Covid 19 Part XXXI-187,554 ROI (2,970 deaths) 100,319 NI (1,730 deaths)(24/01)Read OP

MerlinSouthDub

Antares35 wrote: »

That's true. I hadn't realised til I read your post actually how quiet they've been. Mary Lou was calling for school closure but only of late I think?

Mary Lou was interviewed on radio 1 today. Would not answer the simple question of whether schools should be open or closed for 6th years.

darem93

Steve012 wrote: »

Anyone have a clue if they will shut international travel altogether for a little while?

They really, really need to but no doubt it'll be put on the long finger until it's too late :rolleyes:

That's how the virus got here in the first place, why there hasn't been stricter regulations at the airports and ports is just beyond me.

Antares35

Kivaro wrote: »

I'm confused on that one.
Why is it less dangerous/contagious for builders to build social houses than it is for builders to build private houses, which are badly needed for the workers in the country? I understand that a small portion of social housing are occupied by workers, but it seems unfair that the building of private housing developments are now stopped, but social housing developments are allowed to continue.

It isn't, I'm just asking how people are getting around the exception rule.

Follow_ur_lead

Anyone reckon any chance of Lanzarote in July? Sorry if off topic. New to this.

Belt

Mike3549 wrote: »

If we manage to take 25k swabs a day, 50k vaccinations a week sounds very doable

We shouldnt need everyone vaccinated. Once those over 65, the vulnerable and frontline workers are vaccinated, we should be opening things back up. The low levels of ICUs and deaths would not justify keeping society lockdown.

Stheno

Follow_ur_lead wrote: »

Anyone reckon any chance of Lanzarote in July? Sorry if off topic. New to this.

Probably but you will probably need to have tests going out and coming back unless you are vaccinated

growleaves

growleaves wrote: »

Hospitalisations, ICU admissions and deaths will be way, way down in that instance so what will the justification be for Level 5...Long Covid?

To paraphrase Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels:

"A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of Long Covid."

My fiancé has an Australian passport.

See yee later suckerssssss!!!!!!!!!




:pac:

Belt

Belt wrote: »

We shouldnt need everyone vaccinated. Once those over 65, the vulnerable and frontline workers are vaccinated, we should be opening things back up. The low levels of ICUs and deaths would not justify keeping society lockdown.

The answer is we don't know. We will st least be continuing this lockdown through paddies day.

Endintheclowns

Belt wrote: »

We shouldnt need everyone vaccinated. Once those over 65, the vulnerable and frontline workers are vaccinated, we should be opening things back up. The low levels of ICUs and deaths would not justify keeping society lockdown.

We will need the majority vaccinated

Mike3549

Follow_ur_lead wrote: »

Anyone reckon any chance of Lanzarote in July? Sorry if off topic. New to this.

Let me take my crystal ball.... I have tickets to lanzarote end of april, and my expectations changes everyday. At the same time, one of my friends is on holidays in gran canaria atm, so i try to be positive.... and covid negative

caveat emptor

Deleted User wrote: »

My fiancé has an Australian passport.

See yee later suckerssssss!!!!!!!!!




:pac:

Don't you have to be married? :pac:

yermandan

Stheno wrote: »

Probably but you will probably need to have tests going out and coming back unless you are vaccinated

Wondering about this. Is it not the case that even if vaccinated we can catch it from and transmit to others? That the vaccination just prevents it impacting us? Apologies if I have that completely wrong

Widdensushi

Deleted User wrote: »

The answer is we don't know. We will st least be continuing this lockdown through paddies day.

Construction etc will be back sooner, gastropubs will be after Easter

Follow_ur_lead

Widdensushi wrote: »

Construction etc will be back sooner, gastropubs will be after Easter

Majority of construction wont stop.

seamus

[Deleted User] wrote: »

The answer is we don't know. We will st least be continuing this lockdown through paddies day.

I know Leo was gearing business up for end of March but realistically construction and click and collect will be back by Valentine's day, if not sooner.

Restaurants are done till after Paddy's, but we'll likely be at level 3 by then.

caveat emptor

caveat emptor wrote: »

Don't you have to be married? :pac:

October! Why do you think I'm jumping all over posts stating we will be stuck like this past summer

Endintheclowns

You know you've screwed up when even Boris Johnsons government is making more sense and taking this more seriously than your own.

Plumbthedepths

Follow_ur_lead wrote: »

Anyone reckon any chance of Lanzarote in July? Sorry if off topic. New to this.

Every chance but a negative test may be required going and coming. Factor that into the cost.
Colleague of my son went to Tenerife on Monday for six weeks. Rain and misery or Sun and misery. Easy choice if you have the time.

CoronaBlocker

Endintheclowns wrote: »

You'll have to point those doctors, nurses or Tesco workers in the small room with 25 others at the same time for 6 hrs to me because I must have missed it

Yes, teachers have it worse than everyone else. No question.
By far the worst affected through this whole thing. Again, no question.
Once more for emphasis: No question.

eggy81

seamus wrote: »

I know Leo was gearing business up for end of March but realistically construction and click and collect will be back by Valentine's day, if not sooner.

Restaurants are done till after Paddy's, but we'll likely be at level 3 by then.

I think the majority of construction may have put the 2 fingers up at these restrictions if what we are being told holds true

seamus

seamus wrote: »

I know Leo was gearing business up for end of March but realistically construction and click and collect will be back by Valentine's day, if not sooner.

Restaurants are done till after Paddy's, but we'll likely be at level 3 by then.

A lot depends on access to the astra zeneca vaccine.

caveat emptor

Deleted User wrote: »

October! Why do you think I'm jumping all over posts stating we will be stuck like this past summer

Congrats, don't let her get away so :eek:

podgeandrodge

So with all the restrictions, and assuming most people are impacted and contacts drop considerably, what is the main reason things are expected to stay bad until March?

If socialising got us to this point, should the stopping of that not cause a quick drop in numbers?

caveat emptor

caveat emptor wrote: »

Congrats, don't let her get away so :eek:

Em. I'm the 'her'.

podgeandrodge

podgeandrodge wrote: »

So with all the restrictions, and assuming most people are impacted and contacts drop considerably, what is the main reason things are expected to stay bad until March?

Highly infectious variant.

landofthetree

quartz1 wrote: »

A lot of this was avoidable if The Government had the courage before Christmas . .....the economic cost of keeping the lobby groups sweet will be massive not to mention the suffering of people who pick the virus up. Opposition can't say much because they never opened their mouths either.

What the government did before Xmas was popular with the public. Thats why it was done.

Endintheclowns

CoronaBlocker wrote: »

Yes, teachers have it worse than everyone else. No question.
By far the worst affected through this whole thing. Again, no question.
Once more for emphasis: No question.

So you can't point them out. Grand so, point made.

BobbyMalone

Kivaro wrote: »

I'm confused on that one.
Why is it less dangerous/contagious for builders to build social houses than it is for builders to build private houses, which are badly needed for the workers in the country? I understand that a small portion of social housing are occupied by workers, but it seems unfair that the building of private housing developments are now stopped, but social housing developments are allowed to continue.

I'm confused too. Are there many solely social housing developments being built? I thought most (at least in Dublin, maybe its different elsewhere) social housing was the 10 percent or whatever allocated from private developments?

Follow_ur_lead

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Every chance but a negative test may be required going and coming. Factor that into the cost.
Colleague of my son went to Tenerife on Monday for six weeks. Rain and misery or Sun and misery. Easy choice if you have the time.

Regarding a neg test coming back could the govt stop you comong back in to the country either way ?

Stheno

podgeandrodge wrote: »

So with all the restrictions, and assuming most people are impacted and contacts drop considerably, what is the main reason things are expected to stay bad until March?

It will possibly take that long to get cases down to 100ish a day

And thats also when we should see the impact of the first waves of vaccines

All just imo