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

SeaBreezes · 12-10-2020 11:27AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Exactly and nobody has any right to demand you interact with people in a certain way. That's you and those other people's decision and nobody else's.
Public health advice should be taken for what it is, advice.

Well, except for seat belts, drink driving laws, age of consent laws, child labour laws..

podgeandrodge · 12-10-2020 11:27AM

stockshares wrote: »

In case this wasn't posted earlier

https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1315457198114459649?s=19

Good timing for their anti-Trump agenda :P

We know Covid is easier to spread than flu, and more serious.

But given there are vaccines for flu, and death rates have reduced in most countries, if you take out the initial couple of months where deaths were in large numbers, it probably would not be 5 times then?

zinfandel · 12-10-2020 11:28AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

A lot of people put life over health every day, it's not something you should be obsessed about and stop living at the thoughts of something bad happening, how many of us partake in dangerous sports, take drink, drugs, smoke, sleep with random strangers, loads do and they want to get on with life, a lot of people have no interest in leaving behind a good looking corpse or spending their remaining years being spoon fed in a nursing home and crying for water nobody brings.
Choose Life, not wasting it all hiding behind a couch.

Go away with keeping your distance and wearing a mask, there not compatible with a great life.

with your attitude, nobody will be able to lead a normal life for a very long time, everything will remain closed, thats hardly leading a life, maybe just maybe if everybody works to get numbers down, then EVERYBODY can get back to leading a normal life.

wes · 12-10-2020 11:29AM

I hope they bring in those fines for people not wearing masks asap.

Non solum non ambulabit · 12-10-2020 11:30AM

DubInMeath wrote: »

If herd immunity worked for this why is Sweden starting to see increasing cases in line with everyone else.
So far their approach seems, at least to me, to have resulted in more deaths than their neighboring countries and a similar drop in economic growth the last time I checked.

Very few people as a percentage of the Swedish population have been exposed. Their strategy was social distancing, reduce contacts, hand washing and stopping crowds from gathering. It was not a lockdown but it was also not a herd immunity strategy. It was based on trusting the population to do the right thing and avoid fatigue. In a years time we will all be following the Swedish model as fatigue with lockdowns will force governments to trust populations to do the right thing.

drunkmonkey · 12-10-2020 11:30AM

Miike wrote: »

You're being asked to wear a sheet of cloth over your face, not drag the rosetta stone around after you on a chain. Get a grip.

Can't have friends over
Can't make new friends
Can't cross the county border
Can't see pretty girls smiles
Can't party
Can't go for a swim
Can't go to the gym
Can't go to the pub
Can't go to match
Can't take the kids trick or treating
Can't go to festivals
Can't have a work Christmas party

I could go on, this is insanity. Sitting around waiting for a vaccine God knows when if ever.

MarkY91 · 12-10-2020 11:33AM

Non solum non ambulabit wrote: »

Very few people as a percentage of the Swedish population have been exposed. Their strategy was social distancing, reduce contacts, hand washing and stopping crowds from gathering. It was not a lockdown but it was also not a herd immunity strategy. It was based on trusting the population to do the right thing and avoid fatigue. In a years time we will all be following the Swedish model as fatigue with lockdowns will force governments to trust populations to do the right thing.

But our population can't do the right thing. Too much of us are borderline retarded. We have proven this with protests, street party's and not wearing masks inside shops.

caveat emptor · 12-10-2020 11:34AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can't have friends over
Can't make new friends
Can't cross the county border
Can't see pretty girls smiles
Can't party
Can't go for a swim
Can't go to the gym
Can't go to the pub
Can't go to match
Can't take the kids trick or treating
Can't go to festivals
Can't have a work Christmas party

I could go on, this is insanity. Sitting around waiting for a vaccine God knows when if ever.

Wow, some people are so NEGATIVE.
Why don't you write down all the things you can do?
Some people just see the glass as being half empty.

In New Zealand you can do all of those things. Perhaps you should look at zerocovid.
Sounds like you'd be a fan.

Cluedo Monopoly · 12-10-2020 11:35AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can't see pretty girls smiles

But I bet you notice their beautiful smiling eyes now more than ever.

stockshares · 12-10-2020 11:36AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can't have friends over
Can't make new friends
Can't cross the county border
Can't see pretty girls smiles
Can't party
Can't go for a swim
Can't go to the gym
Can't go to the pub
Can't go to match
Can't take the kids trick or treating
Can't go to festivals
Can't have a work Christmas party

I could go on, this is insanity. Sitting around waiting for a vaccine God knows when if ever.

You can breathe:)

drunkmonkey · 12-10-2020 11:36AM

zinfandel wrote: »

with your attitude, nobody will be able to lead a normal life for a very long time, everything will remain closed, thats hardly leading a life, maybe just maybe if everybody works to get numbers down, then EVERYBODY can get back to leading a normal life.

We got numbers down, it didn't work. We need to accept the reality of right here and now and that's we have no vaccine. Only way back to normal is go back to normal. I'm tired of protecting people who don't know me and I will never know, they need to forget about what everyone else is doing and protect themselves. We can't all be held accountable for the nursing home deaths when we know right well it was not our decision to put them in the firing line in the first place, that's on Harris, Tony's, Reids etc heads.

drunkmonkey · 12-10-2020 11:38AM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

But I bet you notice their beautiful smiling eyes now more than ever.

Crazy eyes more like it, there not women just zombie like creatures you shoot in video games.

Pretzill · 12-10-2020 11:43AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can't have friends over
Can't make new friends
Can't cross the county border
Can't see pretty girls smiles
Can't party
Can't go for a swim
Can't go to the gym
Can't go to the pub
Can't go to match
Can't take the kids trick or treating
Can't go to festivals
Can't have a work Christmas party

I could go on, this is insanity. Sitting around waiting for a vaccine God knows when if ever.

**** me! First world problems all wrecked now.
You can still swim - (try the sea, it's very refreshing)
And actually do most things on your list by sticking to the guidelines, online or in a small group. But you'll be able to do it all when this is over and probably enjoy it more.

This is a pandemic - it's awful - things will get worse before they get better - moaning on here won't change that.

drunkmonkey · 12-10-2020 11:44AM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Wow, some people are so NEGATIVE.
Why don't you write down all the things you can do?
Some people just see the glass as being half empty.

In New Zealand you can do all of those things. Perhaps you should look at zerocovid.
Sounds like you'd be a fan.

Good idea, I'll have a go trying to think of a few things that don't cause a certain amount of anxiety while staying within the rules..

I can mow the lawn
I can sit at home
I can run around the house
I can watch Netflix
I can shop online

I'm stuck have you any more ideas... really getting excited about this new normal can't believe I didn't think of those fun things already.

Sconsey · 12-10-2020 11:44AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

We got numbers down, it didn't work. We need to accept the reality of right here and now and that's we have no vaccine. Only way back to normal is go back to normal. I'm tired of protecting people who don't know me and I will never know, they need to forget about what everyone else is doing and protect themselves. We can't all be held accountable for the nursing home deaths when we know right well it was not our decision to put them in the firing line in the first place, that's on Harris, Tony's, Reids etc heads.

You think you are fine and fsck the elderly, that is the impression I get from your posts. You are sick of the restrictions because you aren't worried about Covid. Have you considered that fact that if we let go of the restrictions then it is inevitable that the hospitals will get hammered. Hopefully you won't need to get an emergency procedure or anything because your preference was to 'party' and see girls smiling faces.

Gods Gift · 12-10-2020 11:45AM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

But I bet you notice their beautiful smiling eyes now more than ever.

Their eyes met across a socially distanced room.
And he knew she’d be the one he’d swap molecules with.

B.A._Baracus · 12-10-2020 11:45AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can't have friends over
Can't make new friends
Can't cross the county border
Can't see pretty girls smiles
Can't party
Can't go for a swim
Can't go to the gym
Can't go to the pub
Can't go to match
Can't take the kids trick or treating
Can't go to festivals
Can't have a work Christmas party

I could go on, this is insanity. Sitting around waiting for a vaccine God knows when if ever.

No one is saying it's easy.
This is unheard of. Closing down the world pretty much and when it opened back up so many things still not back to normal. Insane times so it's understandable.

drunkmonkey · 12-10-2020 11:47AM

Pretzill wrote: »

**** me! First world problems all wrecked now.
You can still swim - (try the sea, it's very refreshing)

I bought a new winter wetsuit as intended doing a lot in the sea this winter, guess what I can't cross the county border to the beach. ****Me! Is right.

Gods Gift · 12-10-2020 11:48AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I bought a new winter wetsuit as intended doing a lot in the sea this winter, guess what I can't cross the county border to the beach. ****Me! Is right.

You have a bath?

Away With The Fairies · 12-10-2020 11:48AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can't have friends over
Can't make new friends
Can't cross the county border
Can't see pretty girls smiles
Can't party
Can't go for a swim
Can't go to the gym
Can't go to the pub
Can't go to match
Can't take the kids trick or treating
Can't go to festivals
Can't have a work Christmas party

I could go on, this is insanity. Sitting around waiting for a vaccine God knows when if ever.

You're being asked not to infect others.

- the more people gathering the more chance of spreading/catching covid
- please don't go up to people asking to be their friend without a mask, you won't get very far
- if you cross county border, you can infect other people in that county and create clusters and from someone who cries over wearing a mask and social distance
- you can't see ugly teeth
- you can't hold parties with people gathering, again covid can spread
- if you're dying for a swim, swim in the sea
- I think gyms are open (not sure about level 3 though), but do you not see anything wrong with people huffing and puffing covid in a gym?
- being indoors in a pub (or restaurant) with a mask off, covid can spread
- matches create large crowds and covid can spread (unless we go down NZ way and we can have a large match but that doesn't seem to be an option in Ireland)
- why do you want to bring kids to covid infected houses
- festivals are large gatherings, covid can spread
- Christmas parties are large (or small) gatherings and covid spread

There's so much things we can't do. It's to help prevent spreading disease. And you feel put out helping with the situation by wearing a mask?

swim2 · 12-10-2020 11:49AM

Swimming pools can remain open in level 3

Cluedo Monopoly · 12-10-2020 11:49AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I bought a new winter wetsuit as intended doing a lot in the sea this winter, guess what I can't cross the county border to the beach. ****Me! Is right.

A drive to the beach for a sea swim is zero risk. All you need is a good excuse.
Urinate in your wetsuit to be safe.

ACitizenErased · 12-10-2020 11:50AM

Not sure if anyone mentioned this last night but Cavan now has the most COVID patients in the country. I think outbreak is an understatement.

Cluedo Monopoly · 12-10-2020 11:50AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Crazy eyes more like it, there not women just zombie like creatures you shoot in video games.

Cluedo Monopoly · 12-10-2020 11:51AM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Not sure if anyone mentioned this last night but Cavan now has the most COVID patients in the country. I think outbreak is an understatement.

They've had rare diseases in Cavan since Patrick Kavangh's time....

DeanAustin · 12-10-2020 11:51AM

zinfandel wrote: »

with your attitude, nobody will be able to lead a normal life for a very long time, everything will remain closed, thats hardly leading a life, maybe just maybe if everybody works to get numbers down, then EVERYBODY can get back to leading a normal life.

We won’t though. Without a vaccine or without the virus burning itself out, this is our life for the foreseeable. There is no way for us to get rid of this virus. Zero Covid is a nonsense strategy and goal particularly when you look around Europe, across the water and over the border. There will be no normal life until we have a vaccine.

That’s not to say we just say “f**k it” and all do what we want. There is no good choice or good option here.

Gods Gift · 12-10-2020 11:52AM

Not like Cavan people to share anything.

drunkmonkey · 12-10-2020 11:53AM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

You're being asked not to infect others.

I'm not infected and when I'm sick you'll usually find me in bed not smooching golden girls in the nursing home.

Kermit.de.frog · 12-10-2020 11:55AM

What's important is that the contaminated don't contaminate others....

I think the infected should all be moved to Connaught.

There I said it.

Non solum non ambulabit · 12-10-2020 11:55AM

MarkY91 wrote: »

But our population can't do the right thing. Too much of us are borderline retarded. We have proven this with protests, street party's and not wearing masks inside shops.

This virus is spread by more people doing the right thing more of the time.

If we follow regulations to the letter but you are out and about all day long you are more of a risk thnt someone not following the rules but only doing it once a week.

The spread we have of late is due to people out and about more. Level 3 lockdown will reduce that hopefully.

In the main we have done good as a society despite mixed messages from govt re don't go on holidays but staycation, reduce contacts but get a tax rebate for eating out in a hotel, don't eat out but give restaurants a 9% VAT rate to encourage more eating out etc etc

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

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