SARS CoV-2 coronavirus / Covid-19 (No tin foil hat silliness please)

Redlambs said:
That's what I'm saying. Already people in here are saying all but essential, there's so much confusion right now.

So basically, for example, builders will still be going in.
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Building sites will be closed surely.
 
Hugh Jass said:
Hopefully ireland does the same although the place was a ghostland today when i went out shopping for food. Aldi was practically empty.
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The NPHET are meeting tomorrow and say all measures will be considered. It may be that they recommend immediately implementing similar measures but I'd be surprised, especially given the way Varadkar was playing down talk of a lockdown earlier.

The reality is that we're in quite a different place to the UK in terms of our strategy in dealing with the virus, so it would hardly be surprising if we don't take similar action right now.
 
Hugh Jass said:
Whats the chances of picking up this virus from a pizza take away? I am afraid someone infected will breathe on the pizza and then pass it on to me when i eat the pizza. Should i just cook my own food at home?
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Way I see it is you can't win either way.
Going to the supermarkets or even getting a home delivery still carries the risk of transmission.
 
Precaution said:
Didnt they announce that all mortgages/rent being suspended and that the Govt are covering upto £2,500 a month? The package seemed to be a pretty good one.
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That is for employed workers only. Self-employed still left in the dark. Assuming its taking longer to sort something due to the increased complexities.
 
sullydnl said:
The NPHET are meeting tomorrow and say all measures will be considered. It may be that they recommend immediately implementing similar measures but I'd be surprised, especially given the way Varadkar was playing down talk of a lockdown earlier.

The reality is that we're in quite a different place to the UK in terms of our strategy in dealing with the virus, so it would hardly be surprising if we don't take similar action right now.
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We are sort of in a partial lockdown. Places were empty today. Funny there was a que on mcdonalds before it closes.
 
I have to move out of rented accommodation this weekend to a new place. I assume I’ll be allowed to do that..I hope taxis are still available...
 
F-Red said:
I'm curious, i cycle regularly and even i'm confused as to what constitutes once per day....a 6hr bike ride? So many loopholes i can find already.
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Apparently it's been rounded to one hour of brisk exercise but can't remember him saying that.
 
Anyone know what OAPs can do about getting shopping if they can’t get deliveries? Tesco cancelled the last one on my parent in-laws. They are 73 and 81 ffs
 
GeorgieBoy said:
Way I see it is you can't win either way.
Going to the supermarkets or even getting a home delivery still carries the risk of transmission.
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I am going to get a max one delivery per month and I am going to wipe it all down in the porch before I bring it in. Cardboard can stay outside
 
Fully Fledged said:
It's not. You will get in trouble if you are in groups that are not your household.
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It’s the right decision and there’s not really much else to do without going full dystopian movie. Construction workers need to be told to stop working though.

I just see there still being a decent loophole for a lot of people if they so wish to abuse it, especially outside of cities where nothing will really change aside from big groups in parks perhaps.
 
golden_blunder said:
Anyone know what OAPs can do about getting shopping if they can’t get deliveries? Tesco cancelled the last one on my parent in-laws. They are 73 and 81 ffs
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Neighbours? I dished out some flyers with my info to nearby houses saying I could help them get stuff if they have to isolate/can't get out themselves. No responses yet as a relatively young estate but might help at some point.
 
Has anything been sorted for the self employed yet?

People are still misinterpreting whats been said I think. Basically essential work only is now allowed. Doesn't matter if you can work from home or not.

It's going to be a nightmare for people.
 
Hugh Jass said:
Whats the chances of picking up this virus from a pizza take away? I am afraid someone infected will breathe on the pizza and then pass it on to me when i eat the pizza. Should i just cook my own food at home?
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Virtually nil, there's some articles about it.

What you need to do is take the delivery wearing gloves. Take the food out of the packaging, and dispose of it. Then wash your hands and eat the food.

Not a wind up, I looked everything up before using just eat.
 
Hugh Jass said:
We are sort of in a partial lockdown. Places were empty today. Funny there was a que on mcdonalds before it closes.
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Judging by what yer man Holohan was saying earlier, I suspect we've been a bit more compliant than the UK in terms of sticking to social distancing.

They said that monitoring the drop of in footfall at shops is part of what factors into their decision making, so if you're right and places are generally empty already then there's less need to immediately up measures.
 
golden_blunder said:
Anyone know what OAPs can do about getting shopping if they can’t get deliveries? Tesco cancelled the last one on my parent in-laws. They are 73 and 81 ffs
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We're in the same boat, with my mum 73 and up in E.Yorks and a lot of her old neighbours having died or moved away in recent years.
 
golden_blunder said:
Anyone know what OAPs can do about getting shopping if they can’t get deliveries? Tesco cancelled the last one on my parent in-laws. They are 73 and 81 ffs
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Sainsbury's are apparently giving special deliveries to wrinklies, my mum got moved up from 3 weeks to two day delivery. That was today.
 
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