CoVid-19 Part VII - 169 cases ROI (2 deaths) 45 in NI (as of 15 March) *Read OP*

completedit

olestoepoke wrote: »

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A lot of noise on twitter regarding this pic. Is this recent?

What annoys me about this is there are people who actually think these lads are mad craic altogether.

cloudatlas

Deleted User wrote: »

Tried to stay away from it this evening but WhatsApp groups are lit all day and this was probably already posted but what the **** is wrong with people

https://twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD/status/1238929572701384704?s=19

Selfish bastards putting the lives of elderly and immune deficient people at risk and ****ing over the people doing God's work in the hospitals

Call it faux outrage but personally I'm ****ing disgusted at this behaviour

Fair ****s to Harris for calling this out straight

What Simon Harris isn't saying is that the message hasn't been strong enough. Via facebook, twitter adverts in the news papers, constant public service announcements. The message has been very weak. Very weak indeed.

olestoepoke

beggars_bush wrote: »

50% of ICU cases in France are under 60

Source please

Funsterdelux

YFlyer wrote: »

For my farming relatives. Will sheep dip kill the virus?

The pour on is better

Snow Garden

Keplar240B wrote: »

One of the biggest problems with the whole crisis is peoples failure to grasp the exponential function.
A scientist puts a bacteria in a petri dish at exactly noon. Every minute, the bacteria divides into two. At exactly 1:00 PM, the petri dish is full. At what time was the dish half full?

You're clearly not a scientist.

statesaver

skimpydoo wrote: »

Simon expressing outrage is not enough, he has the power to close the pubs now but I have a feeling he will wait till Wednesday to do this. The Vintners Association has too much power in Ireland.

Didn't stop flights from infected countries, but yeah, outrage because government/EU won't close pubs.

Horse bolted etc ........

Bannasidhe

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Sorry to hear you are unwell. I don't know where you are but suspect it's Cork since you mentioned SouthDoc.

I thought there was a drive through facility for testing in Cork, or was that just a Facebook thing.

Examiner reckons it's a thing.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/drive-thru-coronavirus-test-facility-opened-in-cork-city-987803.html

Not clear if it's doing tests yet and if it is they are by referral.

walshb

completedit wrote: »

What annoys me about this is there are people who actually think these lads are mad craic altogether.

It’s so unfunny, and not because it could be deemed offensive; it’s just childishly immature..

olestoepoke

completedit wrote: »

What annoys me about this is there are people who actually think these lads are mad craic altogether.

Absolute gob****es

amadangomor

ITman88 wrote: »

Ironically, you have questioned people’s grasping of exponential functions . . . But said the bacteria divides, it multiplies!!

Facepalm moment IT:pac:

Bacteria reproduce by dividing! If one thing divides in two it becomes two things!!

TheValeyard

olestoepoke wrote: »

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A lot of noise on twitter regarding this pic. Is this recent?

what a bunch of absolute cnuts. Hope they dont get served anywhere.

Keplar240B

Shn99 wrote: »

Are there any modelling projections? I remember hearing on the news that modelling predictions would be completed this week but heard nothing more of it.

64 dead and 16538 counted cases by next Saturday by my calculations. Real infection rate 65K. based on the R-0 and exponential function.

blanch152

careless sherpa wrote: »

In the absence of that they should be shut down for a few weeks

The problem is the ingrained Irish entitlement culture - I should get my free house, someone else should pay tax, I should be allowed go to the pub when there is an epidemic etc.

amacca

Keplar240B wrote: »

One of the biggest problems with the whole crisis is peoples failure to grasp the exponential function.
A scientist puts a bacteria in a petri dish at exactly noon. Every minute, the bacteria divides into two. At exactly 1:00 PM, the petri dish is full. At what time was the dish half full?

12:59 ...do I get a prize?

survival hopefully because I am not a moron?

Shn99

Keplar240B wrote: »

64 dead and 16538 counted cases by next Saturday by my calculations. Real infection rate 65K. based on the R-0 and exponential function.

if we were to have 16k cases the death rate would definitely be higher, our health service would be crippled

Drumpot

Snow Garden wrote: »

The dole queue is going to get very long very quickly. The government will need a system to stop everything trying to sign on all at once.
Businesses are already closing and laying off people.

I’m not being flippant, but if we have the kind of numbers that they are seeing in Italy, this will be the last thing on most peoples mind. I hope whatever happens my mum, my in laws and other vulnerable people I know are safe and alive. Don’t care if it sounds corny, I really hope this crisis helps us mould a better financial system. It’s crazy we have to concern ourselves with the economy when thousands are possibly going to die. I’m not having a go at you because I know many, myself included, are thinking about what you are saying , I just think it’s sad that it’s even relevant when some people we know (Or ourselves) might not make it over the next few months. Just shows how deeply ingrained the power of the financial system is in our psyche that even The threat of death can’t frighten us into forgetting about it.

Hurrache

statesaver wrote: »

People here praising Simon Harris for calling out a pub in Dublin as great leadership or a sign of strength need to get real.
This is a government minister who did nothing or refused to stop flights from infected countries because "movement of people, single market". EU seems to be first then Irish.

Ffs.

Eric Cartman

Time To Fight wrote: »

Feels weird that shut-in losers like me are going to survive this but millions are going to die because they couldn't restrain themselves from going out and having 'de mad craic on de sesh' for a couple of weeks.

Can any of you normies explain this mentality to me? What on Earth is so bad about having to stay in on a Saturday night? Are you that terrified that people will think you are 'anti social' for staying in?

Lets pretend you had to go to a nightclub and stay till 3.30am and youre there with the sales department from your workplace. You see how much you hate that, thats how much extroverts hate staying in.

freshpopcorn

How do people feel about people getting take away from take away or reateraunts?
Lots of places are pushing this.

_Kaiser_

statesaver wrote: »

People here praising Simon Harris for calling out a pub in Dublin as great leadership or a sign of strength need to get real.
This is a government minister who did nothing or refused to stop flights from infected countries because "movement of people, single market". EU seems to be first then Irish.

Yep. It was the same the other night when Coveney was on PT. The EU make the decisions and Irish politicians (not just limited to FG either) follow regardless.

It's been happening for a long time, but more noticeably since the financial crisis. Even when other EU countries are breaking rank and taking their own measures, we're still waiting to be told what to do.

gmisk

cloudatlas wrote: »

What Simon Harris isn't saying is that the message hasn't been strong enough. Via facebook, twitter adverts in the news papers, constant public service announcements. The message has been very weak. Very weak indeed.

I am sorry but that is complete BS.
The covid-19 posters are everywhere, adverts on tv, there is wall to wall coverage on media everywhere of the situation and it's seriousness.
People are well aware of the fact they need to avoid large crowds, social distancing etc
Some people just don't give a f#ck.
So now the pubs will likely be shut, the government have been left little choice.

Lord Trollington

Drumpot wrote: »

I’m not being flippant, but if we have the kind of numbers that they are seeing in Italy, this will be the last thing on most peoples mind. I hope whatever happens my mum, my in laws and other vulnerable people I know are safe and alive. Don’t care if it sounds corny, I really hope this crisis helps us mound a better financial system. It’s crazy we have to concern ourselves with the economy when thousands are possibly going to die. I’m not having a go at you because I know many, myself included, are thinking about what you are saying , I just think it’s sad that it’s even relevant when some people we know (Or ourselves) might not make it over the next few months. Just shows how deeply ingrained the power of the financial system is in our psyche that even The threat of death can’t frighten us into forgetting about it.

This. I really hope when we overcome all of this when we come out the other side we have a different approach to life as a whole.

bekker

ITman88 wrote: »

Ironically, you have questioned people’s grasping of exponential functions . . . But said the bacteria divides, it multiplies!!

Bacteria multiply through cell division.

holyhead

Just listening to BBC5 Live. If the UK Govt continue their current strategy of herd infection then a scientist on the show predicts conservatively 70'000 deaths plus a collapse of the NHS. He foresees a scenario where treatment will be on the basis of expected likelihood of survival. Scary

Why do you all think this is an "Irish thing"? In most countries, life continues largely as normal. The only "Irish thing" here is the continual obsession with looking at Irish people as different and special, in either good or bad ways.

skimpydoo

olestoepoke wrote: »

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A lot of noise on twitter regarding this pic. Is this recent?

It looks like people on a stag weekend. The Corona beer gave it away.

neonsofa

Drumpot wrote: »

I’m not being flippant, but if we have the kind of numbers that they are seeing in Italy, this will be the last thing on most peoples mind. I hope whatever happens my mum, my in laws and other vulnerable people I know are safe and alive. Don’t care if it sounds corny, I really hope this crisis helps us mound a better financial system. It’s crazy we have to concern ourselves with the economy when thousands are possibly going to die. I’m not having a go at you because I know many, myself included, are thinking about what you are saying , I just think it’s sad that it’s even relevant when some people we know (Or ourselves) might not make it over the next few months. Just shows how deeply ingrained the power of the financial system is in our psyche that even The threat of death can’t frighten us into forgetting about it.

If people have no money they starve. Its less about "the economy" and more about literal queues for payment/resources when supposed to be avoiding gatherings.

At least thats where my concern lies atm when i read that comment.

cloudatlas

kakee wrote: »

P.S: The Brits are making a balls of it again and are not staying at home. Lots of them are going to die because they are not staying at home. Don't be like the Brits. Stay at home.

Are you in the U.K.? Where I am the numbers in pubs/cafes has gone down and there are less people in the streets but you know best obviously because you are in another country.

It's more of the 'not us look at them mentality'.

Andrew00

freshpopcorn wrote: »

How do people feel about people getting take away from take away or reateraunts?
Lots of places are pushing this.

Got a pizza from local chipper tonight then coincidently someone told me there's a rumour one of the lads working in the chipper has tested positive. Lovely.

Shn99

freshpopcorn wrote: »

How do people feel about people getting take away from take away or reateraunts?
Lots of places are pushing this.

We've had text messages from 2 takeaways. A chinese offering 20% off and a regular chipper offering 10% off, free delivery and reassurance that they are following hygiene protocol ect ect...