Covid 19 Part XXVII- 62,002 ROI (1,915 deaths) 39,609 NI (724 deaths) (02/11) Read OP

Pitch n Putt · 20-10-2020 11:46AM

alentejo wrote: »

I just feel that if you question any element of the Lockdown strategy, you are considered a pariah of sorts. Annoyed that the Anti-mask/lockdown brigade who have mass gatherings in Dublin City Centre seem to have taken the prime Anti Lockdown position.

We don't appear to have any strategy beyond December in fighting this pandemic in Ireland. very depressing

This is no proper pandemic. It’s a media and social media driven fear induced pandemic.

Most people who are tested don’t even realise they have the god dam virus.

CoronaBlocker · 20-10-2020 11:48AM

Hubertj wrote: »

who do these union officials think they are? "the government has to convince me.....". Just wow..... delusions of grandeur.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40067835.html

Let them strike if that's what they want... strikes are unpaid though so... I bet they won't :pac:

But what makes the teachers so much more precious than, say, supermarket workers or nurses? I really struggle to see this 'concern' than anything more than wanting handy time-off on full pay. It's all it can be. The shower...

lawred2 · 20-10-2020 11:49AM

Pitch n Putt wrote: »

This is no proper pandemic. It’s a media and social media driven fear induced pandemic.

Most people who are tested don’t even realise they have the god dam virus.

that doesn't make a whole lot sense

why would asymptomatic people be presenting for tests outside of known close contact situations?

niallo27 · 20-10-2020 11:49AM

snotboogie wrote: »

ICU up to 35, those in hospital up to 315

Icu is down to 32.

Scuid Mhór · 20-10-2020 11:49AM

Pitch n Putt wrote: »

This is no proper pandemic. It’s a media and social media driven fear induced pandemic.

Most people who are tested don’t even realise they have the god dam virus.

Lol. I think I’ll defer to actual epidemiologists if I’m looking for a definition of a proper pandemic.

Bit cynical · 20-10-2020 11:49AM

Pitch n Putt wrote: »

This is no proper pandemic. It’s a media and social media driven fear induced pandemic.

Most people who are tested don’t even realise they have the god dam virus.

Maybe an artificial virus could be developed that was properly deadly to most who get it. Then people might start taking the guidelines seriously.

niallo27 · 20-10-2020 11:50AM

Boggles wrote: »

Please save me the faux concern.

No one is buying it.

Trying to peddle the Narrative that the sole motivation of CMO is to save his terminally ill wife is at best remedial, but in reality just a bat shít conspiracy theory.

Big joke indeed.

Sole motivation, I never said that.

KrustyUCC · 20-10-2020 11:51AM

Zebra3 wrote: »

"Saving Christmas".

https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/christmas-pints-may-be-cancelled-as-pubs-told-its-unlikely-theyll-reopen-this-year-39645382.html

It's a no brainer

NPHET would never allow pubs and restaurants to open before Christmas

We were at a glacial pace reopening them the first time around and NPHET will be even more risk adverse this time around

This reopening is going to be even slower I'll bet

Benimar · 20-10-2020 11:52AM

Gael23 wrote: »

Dr Ciara Kelly on Twitter saying this move to Level 5 just to save Christmas is wrong

Fixed that for ya :P

gmisk · 20-10-2020 11:52AM

Bit cynical wrote: »

Maybe an artificial virus could be developed that was properly deadly to most who get it. Then people might start taking the guidelines seriously.

A certain section would still say "it is no worse than a flu", "it is a casedemic" etc if people had ebola

GT89 · 20-10-2020 11:53AM

Pitch n Putt wrote: »

This is no proper pandemic. It’s a media and social media driven fear induced pandemic.

Most people who are tested don’t even realise they have the god dam virus.

An illness so severe that you need an inaccurate test to prove that you have it. If this was a real pandemic there would be dead bodies lining the streets and population would have gone down.

20-10-2020 11:54AM

GT89 wrote: »

An illness so severe that you need an inaccurate test to prove that you have it. If this was a real pandemic there would be dead bodies lining the streets and population would have gone down.

This thread needs a nonsense filter

GT89 · 20-10-2020 11:54AM

gmisk wrote: »

A certain section would still say "it is no worse than a flu", "it is a casedemic" etc if people had ebola

There would be dead bodies in the street if there was an ebola pandemic. It would be carnage. Thankfully the likelihood of that happening is close to zero.

stephenjmcd · 20-10-2020 11:55AM

https://twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/1318505077401935873?s=19

SCOOP 64 · 20-10-2020 11:55AM

I think employers attitude is different this time to this lockdown, I was temporarily off from April to July last time, this morning told we are not closing, we are far from essential , heard same from other firms in out business patk

lawred2 · 20-10-2020 11:55AM

Benimar wrote: »

Fixed that for ya :P

Newstalk is pure scutter these days...

It used to be reasonably listenable - you knew that the station had an agenda but the presenters had a certain charisma or quality that made up for that somewhat

But now they are nearly all talentless clones pushing text in lines

It's desperate garbage

polesheep · 20-10-2020 11:55AM

Gruffalux wrote: »

He seems calm and reasonable to me. Do you expect people who have tragedy in their lives to be running around like screaming morons? A lot of people have terrible suffering and manage fine. If you start eliminating the people with suffering from the work force there will be very few left. Fcuks sake.

This is different. He is making decisions that will affect the entire population and at the same time those decisions could have a direct impact on the wellbeing of his wife. He cannot be expected to be objective and should not have been allowed back.

Pitch n Putt · 20-10-2020 11:56AM

gmisk wrote: »

A certain section would still say "it is no worse than a flu", "it is a casedemic" etc if people had ebola

It’s a complete and utter total overreaction.

But that’s the society we now live in thanks to technology.

riclad · 20-10-2020 11:56AM

Does mean all phone shops ,
and internet cafes closed .
i,ll have to get some photo copys done before thursday .

i think they should cancel all non professional sports at leasttil january .

we have a very limited no of hospital beds in icu ,so i understand why they did this .

theres too many people meeting up in groups and ignoring social distancing rules .

stephenjmcd · 20-10-2020 11:57AM

riclad wrote: »

Does mean all phone shops ,
and internet cafes closed .
i,ll have to get some photo copys done before thursday .

i think they should cancel all non professional sports at leasttil january .

we have a very limited no of hospital beds in icu ,so i understand why they did this .

theres too many people meeting up in groups and ignoring social distancing rules .

Phone shops etc can all stay open on emergency basis, so define emergency

GT89 · 20-10-2020 11:57AM

riclad wrote: »

Does mean all phone shops ,
and internet cafes closed .
i,ll have to get some photo copys done before thursday .

i think they should cancel all non professional sports at leasttil january .

we have a very limited no of hospital beds in icu ,so i understand why they did this .

theres too many people meeting up in groups and ignoring social distancing rules .

They haven't decided which shops are and are not essiential.

stephenjmcd · 20-10-2020 11:58AM

New list of shops & services allowed to remain open.

Essentially everywhere if you can offer click and collect if your non essential.

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1318469029204557824?s=19

Mantis Toboggan · 20-10-2020 11:58AM

Any word on if they're abandoning the clock change this weekend?

Away With The Fairies · 20-10-2020 11:59AM

Longing wrote: »

An Easyjet passenger is thrown off the Belfast to Edinburgh flight after she refused to wear a face covering.

https://twitter.com/LFC_blano/status/1317948341544800258

Everybody dies.Ah yeah, what's a couple of decades of someone's life so long as she can go maskless. Such a rotten bitch.

polesheep · 20-10-2020 11:59AM

alentejo wrote: »

I just feel that if you question any element of the Lockdown strategy, you are considered a pariah of sorts. Annoyed that the Anti-mask/lockdown brigade who have mass gatherings in Dublin City Centre seem to have taken the prime Anti Lockdown position.

We don't appear to have any strategy beyond December in fighting this pandemic in Ireland. very depressing

They haven't, it's just that some people like to paint it that way.

20-10-2020 11:59AM

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

I think employers attitude is different this time to this lockdown, I was temporarily off from April to July last time, this morning told we are not closing, we are far from essential , heard same from other firms in out business patk

Are you on either of these lists?
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/60ecc-essential-retail-outlets-for-level-4/

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/c9158-essential-services/

20-10-2020 12:00PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Any word on if they're abandoning the clock change this weekend?

You can't just abandon a clock change a few days before its supposed to happen...it would knock off every IT system

stephenjmcd · 20-10-2020 12:00PM

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Any word on if they're abandoning the clock change this weekend?

Not this year but EU is looking at it for next year I think

GT89 · 20-10-2020 12:02PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Everybody dies.Ah yeah, what's a couple of decades of someone's life so long as she can go maskless. Such a rotten bitch.

There's basically zero chance catching kung flu is gonna knock decades off anyones life. Virtually 95% of people who died were 80+. People in their 80s do not have decades to live.

GooglePlus · 20-10-2020 12:03PM

AdamD wrote: »

You can't just abandon a clock change a few days before its supposed to happen...it would knock off every IT system

This isn't the 80's, it would take a minor update to counteract the automatic clock change on IT systems. If there was no update, users would just have to manually reverse the adjustment.

Remember Y2K didn't happen.

Covid 19 Part XXVII- 62,002 ROI (1,915 deaths) 39,609 NI (724 deaths) (02/11) Read OP

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