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Covid 19 Part XXXIII-231,484 ROI(4,610 deaths)116,197 NI (2,107 deaths)(23/03)Read OP

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  • #8462
    tom1ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,384 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    ddarcy wrote: »
    That’s already happening with the third cohort. This group is 75+ (Might be 65, but anyways) and the rollout was 85+ followed by 80-85 and I think they’re starting 75-80 this week. I’d expect the same with the other larger age groups.

    Do we know how many people are in this group?


  • #8463
    Rebelbrowser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    darced wrote: »
    I'm in Donegal and can confirm no one is sticking to restrictions anymore, myself included.

    I'm in Cork, we are sticking to the rules and we have feck all cases. This needs to be regionalised. Don't see why I should be punished for the actions of people 400km+ away from me.


  • #8464
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,233 ✭✭✭✭fits


    Strong case for easing of restrictions in cork and Kerry tbh before anywhere else.

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  • #8465
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,282 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Rebelbrowser wrote: »
    I'm in Cork, we are sticking to the rules and we have feck all cases. This needs to be regionalised. Don't see why I should be punished for the actions of people 400km+ away from me.

    I am sticking to the rules too , people down the road are not . How do we deal with that dilemma then ?


  • #8466
    Rebelbrowser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    fits wrote: »
    Strong case for easing of restrictions in cork and Kerry tbh before anywhere else.

    If, and it is an if, the figures in Cork and Kerry stay as is then it also shows this isn't a school related issue. We opened our schools down here at the same time as everyone else and yet I know Corks rate anyway has fallen from ca. 80 to 45 per 100,000 over the same 3 week period. At nearly 600,000 people, and with an urban / rural mix and population density that mirrors the whole Country, if our numbers stay down (and again, that is an if) it is proof this could and should be happening country wide.


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  • #8467
    Rebelbrowser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    I am sticking to the rules too , people down the road are not . How do we deal with that dilemma then ?

    I was replying to the Donegal guy who said no one in Donegal, including himself, was sticking to the rules.


  • #8468
    TheDoctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,980 ✭✭✭TheDoctor


    Has anyone heard from poor George Lee since those numbers were announced?


  • #8469
    ShineOn7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    Rebelbrowser wrote: »
    I'm in Cork, we are sticking to the rules and we have feck all cases.


    I'm in Dublin and I've no problem with Cork going to Level 3 at the most

    Whatever they're doing in Cork, they're doing it right

    Spain since the start of this has locked down harshly the most infected areas and freed up the areas doing much better

    There needs to be a new approach and I dare say tomorrow's briefing will be one of the most Bullshít Bingo filled ones yet


  • #8470
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 6,775 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    They should at least test the waters from April 5.

    This constant living in fear is not living with COVID; it's the precise opposite - running away from COVID.

    Other countries have managed it. There is no reason to assume Ireland is any different.

    If people are on the move even more, then it's the same as having some things open anyway.


  • #8471
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,282 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Rebelbrowser wrote: »
    I was replying to the Donegal guy who said no one in Donegal, including himself, was sticking to the rules.

    Yes I understand that but there are people everywhere sticking to the rules while others dont . I don’t know the answer to it but at the minute it’s incredibly frustrating for most of us regardless of where we live


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  • #8472
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,682 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    The problem is what lockdown?, par a few shops closed on your main street it seems now everything else is open for business including were i work (non essential) a lot are getting the call to go back to work now if they want a job in the future, All are open in the business park were i work.


  • #8473
    Sweet.Science
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭Sweet.Science


    seamus wrote: »
    There are a pack of cvnts who are heading off on sun holidays "for me mental health" and basically don't give a **** about anyone else.

    NPHET have been saying for a year now that more has to be done about travel, and while I appreciate the difficulties when we have an open border up north, theres been no real attempts to do anything about it until now.

    'for me mental health' another subtle dig at the working class

    Because that's all who are going on sun holidays . Also the ones who went on the ski ones last year I assume


  • #8474
    covidrelease
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭covidrelease


    Rebelbrowser wrote: »
    I'm in Cork, we are sticking to the rules and we have feck all cases. This needs to be regionalised. Don't see why I should be punished for the actions of people 400km+ away from me.

    "we are sticking to the rules" - Rubbish, no way everybody in Cork is following the rules.

    Cork has the second highest number of fines in the country issued for non compliance per 100000 people.


  • #8475
    Mwengwe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Mwengwe


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    The problem is what lockdown?, par a few shops closed on your main street it seems now everything else is open for business including were i work (non essential) a lot are getting the call to go back to work now if they want a job in the future, All are open in the business park were i work.

    Sligo is a ghost-town.


  • #8476
    jacksonsarm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭jacksonsarm


    Rebelbrowser wrote: »
    If, and it is an if, the figures in Cork and Kerry stay as is then it also shows this isn't a school related issue. We opened our schools down here at the same time as everyone else and yet I know Corks rate anyway has fallen from ca. 80 to 45 per 100,000 over the same 3 week period. At nearly 600,000 people, and with an urban / rural mix and population density that mirrors the whole Country, if our numbers stay down (and again, that is an if) it is proof this could and should be happening country wide.

    I hope you're right, but is there a bit of a lag with Cork? I recall before Cork was quite low previously and numbers shot up whilst other more active areas stabilised.


  • #8477
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,682 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Mwengwe wrote: »
    Sligo is a ghost-town.
    Wasn't it always:pac:


  • #8478
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,411 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    Mwengwe wrote: »
    Sligo is a ghost-town.

    Same in the town nearest us. Supermarket, butcher, greengrocer, woodies and a few others are open but the shopping centre and main street are like a bank holiday Monday in the 80s.


  • #8479
    St.Spodo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭St.Spodo


    We are now experiencing a leadership vaccuum in this country. The people's faith in the government and the state's ability to deal with covid has diminished, and our leaders are MIA and out of ideas.


  • #8480
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,282 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    St.Spodo wrote: »
    We are now experiencing a leadership vaccuum in this country. The people's faith in the government and the state to deal with covid has diminished, and our leaders are MIA and out of ideas.

    This is a huge problem , causing anxiety and frustration .


  • #8481
    0lddog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭0lddog


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Look at Israel. Normal life has basically returned. When a high proportion of people in Europe and here are vaccinated the situation will be obviously much different....

    Moscow last week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vagz3I-Za0Y ( skip 1st minute )

    Indoor meeting of large group


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  • #8482
    Rebelbrowser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    jacksonsarm wrote: »
    I hope you're right, but is there a bit of a lag with Cork? I recall before Cork was quite low previously and numbers shot up whilst other more active areas stabilised.

    I'm probably arguing against myself but we were in a more generous regime last Sept and Oct than Dublin (I went to a wet pub at one stage!) so that is what happened. Clearly that can't happen again but counties (and there are about 10 of them) with numbers less than 100 per 100,000 on the 14 day scale should get the minimal opening up planned all along for 5 April. No logic to not doing it. But this will be minimal, outdoor based, opening up.


  • #8483
    ddarcy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 553 ✭✭✭ddarcy


    tom1ie wrote: »
    Do we know how many people are in this group?

    The group is actually 70+. Not sure the full numbers but 164k have had at least one. So I’d assume you’re looking at 400-450k in total as more people 70-80 are still alive etc, so a bit more than doubling it.


  • #8484
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,682 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    St.Spodo wrote: »
    We are now experiencing a leadership vaccuum in this country. The people's faith in the government and the state's ability to deal with covid has diminished, and our leaders are MIA and out of ideas.
    Yes my main st quiet, because it would be too obvious but drive into any business park/industrial estate you will find them busy.


  • #8485
    Rebelbrowser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,385 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    covidrelease wrote: »
    "we are sticking to the rules" - Rubbish, no way everybody in Cork is following the rules.

    Cork has the second highest number of fines in the country issued for non compliance per 100000 people.

    I'm obviously generalising. Plenty not following no doubt but, in general, when I go out to the shops etc I see compliance (except by younger teenagers - but they are still outdoors). I certainly don't recognise the narrative on here from many that "no one is following the rules any more".


  • #8486
    ShineOn7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    Reddit Ireland
    Super Level 5 on the way, where RTE have their presenters go round shouting 'hold firm!' and 'deeply concerned!' into peoples letterboxes and Niphet sacrifice bags of kittens on a daily basis until we learn to like never going outside like good boys and girls.


    :pac:


  • #8487
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,637 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Lots of people in Woodies today. Just looking for somewhere to go.

    Compartmentalise us into 5km zones surely spreads the disease easier?


  • #8488
    Natterjack from Kerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Natterjack from Kerry


    Vicxas wrote: »
    Lots of people in Woodies today. Just looking for somewhere to go.

    Compartmentalise us into 5km zones surely spreads the disease easier?

    It doesnt. By limiting options, people do travel less and so interact less. There is only so many times anyone wants to go to Woodies.


  • #8489
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Natterjack from Kerry wrote: »
    It doesnt. By limiting options, people do travel less and so interact less. There is only so many times anyone wants to go to Woodies.

    By limiting options, people are squeezed together. We’ve miles of beaches, hundreds of sq km of national parks, and yet half of Dublin is crammed into memorial gardens and Phoenix park. It’s a nonsense


  • #8490
    covidrelease
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 229 ✭✭covidrelease


    Deleted User wrote: »
    By limiting options, people are squeezed together. We’ve miles of beaches, hundreds of sq km of national parks, and yet half of Dublin is crammed into memorial gardens and Phoenix park. It’s a nonsense

    And people are ignoring these silly and counter productive rules more and more.


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  • #8491
    Szero
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 162 ✭✭Szero


    We need to start treating this as a REGIONAL issue.

    Loosen restrictions in counties with lower case counts.

    https://twitter.com/marietcasey/status/1373727208028651521


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