Coronavirus: Better Call Sol - CORONAMANIA (7 Viewers)

[rettucs]

The deceleration in Dublin shows that people in Dublin have generally listened to the message being put across, limit contacts etc. Also the fact that Dublin went to level 3 and therefore all indoor pubs and restaurants stopped happening (mostly pubs of course) helps a lot.
I would think that the 19-24 age group is a particular problem because it's the exact age group that would have the hardest time not socialising in groups, plus bringing universities back would have encouraged this as well. I think people in this age group are probably much more likely to act on impulse regardless of what the rules say, they're just old enough to be adults and in control of their own life but still young enough to not really feel much responsibility generally.
Finally, the household spreading numbers are somewhat unreliable I feel. Not denying there is probably a lot of spreading from people just visiting each other's houses, but the virus has to get into houses in the first place, and surely a lot of that happens from schools and (pre level 3) pubs etc.; how many people diagnosed as 'household' were actually having a pint somewhere the week before and wouldn't admit it to the track and trace process? I'd imagine it might be something like 5/10 would admit it, the other half would say they don't know where they could have got it from.

so you reckon we should go for level 5?

 

[chris d]

I just did a little cough there and don't the ramifications one bit.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Schools are open, right? Are you honestly telling me that spending 6-8 hours in a small room with 30 others 5 days a week isn't causing most transmissions?

I probably should just ask all the teachers in my family, none of them have it.

 

[rettucs]

Schools are open, right? Are you honestly telling me that spending 6-8 hours in a small room with 30 others 5 days a week isn't causing most transmissions?

I probably should just ask all the teachers in my family, none of them have it.

the numbers they're reporting are minuscule so apparently not. Thats assuming they're telling the full, honest truth which, given how desperate they are to keep the schools open, isn't a given at all.

 

[rettucs]

conversely though, why would they start closing down 'non-essential' retail en masse? Why is there more chance of catching something in Next than there is in Lidl? I have to say I don' get that bit. And if they close DIY/garden centres, that will be a complete nonsense.

 

[chris d]

I just did a little cough there and don't the ramifications one bit.

"don't LIKE the"

that's me done for the week.

 

[Cormcolash]

so you reckon we should go for level 5?

My main point is that there has to be a consistent message put across about distancing, reducing social contacts, etc.
Because of the inconsistency and utter bullshit the government has been coming out with for months, it will probably take Level 5 now to convince enough people to pay proper attention.

 

[rettucs]

My main point is that there has to be a consistent message put across about distancing, reducing social contacts, etc.
Because of the inconsistency and utter bullshit the government has been coming out with for months, it will probably take Level 5 now to convince enough people to pay proper attention.

a mate of mine made the same point to me. People have gotten complacent. No one has any respect for the govt. At this point it'll take a seismic shock to get everyone back on board. The kick up the hole level 5 will give us, will probably achieve that, but only for as long as we're in level 5.

 

[Unicron]

Going to the cinema tonight . First time since December

Did your partner also have it around the time that you did? Seeing as you've been through it do you feel a bit freer moving about and doing things in London?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Did your partner also have it around the time that you did? Seeing as you've been through it do you feel a bit freer moving about and doing things in London?

One would have to assume so given we live in a studio flat. She didn't really have any symptoms. She's having a friend over tonight who also thinks she had it.

 

[egg_]

Schools are open, right? Are you honestly telling me that spending 6-8 hours in a small room with 30 others 5 days a week isn't causing most transmissions?

No cases so far in my younger child's school, just one in the older's (containing the guts of 1000 students) and it wasn't passed on. Obvs there could be asymptomatic illness/transmission, but they're being very careful in the schools with distancing (and mask-wearing in secondary) so maybe that shit is working

 

[magicbastarder]

She's having a friend over tonight who also thinks she had it.

am very wary about this. i know so many people who will report, 'oh, i felt run down in February so i am fairly certain i had coronavirus before it was cool'.

 

[dudley]

Schools are open, right? Are you honestly telling me that spending 6-8 hours in a small room with 30 others 5 days a week isn't causing most transmissions?

I probably should just ask all the teachers in my family, none of them have it.

The schools bit is baffling me. There is a facebook group where parents who get notifications from their school of an infection in their class or pod are posting the message and naming the school, and the numbers hugely outstrip the official tally from the Department. And just locally, I know of at least three schools (including one where 8 classes have been sent home for two weeks) that aren't reflected in either the government figures or this Facebook group.

 

[IFF]

am very wary about this. i know so many people who will report, 'oh, i felt run down in February so i am fairly certain i had coronavirus before it was cool'.

It's the new "I saw ______ play to 20 people before they made it big"

 

[ann post]

???

Did they not recommend this two weeks ago? Are they gonna recommend it again in two hours?

Govt to give Level 5 call 'very detailed consideration'

The Taoiseach has said that the Covid-19 situation is very serious and that further action will be needed, following the National Public Health Emergency Team's recommendation to move to Level 5 restrictions.

www.rte.ie

I suspect they never stopped recomending it but SOMEONE* is looking at his popularity ratings and listening to his mates too much and watering down everything that is advisable, because thats what that party has done for several generations. I mean honestly, those border counties are only a bunch of shinners anyways**.

*like a head of govt, for example.
*I'm basically quoting someone here

Border is a bit of a headache though. I sorta think colletively though it's the thing I was on about a few days ago. There are lots of people who think normal life is a few weeks away and as mentioned above its gonna take some bitter shocks to get them seeing what the world is now. Some of these people might be in the govt.

 

[Cormcolash]

It's the new "I saw ______ play to 20 people before they made it big"

Therapy? in McGonagles, of course

 

[Cormcolash]

Or maybe Green Day in The Attic (is that what it was called?)

 

[ann post]

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[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Therapy? in McGonagles, of course

In the Errigle?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

i had a weird virus about ten years ago which led to me having a CT scan because i was having deja vu episodes lasting up to ten minutes (at their longest).
anyway, went to the hermitage after the deja vu thing started to freak me out a bit.

the nurse who triaged me (an australian woman) had never heard of deja vu - she was fascinated by the idea but wrote it on the sheet as 'dezar vu' despite me spelling it for her.
when i was seen by the doctor, he asked me to describe my symptoms and actually got angry with me when i kept telling him i was having massive episodes of deja vu. 'don't tell me what you read on the internet, tell me what you experienced'.

he actually had trouble believing i knew what deja vu was, and assumed i had learned the term after googling my experience.

I always had bouts of deja vu throughout my life and presumed it was normal. Then I was talking to a friend and she said she had never had it, and only knew of it from TV and books.

I feel for you here by the way, I get really intense and disturbing deja vu before I have a seizure. It only lasts a minute or so but there is a crushing anxiety that accompanies it that is absolutely terrifying. Then my brain shuts off and I wake up on the ground. Fun times.