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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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  • #6842
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,270 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    alentejo wrote: »
    Are the UK covid figures dropping like a stone over the past week or so? I think UK covid figures are less than Ireland at the moment.

    Whats mental is india is now where ireland was a few weeks ago and scientists cannot fathom as to why but their numbers are plummeting. There was a good channel 4 news segment about it tonight.


  • #6843
    Happydays2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


    rusty cole wrote: »
    Whats mental is india is now where ireland was a few weeks ago and scientists cannot fathom as to why but their numbers are plummeting. There was a good channel 4 news segment about it tonight.

    Interesting https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56037565


  • #6844
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Varadkar spoofing on Prime Time

    We need people to spend savings

    On what Leo?

    You're keeping everything shut down for months on end


  • #6845
    Munsterman12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭Munsterman12


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Varadkar spoofing on Prime Time

    We need people to spend savings

    On what Leo?

    You're keeping everything shut down for months on end
    Think he means when things open up..


  • #6846
    Happydays2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Varadkar spoofing on Prime Time

    We need people to spend savings

    On what Leo?

    You're keeping everything shut down for months on end

    You can buy abroad online as click & collect closed.


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  • #6847
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Munsterman12 wrote: »
    Think he means when things open up..

    Yup more spoofing from him

    The plan from the leaks is to keep the economy shut for at least 6 months of the year

    Very hard to get people to spend and get jobs back when he's on about a very cautious reopening


  • #6848
    SnuggyBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 965 ✭✭✭SnuggyBear


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    You can buy abroad online as click & collect closed.

    Thanks for reminding me of that idiotic rule


  • #6849
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,173 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Yup more spoofing from him

    The plan from the leaks is to keep the economy shut for at least 6 months of the year

    Very hard to get people to spend and get jobs back when he's on about a very cautious reopening

    You clearly watched the show with a pre agenda of coming on here calling Leo a spoofer.

    No matter what he said you where going to vent.


  • #6850
    marno21
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,705 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Varadkar spoofing on Prime Time

    We need people to spend savings

    On what Leo?

    Fixing leaks maybe? Plumbers still operating


  • #6851
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Jinglejangle69 wrote: »
    You clearly watched the show with a pre agenda of coming on here calling Leo a spoofer.

    No matter what he said you where going to vent.

    Considering I didn't even know he was on very hard to have a pre agenda


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  • #6852
    SnuggyBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 965 ✭✭✭SnuggyBear


    He hasn't said anything we haven't heard before


  • #6853
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,173 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Considering I didn't even know he was on very hard to have a pre agenda

    Yeah OK.


  • #6854
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Hospital report out

    813 in hospital, down from 849

    151 in ICU as of 10:30am this morning, down from 155.

    4 deaths in ICU from 8am Monday to 8am Tuesday


  • #6855
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    RIP

    Nice to see hospital cases continuing to fall


  • #6856
    cjyid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 103 ✭✭cjyid


    rusty cole wrote: »
    Whats mental is india is now where ireland was a few weeks ago and scientists cannot fathom as to why but their numbers are plummeting. There was a good channel 4 news segment about it tonight.

    Interesting! Think I read the US are the same in some places, seeing a big drop and it's not related to vaccines etc.


  • #6857
    political analyst
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭political analyst


    https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/hairdressers-lockdownupdate-ireland-barbers-level5restrictions-19807751
    A well-known Dublin salon owner has lifted the lid on when he thinks hairdressers will open again while also spilling the beans on 'black market barbers'.

    Dylan Bradshaw is resigned to the fact that barbers and hairdressers will not reopen until mid-April at least.

    But the popular hair stylist bemoaned the fact that back-street haircuts are booming - while struggling businesses in the cut-throat industry comply with rules designed to save lives.

    Speaking after Leo Varadkar's shock announcement that hairdressers and beauticians would return "way later" than March 5, Bradshaw said the delay did not come as a surprise.


  • #6858
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 232 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    You can buy abroad online as click & collect closed.

    Hundreds - possibly thousands - of millions of euro were sent out of the country on Amazon and similar serviced in the three months of our "six week lockdown".

    There was absolutely nothing stopping Irish stores, owned by Irish people, having a one-in, one-out rule, and implementing social distancing within their stores.

    The utter, systematic and orchestrated destruction of our country's economy at the behest of a fanatic is going to go down in history alongside the very worst things any government of any country has ever done.


  • #6859
    hynesie08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,352 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


    b0nk1e wrote: »
    Hundreds - possibly thousands - of millions of euro were sent out of the country on Amazon and similar serviced in the three months of our "six week lockdown".

    There was absolutely nothing stopping Irish stores, owned by Irish people, having a one-in, one-out rule, and implementing social distancing within their stores.

    The utter, systematic and orchestrated destruction of our country's economy at the behest of a fanatic is going to go down in history alongside the very worst things any government of any country has ever done.

    Also nothing stopping them setting up a website and doing deliveries. plenty of businesses thrived doing just that.


  • #6860
    TimeToShine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,880 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Also nothing stopping them setting up a website and doing deliveries. plenty of businesses thrived doing just that.

    Would be very tough to compete with Amazon in their own back yard.


  • #6861
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    b0nk1e wrote: »
    Hundreds - possibly thousands - of millions of euro were sent out of the country on Amazon and similar serviced in the three months of our "six week lockdown".

    There was absolutely nothing stopping Irish stores, owned by Irish people, having a one-in, one-out rule, and implementing social distancing within their stores.

    The utter, systematic and orchestrated destruction of our country's economy at the behest of a fanatic is going to go down in history alongside the very worst things any government of any country has ever done.

    You really do love making grand proclamations and engaging in wartime hyperbole don't you.


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  • #6862
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,703 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    rusty cole wrote: »
    Whats mental is india is now where ireland was a few weeks ago and scientists cannot fathom as to why but their numbers are plummeting. There was a good channel 4 news segment about it tonight.

    And the US. Cases and hospitalisations are plummeting and are now at levels not seen since October. My state has gone from 2000+ cases per day in January to under 300 today and thats with everything open the whole time (with capacity limits). Even places like Florida who have had no restrictions for months are seeing huge decreases. It cant solely be the effect of vaccines already


  • #6863
    aziz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 756 ✭✭✭aziz


    Isn’t the drop in us cases due to a change in how the pcr test is done


  • #6864
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,703 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    aziz wrote: »
    Isn’t the drop in us cases due to a change in how the pcr test is done

    I think that's part of it for sure. But the number of hospitalisations shouldn't be effected by that and it is also dropping.


  • #6865
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,666 ✭✭✭✭josip


    TimeToShine wrote: »
    Would be very tough to compete with Amazon in their own back yard.


    Yes, I tried to order a WFH monitor from Elara last week.
    I had to give up after an hour and switch to Amazon whose Monitor-specific layout and way better filtering made it painless.
    Maybe there are better Irish online IT retailers than Elara.


  • #6866
    Kunta Kinte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭Kunta Kinte


    b0nk1e wrote: »
    Hundreds - possibly thousands - of millions of euro were sent out of the country on Amazon and similar serviced in the three months of our "six week lockdown".

    There was absolutely nothing stopping Irish stores, owned by Irish people, having a one-in, one-out rule, and implementing social distancing within their stores.

    The utter, systematic and orchestrated destruction of our country's economy at the behest of a fanatic is going to go down in history alongside the very worst things any government of any country has ever done.

    The utter hysterical and nonsensical ranting displayed by you in the bolded part of this post is going to go down in boards history as alongside the very worst over the top rubbish that has ever appeared in the existence of the internet.


  • #6867
    Tea drinker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Tea drinker


    josip wrote: »
    Yes, I tried to order a WFH monitor from Elara last week.
    I had to give up after an hour and switch to Amazon whose Monitor-specific layout and way better filtering made it painless.
    Maybe there are better Irish online IT retailers than Elara.
    I dunno man. I have used Komplett for a long time but their range of stock is not what it used to be. There are other retailers again, but more expensive and less choice. My limited experience..... though I will be buying 2 laptops soon so I need to get pro at this!


  • #6868
    Tea drinker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,818 ✭✭✭Tea drinker


    Kunta Kinte wrote: »
    The utter hysterical and nonsensical ranting displayed by you in the bolded part of this post is going to go down in boards history as alongside the very worst over the top rubbish that has ever appeared in the existence of the internet.
    Yeah, I saw some hysteria in Dun Laoire on Monday evening, I heard a screech like a Pteradactyl , looked over and some roaring and shouting commenced.
    Thought it was some lads having a row, turned out it was a guy on a bike having an episode. Screaming at a woman and 2 small kids crossing the road and having the audacity to do so about 80 metres from him and his cycle lane. Kids were practically up on the pavement across the cycle lane before he arrived. Very odd behaviour.
    A young woman was going around singing aloud and totally tunelessly an Alannis Morissete song... odd enough.
    Some other lad started shouting Sambo at me.
    The absolute shambles the government have made of this is really is taking a huge toll on people. I wonder will some people ever be OK again.


  • #6869
    Kunta Kinte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭Kunta Kinte


    Tea drinker wrote: »
    Yeah, I saw some hysteria in Dun Laoire on Monday evening, I heard a screech like a Pteradactyl , looked over and some roaring and shouting commenced.
    Thought it was some lads having a row, turned out it was a guy on a bike having an episode. Screaming at a woman and 2 small kids crossing the road and having the audacity to do so about 80 metres from him and his cycle lane. Kids were practically up on the pavement across the cycle lane before he arrived. Very odd behaviour.
    A young woman was going around singing aloud and totally tunelessly an Alannis Morissete song... odd enough.
    Some other lad started shouting Sambo at me.
    The absolute shambles the government have made of this is really is taking a huge toll on people. I wonder will some people ever be OK again.

    Cool imaginary stories bro.:cool:


  • #6870
    techdiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭techdiver


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Also nothing stopping them setting up a website and doing deliveries. plenty of businesses thrived doing just that.

    This.

    Even before covid it used to drive me crazy as to the piss poor online footprint of Irish Business. When compared to even small businesses in the UK which often have very functional websites that supplement their bricks and mortar stores, Irish retailers are in the stone age.

    Complaints about the likes of amazon miss the fact that many people like the convenience of shopping online and having items delivered. If there is no alternative of course people will use Amazon.


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  • #6871
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,039 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Tea drinker wrote: »
    My limited experience..... though I will be buying 2 laptops soon so I need to get pro at this!
    Recommendations for where to buy from welcome - I need a new one and I generally get mine from Curry's (there's a store nearby and I like popping in to see the laptops in the flesh), but their customer service is absolutely abysmal and trying to return an item online is being made a herculean task.. wouldn't risk getting even a toaster from them now.


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