A friend of my life partnerâs had a sudden family bereavement around six weeks ago when her father died. The HSE sent a letter addressed to the deceased (strictly for addressee only) yesterday and his wife opened it, because heâs actually dead. The letter informed the dead man that the standard COVID-19 test carried out as part of his autopsy was negative, but he should reduce social contacts in the weeks ahead.
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Yeah same. I did give up, partially because I had interviews line up though.
I took a break a day into filling out forms and just never went back to it
That reminds me of a caller to Joe Duffy a few weeks ago who wanted to cancel her sky subscription cause the husband was dead,the sky representative asked her was this true and put her on hold only to come back a minute later to tell her she checked RIP.ie and ye it true your husband is dead.
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You wouldnât mind it but it probably took 25 of the cunts 6 months to come up with it
FF/FG biggest achievement has been driving wedges between different parts of society, itâs been happening since the 80s. People are too busy turning on each other.
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No opposition party, very few journalists. A few doctors have but they were quickly removed
Iâm going to use that little story.
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Sure Sinn Fein got lambasted by the curtain twitchers on here for Bobby Storeyâs funeral. The government have used it and other things (the north) as a stick to beat them with
I shouldânt laugh I know.
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I donât get your point. Parties get lambasted for lots of things, thatâs kind of the job
you said no opposition had the balls to disagree with NPHET. Sinn Fein had an event which flew in the face of the advice and got absolutely destroyed for it. Theyâre hardly going to go heavy against NPHET.
Mary Lou canât really go against NPHET anyway, they arenât a political party, she can go against the Governments handling of NPHETâs advice, which she is hamstrung by because of policies in the North. They are a weak opposition
We have a fucked up Dail. I get the impression FG are being Machiavellian from the inside
Rural Independents are the strongest voice against the Governements handling of it, they arenât going to be listened to in the corridors of power
I would imagine part of the lack of transparency from NPHET would be that if everyone saw their modeling and how inaccurate all the predictions were, they would quickly disregard all their future advice.
Sam McDonkey really needs things to deteriorate if his 5000 cases a day in Dublin by the end of October prediction is to come true
Man who wanted outdoor cafe society now unhappy we have outdoor cafe society. 
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Yeah heâs fucked. The cases next week will come from the conditions this week and earlier.
If he doesnât get his number heâll be discredited as a loonball mentalist.
The Welsh lockdown looks good too.
Dr. McConkey isnât a member of NPHET, or an epidemiologist.
Parties get destroyed for things all the time. Being a political party means having your own ideas about things and not being afraid to give them as SF do in all other areas.
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Maybe they agree with certain aspects of NPHETâs advice, during the pandemic?
Not exactly. These wild predictions are what they say will happen if no action is taken. The scale of the numbers ensures action is taken so the predictions are never actually put to the test and can be recalibrated the next time the public need to be jolted into scare territory
Applied myself 2 weeks ago, took about 2 hours, 2 days a bit of an exaggeration, especially if youâve relevant docs at hand. After 2 weeks I got an email asking would I consent to Garda vetting, ticked the box, that was almost 3 weeks ago. Absolute shit show alright
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Thatâs fair enough, although they wouldnât give a straight answer on that either before the government moved to Level 5. The anti lockdown SF lads on here should bear that in mind though when theyâre complaining about FFG
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