Coronavirus - Close the Airports

[anon78624367]

He is.

[maroonandwhite]

No i don’t agree with you, yes him ‘returning to work’ is a gimmick but he sincerely wants to help people. He’s just believing his own hype about public speaking

[TheUlteriorMotive]

It’s a balance. The measures had to be introduced at the right time to be effective. Sure you have lads going buck ape now to be allowed back into pubs. You can only lockdown the place for so long. Do it too early and it misses the target.

[binkybarnes]

@maroonandwhite

No i don’t agree with you, yes him ‘returning to work’ is a gimmick but he sincerely wants to help people. He’s just believing his own hype about public speaking

I disagree. He sincerely wants to help rich people. He has no understanding or interest in poor or less well off people.

[Juhniallio]

@backinatracksuit

There is no charge to listen to anything Blindboy puts out,
He done me a solid one time but I’m not going to argue about it, just clearing up the falsehoods

Fair play Backie. Let’s remember this. I don’t particularly like this fella myself, having sat through him live at a couple of electric picnics (don’t ask), and when I gave his podcast a listen it was excruciating shite, but I honestly believe his heart is in the right place while trying to make his few quid. Not like some of the other ental health/depression bandwagonners.

[maroonandwhite]

Middle class people aren’t ‘rich people’ he wants to help taxpayers more, that’s his and FGs ethos. He doesn’t want to machine gun skangers or anything. He just believes everyone should do their best to contribute to society and improve themselves. Which is the equivalent of Obama actually, politically. Im not comparing them otherwise.

[feck_it]

Stay away

[Dziekanowski]

@Bandage

Couldn’t believe the crassness of that comment.

I was seething.

There was another comment on the News At One on radio on one of the days there in the last week which I found very crass - gravely ill people were referred to as “hopeless cases” by one of the presenters - I think it was Dr. Gavin Jennings.

[the_man_himself]

@binkybarnes

I disagree. He sincerely wants to help rich people. He has no understanding or interest in poor or less well off people.

Is that why he made all the private hospitals public?

[Dziekanowski]

@tallback

Curves are flattering

You made a booby with your spelling there.

[binkybarnes]

@the_man_himself

Is that why he made all the private hospitals public?

We are paying the Private Hospitals 115 million per month for the privilege. 4.5 times what the British Government are paying them. So I suppose ‘yes’ is the answer to your question

[glenshane]

The oul lad says he’s not too bothered about the coronavirus- because the average age of the victims is 81 and he’s 86.
Undefeated.

[Dziekanowski]

@TheUlteriorMotive

It’s a balance. The measures had to be introduced at the right time to be effective. Sure you have lads going buck ape now to be allowed back into pubs. You can only lockdown the place for so long. Do it too early and it misses the target.

This is nonsense. It deliberately portrays the public as a feral, out of control rabble. Public health experts are unanimous that the earlier restrictions are brought in, the lower the death toll. The key is in clear, unambiguous communication from the government and other official sources of what is at stake.

[the_man_himself]

@binkybarnes

We are paying the Private Hospitals 115 million per month for the privilege. 4.5 times what the British Government are paying the NHS

That goes against your point if anything. Leo is so concerned about poor people he’s paying way over the odds

[binkybarnes]

@the_man_himself

That goes against your point if anything. Leo is so concerned about poor people he’s paying way over the odds

I didn’t realise the virus only killed poor people. Informative rating.

[the_man_himself]

@binkybarnes

I didn’t realise the virus only killed poor people. Informative rating.

Who said that? Poor people are less likely to have private health insurance so opening up the private hospitals is a very good move for them

[iron_mike]

@Dziekanowski

@TheUlteriorMotive

It’s a balance. The measures had to be introduced at the right time to be effective. Sure you have lads going buck ape now to be allowed back into pubs. You can only lockdown the place for so long. Do it too early and it misses the target.

This is nonsense. It deliberately portrays the public as a feral, out of control rabble. Public health experts are unanimous that the earlier restrictions are brought in, the lower the death toll. The key is in clear, unambiguous communication from the government and other official sources of what is at stake.

Both of ye are right and wrong here. The experts say that if you are able to do it early then do it as early as possible. However if for some reason you have to delay it or put a specific timeframe on restrictions then you should leave it as close to the peak as possible in order to gain full effect.

[binkybarnes]

@the_man_himself

Who said that? Poor people are less likely to have private health insurance so opening up the private hospitals is a very good move for them

Opening them up was his only option. It looks like we are paying over the odds for them though

[flattythehurdler]

@Julio_Geordio

…Sam mentions this in his interview. There is no statistically significant increase in deaths so far this year in Ireland. Now data won’t take into account our full spike this week so far, but that’s encouraging.You can see the places that have been ravaged. Pity it doesn’t cover more countries

Lookit, it says on the Galway thread that Ireland has way more cases per head of population than the UK. This is despite Galway lowering the average of the dirty bastards elsewhere. I’m hence saying tnh

[the_man_himself]

@binkybarnes

Opening them up was his only option. It looks like we are paying over the odds for them though

Would you prefer if he was playing hardball with them?