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

Shn99

One would have to wonder, how to we return to normality....even when do we return to normality. There wont be a vaccine for 12-18 months. The partial lockdown will surely last longer than March 29 IMO.

owlbethere

olestoepoke wrote: »

Attachment not found.

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

It looks like a stag party and if it is, I must admit, it is funny.

fritzelly

walshb wrote: »

Ok, what’s the best educated researched guess on the numbers that will text positive in Ireland by say, end April?

If there was only a 5% increase in daily new numbers it would be over 7000 at the end of April
Reality is it starts to jump up massively and then starts to reduce in the daily increases (relative to the previous day)

completedit

Lord TSC wrote: »

The gov said no groups of over 100, and everyone should stay 1 meter apart. That was an initial attempt at a compromise.

The response was for a load of people to flock to pubs, blatently ignore the warnings, and actively make fun of them in places.

So, after trying to compromise, the government will likely now move to order them closed.

This idea seems flawed. Nobody goes with the intention of being a wanker, it’s the same idea that I’m not the problem, everyone else is the problem. Allowing 100 people to congregate is essentially saying it’s okay to go out on the beer. 100 is a lot of people.

Bannasidhe

forgodssake wrote: »

I turned 40 today . To go on social media and see those assholes in the pub sickens my **** . I spent the day holed up at home as I will be doing until my shift on the frontline on Monday . People will never ****ing learn. I'm so angry. Stay safe guys x

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

And thank you for being there Monday and every other day.

skimpydoo

My 50th birthday is later this year in late October and I hope to be able to celebrate it, but I shall have to wait and see.

ChikiChiki

Hurrache wrote: »

I expect it to be called before Paddies day.

I expect over 50 new cases tomorrow and it to be called then.

There is outrage tonight on social media over the goings on in Temple Bar. I'd imagine Harris and Varadkar phones have been pinging all evening. Rightly so.

**** the Vintners and their Paddy's Day cash cow.

JP Liz V1

forgodssake wrote: »

I turned 40 today . To go on social media and see those assholes in the pub sickens my **** . I spent the day holed up at home as I will be doing until my shift on the frontline on Monday . People will never ****ing learn. I'm so angry. Stay safe guys x

Happy Birthday

billybonkers

Idiots

ITman88

Acosta wrote: »

Matthew Syed on Sky News press preview telling a nice story how he earlier brought his young kids to see his elderly father who has health issues. The ****ing state of the British media.

I spend a considerable amount of time working in England. We have incredibly different cultures, this may have always been the case though

coastwatch

Sofa King Great wrote: »

People need to be wary if the source of information that they are forwarding. I've been sent this from a few people now.

I am not saying it isn't correct, but it should be taken with a level of scepticism

Completly agree. I'm sure Ger Redser O'Grady is a good Inter County hurler, but not sure if he's an expert on pandemics?

Ulysses Gaze

Shn99 wrote: »

One would have to wonder, how to we return to normality....even when do we return to normality. There wont be a vaccine for 12-18 months. The partial lockdown will surely last longer than March 29 IMO.

Schools, Uni's and Creches won't be open again until September at the earliest.

skimpydoo

Wingman2010 wrote: »

#closethepubs is now trending on Twitter!! Get on to it and keep this movement going!!

I was just about to post this
https://twitter.com/dublinbypub/status/1238896235710423040?s=21

namloc1980

owlbethere wrote: »

It looks like a stag party and if it is, I must admit, it is funny.

About as funny as a global pandemic.

Shn99

skimpydoo wrote: »

My 50th birthday is later this year in late October and I hope to be able to celebrate it, but I shall have to wait and see.

There are people in ICU tonight, families grieving, 163 families on the island worrying about loved ones with COVID19. Im sure your celebration can wait if needs be

Level 42

Is there a cull in the UK I'm not messing does Boris want rid of the blue rinse brigade. Awful what he's doing there

Corkgirl20

Is anybody else slightly hoping for a lock down scenario? I mean closure of pubs and retail mainly.

I know we can’t just eliminate the virus through lock down, but we can slow the spread. Let’s be real Ireland doesn’t have a great amount of ICU beds ( a lot less than Italy per population) and I’m not sure about numbers of ventilators. Staff in the hospital seems to be run off their feet as it is.

If we just slow the numbers at least people will get a good chance at being treated and sent home making more space for the next lot to come in and be treated. I really really fear an Italy type scenario where too many people need icu at once and healthcare workers are forced to decide who to give it to.

I’m not fearful for my own health I’m late 20s and healthy but I fear greatly for older people. Im really hoping for a lock down scenario where only essential places like supermarkets and pharmacies stay open. The spread of the virus just needs to slow down so our Hospitals can cope better.
Lock down would only be us being asked to stay home and sit on the couch, it’s not that hard !

Lord TSC

skimpydoo wrote: »

My 50th birthday is later this year in late October and I hope to be able to celebrate it, but I shall have to wait and see.

33rd this day next week.

Had tickets to Trevor Noah in the 3Arena.

Postponed.

No harm, I'll order a takeaway from my favorite Chinese.

Closing because of the virus.

So, I guess my birthday will be a long day of gaming. Nothing new there then :pac:

cloudatlas

mloc123 wrote: »

And did you watch the full 60-90 minute press conference after he spoke with Coveney, Harris and a handful of others? i guess not..

Guess I just saw the announcement from Washington that was posted on here. Can't find anything on youtube.

Kaisr Sose

forgodssake wrote: »

I turned 40 today . To go on social media and see those assholes in the pub sickens my **** . I spent the day holed up at home as I will be doing until my shift on the frontline on Monday . People will never ****ing learn. I'm so angry. Stay safe guys x

Happy Birthday, enjoy your downtime until work on Monday. What is the frontline for you?

d51984

Happy birthday forgodssak, thanks for your service.

Hurrache

ChikiChiki wrote: »

I expect over 50 new cases tomorrow and it to be called then.

There is outrage tonight on social media over the goings on in Temple Bar. I'd imagine Harris and Varadkar phones have been pinging all evening. Rightly so.

**** the Vintners and their Paddy's Day cash cow.

The thing is, only Irish gob****es go out in Temple Bar, we've no excuse as we should know how much of a **** hole it is. Durty fordeners spreading their virus's's's's

mloc123

Shn99 wrote: »

There are people in ICU tonight, families grieving, 163 families on the island worrying about loved ones with COVID19. Im sure your celebration can wait if needs be

ah come on, the guy is trying to have some optimistic outlook that things may be normal by October...

cannotlogin

martin101 wrote: »

Just got a photo from my mate. He was also out last night and again tonight. Picture of his pint and shot at the bar in a pub in town. Saying getting pissed. This guy works in a nursing home. Id love to report him to the nursing home. Disgrace.

Please do. The elderly people of this country deserve far better than to have a carer like that.

skimpydoo

skimpydoo wrote: »

My 50th birthday is later this year in late October and I hope to be able to celebrate it, but I shall have to wait and see.

You will skimpy, you will. See you here in late October and we’ll raise a toast to you x

cloudatlas

Hurrache wrote: »

You're criticising, and making it personal, Leo Varadkar, while defending the UKs impotency

How is it personal? I don't understand what you've written either, Leo Varadkar, Ireland's impotency.

Spook_ie

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Starting to think this might have some credibility with the way this virus is spreading.

Correct or not will probably be proven when China lift the lockdown.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/chinas-imported-coronavirus-cases-rise-as-local-infections-drop-again-idUSKBN21106O

They are reported as having more imported cases at the moment than home grown cases which will be interesting to see if it kicks off again in China because of these imported cases and herd immunity/vacination becomes the only way to ultimately contain it!

cloudatlas

cloudatlas wrote: »

The U.K are doing nothing according to most on this thread, you must be mistaken. That wasn't mentioned in the press conference that went on for more than 40 minutes.

No sorry you're correct it was a story saying they are considering making over 70s quarantine for four months.

https://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-14/elderly-to-be-quarantined-for-four-months-in-wartime-style-mobilisation-to-combat-coronavirus/

Naggdefy

JRant wrote: »

Not a single country, including the epicenter has anywhere near that 40% infection rate. That's an alarmist figure that bares no basis in reality.
Anyway, think you forgot to carry the one on those calculations. It's not 2%, it's 0.2% for that age cohort.

That's what WHO predict.

Do the maths. 0.2 % of 2,000,000 aged 18-42 is 40,000.

fr336

I don't know if this will reassure anyone and I don't have the Irish figures but just looked up the number of over 60 year olds in the UK. It's over 12 million. 12 million! This thing isn't going to get even a million. Half a million is the UK worst case prediction. Which would be truly horrific. But it probably isn't going to come to that. It's going to be bad, perhaps very bad, but surely on these numbers the chances of us personally losing people decreases? (I will try to find the Irish figures)