Covid19 Part XV - 15,251 in ROI (610 deaths) 2,645 in NI (194 deaths) (19/04) Read OP

PTH2009

Anyone doing any of the courses on fetchcourses ??

Starting the CompTIA A+ Core Series course this week

JP Liz V1

Beasty wrote: »

WWE an "essential business" in Florida:pac:

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1249980624745779200

Isn't there some positive cases in WWE now

Ace2007

expectationlost wrote: »

Sinn Féin has cancelled its public meetings in Cavan and Galway after a case of coronavirus was confirmed at the school attended by Mary Lou McDonald's children https://www.newstalk.com/news/mary-lou-mcdonald-cancels-meetings-children-attend-coronavirus-hit-dublin-school-976286

Yea but she fit and well to attend the Dail as outlined above

expectationlost

Ace2007 wrote: »

Yea but she fit and well to attend the Dail as outlined above

oh right she was in the Dail March 19th https://www.kildarestreet.com/td/mary_lou_mcdonald/dublin_central and march 5th

LoughNeagh2017

I'm sick of being tik tok dance videos, they are so annoying to watch. Society are like sheep with their silly apps. The only app I would download is one that blocks tik tok videos.

virginmediapls

polesheep wrote: »

And you don't?

My horse is the "not wanting a rake of people to die needlessly" horse.

Your horse is the "I'm losing a rake of money because of this government" horse.

Your horse should be put down.

Tony EH

expectationlost wrote: »

why are they wasting their time talking to trump, try and get interviews with his cabinet, senior advisors/faucci at least or governors... Trump is waste of time.

That's what he's there for. He's a sponge to soak up time and divert attention.

MD1990

about 25 patients are in St Fintans psychiatric hospital in Portlaoise.

9 of those have died from the virus.

polesheep

polesheep wrote: »

My wife is an ICU nurse. It's you that has no credibility.

virginmediapls wrote: »

So is mine, actually.

Polesheep and Virginmediapls discover they are both married to the same woman....

Kermit.de.frog

I see Dublin Airport has corrected Gemma O'Doherty on Twitter (click for thread of facts)

https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1249991450558947328

expectationlost

MD1990 wrote: »

about 25 patients are in St Fintans psychiatric hospital in Portlaoise.

9 of those have died from the virus.

'Unsuitable' psychiatric hospital continuing to admit patients


https://www.thejournal.ie/unsuitable-psychiatric-hospital-continuing-to-admit-patients-555509-Aug2012/

smelly sock

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Polesheep and Virginmediapls discover they are both married to the same woman....

Haha

smelly sock

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

I'm sick of being tik tok dance videos, they are so annoying to watch. Society are like sheep with their silly apps. The only app I would download is one that blocks tik tok videos.

Dont watch them so.

owlbethere

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I see Dublin Airport has corrected Gemma O'Doherty on Twitter (click for thread of facts)

https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1249991450558947328

What is she rattling on about now?

Kermit.de.frog

owlbethere wrote: »

What is she rattling on about now?

quokula

theballz wrote: »

Hi,

I got tested the weekend (Saturday,) it was fairly unclear in terms of next steps. They just said the HSE will contact me with results, I know their is a backlog and I am not expecting to hear from them before the end of this week at the earliest, however, I am keen to hear from someone who has tested positive.

What are the next steps?
How did they contact you? Phone or text?
Was it a doctor, nurse etc?

Any help greatly appreciated

I know someone who tested positive and shared the details with me. Took about 5 or 6 days for result to come. The person on the call didn't say if they were a doctor or nurse, I assume it was just admin staff. They gave the result, and asked for more details about the timing and nature of their symptoms (presumably as a data gathering excercise), then passed on to someone else to ask for details of contacts.

I assume contact tracing is complicated for some people but in this case they'd been self isolating and could list the names and numbers of the only possible contacts straight away. Advice from there was just to keep self isolating, stressing that this is complete isolation so no 2km runs or grocery shops (I don't know if they offer help with getting food if it's a problem), until 14 days after start of symptoms or 7 days after end, whichever is longer.

This was for someone who was young and had mild symptoms so there was never any question of hospital or whatever. They weren't informed of any next steps, they've passed the time where they no longer need to self isolate but continuing to do so anyway for safety. Nowhere else to go anyway - there's no certificate of immunity or anything to let you go out and ignore all the rules.

walshb

House Arrest.....laughable

She should go to SK or China during lockdown and she'll know all about what house arrest is.

Our lockdown is the Benny Hill and Scooby Doo of lockdowns.....and I am grateful for that

eagle eye

Did you notice the amount of people being interviewed on tv with book shelves behind them. Some of them look like pictures. In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

New Home

Because people still read and collect books?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=19

quokula

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I see Dublin Airport has corrected Gemma O'Doherty on Twitter (click for thread of facts)

https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1249991450558947328

That needs to be reposted every time someone on here prattles on about how we need to close down the airport here.

Along with some of the replies like this one, which show why people still need it.

https://twitter.com/CAugustenborg/status/1250021216322228226

Ace2007

eagle eye wrote: »

Did you notice the amount of people being interviewed on tv with book shelves behind them. Some of them look like pictures. In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

Because a lot of people are sick looking at screens all day in work/on their phone, so want to read physical books

eagle eye

Ace2007 wrote:

Because a lot of people are sick looking at screens all day in work/on their phone, so want to read physical books

An e-reader is nothing like a computer screen.

Pinch Flat

Gemma's on the sherry again....

Achasanai

eagle eye wrote: »

In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

I'm guessing the vast majority of people without ereaders and/or those who prefer to read physical books?

smelly sock

Ace2007 wrote: »

Because a lot of people are sick looking at screens all day in work/on their phone, so want to read physical books

Ereader / Book = Same thing

Laois_Man

Man people will have been collecting books for decades before there were any e-readers. No mystery!

Doctors room ghost

eagle eye wrote: »

An e-reader is nothing like a computer screen.

I prefer a book to any of them e readers or kindles.
No charging a book and losing chargers.
It’s nice to go in a bookshop too and do an hours looking from you.
Manys the good book I got in the charity shop for pennies and give them away when you have it finished

quokula

quokula wrote: »

That needs to be reposted every time someone on here prattles on about how we need to close down the airport here.

Along with some of the replies like this one, which show why people still need it.

https://twitter.com/CAugustenborg/status/1250021216322228226

That name is suspiciously foreign. Gemma will be after them soon

Hrududu

Last week a target for our ire was of course....the deaf. Today, people who own books. The bastards.

I can't wait to see who it will be tomorrow.

New Home

eagle eye wrote: »

An e-reader is nothing like a computer screen.

An e-reader is nothing like a book

smelly sock wrote: »

Ereader / Book = Same thing

Not quite.

Gynoid

eagle eye wrote: »

Did you notice the amount of people being interviewed on tv with book shelves behind them. Some of them look like pictures. In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

Mmmhmmm and when the epoch-cleansing EMP hits from out of the blue and wipes out all your fancy pants e-readers, it will be old fogeys like me with our shelves full of herbals, gardening and craft books, DIY Encyclopedias vols 1 through 80, ancient histories, science books and tattered copies of Dante's Inferno who will rebuild a civilised world for you, young man. Hold mah earrings...

New Home

Gynoid wrote: »

Mmmhmmm and when the epoch-cleansing EMP hits from out of the blue and wipes out all your fancy pants e-readers, it will be old fogeys like me with our shelves full of herbals, gardening and craft books, DIY Encyclopedias vols 1 through 80, ancient histories, science books and tattered copies of Dante's Inferno who will rebuild a civilised world for you, young man. Hold mah earrings...

That made me chuckle, thank you!

eagle eye

Well part of my post was that some of these people actually don't have a book shelf just a picture of one on the wall behind them when they are being interviewed. What is that about?

New Home

Depends on where they're sitting?

Or they're using that background hiding thingy from Skype? A picture of a bookshelf? I never noticed, TBH.

eagle eye

Gynoid wrote:

Mmmhmmm and when the epoch-cleansing EMP hits from out of the blue and wipes out all your fancy pants e-readers, it will be old fogeys like me with our shelves full of herbals, gardening and craft books, DIY Encyclopedias vols 1 through 80, ancient histories, science books and tattered copies of Dante's Inferno who will rebuild a civilised world for you, young man. Hold mah earrings...

I'm not young but I move with the times.

Tony EH

eagle eye wrote: »

Did you notice the amount of people being interviewed on tv with book shelves behind them. Some of them look like pictures. In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

What?

Doctors room ghost

eagle eye wrote: »

Well part of my post was that some of these people actually don't have a book shelf just a picture of one on the wall behind them when they are being interviewed. What is that about?

Anyone with a picture of a bookshelf instead of an actual bookshelf should be took outside and shot,for the greater good.
Pretentious,shark jumping,skinny latte drinking gombeens.
They probably eat avocados aswell

jobeenfitz

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Polesheep and Virginmediapls discover they are both married to the same woman....

God love her, she really is a hero!

walshb

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

I prefer a book to any of them e readers or kindles.
No charging a book and losing chargers.
It’s nice to go in a bookshop too and do an hours looking from you.
Manys the good book I got in the charity shop for pennies and give them away when you have it finished

Howya, Tubridy!!

Gynoid

eagle eye wrote: »

I'm not young but I move with the times.

I have a kindle too. Not knocking them. But my library will be for my children's children to trip out on.

quokula

eagle eye wrote: »

Did you notice the amount of people being interviewed on tv with book shelves behind them. Some of them look like pictures. In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

I've noticed it, it's started to become a bit of a game between my partner and I to spot what's on the bookshelves. It definitely seems like a way to project how well read they are before they go on tv.

I'm working from home and have been in video chats with 100+ people over the last few weeks and haven't seen a book shelf behind one of them that I can recall. Though I guess they're all from a technology and engineering background rather than a journalism / acting background.

saneman

eagle eye wrote: »

Well part of my post was that some of these people actually don't have a book shelf just a picture of one on the wall behind them when they are being interviewed. What is that about?

Although I haven't had the need to use Zoom yet I know that it allows the use of virtual backgrounds, maybe it's just to hide the stacks of empty cans, bottles or whatever chaos has evolved in their houses since lockdown commenced.

jam_mac_jam

eagle eye wrote: »

Did you notice the amount of people being interviewed on tv with book shelves behind them. Some of them look like pictures. In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

I have four big bookshelves in my house. I'm not going to throw out all my books and buy them again on kindle.

I would find a house without a bookshelf much stranger.

Quantum Erasure

eagle eye wrote: »

Well part of my post was that some of these people actually don't have a book shelf just a picture of one on the wall behind them when they are being interviewed. What is that about?

It's just for the aesthetics.

Same as news stations reporting live from X studio, with the reporter infront of a green screen, and a live stream of the city being played behind them. Eg RTE from Cork

speckle

theballz wrote: »

Hi,

I got tested the weekend (Saturday,) it was fairly unclear in terms of next steps. They just said the HSE will contact me with results, I know their is a backlog and I am not expecting to hear from them before the end of this week at the earliest, however, I am keen to hear from someone who has tested positive.

What are the next steps?
How did they contact you? Phone or text?
Was it a doctor, nurse etc?

Any help greatly appreciated

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/testing.html
read down through this and I think you will find all that info

https://www2.hse.ie/conditions/coronavirus/self-isolation-and-limited-social-interaction.html#self-isolation
info on self isolation

caveat emptor

saneman wrote: »

Although I haven't had the need to use Zoom yet I know that it allows the use of virtual backgrounds, maybe it's just to hide the stacks of empty cans, bottles or whatever chaos has evolved in their houses since lockdown commenced.

I've noticed the trend too and have had zoom calls. I went with this for the craic. Don't think anybody got the joke.

Sittingpretty

eagle eye wrote: »

Did you notice the amount of people being interviewed on tv with book shelves behind them. Some of them look like pictures. In this day and age with e-readers why would so many have book shelves or want to look like they have them?

:eek:

Wash your mouth out with soap!

GeorgeBailey

Hrududu wrote: »

Last week a target for our ire was of course....the deaf. Today, people who own books. The bastards.

I can't wait to see who it will be tomorrow.

There seems to be a need for a target for outrage at all times, no matter how ridiculous the target may be.

polesheep

hawkelady wrote: »

Don’t worry, the jets are cool.. I must be wasting my time , according to you , doing up rosters for nursing staff that were on part time but now doing full time .. some of them reluctant but they are stepping up to the plate.. maybe you should talk to your wife more..

Part time to full time is not what was being discussed. It was extra hours on top of full time.

Tony EH

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Gemma's on the sherry again....

I think it's a few sherry's she's in need of, to chill the fuck out.

Strange creature altogether.