Covid 19 Part XXVI- 50,993 ROI (1,852 deaths) 28,040 NI (621 deaths) (19/10) Read OP

Clonmel1000 · 18-10-2020 05:41PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Plus its no one else’s business what you do for the kids . You do as you feel is right for your family

You kidding me? The country is fuxkin full of curtain twitchers and moral guardians just waiting for you to step out of line. That’s half the problem in this country.

JP Liz V1 · 18-10-2020 05:41PM

Dublin very high still despite how many weeks in level 3

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1317867545521684480

Vinnie222 · 18-10-2020 05:41PM

Safe to say that level 3 ain't working. Shocking no's in Dublin

AlphaDelta1 · 18-10-2020 05:42PM

Ridiculous to still have Dublin on L3 when it was blatantly obvious a week ago it wasn't working.

Nobody can defend that decision

Cluedo Monopoly · 18-10-2020 05:42PM

Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »

Why do people get so worked up about Christmas in the first place?

There is huge social and psychological pressure these days to have the 'perfect' family Christmas.
People will stress themselves out every year for a picture perfect day and dinner.

speckle · 18-10-2020 05:43PM

Well I do not celebrate Christmass and I know it is very early but for those of you who do. I wish you a peaceful and healthy one.

18-10-2020 05:43PM

speckle wrote: »

Alot of elders and disabled and high risk people dont drive or use computers well. Not stereotyping as I have alot of elders in family only 2/8 can. And for example clothes boots etc you have the hassle of having to send back if not right. Many Post offices closed down the countryside recently. I will be fine and I am high risk but got very tired last time around having to help so many others who are also high risk around me.
But I get where you are coming from some thing work out cheaper but for example minium income people last time re shopping online... I compared all major stores online and safely visited them in person as I was the lowest high risk of them . On a budget you got better deals visiting in person. I wasn't bad because I sorted myself out in jan and feb. But I fear for other vulnarable high risk people especially down the country this time. people are tired. Also noted nearby 10 houses high risk people who dont drive because of illness/finances another 10 houses nearby with cars only one offer, once to help.

Most of the people you describe in your post would actually benefit from ordering online. Stores like Symths, Dunnes, Argos etc don't give people discounts for turning up at the store and trying to haggle.

A few times when in the store I mentioned the price on their site was cheaper than the instore price because they hadn't updated their site.

True a lot of post offices closed in the last few years, but deliveries are to your home, not the nearest post office. Also true that a lot of older people aren't great with computers or might not have internet access. My dad would be one of these people without access, but he just rings me and says what he or one of his friends are looking for and I order it for them.

JP Liz V1 · 18-10-2020 05:43PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Dublin now out of control

And Mayo beat them, again why are the GAA matches still going on?

iamwhoiam · 18-10-2020 05:43PM

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

You kidding me? The country is fuxkin full of curtain twitchers and moral guardians just waiting for you to step out of line. That’s half the problem in this country.

They can twitch away . If i want to buy half of Smyths for my grand kids then I will .
I have no idea why that would concern anyone else ?

Eod100 · 18-10-2020 05:43PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Dublin very high still despite how many weeks in level 3

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1317867545521684480

4 weeks on Friday just gone afaik

bennyl10 · 18-10-2020 05:44PM

AlphaDelta1 wrote: »

Ridiculous to still have Dublin on L3 when it was blatantly obvious a week ago it wasn't working.

Nobody can defend that decision

Should have been enough to show it wasn’t going to work anywhere

That and the continental evidence with it

wadacrack · 18-10-2020 05:45PM

landofthetree wrote: »

408 in Dublin.

Level 3 does not drop the Ro below 1 it seems. Schools closing would probably drop it by 0.4 or so

stephenjmcd · 18-10-2020 05:45PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Dublin very high still despite how many weeks in level 3

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1317867545521684480

All 3 did was close bars and restaurants for indoor food in Dublin.

Not sure what people expected it to do??

Irish Steve · 18-10-2020 05:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I don’t disagree with that. I would do 8-10 weeks of L5 IF there was a documented plan for what would be done by government in that 8-10 weeks such that we would then ‘live with it’ thereafter at no worse than L2, no matter what. This would be do-able, even in the absence of an effective vaccine until 2022, if there were good preparations made and 15 minute testing available to all and international travel procedures developed and hospital capacity sorted, and everything else, in that 8-10 weeks

Never going to happen, it will take them longer than that to agree on where the meetings will be held, and what order the seats around the table will be in, and then they'll only be able to meet for very limited periods of time because of the covid restrictions on indoor meeting duration.

0gac3yjefb5sv7 · 18-10-2020 05:45PM

Do they publish info on where the new cases are in Dublin, e.g. 50 in Tallaght, 45 in Clondalkin etc

StevenToast · 18-10-2020 05:45PM

Is the RIP guy still posting here?

JP Liz V1 · 18-10-2020 05:46PM

Not everyone shops on line or has a card, especially older

ACitizenErased · 18-10-2020 05:46PM

MattS1 wrote: »

Do they publish info on where the new cases are in Dublin, e.g. 50 in Tallaght, 45 in Clondalkin etc

Every Thursday the LEA map is updated but contains 14 days data

Cluedo Monopoly · 18-10-2020 05:47PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

And Mayo beat them, again why are the GAA matches still going on?

Mayo beat Galway.

Stheno · 18-10-2020 05:47PM

MattS1 wrote: »

Do they publish info on where the new cases are in Dublin, e.g. 50 in Tallaght, 45 in Clondalkin etc

It gets published by local electoral are infrequently

It would be useful to know a breakdown of cases but resource constraints means it takes time

MarkY91 · 18-10-2020 05:47PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

All 3 did was close bars and restaurants for indoor food in Dublin.

Not sure what people expected it to do??

Closed bars for indoor activities and opened the doors for house parties. No enforcement whatsoever.

Eod100 · 18-10-2020 05:47PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

All 3 did was close bars and restaurants for indoor food in Dublin.

Not sure what people expected it to do??

More that Donnelly said a few days ago that it was too early to tell if it was working. Need a serious intervention now to break chains of transmission.

Stheno · 18-10-2020 05:48PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Not everyone shops on line or has a card, especially older

Seriously? Even the most basic bank account has a debit card

Are you saying people don't have bank accounts?

xhomelezz · 18-10-2020 05:48PM

BringBackMick wrote: »

ICU remaining fairly steady.

For a population our size, these figures really are not bad.

they measure very favourably against the situation in Europe

It's great ICU numbers are steady, problem is longer you let the virus spread without control, numbers on ICU and hospitalisations will rise, and I believe non of us wants that.

AlphaDelta1 · 18-10-2020 05:49PM

Possible now we'll be looking at 2000 cases a day this time next week.

bazermc · 18-10-2020 05:49PM

At least we’re beating the Nordies now

DebDynamite · 18-10-2020 05:49PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Everyone knows it'll be nothing like normal, no pubs etc.

People will still want to get people a present or two and relax at home for a few days, give them that at least. You sound like scrooge. People still need something to look forward to, albeit a different experience.

You can bet on shops being open early December.

I think you’ve misunderstood me. I don’t think shops should close at all. But if the thinking is to close everything, stop people having any house visitors for the next couple of months to “save Christmas” and have it a free for all for a week or two (house parties, house visits to everyone in the locality) where we’re back to square one and another lockdown in January, that would be ridiculous.

For one year only, I’d be happy to take the hit and have a quiet Christmas at home down the country with my family.

JP Liz V1 · 18-10-2020 05:50PM

Stheno wrote: »

Seriously? Even the most basic bank account has a debit card

Are you saying people don't have bank accounts?

Yes

I've an uncle who saves in the post office with a book

MerlinSouthDub · 18-10-2020 05:51PM

wadacrack wrote: »

Level 3 does not drop the Ro below 1 it seems. Schools closing would probably drop it by 0.4 or so

How did you calculate the 0.4?

Blondini · 18-10-2020 05:51PM

landofthetree wrote: »

408 in Dublin.

Yes, but the rate of the rate of the increase of the rate increase has not increased in rate.

Covid 19 Part XXVI- 50,993 ROI (1,852 deaths) 28,040 NI (621 deaths) (19/10) Read OP

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