In fairness thereās fuck all point on us shutting down unless its coordinated with the rest of Europe (and the UK). Hopefully that will now be coordinated and the weekend will see the closing down of the schools - unis - sporting events from then for a month.
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When so many peopleās lives are at risk and when we see what has happened in Italy and China then I donāt think there can be an over-reaction.
they are going to have to shut it down for as long as it takes anyway, at some stageā¦
why not do it earlier and try get it contained? Why wait until there are 1000ās of cases and the health service is down?
we are a small island, we had the opportunity to contain it early and didnāt. Simple as that.
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Thankfully itās only humans and not cows who are affected by this. Phew.
Someone needs to tell Bumbles to ease off so
Temporary communism
Travel restrictions should have been put in place for northern Italy. Hardly a draconian measures unless you place your skiing holiday above elderly peoples health in your list of priorities, which it seems it would be for a few on this board.
Lot of upcoming tragedies for affected families who wonāt be able to visit sick parents, grandparents etc.
Iām hopeful weāll see some kind of silver lining and perhaps a renewed sense of community, civic duty and meitheal in people who are under all of it mostly fundamentally decent.
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careful youāll be called a fanny and screaming mary for wanting to prevent a few deaths
Iām going to buy some Calpol, Nurofen, Caldescene and other medical supplies at lunchtime to be ready for a complete shut down, and with my childās health in mind. Thank you for the heads up @tallback.
I think Iām erring on the side of outright panic at this stage.
I met a fella this morning who was crippled with a limp, he was telling me he gets a pain injection every few months up in the CUH and was due it last week but hasnāt been able to get it because of the Virus.
The āIām alright Jackā types are terrors for name-calling when thereās a couple of euro at stake.
that is what it boils down to, unfortunately
The problem is you canāt contain it mate. Say we shut down everything and get the cases under control. What then? We stay shut off from the rest of the World indefinitely until a vaccine is produced?
Or we reopen and shut down every time a new case comes in?
There are complicated implications to a shut down beyond the obvious monetary ones.
Say a family has a doctor and nurse husband and wife (or a coppers pairing of a Guard and a nurse etc etc etc) and you shutdown schools. Whoāll mind their kids? Will one of them have to take time off work? But they canāt?
Say we stop all flights, what do we do with the presumably 100 thousand tourists who are in the country at the moment who donāt actually live here? Congrats lads ye are staying with us for the next 6 months and vice versa with Irish people abroad, ye can stay where ye are now and best of luck with it.
If you shutdown ferries how do we get food, medicine etc in and out? Okay Ferries are allowed, what about the truck drivers? Do we quarantine them for two weeks every time they come back? Who drives the trucks then?
Etc etc etc
All we can do is delay it, and we should absolutely try and do that, but itās a balancing act.
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taiwan are 86 miles from China and have done alright
What would you have done with all the kids on school skiing trips outside in Italy?
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the only balancing act to me seems to be how many deaths they deem acceptable before they lose money
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