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Covid 19 Part XXXII-215,743 ROI (4,137 deaths)111,166 NI (2,036 deaths)(22/02)Read OP

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  • #4922
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    D.Q wrote: »
    So much wrong with this. No idea why people subject themselves to this then wonder why there're miserable haha

    I'm lost as to how anyone could describe it as essential viewing.


  • #4923
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭fits


    D.Q wrote: »
    Spending your evenings mainlining negativity probably isn't helping your sense of humour.

    Why don’t you watch it and get back to me. You might learn something.

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  • #4924
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,598 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    D.Q wrote: »
    Spending your evenings mainlining negativity probably isn't helping your sense of humour.

    Watching it might make you realise that some of this is far from funny.


  • #4925
    Denny61
    Site Banned Posts: 916 ✭✭✭Denny61


    This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences


  • #4926
    Hmob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Hmob


    jackboy wrote: »
    Christ almighty. Government working on a revised living with covid plan. Think the last plan lasted a few days at most before going in the bin. How many times are we going to try the same thing.

    What's the point of a plan

    Sure they don't even know what they're doing


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  • #4927
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,327 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Denny61 wrote: »
    This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences

    That's what we are dealing with.

    It will be a long road back to normality.


  • #4928
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Denny61 wrote: »
    This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences

    But we saved Christmas.


  • #4929
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    D.Q wrote: »
    Spending your evenings mainlining negativity probably isn't helping your sense of humour.

    I am finding it insightful tbh

    I feel far removed from a lot of stuff, am wfh nearly a year, and to date, know very few impacted badly by Covid

    And I tend to be hopeful for the future mostly


  • #4930
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,141 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Denny61 wrote: »
    This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences

    The bastards wanting to eat and go shopping, sick sick bastards. If it's any consolation to you, I'm sure a lot of these selfish people ended up in hospital or died from their selfishness.


  • #4931
    D.Q
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    fits wrote: »
    Why don’t you watch it and get back to me. You might learn something.

    I saw it the first time around last March. I'm aware it's a horrible disease and an awful way to go. I feel terrible for the people involved.

    What I struggle to get my head around is how you feel watching more of that footage is in any way constructive.

    Does it help the people involved? Does it help you? No, it pops a rating and sells advertising space for rte. It drives their clicks and engagements on twitter.

    It's misery porn. There is no need for people's last moments to be beamed into people's homes.

    It's disgusting and completely inappropriate.


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  • #4932
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,578 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.


  • #4933
    Pigeon Chaser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 270 ✭✭Pigeon Chaser


    jackboy wrote: »
    Christ almighty. Government working on a revised living with covid plan. Think the last plan lasted a few days at most before going in the bin. How many times are we going to try the same thing.

    Any indication when this plan will be announced?


  • #4934
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,014 ✭✭✭Russman


    Arghus wrote: »
    It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.

    A tough watch alright, very sobering.


  • #4935
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭fits


    Arghus wrote: »
    It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.

    Me too. I thought this one was an excellent program. Gives you a very good sense of what the staff are dealing with every day. Well done RTE.

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  • #4936
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    niallo27 wrote: »
    The bastards wanting to eat and go shopping, sick sick bastards. If it's any consolation to you, I'm sure a lot of these selfish people ended up in hospital or died from their selfishness.

    Let's not kid ourselves here. The actions, very often selfish ones, have comfined all of us to this miserable 5km until March at least. Less self indulgence and we'd all be able to go shopping right now if we wanted to. More people would be alive too.


  • #4937
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭fits


    D.Q wrote: »
    I saw it the first time around last March. I'm aware it's a horrible disease and an awful way to go. I feel terrible for the people involved.

    What I struggle to get my head around is how you feel watching more of that footage is in any way constructive.
    .

    Unti you watch it you actually don’t know what you are talking about. Anyway I’m up at 5 so good night.

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  • #4938
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    D.Q wrote: »
    I saw it the first time around last March. I'm aware it's a horrible disease and an awful way to go. I feel terrible for the people involved.

    What I struggle to get my head around is how you feel watching more of that footage is in any way constructive.

    Does it help the people involved? Does it help you? No, it pops a rating and sells advertising space for rte. It drives their clicks and engagements on twitter.

    It's misery porn. There is no need for people's last moments to be beamed into people's homes.

    It's disgusting and completely inappropriate.

    Well for me personally it gives me that bit of incentive to keep slogging on and sticking to the restrictions as best I can tbh, sometimes its hard to believe its a pandemic for me as to date, its had little impact on me personally

    Didn't see anyones last minutes beamed on TV it was quite respectful imo


  • #4939
    vienne86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    Arghus wrote: »
    It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.

    Yes, I agree. For the most part, I have not been touched by Covid, so I found it insightful. The hospital staff are unbelievable and I just hope that they don't have to got through another wave of this.


  • #4940
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,550 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    With cases dropping fast, pressure will grow again for the pubs etc to reopen to liberate us from this boring misery.


  • #4941
    political analyst
    Site Banned Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭political analyst


    Presumably, outbreaks caused by illicit parties during the Christmas and New Year holidays have run their course. So why is the number of Covid patients in ICU still so high? Wouldn't most of those who were infected either by attending these parties or contracting it from the attendees have either died or recovered enough to leave ICU by now?


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  • #4942
    Coybig_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭Coybig_


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    With cases dropping fast, pressure will grow again for the pubs etc to reopen to liberate us from this boring misery.


    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/leo-varadkar-i-want-to-make-sure-this-pandemic-is-a-lost-year-or-so-not-a-lost-decade-1.4480399

    Wouldn't expect much.

    Restrictions "well into next year" according to lovely Leo.

    Vaccines may as well not exist at all the way he is talking. And then he goes as far to suggest that we should be thankful that we aren't losing a decade? Remember this was initially just a couple of weeks to flatten the curve. Now he is using the word decade in conversations about Covid.


  • #4943
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    This thread moves super fast. Someone here asked me something about reinfection and variants and I think something I said about herd immunity.

    Would be grateful if the poster could re ask their question if they didn't get an answer from someone else already that was satisfactory.


  • #4944
    D.Q
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,054 ✭✭✭D.Q


    Stheno wrote: »
    Well for me personally it gives me that bit of incentive to keep slogging on and sticking to the restrictions as best I can tbh, sometimes its hard to believe its a pandemic for me as to date, its had little impact on me personally

    Didn't see anyones last minutes beamed on TV it was quite respectful imo

    I don't know how to say this in text without sounding sarcastic, because it definitely comes across as sarcastic but I'm being sincere.

    But if people found some positives or perspective from it then I'm glad. I appreciate where you're coming from on it.

    I completely agree that the staff are out of this world good and I have such sympathy for the patients

    I think that RTE are beyond cynical though.


  • #4945
    political analyst
    Site Banned Posts: 5,279 ✭✭✭political analyst


    Coybig_ wrote: »
    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/leo-varadkar-i-want-to-make-sure-this-pandemic-is-a-lost-year-or-so-not-a-lost-decade-1.4480399

    Wouldn't expect much.

    Restrictions "well into next year" according to lovely Leo.

    Vaccines may as well not exist at all the way he is talking. And then he goes as far to suggest that we should be thankful that we aren't losing a decade? Remember this was initially just a couple of weeks to flatten the curve. Now he is using the word decade in conversations about Covid.

    I think we can live with the closure of wet pubs and the playing of sports without spectators on the terraces for the rest of the year, to be honest!

    However, I hope that the hairdressers will be allowed to resume work late in March or early in April.


  • #4946
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    D.Q wrote: »
    I don't know how to say this in text without sounding sarcastic, because it definitely comes across as sarcastic but I'm being sincere.

    But if people found some positives or perspective from it then I'm glad. I appreciate where you're coming from on it.

    I completely agree that the staff are out of this world good and I have such sympathy for the patients

    I think that RTE are beyond cynical though.

    RTE has been trolling people for years on a Friday night with a so called light entertainment chat show.


  • #4947
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Coybig_ wrote: »
    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/leo-varadkar-i-want-to-make-sure-this-pandemic-is-a-lost-year-or-so-not-a-lost-decade-1.4480399

    Wouldn't expect much.

    Restrictions "well into next year" according to lovely Leo.

    Vaccines may as well not exist at all the way he is talking. And then he goes as far to suggest that we should be thankful that we aren't losing a decade? Remember this was initially just a couple of weeks to flatten the curve. Now he is using the word decade in conversations about Covid.

    If you actually read it he says some form of restrictions. As has been discussed here numerous times, "some form of restrictions" can be anything from a cap on the number allowed at large gatherings to being told to wear masks in certain settings.

    Either way they'd be classed as some form of restrictions, its not a suggestion of oh well this is how we live for the next god knows how long.


  • #4948
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    With cases dropping fast, pressure will grow again for the pubs etc to reopen to liberate us from this boring misery.


    Yesterdays single figure deaths seems to have shocked them in to wanting to bring in more restrictions.


  • #4949
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    With cases dropping fast, pressure will grow again for the pubs etc to reopen to liberate us from this boring misery.

    I would previously have been pro lifting restrictions ASAP

    After Christmas and what ensued, I think its better to go slow. Thats predicated on seeing control on inbound travel however. Now in a couple of months I'll probably flip flop again.


  • #4950
    Coybig_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭Coybig_


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    If you actually read it he says some form of restrictions. As has been discussed here numerous times, "some form of restrictions" can be anything from a cap on the number allowed at large gatherings to being told to wear masks in certain settings.

    Either way they'd be classed as some form of restrictions, its not a suggestion of oh well this is how we live for the next god knows how long.


    Well he also expects no non-essential travel well into next year.


    Whilst in other countries we have this going on: https://www.travelinglifestyle.net/israel-and-greece-planning-to-open-a-travel-corridor-for-vaccinated-travelers/


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  • #4951
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,552 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    political analyst wrote: »
    I think we can live with the closure of wet pubs and the playing of sports without spectators on the terraces for the rest of the year, to be honest!

    You might think that but there's several clubs at national level I know of in various sports that privately are saying they need some sort of numbers back in grounds especially during the summer, be in 300, 500 whatever. Its the main source of income, streaming etc doesn't get anywhere near gate income, without something like last summer they won't be around much longer. The supports are very poor for sports clubs.

    So you might be able to say you can live without it but if you relied on either for your income, 2 years without is a long long time. The supports that are there while welcome just aren't enough


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