Covid 19 Part XXX-113,332 ROI(2,282 deaths) 81,251 NI (1,384 deaths) (05/01) Read OP

hynesie08 · 30-12-2020 05:46PM

MOR316 wrote: »

Link me to that post, please. I wish to laugh at it

Ask and ye shall receive...

ElJeffe wrote: »

They've had months to figure that out. As you keep saying there are hundreds of thousands out of work.

Amazing the way their is an obstacle in the way of everything you don't agree with though.

noble00 · 30-12-2020 05:46PM

I honestly think it would be a bad decision to close school , during the first lockdown it was fine , I didn’t see any kids mixing with other kids but since we opened everything back up , everyone of the kids and pre teens are out in groups mixing together it certainly doesn’t feel like a lockdown. If kids are in school at least they have a mask and hand sanitizer, hanging out in the housing estates not one kid have I seen wearing a mask during all this.

Goldengirl · 30-12-2020 05:47PM

speckle wrote: »

I will let that very low insinuation of me go this once and not report it.... just not to spoil you special day.
Anyone can look back at my posts and see how wrong what it is that you are saying.

Eh don't think so. But yes not getting into it today

jackboy · 30-12-2020 05:48PM

noble00 wrote: »

I honestly think it would be a bad decision to close school , during the first lockdown it was fine , I didn’t see any kids mixing with other kids but since we opened everything back up , everyone of the kids and pre teens are out in groups mixing together it certainly doesn’t feel like a lockdown. If kids are in school at least they have a mask and hand sanitizer, hanging out in the housing estates not one kid have I seen wearing a mask during all this.

It would be bad to close them because it would be hard to have a rationale to open them again. So, they could be closed for at least a couple of months.

dwainec · 30-12-2020 05:48PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Extra week off school according to reports.

Where are these reports

stephenjmcd · 30-12-2020 05:48PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Is that compared to a normal Wednesday or a Wednesday before new year's eve. Massive difference.

Its Google so a normal Wednesday.

People are off, shops are open, everyone knows they're going to close soon so not sure where the shock is that people are going out to get a few bits.

Stheno · 30-12-2020 05:48PM

dwainec wrote: »

Where are these reports

The twitter machine

MOR316 · 30-12-2020 05:49PM

hynesie08 wrote: »

Ask and ye shall receive...

Convinced he's on a WUM

30-12-2020 05:49PM

noble00 wrote: »

I honestly think it would be a bad decision to close school , during the first lockdown it was fine , I didn’t see any kids mixing with other kids but since we opened everything back up , everyone of the kids and pre teens are out in groups mixing together it certainly doesn’t feel like a lockdown. If kids are in school at least they have a mask and hand sanitizer, hanging out in the housing estates not one kid have I seen wearing a mask during all this.

Matt Hancock MP said today that the infection rates in the UK were mostly the new variant of COVID 19, in other words, the COVID strain that Infects children.

It would be foolish to return children to school when the Virus can now infect them the same as for Adults.

There is no reason to presume that the rise in Ireland is any different from the strain in the UK.

khalessi · 30-12-2020 05:49PM

noble00 wrote: »

I honestly think it would be a bad decision to close school , during the first lockdown it was fine , I didn’t see any kids mixing with other kids but since we opened everything back up , everyone of the kids and pre teens are out in groups mixing together it certainly doesn’t feel like a lockdown. If kids are in school at least they have a mask and hand sanitizer, hanging out in the housing estates not one kid have I seen wearing a mask during all this.

Not in primary school, no masks despite WHO recommending them in August and a decrease to the PPE budget of 40% so that will effect sanitiser despite the new more infectious virus which is especially infective in primary school kids.

Also Paul Reid said in HSE report earlier they have lost the virus in the community so it will be hard to track.

Gael23 · 30-12-2020 05:50PM

Schools gone

froog · 30-12-2020 05:50PM

we need to go hard with this, full march style lockdown for one month with schools closed and be done with it. enforce the **** out of it.

giveitholly · 30-12-2020 05:50PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Schools gone

Gone where?

30-12-2020 05:50PM

Will Yam wrote: »

I think that’s unfair to him. (I’m not normally a supporter btw).

But had he battened down harder pre Christmas he would have been eaten alive, and more importantly may have lost complete control of the situation.

If he did that people would have been saying "but sure things are grand, complete overreaction, we will never listen to this shower again for ruining Christmas".

I will be slow to criticise anyone making decisions in our response because there are no easy decisions in this.

hotmail.com · 30-12-2020 05:50PM

Massive u turn from the government on their schools policy.

30-12-2020 05:51PM

https://twitter.com/MaryERegan/status/1344324791159975936?s=20

stephenjmcd · 30-12-2020 05:51PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Schools gone

3 extra days off, not exactly major to be fair.

TheValeyard · 30-12-2020 05:52PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

3 extra days off, not exactly major to be fair.

Only two days in some cases.

Acosta · 30-12-2020 05:53PM

tigger123 wrote: »

I'd say Leo can tweet with the phone while it's still in his pocket.

Just like Matt Damon in The Depawted.

Now that I think of it, the details of the last lockdown was being leaked while the cabinet meeting was still ongoing. Perhaps they have tied his hands to his chair this time.

jackboy · 30-12-2020 05:53PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

3 extra days off, not exactly major to be fair.

If they close it’s highly likely to be extended.

30-12-2020 05:54PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Massive u turn from the government on their schools policy.

Not massive. A couple of days.

thelad95 · 30-12-2020 05:54PM

Remember back in March the schools were only closed for two weeks initially. I think they could be softening up everyone for a far longer closure.

30-12-2020 05:54PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

3 extra days off, not exactly major to be fair.

Some schools were due back on the 4th.

Necro · 30-12-2020 05:56PM

My kid was due back on the 5th so it's just under a week extra... so far

giveitholly · 30-12-2020 05:56PM

Hard to see them open on the 11th

hotmail.com · 30-12-2020 05:56PM

Kallie Future Marinade wrote: »

Not massive. A couple of days.

They were saying up til yesterday that the schools wouldn't be closing.

Donnelly said that schools were safer for children on the radio yesterday.

So was he waffling?

Eivor · 30-12-2020 05:56PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

3 extra days off, not exactly major to be fair.

No. They’re GONE Stephen!

mcburns07 · 30-12-2020 05:56PM

thelad95 wrote: »

Remember back in March the schools were only closed for two weeks initially. I think they could be softening up everyone for a far longer closure.

Let’s be honest. They haven’t a notion what they’re doing and they’re making it up as they go along. Who knows what the next few months will bring.

Gael23 · 30-12-2020 05:57PM

Major climb down.
Seemed all along that the closure of schools was not up for discussion

octsol · 30-12-2020 05:58PM

hmmm wrote: »

Not that I am aware of from very brief contact e.g. passing someone. I think it's a mistake personally to block people going to places for recreation, but I understand there are other issues that need to be considered - e.g. people car-pooling, people visiting local shops, people congregating in general too close together. There's been an awareness & education gap - too much emphasis on wiping down surfaces etc, and not enough emphasis on ventilation & not breathing in other people's air.

France currently has a curfew after 8pm, they are proposing to reduce it to 6pm, and dealing with a French policeman will be very different to meeting a Guard. We've no idea what "draconian" means.

mcburns07 wrote: »

Let’s be honest. They haven’t a notion what they’re doing and they’re making it up as they go along. Who knows what the next few months will bring.

Buying time thats all schools will be closed for a few weeks

Covid 19 Part XXX-113,332 ROI(2,282 deaths) 81,251 NI (1,384 deaths) (05/01) Read OP

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