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

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  • #8582
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,780 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Just came back from my local Tesco. Deliberately went there late to avoid crowds. Three lots of people without masks - one couple with a few kids in tow - you've got to wonder at this stage. They're either stupid or selfish or a bit of both at this stage. Thank these clowns for contributing to the situation we are in. Probably had packed houses over Christmas and will wonder why ma or da are drowning in their own fluids in weeks to come.

    Absolutely maddening that people don't give a ****e given the stark news today.


  • #8583
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    If it is a risk....

    But it has an absolutely massive cost.

    Most definitely, these lockdowns are running costs into astronomical figures. Necessary but expensive. These pandemics are no craic.


  • #8584
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Just came back from my local Tesco. Deliberately went there late to avoid crowds. Three lots of people without masks - one couple with a few kids in tow - you've got to wonder at this stage. They're either stupid or selfish or a bit of both at this stage. Thank these clowns for contributing to the situation we are in. Probably had packed houses over Christmas and will wonder why ma or da are drowning in their own fluids in weeks to come.

    Absolutely maddening that people don't give a ****e given the stark news today.

    Usually when I meet someone without a mask it's because they honestly forgot. They are always very apologetic when you highlight it. The only exception I have encountered are itinerants who blatantly ignore me (am I allowed use that word anymore?).

    But don't let me interrupt your bile :)

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #8585
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Just came back from my local Tesco. Deliberately went there late to avoid crowds. Three lots of people without masks - one couple with a few kids in tow - you've got to wonder at this stage. They're either stupid or selfish or a bit of both at this stage. Thank these clowns for contributing to the situation we are in. Probably had packed houses over Christmas and will wonder why ma or da are drowning in their own fluids in weeks to come.

    Absolutely maddening that people don't give a ****e given the stark news today.

    Most people are wearing masks, you're wasting your energy and it just seems like this is somewhere for you to release your frustration. It's very rare I see someone without a mask in a shop these days.


  • #8586
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    prunudo wrote: »
    Think it depends where you are, its all housing around here, very little commercial.

    Lots of house building going on in the midlands towns I’m familiar with . Two new schemes launched in one of them selling fast.


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  • #8587
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,780 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Most people are wearing masks, you're wasting your energy and it just seems like this is somewhere for you to release your frustration. It's very rare I see someone without a mask in a shop these days.

    Yeah I was surprised given the stark news and the fact the country is probably in the darkest place it's been since the foundation of the state. Anyway rant over.


  • #8588
    Lashes28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭Lashes28


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Just came back from my local Tesco. Deliberately went there late to avoid crowds. Three lots of people without masks - one couple with a few kids in tow - you've got to wonder at this stage. They're either stupid or selfish or a bit of both at this stage. Thank these clowns for contributing to the situation we are in. Probably had packed houses over Christmas and will wonder why ma or da are drowning in their own fluids in weeks to come.

    Absolutely maddening that people don't give a ****e given the stark news today.

    BuT ThE NuMbeRs aRe HiGh BeCaUsE oF tHe BaCkLoG
    Aaarrrggghhhhh


  • #8589
    Timmy O Toole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭Timmy O Toole


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    Times have changed\
    https://covid19.shanehastings.eu/api/swabs/

    Jesus Mary above, I had assumed the 6k announced was some massive backlog from Christmas. Thank you.


  • #8590
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭kenmc


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Most people are wearing masks, you're wasting your energy and it just seems like this is somewhere for you to release your frustration. It's very rare I see someone without a mask in a shop these days.

    Most are wearing masks, aye, but there are stupidly high numbers of these who appear to be mouthbreathers; apparently they were born with a rare condition where their noses are not connected to their respiratory system.


  • #8591
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Yeah I was surprised given the stark news and the fact the country is probably in the darkest place it's been since the foundation of the state. Anyway rant over.

    The cases are high because of Christmas, not the odd person you see in Tesco without a mask. They were only going to go up but of course nobody expected them to rise as high as they did. Lesson learned for future pandemics at Christmas. It pisses me off seeing someone without one too but you'll send yourself into a grave if you stress out like that over it every time.


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  • #8592
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Usually when I meet someone without a mask it's because they honestly forgot. They are always very apologetic when you highlight it. The only exception I have encountered are itinerants who blatantly ignore me (am I allowed use that word anymore?).

    But don't let me interrupt your bile :)

    I have honestly forgotten my mask a few times and have turned around and gone back home to get it. Yes it's inconvenient but that's my problem. Why should I wander around the shop putting other people at risk?


  • #8593
    Happydays2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Most definitely, these lockdowns are running costs into astronomical figures. Necessary but expensive. These pandemics are no craic.

    I know it is no craic. What is your views on life saving drugs which cost 500k a year per patient?


  • #8594
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    I know it is no craic. What is your views on life saving drugs which cost 500k a year per patient?

    If I may, that is also no craic


  • #8595
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,395 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Just came back from my local Tesco. Deliberately went there late to avoid crowds. Three lots of people without masks - one couple with a few kids in tow - you've got to wonder at this stage. They're either stupid or selfish or a bit of both at this stage. Thank these clowns for contributing to the situation we are in. Probably had packed houses over Christmas and will wonder why ma or da are drowning in their own fluids in weeks to come.

    Absolutely maddening that people don't give a ****e given the stark news today.

    I don't understand the fascination with people wearing or not wearing masks in supermarkets.

    Hardly anyone was doing it from March to June.

    Most people are doing it now, bar a few people. Most who aren't wearing have usually forgot their mask.

    It's a non issue.


  • #8596
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,395 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    Shelly66 wrote: »
    UNBELIEVABLE Croke Park testing centre , 6pm tonight had 25 people queuing inside in the foyer, snaking around to go through after registering, it's a tiny area have been there before, very Unsafe, parents with their kids with them too, not sure if they were all getting tested.

    My dad is 87 years old , we were terrified for him and said we would not stay so they brought him straight in. If you did not have covid going in you had a greater chance of having it coming out.

    should have kept the queue outside, even get up marquee to shelter people but dont corral them into a small area. I want to complain and raise this Where? Feel really annoyed.

    People better off not getting tested if this is the case. Disgrace.


  • #8597
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    I don't understand the fascination with people wearing or not wearing masks in supermarkets.

    Hardly anyone was doing it from March to June.

    Most people are doing it now, bar a few people. Most who aren't wearing have usually forgot their mask.

    It's a non issue.

    It's a serious issue. It's a question of manners and compliance. None of us wants to be wearing a mask. If I'm in a shop and any of you present near me not wearing a mask, you'll be wearing one shortly after. At both ends that you talk through. There's no room now for sh1tetalk and exceptions.


  • #8598
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    I know it is no craic. What is your views on life saving drugs which cost 500k a year per patient?

    I think they probably cost a few Dollars to manufacture and have been priced up thanks to a US government structured over the last century by corporate lobbyists that are interested in money over social welfare. Not sure how this relates but there's my opinion. Good thing we don't live there, ehh?


  • #8599
    c68zapdsm5i1ru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭c68zapdsm5i1ru


    Shelly66 wrote: »
    UNBELIEVABLE Croke Park testing centre , 6pm tonight had 25 people queuing inside in the foyer, snaking around to go through after registering, it's a tiny area have been there before, very Unsafe, parents with their kids with them too, not sure if they were all getting tested.

    My dad is 87 years old , we were terrified for him and said we would not stay so they brought him straight in. If you did not have covid going in you had a greater chance of having it coming out.

    should have kept the queue outside, even get up marquee to shelter people but dont corral them into a small area. I want to complain and raise this Where? Feel really annoyed.

    Were you all being tested or just your dad?


  • #8600
    ShyMets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭ShyMets


    Treseemme. wrote: »
    This Crazis is crazy

    What we need to do right now

    1 Enforce the borders

    2 Ban all immigrant shopkeepers

    3 Eliminate all illegal gatherings

    4 Fine all the above people

    Somewhat bizarre post


  • #8601
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,506 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    Marjorie Putrid Sodium wrote: »
    I have honestly forgotten my mask a few times and have turned around and gone back home to get it. Yes it's inconvenient but that's my problem. Why should I wander around the shop putting other people at risk?

    I mean they have their masks but forgot to put them on. Or they left them in the car. When highlighted most people immediately put them on. Shops like Centra even have spare disposable ones for people that forgot too.

    99.9% wearing masks in the shops I frequent.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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  • #8602
    Arduach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Arduach


    ShyMets wrote: »
    Somewhat bizarre post

    'Ban all immigrant shopkeepers'.. Radical stuff.


  • #8603
    JeffKenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,653 ✭✭✭JeffKenna


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    It's a serious issue. It's a question of manners and compliance. None of us wants to be wearing a mask. If I'm in a shop and any of you present near me not wearing a mask, you'll be wearing one shortly after. At both ends that you talk through. There's no room now for sh1tetalk and exceptions.

    If I'm reading that right you're going to put a mask on someone's backside?


  • #8604
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    I mean they have their masks but forgot to put them on. Or they left them in the car. When highlighted most people immediately put them on. Shops like Centra even have spare disposable ones for people that forgot too.

    99.9% wearing masks in the shops I frequent.

    Beware of shops with spare reuseable masks


  • #8605
    mcburns07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,410 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    It's a serious issue. It's a question of manners and compliance. None of us wants to be wearing a mask. If I'm in a shop and any of you present near me not wearing a mask, you'll be wearing one shortly after. At both ends that you talk through. There's no room now for sh1tetalk and exceptions.

    You're well 'ard :pac:

    For what it's worth if I forgot to bring a mask i'd go home and get one too.


  • #8606
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    Arduach wrote: »
    'Ban all immigrant shopkeepers'.. Radical stuff.

    This is Apu being cancelled all over again.


  • #8607
    Treseemme.
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 124 ✭✭Treseemme.


    The only good thing. about this crisis is the vaccine



    This new strain is scary though


  • #8608
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,283 ✭✭✭kenmc


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    I don't understand the fascination with people wearing or not wearing masks in supermarkets.

    Hardly anyone was doing it from March to June.

    Most people are doing it now, bar a few people. Most who aren't wearing have usually forgot their mask.

    It's a non issue.

    But back then shops had much fewer numbers allowed in, operating a one in one out after a very few initial customers entered. People also gave each other more space and were more afraid so used more sanitizer more rigourously


  • #8609
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    JeffKenna wrote: »
    If I'm reading that right you're going to put a mask on someone's backside?

    You got an A. Well done. Both ends though, not just backside.
    And a T. For turned on. And titillation.


  • #8610
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,395 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    An Ri rua wrote: »
    It's a serious issue. It's a question of manners and compliance. None of us wants to be wearing a mask. If I'm in a shop and any of you present near me not wearing a mask, you'll be wearing one shortly after. At both ends that you talk through. There's no room now for sh1tetalk and exceptions.

    I don't get losing the rag over someone not wearing a mask.

    It's completely ridiculous and a waste of your energy.


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  • #8611
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,639 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    mcburns07 wrote: »
    You're well 'ard :pac:

    For what it's worth if I forgot to bring a mask i'd go home and get one too.

    Good call ;-)


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