Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

You seem to be determined to turn this into a we’re doing better then them for some reason!

You mentioned they had 74 deaths today, we had 67 in the past week, multiplied by 13.6 makes 911 to equate to per capita, 74x7=518 so how are we doing better?

Add in that they’ve been open since June how exactly are they doing worse than us?

They do also count deaths with covid on the death cert when it's listed as one of the causes of death. Seems this would be a more accurate measurement? Currently at 165k. https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths?areaType=overview%26areaName=United%20Kingdom#card-daily_deaths_with_covid-19_on_the_death_certificate_by_date_of_death

But we’re not talking about the total from the start like it’s some competition, that’s yourself!

we all know they made a balls at the start and didn’t shutdown fast enough

We’re saying that right now, heading into Winter, they’ve had 5 months on no restrictions and we both have comparable numbers and arguably we’ve more weekly deaths yet they’ve had those 5 months to spread whereas we’re just opening most things, still with restrictions and are now seeing increases at the worst possible time of year.

If you take the hatred out of it, you’ve got to admit that we are in no better, and likely worse state than them right now!

I’d also add that I see our numbers going up in the next few weeks, if Barbarossa was anything to go by at the Jazz weekend, nobody was taking any notice of the rules, no standing was everyone standing and it walks jammers! Yer man on the door didn’t even look at my Covid pass!

I woke up last Tues with a 39degree temp, most unlike me, i'm 50 and have an underlying condition so was pretty worried, wife insisted i take a test and 1 was booked for me on Wed.

Thurs afternoon and i'm confirmed Positive, temp had lasted only 12hrs at most, by the Thurs i was 99% sure i had a bug

Had no symptoms since and in prefect form, if i hadn't of taken test i'd have rocked up into work none the wiser and probably infected so many more.

Had the J&J 1 shot last May

Have grogans gone with the bar service. I imagine it would make sense for them as would help with the outside area as opposed to bar staff in and out.

Yeah and it's crap because you'll have people on here saying about the pub, oh you stay home and hide under the covers if you like I'm gonna live my life (yeah sure) hard man act. But everyone should be able to pop the shops ha. I think a good general rule in life is don't be a dick.

My experience though is most people are following the rules.

Ireland has had the longest most extreme and least impactful lockdown in Europe. But boards is full of lock down enthusiasts who think everywhere in europe was locked down like Ireland. I was sitting in a pub in Portugal in June while fanatics on here were saying they felt sorry for poor Portugal under curfew.... couldn't make it up, curfew really got lost in translation, it basically meant the shut the pubs at 10 pm for a couple of weekends, business as normal mostly, shops restaurants all open...

but yea most countries are on the same page as us...

The greatest illusion RTE helped create was that Ireland was just like the rest of Europe since March 2020

Europe returned to relative normality in May 2020 and only used short localised lockdowns in regions where cases increased ever since.

Ireland used lockdown as its primary control measure for Covid