Covid 19 Part XXXII-215,743 ROI (4,137 deaths)111,166 NI (2,036 deaths)(22/02)Read OP

fits

D.Q wrote: »

So much wrong with this. No idea why people subject themselves to this then wonder why there're miserable haha

Haha yeah it’s all so funny.

fits

Larbre34 wrote: »

Jesus that's a touch watch.

The chaplain is anointing last rites on the patient in one bed and the poor fecker next door in dire straits himself is sitting up praying for his roommate as he passes away.

Its a fckin awful situation.

So tough on him. Really felt for him.

D.Q

fits wrote: »

Haha yeah it’s all so funny.

Spending your evenings mainlining negativity probably isn't helping your sense of humour.

marno21

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

Hospital report is out

1012 in hospital, down from 1100 last night
175 in ICU, up from 173 last night with one death

It was 1948 on the morning of Monday the 25th. Down by 936 in 15 days.

We should drop below 50% of the peak in the next day or two. Obviously the other 50% won’t go down near as quick but this is very rapid progress.

Plumbthedepths

D.Q wrote: »

So much wrong with this. No idea why people subject themselves to this then wonder why there're miserable haha

I'm lost as to how anyone could describe it as essential viewing.

fits

D.Q wrote: »

Spending your evenings mainlining negativity probably isn't helping your sense of humour.

Why don’t you watch it and get back to me. You might learn something.

Jim_Hodge

D.Q wrote: »

Spending your evenings mainlining negativity probably isn't helping your sense of humour.

Watching it might make you realise that some of this is far from funny.

Denny61

This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences

Hmob

jackboy wrote: »

Christ almighty. Government working on a revised living with covid plan. Think the last plan lasted a few days at most before going in the bin. How many times are we going to try the same thing.

What's the point of a plan

Sure they don't even know what they're doing

Jinglejangle69

Denny61 wrote: »

This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences

That's what we are dealing with.

It will be a long road back to normality.

namloc1980

Denny61 wrote: »

This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences

But we saved Christmas.

Stheno

D.Q wrote: »

Spending your evenings mainlining negativity probably isn't helping your sense of humour.

I am finding it insightful tbh

I feel far removed from a lot of stuff, am wfh nearly a year, and to date, know very few impacted badly by Covid

And I tend to be hopeful for the future mostly

niallo27

Denny61 wrote: »

This is what happened all because selfish people wanted Christmas and government gave in to them ..all for what..!!!.and the same people could not give a,continental about what Christmas is all about. Only as long as they can shop eat and drink..now look at the consequences

The bastards wanting to eat and go shopping, sick sick bastards. If it's any consolation to you, I'm sure a lot of these selfish people ended up in hospital or died from their selfishness.

D.Q

fits wrote: »

Why don’t you watch it and get back to me. You might learn something.

I saw it the first time around last March. I'm aware it's a horrible disease and an awful way to go. I feel terrible for the people involved.

What I struggle to get my head around is how you feel watching more of that footage is in any way constructive.

Does it help the people involved? Does it help you? No, it pops a rating and sells advertising space for rte. It drives their clicks and engagements on twitter.

It's misery porn. There is no need for people's last moments to be beamed into people's homes.

It's disgusting and completely inappropriate.

Arghus

It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.

Pigeon Chaser

jackboy wrote: »

Christ almighty. Government working on a revised living with covid plan. Think the last plan lasted a few days at most before going in the bin. How many times are we going to try the same thing.

Any indication when this plan will be announced?

Russman

Arghus wrote: »

It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.

A tough watch alright, very sobering.

fits

Arghus wrote: »

It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.

Me too. I thought this one was an excellent program. Gives you a very good sense of what the staff are dealing with every day. Well done RTE.

Turtwig

niallo27 wrote: »

The bastards wanting to eat and go shopping, sick sick bastards. If it's any consolation to you, I'm sure a lot of these selfish people ended up in hospital or died from their selfishness.

Let's not kid ourselves here. The actions, very often selfish ones, have comfined all of us to this miserable 5km until March at least. Less self indulgence and we'd all be able to go shopping right now if we wanted to. More people would be alive too.

fits

D.Q wrote: »

I saw it the first time around last March. I'm aware it's a horrible disease and an awful way to go. I feel terrible for the people involved.

What I struggle to get my head around is how you feel watching more of that footage is in any way constructive.
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Unti you watch it you actually don’t know what you are talking about. Anyway I’m up at 5 so good night.

Stheno

D.Q wrote: »

I saw it the first time around last March. I'm aware it's a horrible disease and an awful way to go. I feel terrible for the people involved.

What I struggle to get my head around is how you feel watching more of that footage is in any way constructive.

Does it help the people involved? Does it help you? No, it pops a rating and sells advertising space for rte. It drives their clicks and engagements on twitter.

It's misery porn. There is no need for people's last moments to be beamed into people's homes.

It's disgusting and completely inappropriate.

Well for me personally it gives me that bit of incentive to keep slogging on and sticking to the restrictions as best I can tbh, sometimes its hard to believe its a pandemic for me as to date, its had little impact on me personally

Didn't see anyones last minutes beamed on TV it was quite respectful imo

vienne86

Arghus wrote: »

It's a tough watch, no doubt about it, but I'm glad to have got more insight. I wouldn't say it induces misery, even if it is quite a sobering viewing experience.

Yes, I agree. For the most part, I have not been touched by Covid, so I found it insightful. The hospital staff are unbelievable and I just hope that they don't have to got through another wave of this.

hotmail.com

With cases dropping fast, pressure will grow again for the pubs etc to reopen to liberate us from this boring misery.

political analyst

Presumably, outbreaks caused by illicit parties during the Christmas and New Year holidays have run their course. So why is the number of Covid patients in ICU still so high? Wouldn't most of those who were infected either by attending these parties or contracting it from the attendees have either died or recovered enough to leave ICU by now?

Coybig_

hotmail.com wrote: »

With cases dropping fast, pressure will grow again for the pubs etc to reopen to liberate us from this boring misery.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/leo-varadkar-i-want-to-make-sure-this-pandemic-is-a-lost-year-or-so-not-a-lost-decade-1.4480399

Wouldn't expect much.

Restrictions "well into next year" according to lovely Leo.

Vaccines may as well not exist at all the way he is talking. And then he goes as far to suggest that we should be thankful that we aren't losing a decade? Remember this was initially just a couple of weeks to flatten the curve. Now he is using the word decade in conversations about Covid.

Turtwig

This thread moves super fast. Someone here asked me something about reinfection and variants and I think something I said about herd immunity.

Would be grateful if the poster could re ask their question if they didn't get an answer from someone else already that was satisfactory.

D.Q

Stheno wrote: »

Well for me personally it gives me that bit of incentive to keep slogging on and sticking to the restrictions as best I can tbh, sometimes its hard to believe its a pandemic for me as to date, its had little impact on me personally

Didn't see anyones last minutes beamed on TV it was quite respectful imo

I don't know how to say this in text without sounding sarcastic, because it definitely comes across as sarcastic but I'm being sincere.

But if people found some positives or perspective from it then I'm glad. I appreciate where you're coming from on it.

I completely agree that the staff are out of this world good and I have such sympathy for the patients

I think that RTE are beyond cynical though.

political analyst

Coybig_ wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/leo-varadkar-i-want-to-make-sure-this-pandemic-is-a-lost-year-or-so-not-a-lost-decade-1.4480399

Wouldn't expect much.

Restrictions "well into next year" according to lovely Leo.

Vaccines may as well not exist at all the way he is talking. And then he goes as far to suggest that we should be thankful that we aren't losing a decade? Remember this was initially just a couple of weeks to flatten the curve. Now he is using the word decade in conversations about Covid.

I think we can live with the closure of wet pubs and the playing of sports without spectators on the terraces for the rest of the year, to be honest!

However, I hope that the hairdressers will be allowed to resume work late in March or early in April.

Plumbthedepths

D.Q wrote: »

I don't know how to say this in text without sounding sarcastic, because it definitely comes across as sarcastic but I'm being sincere.

But if people found some positives or perspective from it then I'm glad. I appreciate where you're coming from on it.

I completely agree that the staff are out of this world good and I have such sympathy for the patients

I think that RTE are beyond cynical though.

RTE has been trolling people for years on a Friday night with a so called light entertainment chat show.

stephenjmcd

Coybig_ wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/leo-varadkar-i-want-to-make-sure-this-pandemic-is-a-lost-year-or-so-not-a-lost-decade-1.4480399

Wouldn't expect much.

Restrictions "well into next year" according to lovely Leo.

Vaccines may as well not exist at all the way he is talking. And then he goes as far to suggest that we should be thankful that we aren't losing a decade? Remember this was initially just a couple of weeks to flatten the curve. Now he is using the word decade in conversations about Covid.

If you actually read it he says some form of restrictions. As has been discussed here numerous times, "some form of restrictions" can be anything from a cap on the number allowed at large gatherings to being told to wear masks in certain settings.

Either way they'd be classed as some form of restrictions, its not a suggestion of oh well this is how we live for the next god knows how long.