Covid 19 Part XXVIII- 71,942 ROI(2,050 deaths) 51,824 NI (983 deaths) (28/11) Read OP

Zebra3 · 24-11-2020 01:53PM

Storm 10 wrote: »

Tony caught out here about car parks full up

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/operator-rejects-claims-by-dr-tony-holohan-that-car-parks-are-full-1.4417015

Did he ever provide any actual evidence?

hmmm · 24-11-2020 01:55PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Look at this nonsense from RTE.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/1124/1180132-covid19-coronavirus-ireland/

It's not a headline, it's not a story. It's just guff.

It's good advice if people are going to insist on mixing at Christmas dinner.

"If people are having Christmas dinner with others, Prof O'Neill says:

they should bring their own dinnerware
have a single person do all the serving to keep numbers down in the kitchen
stagger people sitting around the table to avoid people sitting opposite each other
have good ventilation
do not to spend too long in each other's company"

Spot on. We know the virus can spread very effectively in situations where people are spending time in poorly ventilated locations, talking or shouting.

manniot2 · 24-11-2020 01:59PM

hmmm wrote: »

It's good advice if people are going to insist on mixing at Christmas dinner.

"If people are having Christmas dinner with others, Prof O'Neill says:

they should bring their own dinnerware
have a single person do all the serving to keep numbers down in the kitchen
stagger people sitting around the table to avoid people sitting opposite each other
have good ventilation
do not to spend too long in each other's company"

Spot on. We know the virus can spread very effectively in situations where people are spending time in poorly ventilated locations, talking or shouting.

Are you just trying to wind people up? What absolute nonsense.

iamwhoiam · 24-11-2020 02:01PM

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/1124/1180110-covid-19-vitamin-d-ireland/

Vitamin D again looking positive in studies

24-11-2020 02:01PM

Deleted User wrote: »

My mates sons crèche rang him on Saturday to say they were closing as someone tested positive.

His son is not getting tested until Thursday!!!

And my mate apparently has to go to Dublin to get the test done. An hour drive away.

Don’t know how long the results will take. But it’s far too long to get tested and get a result.

There is such a thing as getting tested too soon. Either way if tested today or Thursday it wont make a difference as they need to isolate for 2 weeks anyway

yermandan · 24-11-2020 02:01PM

"Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

iamwhoiam · 24-11-2020 02:03PM

yermandan wrote: »

"Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

Meantime poor grandpa has a crick in his neck and a dose of pneumonia

Roger_007 · 24-11-2020 02:07PM

yermandan wrote: »

"Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

I liked the part about there being only one person in the kitchen doing the serving etc. I’m wondering who that person will be in most houses?

KrustyUCC · 24-11-2020 02:09PM

Did we get any explanation as a reason why 101 cases from October have been reported over the last 14 days?

24-11-2020 02:09PM

manniot2 wrote: »

Are you just trying to wind people up? What absolute nonsense.

Why?

The alternative is that everyone at the dinner agrees to fully communicate with each other on any symptoms the develop of the next 14 days and isolate should anyone in the group feel ill at any point pending a test

24-11-2020 02:11PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Meantime poor grandpa has a crick in his neck and a dose of pneumonia

What is pneumonia and what causes it?

TonyMaloney · 24-11-2020 02:12PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Meantime poor grandpa has a crick in his neck and a dose of pneumonia

We got special windows installed that are 100% pneumonia free.

Seriously though, you don't get pneumonia from fresh air. That may sound mad to you, but it's a fact.

Covid would be a far more worrying source for acquiring pneumonia. Windows would be a distant, distant second.

Other than that, good post m8

iamwhoiam · 24-11-2020 02:14PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What is pneumonia and what causes it?

A poor immune system will cause it , sitting in a draughty place would not be great to boost your immune system
I am well aware what pneumonia is , both viral and bacterial

24-11-2020 02:17PM

This is hilarious!!!
We have lost the plot as a country.
Potentially subject your grandparents to a freezing cold corner....

Christmas dinner advice from Prof O'Neill:

Don’t pass the gravy boat
they should bring their own dinnerware
have a single person do all the serving to keep numbers down in the kitchen
stagger people sitting around the table to avoid people sitting opposite each other
have good ventilation
do not to spend too long in each other's company

Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

iamwhoiam · 24-11-2020 02:19PM

TonyMaloney wrote: »

We got special windows installed that are 100% pneumonia free.

Seriously though, you don't get pneumonia from fresh air. That may sound mad to you, but it's a fact.

Covid would be a far more worrying source for acquiring pneumonia. Windows would be a distant, distant second.

Other than that, good post m8

I am not your mate .
My point stands , sit an elderly person in a cold draught and you are asking for trouble

I have nursed many with pneumonia and I am well aware of it and how it takes hold thanks

Eod100 · 24-11-2020 02:22PM

No surprises there https://twitter.com/LeoVaradkar/status/1331226044423081985?s=19

froog · 24-11-2020 02:22PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This is hilarious!!!
We have lost the plot as a country.
Potentially subject your grandparents to a freezing cold corner....

Christmas dinner advice from Prof O'Neill:

Don’t pass the gravy boat
they should bring their own dinnerware
have a single person do all the serving to keep numbers down in the kitchen
stagger people sitting around the table to avoid people sitting opposite each other
have good ventilation
do not to spend too long in each other's company

Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

If we're laughing at simple practical advice now we are in real trouble.

TonyMaloney · 24-11-2020 02:22PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I am not your mate .
My point stands , sit an elderly person in a cold draught and you are asking for trouble

Stick an elderly person in a poorly ventilated room full of people that could have a highly contagious virus that can often cause severe pneumonia then. That's a much better plan.

Hopefully their immune system will see them through given that they'll be slightly warmer.

Turtwig · 24-11-2020 02:25PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What is pneumonia and what causes it?

Going out with wet hair.

John O.Groats · 24-11-2020 02:26PM

Deleted User wrote: »

This is hilarious!!!
We have lost the plot as a country.
Potentially subject your grandparents to a freezing cold corner....

Christmas dinner advice from Prof O'Neill:

Don’t pass the gravy boat
they should bring their own dinnerware
have a single person do all the serving to keep numbers down in the kitchen
stagger people sitting around the table to avoid people sitting opposite each other
have good ventilation
do not to spend too long in each other's company

Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

Well well what a surprise to read your comment which is really no surprise at all.:rolleyes: Explain exactly how this sensible public health advice is losing the plot.

iamwhoiam · 24-11-2020 02:27PM

TonyMaloney wrote: »

Stick an elderly

person in a poorly ventilated room full of people that could have a highly contagious virus that can often cause severe pneumonia then. That's a much better plan.

Hopefully their immune system will see them through given that they'll be slightly warmer.

Personally I would prefer not to have grandpa than stick him at an open window in December

mean gene · 24-11-2020 02:27PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This is hilarious!!!
We have lost the plot as a country.
Potentially subject your grandparents to a freezing cold corner....

Christmas dinner advice from Prof O'Neill:

Don’t pass the gravy boat
they should bring their own dinnerware
have a single person do all the serving to keep numbers down in the kitchen
stagger people sitting around the table to avoid people sitting opposite each other
have good ventilation
do not to spend too long in each other's company

Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

What abt put grandpa in the shed and put his dinner in through the window

24-11-2020 02:28PM

John O.Groats wrote: »

Well well what a surprise to read your comment which is really no surprise at all.:rolleyes: Explain exactly how this sensible public health advice is losing the plot.

I guess exchanging gifts and pulling Christmas crackers is off the menu as well?

Nobody will be following this nonsense.

Cluedo Monopoly · 24-11-2020 02:29PM

froog wrote: »

If we're laughing at simple practical advice now we are in real trouble.

Huh? What have we become....it's an absolutely nonsense article from our national broadcaster. I think they were trying to be humourous, hard to know.
If they want to start providing 'Advice for Simpletons during Covid', then they should dedicate a new website for it and stop wasting people's time.

Which Level allows Grandpa to visit but only if he sits beside the open window? RTE are treating people like morons. Clickbait.

TonyMaloney · 24-11-2020 02:30PM

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Personally I would prefer not to have grandpa than stick him at an open window in December

Then don't do christmas dinner with him.

If you can't take measures to ensure the elderly are safe enough, then don't risk it.

MOR316 · 24-11-2020 02:32PM

seamus wrote: »

BuT It'S JUst cOmmOn sENSE. thiRtY kiDS CrammEd INto A sHOeBoX alL Day!!11

Considering Govenrment and NPHET tell us to keep our distance and our social contacts to a minimum and packing 30 kids together flies in the face of that and that clusters are found to be in schools, I'm not really sure why you feel the need to make a sarcastic post, aimed at those who have a different opinion to yours...

Especially considering you have gotten defensive when someone disagrees with you.

Each to their own I guess. I just find it fascinating

seamus · 24-11-2020 02:32PM

Deleted User wrote: »

This is hilarious!!!
We have lost the plot as a country.
Potentially subject your grandparents to a freezing cold corner....

Christmas dinner advice from Prof O'Neill:

Don’t pass the gravy boat
they should bring their own dinnerware
have a single person do all the serving to keep numbers down in the kitchen
stagger people sitting around the table to avoid people sitting opposite each other
have good ventilation
do not to spend too long in each other's company

Stick grandpa by the window and have a good breeze blowing through, and this will really decrease the risk, so it is possible to have a Christmas together," Prof O'Neill said.

While it sounds ridiculous, it's perfectly practical advice for the ridiculous times we find ourselves in.

The main advice is to not have a shared Xmas dinner if you can avoid it. But if you must, then here's few simple ways to maximise safety.

The only one there which seems remotely difficult is the gravy one. But you could give each person a little tumbler maybe with their own portion of gravy.

Plumbthedepths · 24-11-2020 02:33PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Huh? What have we become....it's an absolutely nonsense article from our national broadcaster. I think they were trying to be humourous, hard to know.
If they want to start providing 'Advice for Simpletons during Covid', then they should dedicate a new website for it and stop wasting people's time.

As demonstrated recently RTE staff are unable to adhere to the advice they are so willing to promote to the rest of us.

Cluedo Monopoly · 24-11-2020 02:34PM

seamus wrote: »

While it sounds ridiculous, it's perfectly practical advice for the ridiculous times we find ourselves in.

The main advice is to not have a shared Xmas dinner if you can avoid it. But if you must, then here's few simple ways to maximise safety.

The only one there which seems remotely difficult is the gravy one. But you could give each person a little tumbler maybe with their own portion of gravy.

Huh? What have we become....it's an absolutely nonsense article from our national broadcaster. I think they were trying to be humourous, hard to know.
If they want to start providing 'Advice for Simpletons during Covid', then they should dedicate a new website for it and stop wasting people's time.

Which Level allows Grandpa to visit but only if he sits beside the open window? RTE are treating people like morons. Clickbait. I don't know how people can defend that guff.

seamus · 24-11-2020 02:35PM

MOR316 wrote: »

I'm not really sure why you feel the need to make a sarcastic post, aimed at those who have a different opinion to yours...

Because the insistence on schools being an issue has become a farce at this stage. Lots of people doggedly insisting that schools are rife with infection, devoid of any evidence.

It's gone from "schools are obviously going to be a problem" - a fair observation, to "Schools are definitely a problem despite what the data says, they must be hiding cases" - a ridiculous proposition.

It's perfectly acceptable to make fun of ridiculous opinions.

Covid 19 Part XXVIII- 71,942 ROI(2,050 deaths) 51,824 NI (983 deaths) (28/11) Read OP

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