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

BarryD2

Cheerful Spring2 wrote: »

Some of us then said then airports should be shut down then to stop it coming here from Italy. Now the thread exploded with new users all worried. Politicians should have done what was needed weeks ago and this would be prevented. Everyone HSE, WHO, and Irish government are all at fault for not stopping air travel..

Well at the very least they should have contained the people coming back from Italy etc. We were supposed to be containing it, instead infected people went about normal life. It was a bad call. Containing it more effectively would have slowed it down more.

Lucy8080

"The Temple Bar closed from immediate effect"...on their facebook page.

VinLieger

KiKi III wrote: »

I have. As far as I can tell, small groups of low-risk people getting together without touching should not be a big deal?

None of us have any reason to have contact with at risk person like an older person or someone with a weak immune system.

I’m happy to follow advice like sanitizing often, sitting apart rather than right next to each other etc but otherwise I’m not fully seeing the reasoning behind moving from social distancing to full-on social isolation?

This might explain it better


https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_source=reddit.com


Just because you are outside the danger group does not mean none of you could get sick enough to require hospitalization, the idea as explained in the article is to flatten the curve of infections for EVERYONE not just the at risk groups.

Cee-Jay-Cee

silverharp wrote: »

that's not a good argument, NI aren't as deranged as you suggest

You’d like to think that the shinners/IRA would want to protect the 26 counties and so wouldn’t be against the border being closed in order to prevent people from the free and open UK travelling to Eire and the Loyalists would be absolutely delighted to have a hard/closed border.

Hobgoblin11

MipMap wrote: »

The Hong Kong people don't say "how High" when Carrie Lam
says jump.


They trash the city instead.


We don't do that

They started off peacefully protesting about extradition, a big deal

VinLieger

Lucy8080 wrote: »

"The Temple Bar closed from immediate effect"...on their facebook page.

They would still be open if they hadn't been embarrassed into closing

Harry Palmr

It's my birthday but the good news is that I have not entered a risk group that is any higher than was already the case.

nacho libre

Gods Gift wrote: »

Sunday March 15.

A day that will live in infamy.

The day ISIS issued a warning to its supporters to stay away from Europe?

otnomart

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

That's a shocking increase, I was surprised they didn't close their border with Italy early on.

Switzerland's healthcare system is not self sufficient.
They rely on thousands of healthcare workers from Italy, who commute daily.
If they stop them, Switzerland's healthcare system will collapse.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/-epidemia-solidale-_caro-frontaliere--ti-ospito-io-/45612940

Beasty

I will say this yet again, but from now on not only will your posts be deleted, but you may well get additional sanctions applied

It is against site rules to request or offer any medical advice. If you have symptoms phone your doctor, and do not try and get a diagnosis from some randomer on the internet. Do not ask what medication to take here

Any questions, please PM me

Blueshoe

Lucy8080 wrote: »

"The Temple Bar closed from immediate effect"...on their facebook page.

You'd wonder if they did it because of public health or because of backlash from the public?

If word got out that a few punters had picked up or shared while in that area it wouldn't look good

wakka12

1360 new cases in Spain so far today.

alastair

sterz wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRc389TvG8

the deftone

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Absolutely. You probably have the stamps to qualify.

Potentially you would also be due redundancy (if you've worked in the job for more than two years), which is covered by the state if the employer can't afford it. Or it may be the case that your employer will go the temporary layoff route, in which case you should be able to claim redundancy in four weeks if there's still no work.

Worst case scenario, you would get the Supplementary Welfare Allowance which exist for people who have no other income or do not qualify for any other social welfare payment.

Unfortunately I can't advise on what measures have been implemented to streamline applications in the current environment. If none have yet been taken, I would expect they will be in the very near future.

Edit: I would perhaps advise caution in claiming redundancy in four weeks if your employer does use temporary layoff. Ultimately, your sector will survive. People will still need their hair cut so probably you'll still have a job when all is said and done.

Thanks very much for the info, hopefully it wont be too long to get it all sorted.

Syncpolice

Going to be an awful lot.of.people out of work soon

1800_Ladladlad

The videos that are doing the rounds on twitter, showing the police in China making their way through high rise apartment blocks in Wuhan, unlocking/unbolting/unwelding the doors of apartments only to find bodies laying on the floor after collapsing, are grim. One video shows a young man in an apartment waiting at the door with two dead bodies on the floor in separate rooms. They may have been his parents/relatives. He looked distraught. God only knows how many more there are like this. It's very sad.

devildriver

VinLieger wrote: »

This might explain it better


https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_source=reddit.com


Just because you are outside the danger group does not mean none of you could get sick enough to require hospitalization, the idea as explained in the article is to flatten the curve of infections for EVERYONE not just the at risk groups.

That simulation really is the best I've seen so far for explaining how social distancing can slow down the spread of infection.

BarryD2

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

You’d like to think that the shinners/IRA would want to protect the 26 counties and so wouldn’t be against the border being closed in order to prevent people from the free and open UK travelling to Eire and the Loyalists would be absolutely delighted to have a hard/closed border.

Ah now, the SF imperatives is an end to partition at all costs. So any means to achieve that is grist to the mill.

Sierra Oscar

Big backlash against the vintners on the news over their behavior. Good to see.

is_that_so

wakka12 wrote: »

1360 new cases in Spain so far today.

Is the French total still only 30?

Mad_maxx

digitaldr wrote: »

I was in what is possibly Ireland's dirtiest Tesco (Phibsboro) and all the till operatives were wearing gloves which they didn't seem to change or sanitise - utter madness!

I was in lidl yesterday, only one till operator wearing gloves and i was the only customer gloved up

Longing

Spanish numbers will be horrific at 8pm

Really bad at the moment.

BorneTobyWilde

Boris's plan is to imprison anyone over 70 for 4 months. What a looper.

TheCitizen

youreadthat wrote: »

They are not trying to infect 60% of the population...

I’m starting to see how easy and dangerous fake news is.

They are. That’s exactly what their”strategy” is. What is it that you can not understand?

Away With The Fairies

Heard that the first death in Ireland didn't know they had the virus. Wasn't confirmed until after their death. So there's way more out there with it and probably more dying of it as well.

Bob24

Lucy8080 wrote: »

"The Temple Bar closed from immediate effect"...on their facebook page.

Wondering if it is their own initiative or if they got a call from a government department.

Mad_maxx

Gods Gift wrote: »

North can’t be seen to follow the republic as unionists have to follow boris and kin. No matter what.

Arlene is particularly obtuse, during the foot and mouth crisis in 2001, the pragmatic Ian paisley declared that all the cattle and sheep were Irish now ( or words to that effect)

VinLieger

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Boris's plan is to imprison anyone over 70 for 4 months. What a looper.

Rumours that care home workers are being told they will be also locked up for the duration and recieve no extra pay or benefits for the inconvenience.

sterz

Longing wrote: »

Spanish numbers will be horrific at 8pm

Again, numbers are going to skyrocket for the next few weeks and months. To be expected unfortunately.

Blueshoe

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Boris's plan is to imprison anyone over 70 for 4 months. What a looper.

Bit of a stretch there again pal.
They are the most at risk group.