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

Jim_Hodge · 26-10-2020 05:01PM

fits wrote: »

Helping our neighbours is the right thing to do.

Correct. No more so than Germany taking ICU patients today from the Netherlands. As long as we can cope of course. Our restrictions are supposed to be ensuring our health services don't get overwhelmed, so it does pose the question as to our capability to take any significant numbers from Northern Ireland,

manofwisdom · 26-10-2020 05:10PM

Now back to the topic of the thread. What was the swab count for the last 48 hours and testing number?

Risteard81 · 26-10-2020 05:10PM

mloc123 wrote: »

And yet... You use the UK pound to pay for your groceries..

You use the foreign Euro.

(That said I buy my groceries in both statelets, as I work in both equally. So you really are an objectionable amadán.

ACitizenErased · 26-10-2020 05:11PM

manofwisdom wrote: »

Now back to the topic of the thread. What was the swab count for the last 48 hours and testing number?

Bank holiday so we wont get that today

Funsterdelux · 26-10-2020 05:12PM

Meanwhile back in Covid Country....

Belgium asked the Netherlands to accept a number of COVID patients, but was told there was no space for them. The Netherlands itself has transferred 2 patients to Germany

Stheno · 26-10-2020 05:13PM

manofwisdom wrote: »

Now back to the topic of the thread. What was the swab count for the last 48 hours and testing number?

Don't usually get swab numbers on Sundays and Bank Holidays cases and deaths will be out later

Dr. Bre · 26-10-2020 05:24PM

Covid doesn’t respect borders

eagle eye · 26-10-2020 05:29PM

PokeHerKing wrote:

Or like I suspect your "400" went on socialising in general, drink, food, taxis, events such as nightclubs, concerts , matchday tickets, sports betting etc. Or as alreading stated, living a fairly normal life.

You seem to suspect a lot and you don't know me.
I've told you what my average spend on alcohol was.
You then suggested I'd have been spending it on alcohol if the pubs were shut but again as I keep telling I would not be drinking if the pubs were shut.

All things like taxis, I smoked too at the time, are not part of what I spent on alcohol.

I got away from it. I still drink but only very occasionally. Last time was August 31st 2019.

You can call me an alcoholic in the broad sense but obviously then there's many different types of alcoholic.

Strumms · 26-10-2020 05:31PM

fits wrote: »

Helping our neighbours is the right thing to do.

We do if we have capacity and personnel. In a fûcking pandemic, we have neither.

wadacrack · 26-10-2020 05:31PM

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1320764626078998529

Coillte_Bhoy · 26-10-2020 05:33PM

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Read at least Articles 2 & 3 of the constitution. Like it or not the country of Ireland does not have 32 counties.

So, what name would you give to this island we live on?

c montgomery · 26-10-2020 05:33PM

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Covid doesn’t respect borders

Unless their plastic barriers in pubs and you've paid for a 9 euro pizza

Goldrickssan · 26-10-2020 05:33PM

Can we stop talking about weather or not Eagle Eye is an alcoholic? It doesn't ****ing matter you losers

Plumbthedepths · 26-10-2020 05:34PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

This thing is relentless and the trends are obvious. Unfortunately for EVERYONE the only proven thing that works is to try and keep people separate. Doubling time in Italy for all of these metrics is ~ 8 days.

Leo was dead wrong to say we should look at hospitalisations and ICU as primary metrics for our response. That may have been true if we can protect the vulnerable but we can't if there is community transmission and there is. There is a lag for sure but then it hits all at once.

Just to add our cases go up and down etc but follow a similar curve. We've added significant restrictions so we should be off the trajectory but people will say "see what was the point it didn't even go up". :rolleyes:

And you got annoyed at Paddygreen?

c montgomery · 26-10-2020 05:35PM

Risteard81 wrote: »

I can assert with 100% certainty that where I am sitting is every bit as much in Ireland as a mile-and-a-half down the road. How dare you claim otherwise.

THIS COUNTRY HAS 32 COUNTIES.

Ireland is part of the EU

Goldrickssan · 26-10-2020 05:35PM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

So, what name would you give to this island we live on?

The Island is called Ireland. There are two countries and 32 counties on the Island. 6 counties are in the United Kingdom, 26 are in the Republic of Ireland.

Anything else is not based in our current reality.

This also has nothing to do with Covid.

caveat emptor · 26-10-2020 05:35PM

Strumms wrote: »

They don’t contribute to the running of our health services so when theirs fails and we are at capacity, it’s sorry, no dice.

Next they’ll want the Irish government to be paying for their hospital treatment and a hotel for their relations

While I see your point and UK should be dealing with it. It’s a good thing the UK doesn’t have that attitude regarding seriously ill children who are regularly flown to the UK for life saving treatment.

Again I see your point and looks like we don’t have capacity either way.

Jim_Hodge · 26-10-2020 05:36PM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

So, what name would you give to this island we live on?

This is going ridiculously off topic but you are conflating the Island of Ireland with the Country. Again read the constitution, it's quite clear on the matter and the name of the country.

PokeHerKing · 26-10-2020 05:41PM

eagle eye wrote: »

You seem to suspect a lot and you don't know me.
I've told you what my average spend on alcohol was.
You then suggested I'd have been spending it on alcohol if the pubs were shut but again as I keep telling I would not be drinking if the pubs were shut.

All things like taxis, I smoked too at the time, are not part of what I spent on alcohol.

I got away from it. I still drink but only very occasionally. Last time was August 31st 2019.

You can call me an alcoholic in the broad sense but obviously then there's many different types of alcoholic.

Well I'm glad we cleared it up. You were hell bent on claiming you weren't an alcoholic. Which is why I suspected alternatives to your spending habits.

But as you agree you were an alcoholic. Which brings us full circle to the original point. Pubs closing won't curb alcoholism.

Ficheall · 26-10-2020 05:42PM

The six counties are just an outlier. On average, the island is Ireland.

Strumms · 26-10-2020 05:43PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

While I see your point and UK should be dealing with it. It’s a good thing the UK doesn’t have that attitude regarding seriously ill children who are regularly flown to the UK for life saving treatment.

Again I see your point and looks like we don’t have capacity either way.

How many ill children are being flown there since covid though ?

I’d wager none.

We are not living in normal times. So the otherwise normal and fair comparison you make couldn’t apply.

We need every bed, every moment of every doctor, nurses, carers, virologists etc time and effort .. to help, to work for, to enable the health and wellbeing of those here.... the UK need to sort themselves out. We don’t have the capacity to, unless we start saying NO to our own taxpayers to facilitate them.

eagle eye · 26-10-2020 05:44PM

PokeHerKing wrote:

But as you agree you were an alcoholic. Which brings us full circle to the original point. Pubs closing won't curb alcoholism.

As I said I didn't need alcohol. It was a lifestyle.
There's many with that lifestyle who would be better off without it. I said the pubs being closed for a long period might help them move away from it.
I never spoke about addiction to alcohol which I never had.

CoronaBlocker · 26-10-2020 05:46PM

eagle eye wrote: »

You seem to suspect a lot and you don't know me.
I've told you what my average spend on alcohol was.
You then suggested I'd have been spending it on alcohol if the pubs were shut but again as I keep telling I would not be drinking if the pubs were shut.

All things like taxis, I smoked too at the time, are not part of what I spent on alcohol.

I got away from it. I still drink but only very occasionally. Last time was August 31st 2019.

You can call me an alcoholic in the broad sense but obviously then there's many different types of alcoholic.

Very true. If it wasn't for my alcoholism then there's no way I'd have made it this far into 2020.

eagle eye · 26-10-2020 05:50PM

CoronaBlocker wrote:

Very true. If it wasn't for my alcoholism then there's no way I'd have made it this far into 2020.

Well then it apoears you have underlying issues that maybe you should get help with.

I'm of the opinion that a lot of people with drink problems suffer with depression. It's been very badly dealt with her the health service in this country for as long as it can remember. There's still a stigma attached to depression for many people sadly.

PokeHerKing · 26-10-2020 05:54PM

eagle eye wrote: »

As I said I didn't need alcohol. It was a lifestyle.
There's many with that lifestyle who would be better off without it. I said the pubs being closed for a long period might help them move away from it.
I never spoke about addiction to alcohol which I never had.

400e a week solely on booze is an alcoholic who is addicted to alcohol. You're either in denial of that fact or you grossly exaggerated your weekly consumption.

Either way we're going round in circles so we'll agree to disagree.

jobeenfitz · 26-10-2020 05:55PM

Jesus, I thought this was the covid thread!

Sawduck · 26-10-2020 06:04PM

jobeenfitz wrote: »

Jesus, I thought this was the covid thread!

This place gets weird from time to time

I Am The Law · 26-10-2020 06:16PM

Goldrickssan wrote: »

Can we stop talking about weather or not Eagle Eye is an alcoholic? It doesn't ****ing matter you losers

Everyone is very tetchy today, lets put an apple on a string.

BringBackMick · 26-10-2020 06:17PM

Dr Scally on radio given free reign to spout without one hard question

amadangomor · 26-10-2020 06:20PM

Agree that we have to follow the restrictions and all that but the checkpoint on the M4 royally pissed me off today.

Was held up for a half hour on way home from work. OK if they were checking people that shouldn't be out and about but no there was 5/6 guards waving everyone on.

They just created a 3km chicane that slows everyone down.

Can anyone explain the reasoning behind this when they don't check anyone?

Well done if they are trying to piss off someone who is complying with all restrictions and trying to do a days work.

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

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