 o clock news NPHET are going to push for level 5 again

They basically want a lockdown bar for a few weeks in the summer till every single person gets vaccinated.

The HSE is terrified the public will wake up to the fact that its well funded and just not performing.

deisedevil · 07-10-2020 09:20PM

Messi19 wrote: »

Anything to be said for closing the schools? Certainly wouldn't be a popular opinion but it's surely no longer a coincidence that cases have spiked since they've returned

And where will the kids go? Huge problem.

tom1ie · 07-10-2020 09:21PM

niallo27 wrote: »

100%, everything was stable before they went back.

Can’t close the schools.
Kids need to be educated.
Parents need to work.

humberklog · 07-10-2020 09:21PM

landofthetree wrote: »

Trick or treat is American rubbish.

It should be banned forever.

Whoah there horse, the phrase. "trick or treating" is but the tradition of going about the houses isn't.

Thee was a world before Beverly Hills 90210 warped ballsacks terminology but the traditions lie way further than that.

Possibly same short sighted fookers call their ma mom. Not our problem buster.

Mwengwe · 07-10-2020 09:22PM

KrustyUCC wrote: »

After 1 day of level three?

Muppets if they do

Every day counts when the numbers are this high. If they think the government are ****ing this then they have every right to push them on it. Fair play to them.

Messi19 · 07-10-2020 09:22PM

landofthetree wrote: »

They basically want a lockdown bar for a few weeks in the summer till every single person gets vaccinated.

The HSE is terrified the public will wake up to the fact that its well funded and just not performing.

I'd say that most people realise that the health service is very, very well funded and that most of that funding is pissed up against the wall through red tape and awful mismanagement

Widdensushi · 07-10-2020 09:23PM

Messi19 wrote: »

Anything to be said for closing the schools? Certainly wouldn't be a popular opinion but it's surely no longer a coincidence that cases have spiked since they've returned

Spiked when masks became mandatory but I am not naive enough to blame that, how much evidence do people need to see that the schools aren't a problem, the colleges were due to party's etc

Icyseanfitz · 07-10-2020 09:24PM

Messi19 wrote: »

Anything to be said for closing the schools? Certainly wouldn't be a popular opinion but it's surely no longer a coincidence that cases have spiked since they've returned

Shhhh you can't be saying things about schools in here, genuine covid free zones

Covid 19 Part XXV-44,159 ROI (1,830 deaths) 21,898 NI (598 deaths) (13/10) Read OP

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