Coronavirus Thread (Markey hates Immigrants )

Batigol · June 18, 2021, 9:30am

Savage reckless from the Danes.

Tim_Riggins · June 18, 2021, 9:33am

“If you look at what is happening all over Europe in terms of the B117 [Covid-19 variant], and in terms of the high incidence in European member state countries, to sort of put obligations on countries to force spectators in, prematurely in my view, is the wrong call by the footballing authorities.”

Cheasty · June 18, 2021, 9:33am

The sort of person we need running the country is a lad with a beard who shouts “I’VE HAD ENOOOUUUGGGHH!!!” into his phone while sitting alone in a car parked outside an empty Super Valu on a winter Friday night.

Lads like this have tremendous gravitas.

Biff_Egan · June 18, 2021, 9:40am

I knew a mere nod to Gary Dempsey would draw you out

mikehunt · June 18, 2021, 9:41am

They’re worse than the Italians for changing sides. They’re belatedly on the Denmark train having ignored their success and celebrated Sweden’s failures for the past year.

Tim_Riggins · June 18, 2021, 9:43am

Nope

Cheasty · June 18, 2021, 9:44am

Almost as if they haven’t a clue what they’re talking about.

“I don’t know what I want but I want it NOW and I’m going to FUCKING SHOUT to make sure I get whatever that is!”

"UNICORNS!!! "

“ANNNNTTTIGGGEENNN TTTTEEESSSTTTIINNNNGGG!!!”

the_man_himself · June 18, 2021, 9:51am

That’s some clamping

glasagusban · June 18, 2021, 9:53am

Bizarre. Keep everything closed. If we make no effort to allow people to do things, responsibility can never be traced back to us if anything goes wrong.

myboyblue · June 18, 2021, 9:54am

Nighty night time for @mikehunt

Cheasty · June 18, 2021, 9:56am

@Tim_Riggins is an ex-League of Ireland player who shouts into his phone on a Friday night?

mikehunt · June 18, 2021, 10:00am

A Sunetra Gupta disciple.

Cheasty · June 18, 2021, 10:02am

Don’t forget Martin Feely. It sounds good so it must be right. The feelings over facts brigade.

Arthur · June 18, 2021, 10:11am

It’s guaranteed that almost every single person I meet this weekend will make some sort of reference to this. The best thing about having @Cheasty on tfk is I can hear the counter argument. What is it ?

Cheasty · June 18, 2021, 10:25am

The UK had 11k cases yesterday. That’s up from around 2k a few weeks ago.

The UK is still well ahead of us in vaccination terms.

The UK has 45.7% of the population fully vaccinated and 72 million doses given out overall in a population of 65 million.

Ireland has 20.4% fully vaccinated and 3.1m doses given out in a population of 4.9 million.

People are free to ignore that if they want but I don’t see why you would.

endakenny · June 18, 2021, 10:26am

It’s actually good to have zero covid lunatics like @Cheasty and @mikehunt to keep us down.

The Danes and the majority of US/EU states and NPHET are correct in their eyes.

johnnysachs · June 18, 2021, 10:26am

I must have missed the UK taking Denmark into the Union

Cheasty · June 18, 2021, 10:27am

It’s great for us that the best you can offer is calling us “lunatics”. Makes you very easy to dismiss.

So please, do keep it up.

endakenny · June 18, 2021, 10:29am

We have been through this before. Anyone who says zero covid was possible with a border the British army couldn’t seal is obviously not all there.

Cheasty · June 18, 2021, 10:33am

Of course it was possible. Human decisions determine whether something is possible or not. Sure didn’t we all have 5km borders around us and we didn’t need the British Army to police that.

It isn’t going to happen now and that isn’t the argument being made now, so do keep up rather than trying to pretend it’s last summer.