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

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  • #2222
    manniot2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 713 ✭✭✭manniot2


    Hqrry113 wrote: »
    130 million people at risk of starvation in the world and what are we worried about?

    A few 80 year olds in nursing homes already half dead dying from corona, half of which would also probably die if they caught the flu.

    You will be hammered for this but the jist of your point is true. The damage of these lockdowns will prove to far outweigh any benefit. Unfortunately some people think we are talking about the pubs being closed or something else when we talk about damage.


  • #2223
    babybuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭babybuilder


    political analyst wrote: »
    But having the schools open means that children are not hanging around in public spaces and thus reduces the spread of the virus, doesn't it?

    They have owners to mind them.


  • #2224
    Hqrry113
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 273 ✭✭Hqrry113


    Allinall wrote: »
    A caring troll, more like.

    Not even trolling tbh I'm just saying it's like everyone just needs something to worry about in their boring little lives it's a joke tbh watching everyone go on like they're an academic on Covid


  • #2225
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    Its called drift or drove immunity in Cavan
    I'm surprised so many people in Cavan were willing to donate their mucus without being paid.


  • #2226
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,190 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Hqrry113 wrote: »
    130 million people at risk of starvation in the world and what are we worried about?

    A few 80 year olds in nursing homes already half dead dying from corona, half of which would also probably die if they caught the flu.

    Mod

    Don't post in this thread again.


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  • #2227
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,167 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    babybuilder wrote: »
    If you need help yourself in getting to the after-life there shouldn't be any shortage of volunteers here to send you on your way.

    Offering someone help to die.

    Classy.


  • #2228
    batman_oh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,540 ✭✭✭batman_oh


    polesheep wrote: »
    You must have been stalking them.

    I was waiting in the car outside the Chinese for my order you weirdo.


  • #2229
    JP100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭JP100


    political analyst wrote: »
    But having the schools open means that children are not hanging around in public spaces and thus reduces the spread of the virus, doesn't it?

    Are kids not hanging around public places after school anyways! See the usual flow of secondary school students in groups piling in and out of subway each day after school in a lot of towns all over Ireland.


  • #2230
    political analyst
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,228 ✭✭✭political analyst


    The lockdown is depriving many small and medium enterprise (SME) owners of their livelihoods even though they are not responsible for other people's failure to adhere to social distancing. Isn't that like exterminating the population of a village in retaliation for the killing of soldiers by insurgents?


  • #2231
    political analyst
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,228 ✭✭✭political analyst


    JP100 wrote: »
    Are kids not hanging around public places after school anyways! See the usual flow of secondary school students in groups piling in and out of subway each day after school in a lot of towns all over Ireland.

    On school days, they're not hanging around for as long as they do during the holidays.


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  • #2232
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,169 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    political analyst wrote: »
    But having the schools open means that children are not hanging around in public spaces and thus reduces the spread of the virus, doesn't it?

    And I thought innocence was lost to the world.


  • #2233
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    political analyst wrote: »
    The lockdown is depriving many small and medium enterprise (SME) owners of their livelihoods even though they are not responsible for other people's failure to adhere to social distancing. Isn't that like exterminating the population of a village in retaliation for the killing of soldiers by insurgents?

    Spot on! Exactly the same.


  • #2234
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    political analyst wrote: »
    The lockdown is depriving many small and medium enterprise (SME) owners of their livelihoods even though they are not responsible for other people's failure to adhere to social distancing. Isn't that like exterminating the population of a village in retaliation for the killing of soldiers by insurgents?

    Collective punishment?
    Incedently I watched a segment on the news tonight, not by choice btw. I noticed the shoe shop was closing due to restrictions yet I noticed behind him he had workboots on the shelf behind him as he spoke to the cameras. The selling of PPE is classed as essential retail he could have remained open under the new restrictions.


  • #2235
    D9Male
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭D9Male


    Hqrry113 wrote: »
    130 million people at risk of starvation in the world and what are we worried about?

    A few 80 year olds in nursing homes already half dead dying from corona, half of which would also probably die if they caught the flu.

    I suspect you know this already, but here goes.

    Coronavirus is around 8-10 times more deadly than the common flu. The WHO estimate an IFR of around 0.6%. This is high but not as high as was initially feared.

    It is also a health system killer. Sure, most people aged 70 and under will recover without the need for hospitalisation. But left unchecked for a couple of months, we will see scenes like we saw in Northern Italy and New York in the spring. Refrigerator trucks, were used as makeshift morgues. Ships and the lawns of Central Park were converted into hospitals. Countries around the world were running out of ventilators.

    I don't understand how obtuse people can be. So we take preventative measures to avoid this, and people think the absence of bodies piled up on the streets means these measures were wrong.

    We have a good health system by world standards, but not best in class. So if the hospitals get overrun with Covid19 patients, not only will lots die from the virus, but it will compromise the ability of people like you and I to get proper treatment if we get sick from coronavirus or something else.

    Debate the merits of lockdown stategies all you want, but your trite post completely minimises the potential impacts of an unchecked Covid19 increase in Ireland.


  • #2236
    xvril
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 94 ✭✭xvril


    It is lies that it isnt spreading in schools. Speaking to track and trace today the man told me the vast majority of his calls this week are traced back to schools.


  • #2237
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    xvril wrote: »
    It is lies that it isnt spreading in schools. Speaking to track and trace today the man told me the vast majority of his calls this week are traced back to schools.
    Yeah, but that doesn't mean cases. It's already been noted that kids have loadsa possible close contacts.


  • #2238
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Collective punishment?
    Incedently I watched a segment on the news tonight, not by choice btw. I noticed the shoe shop was closing due to restrictions yet I noticed behind him he had workboots on the shelf behind him as he spoke to the cameras. The selling of PPE is classed as essential retail he could have remained open under the new restrictions.

    Theres a job there for you, covid diversify consultant!

    Would made a great logo on the van

    CDC


  • #2239
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


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  • #2240
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    Theres a job there for you, covid diversify consultant!

    Would made a great logo on the van

    CDC

    Already gainfully employed, part of my job requirement is problem solving. As I said I heard the guys problem the solution was on the shelf behind him.


  • #2241
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,169 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    political analyst wrote: »
    The lockdown is depriving many small and medium enterprise (SME) owners of their livelihoods even though they are not responsible for other people's failure to adhere to social distancing. Isn't that like exterminating the population of a village in retaliation for the killing of soldiers by insurgents?

    You should familiarise yourself with the Irish constitution. It has just one clause to it, which reads: The government can do whatever it likes, whenever it likes.


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  • #2242
    polesheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭polesheep


    batman_oh wrote: »
    I was waiting in the car outside the Chinese for my order you weirdo.

    I don't think it's me that's the weirdo.


  • #2243
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    cnocbui wrote: »
    You should familiarise yourself with the Irish constitution. It has just one clause to it, which reads: The government can do whatever it likes, whenever it likes.

    Eh , no it can't.


  • #2244
    I Am The Law
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 657 ✭✭✭I Am The Law


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Collective punishment?
    Incedently I watched a segment on the news tonight, not by choice btw. I noticed the shoe shop was closing due to restrictions yet I noticed behind him he had workboots on the shelf behind him as he spoke to the cameras. The selling of PPE is classed as essential retail he could have remained open under the new restrictions.

    A loophole, I like it, 2 500ml bottles of hand sanitizer and a pint of Guinness please.


  • #2245
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    polesheep wrote: »
    I don't think it's me that's the weirdo.

    Awful lot of people watching going on , particularly of kids and older teens. Not weird at all though. ;-)


  • #2246
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    I Am The Law wrote: »
    A loophole, I like it, 2 500ml bottles of hand sanitizer and a pint of Guinness please.

    It's not a loophole, the selling of PPE is classed as essential retail. It's not that hard to read the information on the gov.ie website.


  • #2247
    JP100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭JP100


    political analyst wrote: »
    On school days, they're not hanging around for as long as they do during the holidays.

    Brighter evenings and great weather last spring/early summer. This time around, dark wet evenings and the much anticipated release of the new playstation coming very soon. Methinks the compunction for kids to stay indoors will be that much greater this time around.


  • #2248
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,845 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    batman_oh wrote: »
    I'm not sure what you are implying you creep. But go and get fooked. Its hard to miss a gang of people standing outside a set of shops when you are there

    Not when you have spent months in denial about whats going on.


    Theres plenty of folks here on this very site who boast about not wearing masks and that poster frequently goes to those threads so why hes tryna play dumb now is odd.


  • #2249
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,539 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    JP100 wrote: »
    Brighter evenings and great weather last spring/early summer. This time around, dark wet evenings and the much anticipated release of the new playstation coming very soon. Methinks the compunction for kids to stay indoors will be that much greater this time around.

    Those PlayStations are sold out :pac:


  • #2250
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,169 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Eh , no it can't.

    Er, yes it can.

    Freedom of peaceful assembly
    Freedom of association
    Family and home life
    Personal liberty
    The right to earn a livelihood
    Freedom to travel

    cancelled.


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  • #2251
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,451 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Er, yes it can.

    Freedom of peaceful assembly
    Freedom of association
    Family and home life
    Personal liberty
    The right to earn a livelihood
    Freedom to travel

    cancelled.

    How many of them are actually in the Irish constitution. There is no freedom of association in Ireland if that was show then it would not be against the law to be associated with a terrorist organisation.


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