breezy1985 wrote: » So tell us what would you do? What is your suggestion for alleviating the overwhelmed hospitals in a pandemic
colmtheperson wrote: » I'd probably go down the route that New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam went down, lock down and close borders early then run clear information campaigns
banie01 wrote: » That's not an option available to us though. Whilst we can certainly lock down ports and airports, we still have a land border with zero infrastructure. It is open to anyone within the UK to travel to N.I and cross unhindered. Zero Covid is a valid strategy for a country that has the capability and the wherewithal to close its borders. That isn't something that Ireland has currently capacity or ability to do.
colmtheperson wrote: » We have the capability, what we lacked was the political will, I'm sure if FG were willing to talk to their stormount counterparts we could have achieved zero covid on both sides of the border... Of course there's no political will to talk to the shinners so now we must all suffer
colmtheperson wrote: » I'd probably go down the route that New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam went down, lock down and close borders early then run clear information campaigns until we get to zero covid, then open up
banie01 wrote: » The border couldn't be effectively locked down when it was actually militarised and had controlled crossing points. The British Army, the R.U.C and the Irish Army couldn't do it for 25yrs of the troubles, but somehow it's within our capability now? Locking down the land border is not possible in even the medium (5yr term). As for the politics of the issue. The N.I executive are not going to halt travel within the UK as a matter of principle on the part of the Unionists. It doesn't matter how nicely we ask and has feck all to do with the shinners, they'd be only too happy to throw a spanner in the works of the United Kingdom and make it a little more disunited.
breezy1985 wrote: » That has nothing got to do with the HSE
colmtheperson wrote: » What about a situation whereby if we made a deal with the executive to have all who enter our ports and airports on both sides of the border go into mandatory quarantine for 14 days? Would need a deal with the same politicians no?
Cookiemunster wrote: » Have you never heard of the DUP? They wouldn't even agree to restrictions up North until they had no choice. There's not a hope in hell of them agreeing to doing anything in cooperation with the 'South', that means any restrictions to travel from the rest of the UK.
colmtheperson wrote: » Well they are buddies with FG so they might listen to them, especially with the prospect of orange parades coming back I'd imagine... My point is they didn't try but if they tried and stormont refused I'd say fair enough!
RocketRaccoon wrote: » Has anyone else seen the videos doing the rounds of parties that took place in parts of Limerick in the last few days?
StevenToast wrote: » I dont think the mods want to go down the route of discussing those involved in those parties.... We are banned from talking about that "ethnicity"...
Clareman wrote: » Couple of points to hopefully bring things back on track.... Mods have no problem with any discussions once those discussions are within the rules of boards.ie This is a regional forum, if you want to discuss international or national issues, this isn't the place. If you want to discuss things on other social media platforms feel free to share links, once everyone is able to have an open discussion that's fine but having vague references to "parties around Limerick" just isn't good enough, for example I got a lovely video of some relations in a park with their children, I know this isn't what is being referenced but alluding to something isn't good enough either. Remember however that if you choose to share something on boards.ie that you a responsible for adhering to the rules of boards.ie
RocketRaccoon wrote: » Can I post the videos I was talking about?
Parabellum9 wrote: » Mod Snip
Mrmoe wrote: » Got a notification today that their was a confirmed positive case in our primary school, contact was on the 22nd but didn't receive notification until the 30th of being a close contact. Is such a big gap normal? We haven't got a test scheduled yet and only received word today. Seems like an excessive gap to me, 3-4 days might be acceptable but double that looks like something went seriously ary.
breezy1985 wrote: » Don't forget the 22nd was the day of the contact not the day they realised you were a contact so they are not twiddling their thumbs for a week with the info at hand. Also did they say it was from the school. Isn't that against GDPR? Most people are never told who is their contact
letsseehere14 wrote: » 203 cases here today and it doesn't take Sherlock to see why. Just over 2 weeks since the AI where so many pubs were let open on the qt and so many house parties happened. Coupled with the yearly influx of people into Rathkeale which according to the covid app is by far the worst affected area followed by NCW.
MarkR wrote: » What's "the Al"?
MarkR wrote: » My wife was in Aldi in castletroy last week, and won't be going back for a while. Mostly fine, but ruined by a pair of old ladies with no masks on, one of which was having a hell of a chat with someone on the phone, saying how all the fools were wearing masks, and how the virus was a con. Not a peep from the guy on the door. Did a Tesco click and collect shop instead.
