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

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  • Registered Users Posts: 15,715 ✭✭✭✭Fitz*




  • Registered Users Posts: 618 ✭✭✭marilynrr


    obi604 wrote: »
    Let’s say we do go in to lockdown.

    How does it work with getting your provisions from a shop.

    How is it decided who goes to the shop and when etc

    No idea how it's decided when you go out, but in Italy they have to fill out a form each time they go out...and have to carry it with them so that police can check it if they wish. I believe they can get some prison time if they're lying on the form!


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,672 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 452 ✭✭Logan Roy


    Tiddles_1 wrote: »
    Trump test Negative ... I call BS

    Source?


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Are you waiting on Covid19 test result?
    No I have a compromised immune system thanks to my incurable cancer and if I catch Covid I will be in ICU.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,709 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    KaneToad wrote: »
    Boards.ie is not where you should be looking. Try hse.ie instead. Its very clear on the plan.

    Went on hse.ie couldn't find a national plan, found the advice you'd expect to find for employers, self isolation but no national plan of action... it's late I'm tired. The fact that it's not easy to find any of this worries me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭landofthetree




  • Registered Users Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭hetuzozaho


    obi604 wrote: »
    Let’s say we do go in to lockdown.

    How does it work with getting your provisions from a shop.

    How is it decided who goes to the shop and when etc

    We all lineup and the shopkeeper goes along and counts 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 you remember your number and that's your shop team. We rehearsed this daily in PE for these very trying times!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 47 Tiddles_1




  • Registered Users Posts: 17,540 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Tiddles_1 wrote: »

    Is this the same physician who said he is the most healthiest man in the world


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,559 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    I wonder are these the three cases in the 'Northwest'? I wouldn't normally describe Cavan that way but I don't know what other category you'd put it in...

    I'd presume so,


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,883 ✭✭✭acequion


    Just got all this from a friend in Spain. Be very weird is that's what's soon facing us here.:eek:

    Coronavirus: What you can and can’t do during Spain’s state of alert

    Spain is on lockdown. Everything except supermarkets and pharmacies is closed and from Monday people will not be allowed to leave their homes except to get supplies or for exceptional reasons.
    From 8am on Monday, strict new measures will be imposed to keep Spaniards in their homes and prevent further spread of the coronavirus.

    The government has chosen to delay these steps until after the weekend to allow people to return to their place of residence and prepare for confinement.

    Everyone will be expected to stay within their homes and police will be given the powers to stop and question people found outside and in vehicles using public roads.

    And yet public transport will not be shut down, although it will be reduced by fifty percent, presumably because it still provides the only way to move around for key workers.

    People will only be allowed on the streets and to circulate in private cars under the following circumstances:

    To buy essentials from supermarkets or pharmacies

    Everything will close except for food shops and pharmacies so you will be allowed to leave the house only to visit to those establishments to buy essentials. Strict Strict measures will be in place at shops to prevent crowding and ensure that consumers and employees remain at least one metre apart from each other to reduce the risk of contagion.

    To go to work

    Companies have been told to order their employees to work from home when possible but there are obviously some jobs which are essential, such as those who work in healthcare or care for the elderly or if you are employed in one of those places which are needed to be kept open, such as public transport, supermarkets or pharmacies.

    To return to your primary place of residence

    If for some reason you are not at your home when the state of alert officially begins, you won’t have to stay where you are but will be allowed to travel back to your primary residence.

    To visit needy relatives or vulnerable people

    If you are responsible for someone who may live alone and need help, either because they are elderly, disabled or considered vulnerable in some way, you will be allowed to visit them and take them supplies.

    To visit the doctor or hospital

    Seeking medical treatment is a valid reason to leave the house but phone ahead to check the appointment is still happening as non-essential treatment at hospitals has in most cases been postponed. Do not leave the house to go to the hospital if you have symptoms of the coronavirus but stay home in quarantine and if the symptoms become severe then contact your regional hotline.

    To visit financial institutions

    We are assuming this is to visit a cash point and take out money because high street banks won’t be opening their doors and operating as normal.

    Due to force majeure or need and to carry out unspecified activityDue to force majeure or need and to carry out unspecified activity that can be justified as a valid reason

    No further information has yet been given as to what beyond those activities above might be considered "a force majeure" or "valid reason".

    Can I socialize with my friends?

    Um no, the whole point is that people need to stay home and socially distance to try and slow down spread of COVID-19.

    All bars, restaurants, cultural spaces have been shut down across Spain and you'll be stopped if you are spotted sitting in a park chatting with friends. The message is very clearly "Stay home and stay isolated".

    Tourists in Valencia checking their phones in the sun after the measures were announced on Saturday. Photo: AFP

    How long will this last?

    The state of alert will be in place for 15 days but could be extended with permission of Spain's parliament.

    Should I be stockpiling?

    In areas where supermarkets have been overwhelmed with people and have seen shelves emptied as panic buying set in, such as Madrid, police have been called in to limit numbers entering the supermarket and to prevent bulk buying of essential goods.

    Authorities insist there is no need to stockpile beyond buying enough to last the household for a week at a time, because the supplies are not threatened.

    Police stops and army on standby

    It also mentions all of Spain’s police forces will have the power to stop vehicles on public roads to check their purpose of being there and adds that drivers will be able to refuel at service stations.

    The Decree adds that the army may be drafted in if deemed necessary.

    If I am on holiday in Spain can I fly home?

    The state of alert does not mean that Spain’s borders will automatically be closed but expect a host of cancellations from airlines as the number of passengers drastically drops.

    Holiday companies such as Jet2 have cancelled all holidays to Spain from Saturday but if you are already in Spain on holiday expect provisions to be made for your return. You will need to contact your airline or holiday company and find out what arrangements will be made.

    Expect disruptions.

    Can I go for a walk in the park?

    The short answer is no. Children's playgrounds have been cordoned off and people are being told not to go outside to parks.

    But those with dogs are expected to be allowed to walk them if they maintain basic social distancing rules such as maintaining a safe distance between other dogwalkers


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Achasanai


    Serious question. They're not likely to follow any direction regarding this situation.


    Is it a serious question, though? Are they any less likely to follow directions than the people cramming the pubs at the moment? Are they any less likely to live in 'big groups' than the rest of us living in Dublin/Cork/Limerick?


    A shít take is still a shít take.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭auspicious


    obi604 wrote: »
    Let’s say we do go in to lockdown.

    How does it work with getting your provisions from a shop.

    How is it decided who goes to the shop and when etc

    Don't worry. That's a world away ( 3 weeks ). Relax.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,234 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Why? It’s cool to meet people from all over the world having the craic. Much better than sitting in some wannabe pretentious bar with the south Dublin clique. Wouldn’t go often but great for a different type of night when ya wanna see Dublin from a different perspective.

    Because it's a rip off **** hole tourist trap. Nothing more.


  • Registered Users Posts: 876 ✭✭✭ITman88


    PsychoPete wrote: »
    There was also 75000 in Old Trafford and 60000 in Anfield this week, no complaints over that

    The Anfield match was worse than Cheltenham. At least Cheltenham has some chance for separation of attendees, the away fans at Anfield came from Madrid and crammed into stands side by side.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,840 ✭✭✭hetuzozaho


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Is this the same physician who said he is the most healthiest man in the world

    You just wouldn't believe anything his..cronies say


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭Hobgoblin11


    Can't believe this virus is about to hit and factories are exporting MOST of the face masks that are being produced in the county to China and countries ,nobody can access them! Ireland is a disgrace that is about to be sorely exposed! No patriotism in this county or camaraderie, its all about contracts and money

    Dundalk, Co. Louth



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    LRNM wrote: »
    We have a family dinner planned for Monday. 8 people. Two of them over 60.

    Would you go?

    People please get the message, normal is on hold right now! Listen to the advice and stay at bloody home.

    No matter how much you don't want it to be that's the reality. Normal might return if we can do this.


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,866 ✭✭✭daheff


    bekker wrote: »
    I make it 341 by 19th March applying an constant exponent of 1.275 to preceding days cases, from a start date of Feb. 24th. Resulting curve is a good fit though based on inadequate data points.

    I think you 27.5% daily increase is a bit on the low side.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭threeball




  • Registered Users Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Tiddles_1 wrote: »

    He tested positive for something a few years ago, no other way to explain his behaviour.


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Was surprised to see my friend who lives in Singapore posting videos of a big street party there. Is the country clear of the virus now or?

    For reference, I had listed some of the things they are doing which we don’t here: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112832698&postcount=3007

    It was a generic post about developed Asian countries, but I believe Singapore is doing most of that.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Corkgirl20 wrote: »
    Wishing you happiness and health ! Hope you get to celebrate it exactly how you would have planned too!
    Thanks.


  • Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Strazdas wrote: »
    The eejits in Temple Bar have made it a certainty that pubs will be closed on St Patrick's Day.

    We obviously have a subset of alcos and drunks who are incapable of following government guidelines, not even during a global pandemic.

    It’s not even alcos and drunks.

    You can guarantee most of them are entitled pricks who don’t like being told by the gubberment what they can and can’t do.

    ‘If I want a pint I’ll go have a pint’ etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,353 ✭✭✭Shn99


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    No I have a compromised immune system thanks to my incurable cancer and if I catch Covid I will be in ICU.

    Sorry to hear that. I do apologise for what I said, didnt mean for it to cause upset. Just annoyed myself about people on social media out celebrating ect when there are people in hospitals with this disease. Shouldnt have allowed that to come across in what I was saying


  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭d51984


    Bit of normality restored.... shooting in Finglas.

    RIP boards.ie servers...

    Its a disgrace Joe!



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭Sam Quentin


    I can't believe the Trump haters are still hating even as we come to the end of the World...let it go,. Just let it go it's over it's all over.....

    Trump Rocks


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭✭josip


    How many ventilators do we have in Ireland?
    Is it 260 odd, the same number as ICU beds or is it more/less?
    How many ECMOs do we have?
    And are there enough trained staff to operate these or more if we got them?


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Tiddles_1 wrote: »

    BOOM! Stable genius. Healthy as a horse.

    THE DON.


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