Dziekanowski:
Well, we have over twice the per capita published infection rate the Brits do (and yes I am aware their infection rate is a lot higher than the published figures).
All sorts of soft power will be brought to bear on the Irish government to match the British measures. An all-island response has always made sense anyway. Before this evening everybody here was complaining that it was the Brits that would screw us. Now our measures are more lax.
Incorrect. Our approach of community testing and trace is far more aggressive than The Brits. Theyâve resigned to seeing what rocks up at A&E.
Also, is there any sense that there is teeth to Boris âlockdownâ or is it just a stronger plea.
Iâd far prefer to be here than there
The Germans seem to be the only oneâs handing this correctly. Time to finally grant them their wish and put them in charge?
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Queensland is shutting its borders, to other parts of Australia. Thatâs mad.
What will be much more damaging to peopleâs mental health is seeing bodies leaving hospitals in army trucks.
Iâve always been quite clear about this. Draconian lockdown measures were always going to come in anyway. The point is you do it as soon as possible. Trying to balance the economy with public health in this situation is a foolâs game, because the public health crisis will always end up being worse as a result, which damages the economy far more anyway.
Raylan
March 23, 2020, 9:21pm
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They have the highest rate of ICU beds per head of population, which doesnât hurt.
Leo is like Klopp. Heâs playing to a plan. Just because BoJo is 3-0 down with ten to go and has now thrown his goalkeeper up front we need to stick to our plan which may involve a full lockdown as was always said but at the right time
Pity itâs not permanent
Think we had border checks up to the 70s
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Youâre saying if there was a national gov Mary Lou would stop pulling âlook at me Iâm relevantâ stunts like today?
Trust me said the scorpion to the frog âŚ
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Bandage
March 23, 2020, 9:22pm
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Fine Gael are open to having a national or unity government. Just as long as it doesnât include the biggest party on the island by a distance.
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The Germans had like 6 times more ICU beds per head of population coming into this than we did. Itâs a wonder we are alive at all even outside the crisis
Thatâs me done. Just got the email from work there. We report into the UK. Theyâve pulled us all off the road from this evening.
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Whatâs incorrect? Ireland has handled the crisis better up to 8:30pm tonight but has still been far too slow in applying lockdown.
The Brits do now have more draconian lockdown measures than us.
The ideal is to have aggressive testing with those draconian lockdown measures. The two pronged approach.
My mate is over there. Needs a note from work to go into the office.
How many per 100,000? The UK has somewhere between 3.5 - 7.4.
The US which apparently has a shit health care system has 20-32 per 100,000, the highest in the world and 4x the EU average.
I havenât been following Australia in detail. Are they doing it because they are fucked, or because everywhere else is fucked and they are grand?
Iâm not trying to balance the economy mate. Full lockdown is simply unsustainable in the long run.
It needs to be done at the right time, not as early as possible. Incremental measures.
Full lock down now, before we have hit a high sustained growth is reckless
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Glad to hear it mate. Seemed a bit mad you were still out and about.
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Your new project is managing conflict in the household
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How much of the USâs capacity is private beds? Not having a go, genuine question. Will US insurers get absolutely cleaned out by this?