Coronavirus ROI/NI part 3

[YoungsterIwish]

The 3rd thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/craicnet/3874978-Coronavirus-in-ROI-NI-part-2?pg=40

@wannabebetter

Is anyone else thinking things are getting more & more ridiculous re rules in different jurisdictions? Anyone travelling to ROI from GB must quarantine...but, if they fly into Belfast can just drive down! The inland waterways are full of hire boats full of GB nationals who are picking up boats in NI (Enniskillen) then immediately setting off for The Shannon(you can get all the way to Limerick) it's crazy....

Yeah it’s not very consistent tbh. I do think it should be essential travel only. I know it Would be nice to get abroad, but it’s beyond me why people really need to go abroad this summer considering all that’s gone and is going on

It really needs an all island approach to be holistic.

@user1496146479

It really needs an all island approach to be holistic.

Definitely! I can’t see the DUP liking that though. I’m a unionist and even I agree it would make sense. Nationalism and unionism shouldn’t even come into it

Yes, of course, everyone knows the virus doesn't see a border!! It just exposes NI potentially as travel between GB and ROI can essentially be facilitated via us for feck sake!!

Both sides making it political - its a bloody virus & doesn't care what you believe lol!! Crazy country we live in...

@wannabebetter

Both sides making it political - its a bloody virus & doesn't care what you believe lol!! Crazy country we live in...

Totally it’s bizarre!

Downloaded the StopCovidNI app today!

Also going out for food for the first time and I'm feeling really quite anxious about it.

We had coffee in a hotel lounge earlier which was nice.
Bad figures here today though.

85 cases... i can't see the R.O.I moving onto phase 4 anytime soon...

The app in RoI seems to be working quite well.
I ignored someone I know in Super Valu because she wasn't wearing a mask. Why should I wear a mask to keep her safe if she doesn't? (I feel unreasonable wearing it, I hate it).

Shocking numbers for ROI figures 😔

Dr Ronan seems to be able to account for various clusters, and was saying the pet food workers who were in direct provision are now self isolated in city west.

If we don't move to phase 4, do schools still open (RoI)?

DH and I were invited to a small family wedding. We live in London but he's from ROI. We declined due to Covid etc.

Just found out his sister who also lives here, is intending to go, but to avoid quarantine is having a short holiday in a country without restrictions first and flying in from there.

Apparently 'everyone' is doing it. Is that true? She doesn't appear to care that elderly and vulnerable people will also be attending.

It's disgraceful that the ministers are now on a 6 week holiday!! The middle of a bloody pandemic and they're finishing up till well into September. What happens now? Who watches things now? We've gotten letters from our schools saying they're waiting on more info from the government, what happens now? No one is getting holidays, people are working their arses off and loads lost jobs and many on a miserable covid pay. And they still get their holidays.

40 new cases in NI over the weekend. Anyone else think this is too high?

@mummabear1967

40 new cases in NI over the weekend. Anyone else think this is too high?

Yes, very worrying (although zero cases in my area in the last week).

@mrsfeatherbottom at least that is something. But yes, I seen a post on Facebook about it and the amount of people saying that 40 new cases isn’t a lot is mad!

Went on my first trip to a shopping centre today. I really needed a penny's shop. I"ve never worn a mask for that long. I felt like I couldn't breath. It also made my teeth sore.
Anyway I went as soon as Penny's opened, a lot of shops weren't open till 12. It was very surreal. No one sitting on the benches eating icecream. No one really stopping and talking to eachother.
I am now broke but happy with my stuff.

Oh dear oh dear... in NI, 43 new cases in one day and the R number Is now above 1

69 here. I dont think I'll be going to any concerts next summer either by the looks of things.
I'll be happy if I can work all the way through this.

And they have just announced that schools will be back full time!

(DD2's primary have said they are doing part time for the first two weeks regardless to ease the kids back in gently.

@mrsfeatherbottom

And they have just announced that schools will be back full time!

(DD2's primary have said they are doing part time for the first two weeks regardless to ease the kids back in gently.

It’s mad!! I don’t know how this will work. I’m really not liking the sound of this. I just hope this is a blip and hopefully this isn’t the beginning of a second peak!

Hospital admissions aren't going up as quickly as cases, though so I think a lot of the cases must be through track and trace, rather than from people being really sick. Treatments are better than 5 months ago so it'll not be like April again, I don't think.

@mrsfeatherbottom

Hospital admissions aren't going up as quickly as cases, though so I think a lot of the cases must be through track and trace, rather than from people being really sick. Treatments are better than 5 months ago so it'll not be like April again, I don't think.

I hope so! I don’t think I could be bothered with another lockdown! They’ve pushed back the reopening of wet bars and pubs till the 1st of September, I’m not that bothered about that anyway, although it is bad for those business owners