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Pass the mince pies- Christmas Chat Thread Part Deux
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Again plenty of hand sanitzer gel and washing of hands and you'll be grand. Enjoy your trip!
Thank you.Just flagging that you may have to self-isolate on your return - if you have at risk relations or if you have an employer and they deem you a risk.
I travel on the day I become redundant so no work issue and I plan to spend time at home on my return doing a lot of diy and decluttering so in effect I'll be self quarantining anyway.See, my concern isn't as much for my own health (I'm healthish and strongish and relatively young) as much as for that of those around me who are frail and/or seriously ill. If I catch it I could pass it on to them and they'd be in serious, serious, serious trouble, they would be at high risk of losing their lives.
Even among the younger people, think of those who have to deal with CF on a daily basis. Can you imagine what something like this would do to them if they caught it? I'm not saying that we should panic, but things should be taken more seriously than they've been, especially considering that infected people can be asymptomatic and still be contagious.
This is precisely why I get the flu vaccine and why I'll be staying out of public places on my return.Mystery Egg wrote: »I understand this trip is important to you but although catching it might not harm you, you could infect many vulnerable people that it would harm. I would think twice.
As above, I'll be taking care. It's possible to go and still take precautions when I get home.
Don't forget, this weekend will see hundreds if not thousands of Italians arriving in Dublin. The rugby may not be happening but not many people will forfeit travel costs already paid. It's much safer for them to come here anyway. The government has not limited incoming flights and 5,000 tickets went to Italy.0 -
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TheRiverman wrote: »It is,but it is miniscule in relation to a population of 4.8 million people in the Republic and 6.6 million on the whole island.I know that is no consultation to the people who are infected,but it is still a tiny percentage of the population and hopefully we will as you say all avoid it and it disappears very soon.
But we’re only 5 days since the first case was announced and now we are at 13. It will continue to grow and grow
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But we’re only 5 days since the first case was announced and now we are at 13. It will continue to grow and grow
It will. I expect we'll end up with cases in the realm of four figures or so.
I'm still not dipping my toe into the river of panic that seems to be developing though. Not yet anyway."I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens
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freshpopcorn wrote: »I went to the Tesco, SuperValu, Lidl and Aldi last night and I was hoping to have a Christmas Eve rush but it was basically a Friday Evening!
Only shortages was hand gel really!
Was in LIDL this evening and the freezers are bare. The stockpiling of frozen items is actually clever. But completely unnecessary
19 is such a low number for the population we have. There’s no need to panic 0 -
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What show did you go and see?
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