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

Vicxas · 20-10-2020 06:23PM

Meath surpassing Dublin now. All you can do is laugh

JP Liz V1 · 20-10-2020 06:23PM

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1318584557302652928

MOR316 · 20-10-2020 06:24PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

This is going to sound pathetic, but it's good to vent.

My brother called over earlier to collect wood I was storing in my shed for his woodburner. Blah blah.

We had a coffee and a catch up about nothing, cos nothing is happening lol.

When he was leaving I just got very downhearted that we won't see each other or our families for many weeks to come. Fed up and thanks for reading.

Why would it sound pathetic?

Just because there are a handful of ignorant people around the forum, doesn't mean we're all like that.

PMs always open if you ever fancy venting. I'm all ears! Same goes for everyone else

MOR316 · 20-10-2020 06:25PM

Vicxas wrote: »

Meath surpassing Dublin now. All you can do is laugh

Gotta surpass them in something, ain't they?

s1ippy · 20-10-2020 06:25PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Tony Holohon saying “ The Government wont wash your hands for you “
How patronising , I washed my own hands thank you and did everything asked of me. How dare he speak like that to people who are doing everything right

For an organisation who claim not to be apportioning blame or judgement, they really do chuck around a lot of unfounded presumptions.

Teachers, I hope you're listening - you haven't been washing your hands enough and you need to redouble your efforts.

20-10-2020 06:26PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Keep calm, and remember it’s not the schools.

Caught sight of the Six One news featuring a Galway retailer in tears at her clothing shop about to close. These are the sacrificial lambs for the oversized incubation chambers known as schools. The Government are an abominable disgrace.

iamwhoiam · 20-10-2020 06:26PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

This is going to sound pathetic, but it's good to vent.

My brother called over earlier to collect wood I was storing in my shed for his woodburner. Blah blah.

We had a coffee and a catch up about nothing, cos nothing is happening lol.

When he was leaving I just got very downhearted that we won't see each other or our families for many weeks to come. Fed up and thanks for reading.

I am sorry to read this . I have just accepted that I won’t see my daughter who lives in thr UK this year

Fed up here too

SusanC10 · 20-10-2020 06:26PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

This is going to sound pathetic, but it's good to vent.

My brother called over earlier to collect wood I was storing in my shed for his woodburner. Blah blah.

We had a coffee and a catch up about nothing, cos nothing is happening lol.

When he was leaving I just got very downhearted that we won't see each other or our families for many weeks to come. Fed up and thanks for reading.

I haven't seen one sister since last Christmas and another since Summer 2019. Absolutely no idea when we will all (incl Mum and another sister) be in the same place at the same time.
Very depressing.
We were meant to all be together to celebrate Mum's significant Birthday over the Summer.

niallo27 · 20-10-2020 06:26PM

MOR316 wrote: »

Why would it sound pathetic?

Just because there are a handful of ignorant people around the forum, doesn't mean we're all like that.

PMs always open if you ever fancy venting. I'm all ears! Same goes for everyone else

I don't think you will find many if any posters that are not sympathetic for cases like this, where we may not agree on things we all do want the best for each other.

Spanish Eyes · 20-10-2020 06:29PM

Thanks for the kind responses folks. Just on a bit of a downer, but we got through before and will get through again.

Tomorrow is another day.

MOR316 · 20-10-2020 06:30PM

niallo27 wrote: »

I don't think you will find many if any posters that are not sympathetic for cases like this, where we may not agree on things we all do want the best for each other.

There's always one or two. Some have been banned from these threads

Anyways, no point focusing on the negative

Jinglejangle69 · 20-10-2020 06:31PM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Keep calm, and remember it’s not the schools.

The way the numbers have been the last few days it looks like level 3 is somewhat reducing the numbers.

With the schools open.

MrMusician18 · 20-10-2020 06:32PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Caught sight of the Six One news featuring a Galway retailer in tears at her clothing shop about to close. These are the sacrificial lambs for the oversized incubation chambers known as schools. The Government are an abominable disgrace.

Are you saying that children's education should be sacrificed to save retail?

Gruffalux · 20-10-2020 06:32PM

I think Boggles pig-kissing meme really broke the ice in here. It's a love-in, suddenly.

There's 2 of my children I haven't seen since last Christmas either, except over screens. I miss them very much. And rather a lot of other people too. But at least I can tone it down big time on the housework as there will be no unexpected visitors. Silver linings.

Happydays2020 · 20-10-2020 06:34PM

I was listening to the radio earlier and caught something from Lord Tony that the aim is to get to less than 100 cases a day by 1 December. Are they already putting a number on lifting restrictions? I am not against that although the reality is that we will need to see substantial progress by 15 November for the projections to point that way. Is that a Cabinet decision?

Thierry12 · 20-10-2020 06:34PM

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Are you saying that children's education should be sacrificed to save retail?

Honestly they learn **** all in schools these days anyway

A few missed months off no correctors, sorry teachers is not going to do them much harm

j@utis · 20-10-2020 06:34PM

Jenna James wrote: »

One of the ministers was on the radio last week and said not only should the public work harder at abiding by the restrictions, we should also "tutor' other members of the public on the correct etiquette... Sick of this holier than thou nonsense whilst half of them are running amuck, being paid thousands and not even having the decency to apologise but instead justify their actions to the hilt.

"So the government is encouraging you to report your neighbors if they don’t follow the new rule of gathering numbers. Before following this advice you should really consider the fact that the government won’t be there to help you jump start your car or lend you tools or a cup of sugar if you needed it. They won’t be an extra set of eyes to watch over your property if you are away. They won’t keep an eye on your kids if they are playing in the street and someone strange is hanging around. We need each other, it’s how we get by and live in peace, because at the end of the day the government won’t be standing on your door step to help you out when this gets real. "

AlphaDelta1 · 20-10-2020 06:35PM

I have a daughter in school and badly want to see the schools stay open but i must admit i do feel terribly bad for the teachers, SNA's, school bus drivers etc... who are basically been told you'll be grand even though they all know they are in a very poor place health and safety wise. With doors and windows invariably having to stay open throughout the winter for their own safety i wouldn't be doing their jobs for diamonds.

MOR316 · 20-10-2020 06:35PM

Hang about...

I remember Ronan Glynn and Holohan, saying to avoid Microphones as they spread germs.

Should strip them of their mics next presser so. Put some manners on them

niallo27 · 20-10-2020 06:36PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Thanks for the kind responses folks. Just on a bit of a downer, but we got through before and will get through again.

Tomorrow is another day.

I'm the same, always been a happy go lucky kind of person, never really understood mental illness but always respected it, but finding myself really down lately about it all which is probably why I'm posting some crazy angry **** here sometimes. There has to be some people out there really struggling.

Tenzor07 · 20-10-2020 06:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Caught sight of the Six One news featuring a Galway retailer in tears at her clothing shop about to close. These are the sacrificial lambs for the oversized incubation chambers known as schools. The Government are an abominable disgrace.

The costs of this lockdown are very high in many ways...

The financial cost of lost payroll and sales tax, increased welfare payments are around €1billion a month...
Many of these businesses will never reopen and will default on rent and rates payments leaving a black hole for local councils to try and fill either through cutbacks or loans from central government.. possibly adding another €.5billion a month onto the lockdown bill...

All those kids in schools now and their children thereafter will be paying for all this in adulthood..

pjohnson · 20-10-2020 06:37PM

Thierry12 wrote: »

Honestly they learn **** all in schools anyway

A few missed months off no correctors, sorry teachers is not going to do them much harm

Ehhh right yeah brilliant.

fritzelly · 20-10-2020 06:38PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

What did he say to him?

Something along the lines of did NPHET take their eye off the ball because they recommended moving to level 3 and then level 5 because the data was saying things were getting worse (not really sure what point he was trying to make)
Tony then explained the virus was growing, told him you've been following this you should know what is happening and then gave an example of the R value - if i give you a euro today and 2 euro tomorrow and 4 euro the day after then how long til I give you a million

10000maniacs · 20-10-2020 06:39PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Tony Holohon saying “ The Government wont wash your hands for you “
How patronising , I washed my own hands thank you and did everything asked of me. How dare he speak like that to people who are doing everything right

Idiots need to be told. That complete git who came back from abroad and infected 56 people needed to be told. The guys who came back from Cheltenham in March and infected everybody in their vicinity needed to be told. This disease is as dangerous as TB to some people.

Jimson · 20-10-2020 06:41PM

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Are you saying that children's education should be sacrificed to save retail?

I don't call school education, I call it filling in time for young people. 90% of it your regurgitating useless information you will never use again for an outdated exam like the leaving cert.

I think three days a week would suffice during Covid with half the school in for three days and the other half in for another three days.

Funsterdelux · 20-10-2020 06:43PM

pjohnson wrote: »

Ehhh right yeah brilliant.

Then we figured out we could park them in front of the TV. That’s how I was raised, and I turned out TV.”

lawred2 · 20-10-2020 06:46PM

Jimson wrote: »

I don't call school education, I call it filling in time for young people. 90% of it your regurgitating useless information you will never use again for an outdated exam like the leaving cert.

I think three days a week would suffice during Covid with half the school in for three days and the other half in for another three days.

good luck getting teachers to work 6 day weeks

landofthetree · 20-10-2020 06:47PM

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Are you saying that children's education should be sacrificed to save retail?

They need to close the schools from mid Nov to the first week in March.

Go in Easter week and June+July for primary schools.

Go in Easter week+ June for secondary schools. Leaving cert in July.

This is the best solution for a once in a lifetime crisis.

stephenjmcd · 20-10-2020 06:48PM

Are you all in the same group? No Garda. Thats grand so

https://twitter.com/RTENewsPaulC/status/1318608420287774724?s=19

Sakana · 20-10-2020 06:48PM

This strategy of gardaí asking people to break up there parties is completely toothless. There needs to be a deterrent to holding a party in the first place.

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

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