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

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  • #41582
    ShooterSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521003#Comment_118521003

    Oh same!! I wish most people felt that way :D



  • #41583
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 533 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It’ll be nice to be able to “hear” people again. I’ve some issues with my hearing and to be quite honest the last couple of years haven’t been fun. If I’m I a noisy background, like a coffee shop with the machinery running, a busy till, or there are a lot of people talking, I sort of rely on seeing lips as a prompt to figure out what’s being said.

    I’m totally at a loss when people have masks on and are often also behind Perspex. Mostly not a huge issue but sometimes I’ve absolutely no idea whatsoever what’s being said to me. So I’m often just kind of working on the basis that I assume they heard me, but if they’ve any kind of soft speech or unclear accent, I can’t make it out at all. So I just kinda agree and pay. Often end up with wrong food and all sorts of things but that’s just kinda how it’s been for me since they came in.

    If you bring it up online, you’re jumped on as an example for anti maskers, so I’ve mostly just not said much about it, but it is pretty seriously frustrating.

    It won’t make any difference to me in bars as I can’t hear what’s being said in those anyway. Outdoors has been brilliant for that for me as it’s less of a din. However, I’ve just never enjoyed busy pubs because I can only really have a conversation with people I’m directly opposite. If it’s a load of talking across each other is just impossible to pick each voice out, so I just tend to sit back with my pint.

    It’ll be nice to be able to interact in shops again without feeling like a everyone thinks I’m a moron. I’ve even had people take their masks down so I can “hear” them as they clearly recognised I couldn’t understand them, which was even more awkward as I didn’t expect them to do that and some people get petty annoyed when they do.

    I guess it just went from me being mostly unaware that I’m a bit deaf to being acutely aware of it. Most people wouldn’t have ever known I can’t hear that well, as I tend to compensate very well, but once I can’t see lips things get a lot fuzzier.

    It’s like the auditory version of having your glasses on vs going around in a blur.

    Anyway, just glad it’s hopefully fizzling out.



  • #41584
    fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,053 ✭✭✭✭fits


    I’d be similar octopod. Hate loud busy bars for that reason. If I’m going to listen to music I do t want to be talking and vice Versa.



  • #41585
    VG31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭VG31


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118520738#Comment_118520738

    Where? I was in Dublin city centre today and didn't see any noticeable difference.



  • #41586
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,238 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118518384#Comment_118518384

    Bloody moaners and complainers. Everything has reverted back to normal bar masks. But thats not good enough. Even when masks are gone they'll moan at something else.



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  • #41587
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 533 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    They’ll just find something else to be paranoid about. You’re just looking at the Irish branch of Qanon / paranoiacs. The pandemic just acted like a lightening rod for them.

    Back in the pre social media days they just tended to be the local weirdo, now they all get together and think they’ve found common cause.

    I would actually credit them with causing me even more problems as things like clear filter masks never caught on because those morons politicised mask wearing, removing all nuance and turning it into yet more American inspired, culture war garbage, instead of just seeing at something practical and pragmatic to deal with a pandemic.



  • #41588
    kirk.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭kirk.


    ..



  • #41589
    bokale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,876 ✭✭✭bokale


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521553#Comment_118521553

    Ive seen some pathetic articles posted here throughout this, but i think we might have a winner.



  • #41590
    brickster69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,271 ✭✭✭brickster69


    6 days since a hospital admission in London for Covid.

    https://twitter.com/rupert_pearse/status/1484811524246024194


    "if you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station, the longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be."



  • #41591
    duffman13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,247 ✭✭✭duffman13


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521623#Comment_118521623

    ICU not hospital but fantastic to see



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  • #41592
    brickster69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,271 ✭✭✭brickster69


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521636#Comment_118521636

    The ones in hospital are all for broken legs

    "if you get on the wrong train, get off at the nearest station, the longer it takes you to get off, the more expensive the return trip will be."



  • #41593
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,127 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521058#Comment_118521058

    Same here, absolutely lost for the last two years, mine is serious hearing loss due to meningitis when younger, hey but I'm alive!

    I just got on with it as best I could, but even pre Covid trying to follow convos in a noisy spot was very difficult. Just my problem.

    Anyway after years of trying different hearing aids which did damn all for me, I finally last year got these super duper aids called Phonak. My god my life has been transformed. The next generation of hearing aids. Phone is connected to them via bluetooth, and an app can be configured to suit your surroundings, i.e. blocking out background noise etc. It is not perfect, but as the audiologist said - it is an aid not a miracle! But what a difference. The only trouble I have now is in echoey settings, and of course the masks behind screens, but once explained, all is good.



  • #41594
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,371 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    I think when RTE stopped sending out a notification about the case numbers, we knew it was over.

    Gavin Riley might even stop tweeting about it soon.



  • #41595
    Cork2021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭Cork2021


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521835#Comment_118521835

    They started that around this time last week. No harm either



  • #41596
    Apothic_Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭Apothic_Red


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521835#Comment_118521835

    In fairness to Gav he managed to get Donnelly to admit this morning that 50% of the hospital cases are now incidental.

    Also, he said many of the ICU cases are long term & probably all Delta.

    Tony is probably still sticking to his 5% however



  • #41597
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    I wish someone responded to this tweet by saying..."He got over 2 weeks off at Christmas because the tinpot media company Virgin Media stopped having news during Christmas"

    https://twitter.com/DoireannGarrihy/status/1484534294135676937?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet




  • #41598
    Pussyhands
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Pussyhands


    Hopefully the cult of Fergal Bowers/Gavan Reilly/Zara King/Richard Chambers dies now.

    I saw an article from Fergal Bowers on RTE today about how it's time to move on from the pandemic now. It's a great example of what people were rightly saying that Bowers is just a mouthpiece for NPHET and not a journalist doing his own research.



  • #41599
    bokale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,876 ✭✭✭bokale


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521835#Comment_118521835

    You can mute people on Twitter FYI



  • #41600
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,928 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118518541#Comment_118518541

    No argument there .

    But my point was that there are people like Staines or Pat Kenny on one side for example and those protestors still marching who need to move on .

    Those vulnerable will go back to looking after themselves like that gentleman and others have always done .



  • #41601
    Deeper Blue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,401 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    Claire Byrne and Pat Kenny tomorrow:

    b16.jpg




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  • #41602
    bokale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,876 ✭✭✭bokale


    People who listen to Claire Byrne and Pat Kenny tomorrow:

    Untitled Image




  • #41603
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,928 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118521058#Comment_118521058

    Ahh same here on one side . I have just had to keep saying , I can't hear you with the mask , but it has made things very difficult at work . I have one of those hearing aids connected to my phone and laptop but it flips out every time I take off my mask and has gotten lost ( and found again thankfully ) many times in the last 2 years .

    Got a nasty ear infection while I was on steroids a few years back and it was too late when it was treated and picked up .

    Very happy to see the back of them generally , but think they will be with us in hospitals foreva , unfortunately 🙄



  • #41604
    cuttingtimber22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭cuttingtimber22


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118522467#Comment_118522467

    I thought Bowers has been very balanced.

    His analysis pieces tried to look at all sides https://www.rte.ie/author/822895-fergal-bowers/?page=4

    i don’t think I could say the same about George Lee.



  • #41605
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,928 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Great to see/ hear so many people moving on and are obviously getting on with their lives now .

    We were all out for drinks as a family last night ( first time with the youngest ! ) with our lads and they went on to town and meeting their friends afterwards while we walked home with neighbours .

    It was bliss 😊



  • #41606
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118523004#Comment_118523004

    Don’t you know. Anyone in the public sphere who has said anything apart from “open up immediately” from the start is a confirmed Covid nazi and deserve to be removed from any role they hold



  • #41607
    john why
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 457 ✭✭john why


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118520738#Comment_118520738

    No it hasn't



  • #41608
    coastwatch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭coastwatch


    Presumeably there are still thousands becoming infected daily and that number will probably increase for the next few weeks with lifting of restriction.

    Will people continue to get PCR tested and self isolate for the 7 or 10 days and will they take the lifting of restrictions as marking the end of the pandemic?



  • #41609
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,928 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118523130#Comment_118523130

    Yes.

    I see people walking around with masks all weekend going to and from the shops . I know one person who has just come out of isolation and is just trying to not pass anything on. He knows he doesn't strictly have to .

    Others may be vulnerable, or just anxious .

    It is nobody's business at this stage . If people want to they are entitled as it is not affecting others .



  • #41610
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    And You are also asked if you are a close contact and not restricting because you are boosted to wear a mask for 10 days

    Personally I will wear a mask when and where I see fit and as you say its no one business

    I honestly dont know why people care if others wear a mask ? I was out for dinner earlier and everyone who walked in had a mask on .



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  • #41611
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,126 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    The fixation around whether other people wear a mask or not defies logic. It'll take time before everybody, or the majority of people, dispenses with them. What's the big deal? It's their choice and doing no harm. All those who shouted about rights for the past couple of years need to accept that people have a right to wear a mask, without questioning or ridicule, if they wish.



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