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Galway COVID-19, local news and discussion

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    #1142
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,441 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Read what you wrote twice, still don’t see what point your trying to make

    You've probably been locked inside too long. Perhaps get out for some fresh air and try reading it again.

    My point in one sentence - It is not in the least bit surprising that there are more people out and about - the lockdown has gone on for weeks, people are naturally growing very weary of it, the unusually nice weather amplifies this, the perception out there (outside of boards.ie) is that we're over the hump and restrictions will soon begin to lift.


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    #1143
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    You've probably been locked inside too long. Perhaps get out for some fresh air and try reading it again.

    My point in one sentence - It is not in the least bit surprising that there are more people out and about - the lockdown has gone on for weeks, people are naturally growing very weary of it, the unusually nice weather amplifies this, the perception out there (outside of boards.ie) is that we're over the hump and restrictions will soon begin to lift.

    We are a long way off coming out of the woods yet With 77 deaths today.

    I think we should done something similar to Spain, very strict lock down to the point where ya need to log why your leaving your abode before you leave and be subject to questioning by law enforcement


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    #1144
    JoeA3
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    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    We are a long way off coming out of the woods yet With 77 deaths today.

    I think we should done something similar to Spain, very strict lock down to the point where ya need to log why your leaving your abode before you leave and be subject to questioning by law enforcement

    That was never going to happen in Ireland. Our Gardai don’t police like that and they weren’t going to start now.

    The death numbers, while a bit too high for comfort, are going to be mostly from those who were diagnosed weeks ago. The new case numbers are falling off, ICU numbers are apparently well under control, the R0 value is under 1 (although I must admit I’ve no idea how that’s calculated).


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    #1145
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    That was never going to happen in Ireland. Our Gardai don’t police like that and they weren’t going to start now.

    The death numbers, while a bit too high for comfort, are going to be mostly from those who were diagnosed weeks ago. The new case numbers are falling off, ICU numbers are apparently well under control, the R0 value is under 1 (although I must admit I’ve no idea how that’s calculated).


    Have u a link to the icu numbers been under control? Heard very different from a friend who works in ICU


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    #1146
    JoeA3
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    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Have u a link to the icu numbers been under control? Heard very different from a friend who works in ICU

    Jesus man, hold on and I’ll google it for you :rolleyes: I’m simply relaying what I and everyone else has been hearing from Tony Holohan and Philip Nolan on their nightly news conference.


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    #1147
    [Deleted User]
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    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Read what you wrote twice, still don’t see what point your trying to make

    That he isn’t taking the situation seriously and is one of the people those of us making an effort are getting more and more annoyed with giving two fingers to the majorly of people keeping the rules and actually concerned about stopping the virus spreading.

    The comment on 2k limit “give me a break” is sums it up. This is a serious rules being taken seriously by a lot of people. I haven’t been anymore than about 1.5km from the house for any reason for many weeks, don’t even leave to shop as it’s delivered. I am working full time from home as normal I should add so not just sitting around all day.

    Now is the time to really get serious and enforce the lockdown even more as we are going in the right direction any let up and could mess everything up.


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    #1148
    Whereisgalway
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    JoeA3 wrote: »
    Jesus man, hold on and I’ll google it for you :rolleyes: I’m simply relaying what I and everyone else has been hearing from Tony Holohan and Philip Nolan on their nightly news conference.

    Find it hard to believe that it’s true and sounds like fake news. Don’t worry there’s a lot of it out there


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    #1149
    JoeA3
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    Fernando Muscular Sibilant wrote: »
    That he isn’t taking the situation seriously and is one of the people those of us making an effort are getting more and more ankoyed with giving two fingers to the majorly of people keeping the rules and actually concerned about stopping the virus spreading.

    The comment on 2k limit “give me a break” is sums it up. This is a serious rules being taken seriously by a lot of people. I haven’t been anymore than about 1.5km from the house for any reason for many weeks, don’t even leave to shop as it’s delivered.

    Now is the time to really get serious and enforce the lockdown even more as we are going in the right direction any let up and could mess everything up.

    Nox, you're fooling no one. The lads in their lycra (of which I am not one) are winding you up because they're pushing that pub-opening date that bit further away for you.


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    #1150
    JoeA3
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    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Find it hard to believe that it’s true and sounds like fake news. Don’t worry there’s a lot of it out there

    What is fake news? Are you suggesting Tony and Philip are relaying us fake news every night and we should instead rely on you, some anonymous guy on the internet with a "friend in ICU" to give us the real news?


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    #1151
    [Deleted User]
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    Things are under control, that’s obvious but that’s even more of a reason to double our efforts to really drive out the virus.


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    #1152
    Whereisgalway
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    JoeA3 wrote: »
    What is fake news? Are you suggesting Tony and Philip are relaying us fake news every night and we should instead rely on you, some anonymous guy on the internet with a "friend in ICU" to give us the real news?

    No but I’m pretty sure you either heard what you wanted to hear to mis interrupted what the man inside the box was saying. If all the pressure was off the hospitals and they were suddenly working efficiently it’d make front pager news


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    #1153
    JoeA3
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    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    No but I’m pretty sure you either heard what you wanted to hear to mis interrupted what the man inside the box was saying. If all the pressure was off the hospitals and they were suddenly working efficiently it’d make front pager news

    By that logic, you are also only hearing what you want to hear. Negativity and gloom is as contagious as this virus.

    I wish I could be bothered to dig out the recording, I'm sure its there on the RTE player archives, but on Thursday / Friday night last week, Philip Nolan went into great detail, accompanied with actual numbers and graphs, explaining how they felt it was under control, the R0 was < 1, ICU was well under capacity, etc.

    Of course he did not say we are done or its all over and lets go to the pub now and celebrate, but he was very positive, and if I took a bit of positivity from it, so be it.


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    #1154
    connemara man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,773 ✭✭✭connemara man


    the last few posts are starting to get tetchy, take a breath and bring more civility to the conversation please


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    #1155
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    By that logic, you are also only hearing what you want to hear. Negativity and gloom is as contagious as this virus.

    I wish I could be bothered to dig out the recording......., explaining how they felt it was under control,

    it.

    Would you say 77 deaths in one day is under control or the debacle that’s going on with the PPE


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    #1156
    Mrs OBumble
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    Arghus wrote: »
    Shop Street pretty full with people today, can be seen on the claddagh jewellers webcam.

    Hopefully our complacency won't cost us.

    Did you take a screenshot? It looks pretty empty now.


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    #1157
    [Deleted User]
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    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Would you say 77 deaths in one day is under control or the debacle that’s going on with the PPE

    While it’s very sad the 77 number wasn’t in one day some of the deaths were from other days but reported today. Fergal Bowers pointed this out.


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    #1158
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Did you take a screenshot? It looks pretty empty now.

    A screenshot is very different thing to a photo


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    #1159
    Arghus
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    Mrs OBumble wrote: »
    Did you take a screenshot? It looks pretty empty now.

    I'd be pretty surprised if it wasn't empty at 11 15 at night.


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    #1160
    JoeA3
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    Whereisgalway wrote: »
    Would you say 77 deaths in one day is under control or the debacle that’s going on with the PPE

    You do know that those 77 did not die in the last 24 hours?


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    #1161
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    JoeA3 wrote: »
    You do know that those 77 did not die in the last 24 hours?

    Your referring to the lag time in the process that each corners office uses to notify the Department of health of deaths. Symantec’s. It’s an antiquated system that Harris Houlahan and co-have been using to suit their narratives


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    #1162
    JoeA3
    Registered Users Posts: 7,441 ✭✭✭JoeA3


    Yep, I agree it is semantics and those poor 77 souls lost their lives no matter which way you slice it.

    But you did use that number in your last post to suit your own argument, after only talking about "fake news" in your previous post.


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    #1163
    flazio
    Registered Users Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭flazio


    I worry about the mental well being of some of the posters here. Especially those who feel that they must shoot down any posts which show any signs of hope or optimism.
    Hope will not be the death of us.


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    #1164
    Discodog
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    flazio wrote: »
    I worry about the mental well being of some of the posters here. Especially those who feel that they must shoot down any posts which show any signs of hope or optimism.
    Hope will not be the death of us.

    Many medical people are expressing concern about mental health. There is a element who will be too scared to go out when the restrictions are lifted.


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    #1165
    Long_Wave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭Long_Wave


    Whereisgalway wrote: »

    I think we should done something similar to Spain, very strict lock down to the point where ya need to log why your leaving your abode before you leave and be subject to questioning by law enforcement

    Wft ? I have seen zero evidence that covid 19 is rampant in Ireland, essentially not in the west of Ireland


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    #1166
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    Long_Wave wrote: »
    Wft ? I have seen zero evidence that covid 19 is rampant in Ireland, essentially not in the west of Ireland

    What’s the death total?


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    #1167
    serfboard
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    Long_Wave wrote: »
    I have seen zero evidence that covid 19 is rampant in Ireland, essentially not in the west of Ireland
    I presume that you meant to say especially not in the West Of Ireland and you'd be right.

    If we look at DaCor's numbers, (taking Mayo out which seems to be an anomaly for some reason), the West Of Ireland counties (including Clare) are in the bottom ten of cases per capita.


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    #1168
    Whereisgalway
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭Whereisgalway


    serfboard wrote: »
    I presume that you meant to say especially not in the West Of Ireland and you'd be right.

    If we look at DaCor's numbers, (taking Mayo out which seems to be an anomaly for some reason), the West Of Ireland counties (including Clare) are in the bottom ten of cases per capita.

    You can’t take a county in the west of Ireland out of the figures for the west. That’s called Skewering the stats which doesn’t help anyone or anything


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    #1169
    Wompa1
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    flazio wrote: »
    Pubs might well need to introduce a restaurant style table reservation system in order to open again.
    I've seen a good analogy shared on Facebook which goes along the lines that the moment the parachute begins to control your descent is not the time to take the parachute off.

    There are some pictures out of how some of the countries in Asia are handling the reopening of restaurants. They put dividers up on every table. You are blocked off from the people in front of you and beside you. So that would eliminate the social aspect but I guess at least it would keep those who have built up a dependence on alcohol ticking over.


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    #1170
    brutes1
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    Wompa1 wrote: »
    There are some pictures out of how some of the countries in Asia are handling the reopening of restaurants. They put dividers up on every table. You are blocked off from the people in front of you and beside you. So that would eliminate the social aspect but I guess at least it would keep those who have built up a dependence on alcohol ticking over.

    May well be the starting point for reopening... all not very workable in the end though how ill people meet friends or potential future partners with social distancing.......


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    #1171
    beardybrewer
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    I think the question to answer can these restaurants/pubs really stay afloat with the reduced turnover?? Let alone the expenses to abide by new regulations and the huge losses they've already incurred.

    Fair deuce to those with the deep pockets or with vision enough to pivot and adapt... I'm sure there will be some success stories there. But on the whole I'd expect a massive contraction in options as most go under administration.


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