Social distancing Megathread

TrivialArguer

Bob24 wrote: »

I do wipe whatever goes into the fridge/freezer and quarantine the rest for a day or 2.

What do you wipe them with? Antibacterial wipe or something else?

Bob24

TrivialArguer wrote: »

What do you wipe them with? Antibacterial wipe or something else?

Yep antibacterial wipes. Probably not perfect but better than nothing.

TrivialArguer

Bob24 wrote: »

Yep antibacterial wipes. Probably not perfect but better than nothing.

Im doing that now too. Makes sense, and isnt too much trouble.

khaldrogo

I've seen over the last few weeks any number of groups of young, mostly males, teenagers in groups together.

What are they thinking? What are the parent(s) thinking??

It's crazy. What should the police be doing? Fine the parents? Stop their social welfare payments?

biko

Young male teenagers are stupid.

Throw rocks at them.

Scoondal

How many people die in Ireland every year from inflenza viruses ?

paleoperson

Scoondal wrote: »

How many people die in Ireland every year from inflenza viruses ?

Probably technically more than killed from this so far, but the flu only kills elderly people already on the way out, with incredibly rare exceptions.

Scoondal

paleoperson wrote: »

Probably still more than killed from this but the flu only kills elderly people already on the way out, with incredibly rare exceptions.

What a disgusting statement.

paleoperson

Scoondal wrote: »

What a disgusting statement.

Your face is a disgusting statement.

Mod

Thread banned

Scoondal

paleoperson wrote: »

Your face is a disgusting statement.

Okay, perhaps my face is disgusting.
But for someone to say people who die from influnenza were probably "on their way out" is showing a total lack of empathy for how those people died by their lungs no longer working. I have seen a person with pneumonia. Please show or pretend to show some empathy to those now suffering lung diseases.

paleoperson

Scoondal wrote: »

Okay, perhaps my face is disgusting.
But for someone to say people who die from influnenza were probably "on their way out" is showing a total lack of empathy for how those people died by their lungs no longer working. I have seen a person with pneumonia. Please show or pretend to show some empathy to those now suffering lung diseases.

It's not showing any lack of empathy at all, it's a fact. The amount of years healthy life expectancy left that are taken in this is thousands or millions of times those lost from the seasonal flu. That's not empathy or lack of empathy, that's just fact.

I decided to attempt answering your question because I tried to assume good faith but apparently you are a different type of poster - you won't say what you mean, but put loaded questions out there and then try to bait people into saying something you assume is wrong so you can come down hard on them.

khaldrogo

Scoondal wrote: »

..... Please show or pretend to show some empathy to those now suffering lung diseases.

You can't demand this of someone ffs!!!

El_Duderino 09

Scoondal wrote: »

What a disgusting statement.

I thought it was a fairly accurate statement TBF.

Scoondal

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I thought it was a fairly accurate statement TBF.

Okay, maybe I am wrong.
So, are we saying that people who are old (or not old) die for lots of reasons ?

degsie

How come all COV-19 threads descend into bickering. Is this what we have become?

Scoondal

degsie wrote: »

How come all COV-19 threads descend into bickering. Is this what we have become?

Thank you.

A post that I made lead to personal abuse.

El_Duderino 09

Scoondal wrote: »

Okay, maybe I am wrong.
So, are we saying that people who are old (or not old) die for lots of reasons ?

I suppose so. The difference the poster was pointing out is that people die from flu. And those people were probably closer to death than those killed by covid. Flu only really kills weaker people than covid. (Weaker in the context of health). So covid would kill many more people and healthier people, than flu if both were left to infect the population without social distancing.

Scoondal

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I suppose so. The difference the poster was pointing out is that people die from flu. And those people were probably closer to death than those killed by covid. Flu only really kills weaker people than covid. (Weaker in the context of health). So covid would kill many more people and healthier people, than flu if both were left to infect the population without social distancing.

Can I have your permission to quote your reply on other online forums ?

expectationlost

this guy has eveyone beat https://twitter.com/sharonlambert0/status/1247940711661658112

Scoondal

paleoperson wrote: »

Probably technically more than killed from this so far, but the flu only kills elderly people already on the way out, with incredibly rare exceptions.

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Scoondal

paleoperson wrote: »

Probably technically more than killed from this so far, but the flu only kills elderly people already on the way out, with incredibly rare exceptions.

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Quantum Erasure

Scoondal wrote: »

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expectationlost wrote: »

this guy has eveyone beat https://twitter.com/sharonlambert0/status/1247940711661658112

don't know about the 2km, but he should be grand for the 2 metre distancing

(or should that scale up, the higher up you are?...)

Nollog

Scoondal wrote: »

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El_Duderino 09

Scoondal wrote: »

Can I have your permission to quote your reply on other online forums ?

I suppose so. it's all anonymous so go ahead. Why?

degsie

degsie wrote: »

How come all COV-19 threads descend into bickering. Is this what we have become?

because the same people who get banned from other COVID threads jump to the latest one and start all over again. Far too many people are spending far too much time on Boards.ie and are full of frustration and anger. I understand frustration and anger but get outside into the garden or do a workout or just go offline!

I am still working, check on the Boards in the morning and don't check in again till I am home in the evening. What I see is the SAME people every day are online all day ranting, page after page after page. Go read a book or do an online course.

ELM327

Scoondal wrote: »

This comment has been reported as offensive.

So we are allowed to be offended by actuality now?

Bob24

Scoondal wrote: »

How many people die in Ireland every year from inflenza viruses ?

IMO is it is pointless to compare Covid-19 figures with historical seasonal flu figures.

Covid-19 figures relate to a situation with extreme containment measures in places whereas nothing like this was ever attempted before with the seasonal flue.

As a matter of fact, the number of flu cases in Ireland in March/April this year will probably be almost nothing compared to historical figures. Since the flu is significantly less contagious than the Covid-19, measures which are good enough to slow-down Covid-19 are probably almost eradicating seasonal flu.

Stark

ELM327 wrote: »

So we are allowed to be offended by actuality now?

Ignore the troll. If you look at his posts on other forums he's looking for any way he can to get round the current restrictions so obviously not taking "every single life is precious" too seriously.

Nollog

ELM327 wrote: »

So we are allowed to be offended by actuality now?

Where have you been the past 3 years?