Covid 19 Part XXXI-187,554 ROI (2,970 deaths) 100,319 NI (1,730 deaths)(24/01)Read OP

Diabhalta · 17-01-2021 08:13PM

Sanjuro wrote: »

You poor thing. Having to adhere to a few rules and still get to go to the gym? Sure sounds like Mountjoy all right.

only good rules are no rules.

Jane1012 · 17-01-2021 08:14PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

fugging gym to be open, without having to book some stupid sessions. Following arrows like an idiot. Sauna working. not much to ask for.

I used sauna in Czech republic in the summer, I went swimming too without booking anything, just showed up. I feel like in prison in this country.

Because covid was almost non existent in the Czech Republic until September

Diabhalta · 17-01-2021 08:14PM

Stheno wrote: »

Gyms won't open for months

months? this is ireland, they won't open until christmas.

pubs will open maybe before christmas.. meanwhile I'll be downing one pint after another in Prague in the summer, can't wait.

is_that_so · 17-01-2021 08:16PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Can you not see the similarities? I'm not talking about the majority of catholics of which I'm one. It's the irony that they were quarantined from the community based on ideology or dogma which is disgraceful for a democracy in the 20th century.

Yet we can't even countenance the possibility of there being a mandatory quarantine on inward international travel (excluding the straw man hauliers which were unaffected with the UK ban) when they pose an extreme public health risk.

We need to start getting real. The main argument for there not being quarantine is that "it's not in our nature". That's correct for infectious diseases but not so for ideological diseases like mothers and babys born out of wedlock. Freedom of movement is great but it's a once in a hundred year pandemic.

It's not too late according to some. I've my doubts though

https://twitter.com/VirginMediaNews/status/1350863150317514753?s=20

Seriously, SIPTU in the middle of that? Zero COVID is a non-runner so they should stop giving any oxygen to people pushing it.

Diabhalta · 17-01-2021 08:16PM

Jane1012 wrote: »

Because covid was almost non existent in the Czech Republic until September

it was almost non existent here too. They introduced masks in shops in the middle of the summer, pubs still closed. I went there and enjoyed my life without ANY restrictions.. everything was open, there were no signs anywere reminding me of this. I went to museums, pubs, I went swimming.. I even saw a live band. No social distancing or anything like that. Over here it's like living in the movie Groundhog day. Disgusting.

Jane1012 · 17-01-2021 08:17PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

it was almost non existent here too. They introduced masks in shops in the middle of the summer, pubs still closed. I went there and enjoyed my life without ANY restrictions.. everything was open, there were no signs anywere reminding me of this. I went to museums, pubs, I went swimming.. I even saw a live band. No social distancing or anything like that. Over here it's like living in the movie Groundhog day. Disgusting.

They didn’t have a first wave in March like the rest of us... their first wave was September

is_that_so · 17-01-2021 08:17PM

Stheno wrote: »

Gyms won't open for months

In March (late Feb if we are really, really lucky) it will be as you were but not fully for a good long while.

Funsterdelux · 17-01-2021 08:19PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

anywaaay... I heard a story where two guys work together as surveyors. One got sick (pain in joints, basically flu). No coughing though. They spend a lot of time together in a car. So the sick guy gets tested while the other self isolates. Now the interesting part, even though he tested negative they sent the other guy to get tested as well. Strange, if the test was negative why testing the other person? Waste of time and money.

We have an option to get tested at work. I'm not getting tested, why should I? Pointless.

Whats the point indeed, its just a casedemic

bb1234567 · 17-01-2021 08:19PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

it was almost non existent here too. They introduced masks in shops in the middle of the summer, pubs still closed. I went there and enjoyed my life without ANY restrictions.. everything was open, there were no signs anywere reminding me of this. I went to museums, pubs, I went swimming.. I even saw a live band. No social distancing or anything like that. Over here it's like living in the movie Groundhog day. Disgusting.

It was only a bad decision in hindsight. How was anybody to know it would take so long for COVID to begin circulating widespread again, a conservative approach was understandable at that stage, mere months after cases from the April surge had fallen to acceptable levels.

17-01-2021 08:20PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

anywaaay... I heard a story where two guys work together as surveyors. One got sick (pain in joints, basically flu). No coughing though. They spend a lot of time together in a car. So the sick guy gets tested while the other self isolates. Now the interesting part, even though he tested negative they sent the other guy to get tested as well. Strange, if the test was negative why testing the other person? Waste of time and money.

Doctors can clinically diagnose Covid even with a negative swab. There are basically no other respiratory viruses circulating at present.

is_that_so · 17-01-2021 08:20PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

it was almost non existent here too. They introduced masks in shops in the middle of the summer, pubs still closed. I went there and enjoyed my life without ANY restrictions.. everything was open, there were no signs anywere reminding me of this. I went to museums, pubs, I went swimming.. I even saw a live band. No social distancing or anything like that. Over here it's like living in the movie Groundhog day. Disgusting.

Ah yes the Czechs, threw a party to say goodbye to COVID in May and ended up with one of the worst rates.

jackboy · 17-01-2021 08:20PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Seriously, SIPTU in the middle of that? Zero COVID is a non-runner so they should stop giving any oxygen to people pushing it.

If the hospitals get overrun and there is a large spike in deaths then we will absolutely go for zero covid. As usual we will take action after the disaster.

poppers · 17-01-2021 08:22PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

it was almost non existent here too. They introduced masks in shops in the middle of the summer, pubs still closed. I went there and enjoyed my life without ANY restrictions.. everything was open, there were no signs anywere reminding me of this. I went to museums, pubs, I went swimming.. I even saw a live band. No social distancing or anything like that. Over here it's like living in the movie Groundhog day. Disgusting.

Any how did having everything open work out for them.
I think they ended up with yhe highest incidents/1000 in the world come oct/nov

is_that_so · 17-01-2021 08:22PM

jackboy wrote: »

If the hospitals get overrun and there is a large spike in deaths then we will absolutely go for zero covid. As usual we will take action after the disaster.

It's still not going to happen and the hospitals will survive. We'll peak in ICU within the next 1-2 weeks. With ongoing restrictions and vaccines we don't even need to consider it.

CrabRevolution · 17-01-2021 08:23PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

months? this is ireland, they won't open until christmas.

pubs will open maybe before christmas.. meanwhile I'll be downing one pint after another in Prague in the summer, can't wait.

The Czech Republic is a curious example to use considering they were the only country with similar numbers to ours during our period as "worst in the world" a week ago. Their death rate also dwarfs ours.

Necro · 17-01-2021 08:23PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

We weren't far off it for most of the last century. Any woman who had a child out of wedlock was quickly quarantined from the community to save the shame of the family in the eyes of the community and the Catholic Church.

I guess they thought that it was contagious.

caveat emptor wrote: »

Are you not allowed to get angry in a democracy. I know it's preferable not to but then your children's development is being impacted due to decisions to appease a business lobby, I think people have every right to be.

It's a disgrace. I suppose at least they are better off unlike some of their mothers being shipped off to internment camps to give birth in the name of the Holy Spirit / Catholic Church.

The incongruity is startling.

caveat emptor wrote: »

Can you not see the similarities? I'm not talking about the majority of catholics of which I'm one. It's the irony that they were quarantined from the community based on ideology or dogma which is disgraceful for a democracy in the 20th century.

Yet we can't even countenance the possibility of there being a mandatory quarantine on inward international travel (excluding the straw man hauliers which were unaffected with the UK ban) when they pose an extreme public health risk.

We need to start getting real. The main argument for there not being quarantine is that "it's not in our nature". That's correct for infectious diseases but not so for ideological diseases like mothers and babys born out of wedlock. Freedom of movement is great but it's a once in a hundred year pandemic.

It's not too late according to some. I've my doubts though

https://twitter.com/VirginMediaNews/status/1350863150317514753?s=20

Mod:

Caveat emptor, your conduct in the thread is appalling the past hour or so - please take a week off from the thread and reconsider your posting style on your return. Any issues, PM me.

Jim_Hodge · 17-01-2021 08:34PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

it was almost non existent here too. They introduced masks in shops in the middle of the summer, pubs still closed. I went there and enjoyed my life without ANY restrictions.. everything was open, there were no signs anywere reminding me of this. I went to museums, pubs, I went swimming.. I even saw a live band. No social distancing or anything like that. Over here it's like living in the movie Groundhog day. Disgusting.

Have you seen the death rate since October in your idealised Czechia?

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/czech-republic/

You need a reality check.

Tpcl20 · 17-01-2021 08:42PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

Are you not allowed to get angry in a democracy. I know it's preferable not to but then your children's development is being impacted due to decisions to appease a business lobby, I think people have every right to be.

It's a disgrace. I suppose at least they are better off unlike some of their mothers being shipped off to internment camps to give birth in the name of the Holy Spirit / Catholic Church.

The incongruity is startling.

What we have allowed to happen with this virus in Ireland is like sacrificing literal lives to vested interest.

bb1234567 · 17-01-2021 08:44PM

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Have you seen the death rate since October in your idealised Czechia?

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/czech-republic/

You need a reality check.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/21/world/coronavirus-missing-deaths.html

Excess deaths are also 40% higher in Czechia than the COVID deaths. Excess deaths in all of Eastern Europe are just stunningly high compared to Western Europe

jackboy · 17-01-2021 08:45PM

is_that_so wrote: »

It's still not going to happen and the hospitals will survive. We'll peak in ICU within the next 1-2 weeks. With ongoing restrictions and vaccines we don't even need to consider it.

That is exactly the government’s thinking, or hope. It’s not a plan though as it is based on unknowns. That way of thinking from the government has us where we are today.

Let’s hope things work out this time.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 09:02PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

fugging gym to be open, without having to book some stupid sessions. Following arrows like an idiot. Sauna working. not much to ask for.

I used sauna in Czech republic in the summer, I went swimming too without booking anything, just showed up. I feel like in prison in this country.

A sauna???
Is there anything else your majesty requires? :pac:

What Username Guidelines · 17-01-2021 09:12PM

Well, it’s happened. My dad, late 60s, went into tallaght before Christmas for what we assumed was gonna be a week or so but he’s still there. Got the call this evening to say he’s tested positive. Unfortunately he’s a big lad, lots of health issues due to anxiety and depression so has basically been at home for 10 years. He quite literally didn’t leave the house in 2020. **** sake.

Psychedelic Hedgehog · 17-01-2021 09:16PM

Thinking of him, you and your family WUG.

Nonoperational · 17-01-2021 09:17PM

Jesus, some people would want to have a word with themselves. Some extraordinary rubbish altogether.

It’s kinda worrying that there are people operating in real life with minds that think its ok to post some of the stuff I’ve seen on here the past while.

17-01-2021 09:19PM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

Well, it’s happened. My dad, late 60s, went into tallaght before Christmas for what we assumed was gonna be a week or so but he’s still there. Got the call this evening to say he’s tested positive. Unfortunately he’s a big lad, lots of health issues due to anxiety and depression so has basically been at home for 10 years. He quite literally didn’t leave the house in 2020. **** sake.

I hope he will be ok....its terrifying the taughts of it

Stheno · 17-01-2021 09:22PM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

Well, it’s happened. My dad, late 60s, went into tallaght before Christmas for what we assumed was gonna be a week or so but he’s still there. Got the call this evening to say he’s tested positive. Unfortunately he’s a big lad, lots of health issues due to anxiety and depression so has basically been at home for 10 years. He quite literally didn’t leave the house in 2020. **** sake.

Best wishes for him and your family

igCorcaigh · 17-01-2021 09:29PM

Numbers in hospitals and ICU seem to be reaching a peak now.
Or at least the rate of increase has slowed down.

mcburns07 · 17-01-2021 09:30PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Doctors can clinically diagnose Covid even with a negative swab. There are basically no other respiratory viruses circulating at present.

Of course there's other viruses going around, what about the 1000s of symptomatic people who tested negative for covid in the last few weeks?

Funsterdelux · 17-01-2021 09:31PM

Nonoperational wrote: »

Jesus, some people would want to have a word with themselves. Some extraordinary rubbish altogether.

It’s kinda worrying that there are people operating in real life with minds that think its ok to post some of the stuff I’ve seen on here the past while.

Its a wonder we ever made it out of Africa

igCorcaigh · 17-01-2021 09:31PM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

Well, it’s happened. My dad, late 60s, went into tallaght before Christmas for what we assumed was gonna be a week or so but he’s still there. Got the call this evening to say he’s tested positive. Unfortunately he’s a big lad, lots of health issues due to anxiety and depression so has basically been at home for 10 years. He quite literally didn’t leave the house in 2020. **** sake.

Wishing him the absolute best.
Most people do get over it just fine.

My dad is in his late 70s and has so far escaped, but I still worry.

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