Covid 19 Part XXIX-85,394 ROI(2,200 deaths) 62,723 NI (1,240 deaths) (26/12) Read OP

speckle

Happydays2020 wrote: »

Had a restaurant booking tomorrow but decided to cancel. Too dangerous.

Are you trying to get people to cancel so you can book a place?

Arghus

TonyMaloney wrote: »

You're saying the IT glitch is a distraction for the real conspiracy?

Interesting. Deeper and deeper we go.

Obviously the IT glitch is just a cover story so that people will have an easily explainable reason for a potential increase in numbers tomorrow....?

Seems that if you're trying to pull the wool over people's eyes then you probably wouldn't volunteer how and why you're going to do it first.

But forget logic here.

Jackman25

eagle eye wrote: »

Smart move I think.

Even my friend who owns a restuarant said he doesn't expect many takers over the next couple of months, probably a bit right before Christmas. He said he wouldn't be near a restaurant himself if it wasn't his business.

Must be some kip if he isn't filling it all the rest of this month.

Rang round a few places today. Booked up to the bollix.

podgeandrodge

I presume with this IT glitch, tomorrow they will report the correct figure for today, and then the actual figure for tommorrow, rather than adding the lost figures from today to tomorrow's score and causing unnecessary concern for George.

Jackman25

Don't know why people are so hung up on backlogs or cases being held back etc.

Personally couldn't give a rats, if they dropped 10,000 cases from a backlog tomorrow evening.

Also the complaining about George Lee is a bit tiresome, just switch over. or better yet do yourself a favor and don't tune into them at all

Those NPHET briefings and the follow up from George Lee are as predictable as Mass. Just boring at this stage.

ACitizenErased

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I presume with this IT glitch, tomorrow they will report the correct figure for today, and then the actual figure for tommorrow, rather than adding the lost figures from today to tomorrow's score and causing unnecessary concern for George.

You and I both know the answer to this

Jim_Hodge

Jackman25 wrote: »

Must be some kip if he isn't filling it all the rest of this month.

Rang round a few places today. Booked up to the bollix.

In fairness, a quality restaurant near me has decided not to open this side of the new year as the owners felt it was unsafe. They have a deli and coffee shop that they are operating though.

Van.Bosch

KrustyUCC wrote: »

"Stark warning from Philip Nolan.

If R number goes to 2 over Christmas... we could see 800-1,200 cases per day by mid-January.

Holohan says modelling data is what could happen. “We’re not trying to scare people... we’re implying very small changes to R number that we had before we went to Level 5.”

Not trying to scare people lol

Yeah right of course they are

Was anyone expecting anything apart from another spike in Jan?

boggerman1

boggerman1 wrote: »

He was a disgrace again today on news at one finding as much problems as possible with the vaccines.he’s a joke now

George is a c**t on the numbers. Can we all agree on that. Can we all, with all opinions agree to stop talking about what George says and just talk about facts

Plumbthedepths

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

In fairness, a quality restaurant near me has decided not to open this side of the new year as the owners felt it was unsafe. They have a deli and coffee shop that they are operating though.

Every restaurant in my hometown is reopening Friday including one new restaurant.
I had to ring 9 restaurants before I could get a booking for Saturday. I have no doubt they will operate safely. My experience before they were forced shut was they were adhering to the advice and protecting their staff and customers.
I suspect the restaurant you are talking about can afford to keep the doors locked because of their other income streams.

podgeandrodge

eagle eye wrote: »

Sweet, between the couple of oranges I eat daily and my vitamin d pills I should be in good shape if I happened to contract it.

If you contract Covid, there's no hope for the rest of us to avoid it!

Plumbthedepths

[Deleted User] wrote: »

George is a c**t on the numbers. Can we all agree on that. Can we all, with all opinions agree to stop talking about what George says and just talk about facts

Lee was a good correspondent for Economics but far too driven by hysteria to report on Covid objectively. I for the life of don't understand why the actual Health correspondent Bowers has taken a back seat and allowed Lee to muscle in.

Plumbthedepths

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Lee was a good correspondent for Economics but far too driven by hysteria to report on Covid objectively. I for the life of don't understand why the actual Health correspondent Bowers has taken a back seat and allowed Lee to muscle in.

Bowers has been pretty excellent throughout to be fair. Plain and simple facts with some balanced analysis.

RTÉ have a thing for the likes or George Lee and Teresa Mannion who become part of the story however

TonyMaloney

People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

Prove me wrong

KrustyUCC

podgeandrodge wrote: »

I presume with this IT glitch, tomorrow they will report the correct figure for today, and then the actual figure for tommorrow, rather than adding the lost figures from today to tomorrow's score and causing unnecessary concern for George.

Yes will be interesting to see which way they report alright

speckle

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Was anyone expecting anything apart from another spike in Jan?

Well it would be nice if the damage is 90% lower again from x amount of people. I say people not to disrespect those who pass away.
New simple workable treatment breakthroughs would be nice too and at home good rapid tests and a simpke cheap t cell test and...I feel like making a list for the red one who I dont believe in anyhow. If you know what I mean like.

KrustyUCC

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Was anyone expecting anything apart from another spike in Jan?

There will be a spike in January alright

Just remains to be seen how much

ShyMets

TonyMaloney wrote: »

People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

Prove me wrong

Well I going to a pub serving food on Saturday to watch the All Ireland Semi Final but I've never bought anything in Penneys let alone queue outside it.

Guess that's one person who's proved you wrong

TonyMaloney

ShyMets wrote: »

Well I going to a pub serving food on Saturday to watch the All Ireland Semi Final but I've never bought anything in Penneys let alone queue outside it.

Guess that's one person who's proved you wrong

I'm not necessarily saying you've ever set foot in a Penney's (thanks for subtly correcting my spelling), I'm saying you're compelled by the same psychological forces that drives a person to queue outside a shopping center at 4.30 in the morning

niallo27

TonyMaloney wrote: »

People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

Prove me wrong

So people follow restrictions for months, they are lifted, probably for a few weeks due to having one of the lowest rates in Europe and you still want them to stay at home. These people are doing nothing wrong but still we have posters here judging them. Its all pretty pathetic and miserable at this stage.

TonyMaloney

TonyMaloney wrote: »

People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

Prove me wrong

Me and my family will go for breakfast Saturday morning in a local restaurant. Absolutely nothing wrong with that

eagle eye

niallo27 wrote:

So people follow restrictions for months, they are lifted, probably for a few weeks due to having one of the lowest rates in Europe and you still want them to stay at home. These people are doing nothing wrong but still we have posters here judging them. Its all pretty pathetic and miserable at this stage.

I'm struggled ng to understand how you took this out of the post you quoted.

ShyMets

TonyMaloney wrote: »

I'm not necessarily saying you've ever set foot in a Penney's (thanks for subtly correcting my spelling), I'm saying you're compelled by the same psychological forces that drives a person to queue outside a shopping center at 4.30 in the morning

The only psychological forces compelling me is to meet with my Brother and Nephew to watch the game. We could meet in a house but we're following Dr Tony's advice by avoiding household settings

Deeper Blue

George Lee on the 9 o clock news just now: "NPHET have confirmed that they're worried"

He also reported that the sky is blue and grass is green

Keep it up George

Seamai

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Lee was a good correspondent for Economics but far too driven by hysteria to report on Covid objectively. I for the life of don't understand why the actual Health correspondent Bowers has taken a back seat and allowed Lee to muscle in.

I'm listening to him now on the 9.00 News, I watched the whole press briefing this evening and I don't think that either Philip Nolan or Tony Holohan were anywhere near as negative as Lee is suggesting in his little chat with Eileen Dunne.

eagle eye

El SueÃ&#177 wrote: »

George Lee on the 9 o clock news just now: "NPHET have confirmed that they're worried"

He also reported that the sky is blue and grass is green

Keep it up George

Why don't you stop watching him if he annoys you?

TonyMaloney

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Me and my family will go for breakfast Saturday morning in a local restaurant. Absolutely nothing wrong with that

Nothing wrong with going to Penney's

Deeper Blue

eagle eye wrote: »

Why don't you stop watching him if he annoys you?

Such a lazy argument. Yawn

eagle eye

El SueÃ&#177 wrote: »

Such a lazy argument. Yawn

Argument, it's a genuine question.
If I don't like something I avoid it.

martingriff

ShyMets wrote: »

Well I going to a pub serving food on Saturday to watch the All Ireland Semi Final but I've never bought anything in Penneys let alone queue outside it.

Guess that's one person who's proved you wrong

In fairness I am not sure he is talking about you as you are going for a specific reason of watching a match I believe he means those who will be waiting for the doors to open and try to rush in on Friday. I have no problems with them open and so should the so called wet pubs as long as done so safely

Edit Maybe I was wrong about the poster