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

Atlantic Dawn · 02-01-2021 08:16PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

How do you know it is? I've not heard a single case identified from such sources of infection.

growleaves · 02-01-2021 08:16PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

Outdoor transmission? How do you know that? Or rather why do you claim to know it?

02-01-2021 08:17PM

SpacialNeeds wrote: »

The new strain is more prevalent there because of the airport.

The “new strain” accounts for about 10% of cases here. It’s not to blame for the surge, and it’s unlikely it’s to blame for the surge in the uk either. It’s more likely the emergence of the new strain in the uk coincided with the surge and was not the cause.

Pcgamer · 02-01-2021 08:17PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

Your been way over the top here. Calm down!

They are essential.

TonyMaloney · 02-01-2021 08:17PM

Benimar wrote: »

They are unexpected, NPHET have said they exceed their worst case scenarios.

We all expected an increase, but not this. If anyone had said on December 1st that we would have 3 days in a row with over 4,000 positive swabs they would have been laughed out of it.

Less than a week ago a bunch of people castigated me for saying we'd have thousands of cases per day

beaz2018 · 02-01-2021 08:18PM

Watched an interview with a US epidemiologist last night. He said with these new strains, the lockdowns are pointless, they are unstoppable. Only option is protect elderly as best you can.

02-01-2021 08:18PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

New strain does not account for the surge

SpacialNeeds · 02-01-2021 08:18PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The “new strain” accounts for about 10% of cases here. It’s not to blame for the surge, and it’s unlikely it’s to blame for the surge in the uk either. It’s more likely the emergence of the new strain in the uk coincided with the surge and was not the cause.

I know that, but that's not to say that it's not spreading at all like

flanna01 · 02-01-2021 08:18PM

Blame the Government

Blame flights from the UK

Blame anybody but ourselves

Danzy · 02-01-2021 08:18PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

The new strain is still so small as to be irrelevant, going by sampling.

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 08:19PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

Why do you consider Woodies non essential?

MOR316 · 02-01-2021 08:19PM

It's Saturday night, curfew means Takeaways shut!
People calling for curfews will be the same people blaming others for not being able to get their 3 in 1, from their local Chinese Takeaways

That would be very funny tbh

Atlantic Dawn · 02-01-2021 08:19PM

flanna01 wrote: »

Blame the Government

Blame flights from the UK

Blame anybody but ourselves

I don't blame myself but I could point out over 100 people today I have seen openly breaking basic rules that I could blame.

Government buildings · 02-01-2021 08:19PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

Exactly. Laugh of a lockdown.

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 08:20PM

beaz2018 wrote: »

Watched an interview with a US epidemiologist last night. He said with these new strains, the lockdowns are pointless, they are unstoppable. Only option is protect elderly as best you can.

I bet the same fella said more or less the same in March 2020...

MOR316 · 02-01-2021 08:20PM

flanna01 wrote: »

Blame the Government

Blame flights from the UK

Blame anybody but ourselves

If it makes you feel better, I blame you

GreeBo · 02-01-2021 08:20PM

Steve012 wrote: »

Not too sure how it works, here's the link, this was ready back in August/Sept I think.

https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/could-nasal-spray-prevent-coronavirus-transmission

Looks like it never went anywhere after the initial press release.

Not that surprising since it's efficacy I'm sure is so dependent on the user, but works certainly do no harm on locations that remain open during a lockdown (daily sprays seem like a small price to pay to keep schools and creches open for example)

TonyMaloney · 02-01-2021 08:20PM

Deleted User wrote: »

How is it embarrassing. Look at numbers all over Europe. Are we even mid table?

Are we mid-table?

No, if we were able to get our cases out we'd be in the top 5 worst countries in the world terms of new cases per capita.

Pcgamer · 02-01-2021 08:21PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

If your going down that route close the schools then as well, close the colleges as well. Close all workplaces where people need to be on site

Look people need to protect themselves and cop on. That's it really.

PsychoPete · 02-01-2021 08:21PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The transmission in queues outside cafes, Chip Shops, Ice Cream shops, Euro Value Shops ect is huge, especially with new strain. All non essential, but all bending the rules. Not to mention Woodies, all DIY stores, furniture stores, Electrical Stores. all open for business, all non essential.

I thought it would have been inside restaurants and cafes that would be the problem

Drumpot · 02-01-2021 08:21PM

flanna01 wrote: »

Blame the Government

Blame flights from the UK

Blame anybody but ourselves

Makes me think of the Southpark song “blame Canada”. :pac:

It really is astonishing how regularly a society will absolve itself of any responsibility for the state it’s in and attribute its issues to anything or anybody but itself.

hotmail.com · 02-01-2021 08:21PM

Government has messed things up it seems.

The public no longer care.

Ace2007 · 02-01-2021 08:21PM

Pcgamer wrote: »

Your been way over the top here. Calm down!

They are essential.

Not agreeing with the poster, but ice cream shops, local coffee shop, Star bucks, bakery etc are no essential.

Woodies is not essential.

This BS about a place being essential is rubbish. If WW3 broke out tomorrow and Ireland were being bombed by mistake, do you think Susan ice cream palour would be open for business? All these places that call themselves essential would shut down very quickly.

beaz2018 · 02-01-2021 08:22PM

lawred2 wrote: »

I bet the same fella said more or less the same in March 2020...

Yes and he was right then too.

02-01-2021 08:22PM

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

Yup. Have to go in Monday, 15 in the office. I wanted to work from home. And could do it. Told no, I am required in office. There is no way of knowing what the others in the office did over Christmas and New Year.

What kind of idiot is making staff come in when they can work from home given the current crisis?

Really leaving themselves open to litigation. Never mind a sick workforce.

Any managers/employers reading this that want their staff in when they can wfh, you're brain dead. It won't bode well in the medium to long run. Staff will not forget and productivity will suffer.

hotmail.com · 02-01-2021 08:23PM

Our gov can't even count the cases properly.

Funsterdelux · 02-01-2021 08:23PM

beaz2018 wrote: »

Watched an interview with a US epidemiologist last night. He said with these new strains, the lockdowns are pointless, they are unstoppable. Only option is protect elderly as best you can.

So its like The Mist now?

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 08:23PM

beaz2018 wrote: »

Yes and he was right then too.

I made no point either way... But he's just another voice offering an opinion..

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 08:25PM

Ace2007 wrote: »

Not agreeing with the poster, but ice cream shops, local coffee shop, Star bucks, bakery etc are no essential.

Woodies is not essential.

This BS about a place being essential is rubbish. If WW3 broke out tomorrow and Ireland were being bombed by mistake, do you think Susan ice cream palour would be open for business? All these places that call themselves essential would shut down very quickly.

Wonder what Woodies ice cream tastes like

Ace2007 · 02-01-2021 08:25PM

hotmail.com wrote: »

Our gov can't even count the cases properly.

You mean the HSE - who are PS workers?

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

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