Coronavirus - Here come the variants

Ashman · April 13, 2021, 4:04pm

For now a Finnegan’s Breakfast will do

backinatracksuit · April 13, 2021, 4:06pm

Outdoor pints, gyms and barbers from June 8th, I need my back, sack and crack waxed so that’s really exciting

Thomas_Brady · April 13, 2021, 4:07pm

i’ve you booked in.

backinatracksuit · April 13, 2021, 4:08pm

Great news,
Big one incoming here, you’re after poking the bear

Thomas_Brady · April 13, 2021, 4:09pm

Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day.

johnnysachs · April 13, 2021, 4:09pm

Is that an official announcement?

Tierneevin1979 · April 13, 2021, 4:10pm

You are indeed imagining things. The data has just come out for 2020 (March 12th), so you couldn’t have had access to it before then. Sweden had +7.7% excess deaths for 2020 compared to the average of the prior 4 years, which is below the average for Europe, and 21st on a table of 30 countries.

Nobody, least of all me nor Sweden themselves for that matter, would claim they did particularly well. Time will tell how well they balanced the risks, but they appear to have a government who are somewhat sensible, unlike Ireland which is now a self-parody.

backinatracksuit · April 13, 2021, 4:10pm

You just need to do your bit mate.

Elvis_Brandenberg_Kr · April 13, 2021, 4:11pm

Of course not.

Thomas_Brady · April 13, 2021, 4:11pm

As I thought, it was all a dream.

the_man_himself · April 13, 2021, 4:13pm

Is that nearly over in your mind, it is?

johnnysachs · April 13, 2021, 4:16pm

Ah well I have a week in Newcastle in Down booked for start of May. They have just announced there that they will be following Borris’s lead on the 23rd April. Huzzah.

balbec · April 13, 2021, 4:19pm

I never expected to see a reference to Polari on tfk.

Julio_Geordio · April 13, 2021, 4:22pm

Wicklow could have the two prospective taoiseachs duking it out in the next election. Fair chance Donnelly wouldn’t even get in

alf_stewart · April 13, 2021, 4:23pm

Nearly there now. Next 6 weeks are vital. Shoulder to the wheel etc etc. Rewards on the horizon for good behaviour.

2 weeks to flatten the curve was what almost 13 months ago. I’ll believe it when I see it.

Batigol · April 13, 2021, 4:39pm

Should Sweden not be the worst hit if lockdowns worked?

Fagan_ODowd · April 13, 2021, 4:47pm

Simon was on Matt Cooper there. For a year people have been wondering why couldn’t we be like New Zealand and introduce MHQ. Now we’ve introduced it and we are seeing what being like New Zealand is like warts and all. Vaccinated people with negative tests not being allowed home to see their dying parents.

glasagusban · April 13, 2021, 5:04pm

For the vast majority of Irish people MHQ is for other people, not them. Fuck them for travelling they knew the rules is the attitude. It is nasty and mean and small minded and unfortunately I might even be the attitude of the majority.

glenshane · April 13, 2021, 5:06pm

Polari taught you as well?

Tim_Riggins · April 13, 2021, 5:13pm

Stephen Donnelly ladies and gentlemen