China Coronavirus

[balladmaker]

It going to be difficult to avoid getting the virus over the coming months.  Focus will switch to protecting the elderly and those in the higher risk category.  My elderly parents in law are all ready self isolating with the rest of us staying away. 

[armaghniac]

Trump banning all flights from EU, but UK exempted.
Leo will have to have a craic with him next week.

[dec]

Trump just announced that all travel from Europe, except UK, to the US is suspended for 30 days

[Solo_run]

Trump just announced that all travel from Europe, except UK, to the US is suspended for 30 days

Watch the two useless f**s we have over here follow suit because they don't have a clue

[GalwayBayBoy]

NBA has just suspended the season.

[Cunny Funt]

Tom Hanks and his wife have the Virus

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.amp.html

[Rois]

Trump just announced that all travel from Europe, except UK, to the US is suspended for 30 days

Sounds like Ireland is exempt. My OH is in the US at the minute 

[The Gs Man]

Tom Hanks and his wife have the Virus

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.amp.html

That man survived two plane crashes and the Vietnam War.  He'll be grand.

[93-DY-SAM]

Tom Hanks and his wife have the Virus

www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.amp.html

That man survived two plane crashes and the Vietnam War.  He'll be grand.

[trailer]

Trump's travel ban is optics. Expect USA to have one the highest infection rates pretty quickly. Some people will just buy anything as the right thing to do.

[trueblue1234]

Trump banning all flights from EU, but UK exempted.
Leo will have to have a craic with him next week.

Ban applying to persons travelling from Schengen area zone as far as I can tell, so this excludes Ireland & the UK (as well as Croatia, Cyprus, Bulgaria & Romania as they are not presently part of the Schengen area, but does include Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein & Iceland) but doesn't apply to cargo or goods in spite of what he had first announced. US citizens and permenant residents currently within the Schengen area are also exempt from the hard entry ban, though good luck finding any airline that will be willing to fly with so few people back across the Atlantic.

IMO it's a nice bit of gaslighting by him - but this isn't really the thread to go on a major political rant on that.

Will we see an increase of people flying to Ireland to fly on to the US on that basis?

[armaghniac]

The propose not to allow in people, other than US citizens, who have been in Schengen in the last 14 days so no connecting through Ireland, in general.

[RadioGAAGAA]

Ffs this is an all island issue. Why aren't Belfast and Dublin coordinating this together?

Dunno if that'd help or not... I feel a Dumb & Dumber remark coming on.

[bigarsedkeeper]

Meant to go to Disney Paris on Monday with the kids, booked it last summer. Disney aren't closing/won't close so can't claim any money back through travel agency. Checked with the travel insurance and you don't have a claim if you decide not to travel because you are worried about the situation as it is, you have to have it to claim! Travel agents are going on like there's nothing happening at all. It stinks. Even the kids are worried about going now. I agree we shouldn't be going but that's a big bill to swallow and no way to claim any of it back. All paid for too - anybody know anyway around it?

Feel your pain, as mentioned it's all about the money, hopefully folk stop booking in advance after this is all over and give the travel and entertainment the kick up the ass it needs. Imagine the money they have a year or so in advance of your trip.

Government is to blame here.  Insurances won't kick in until the Government bites the bullet (and not all insurances will kick-in even then). They are going to need to put in place a hardline approach eventually, and better to do so soon while it has a chance of being effective. 

Anyone with a bit of sense is way ahead of the government and in reality social distancing is already going on with many businesses cancelling meetings and events and individuals / families cancelling holidays and trips. Meanwhile, government is slavishly sticking to the same line and resultingly, so too are many business and people. 

Absolute madness.  Some nonsense from talking heads on TV about the risk of people rebelling against a lockdown and how strong measures now could be counter productive. Most people I know are ready for action now to avert the kind of disaster that is playing out in Italy.

Until government give the kind of leadership that is required, we are going to be sitting in limbo with some people being highly responsible and others being highly irresponsible and people like yourself stuck in a quandry between going on holiday and cancelling and the government advice letting the travel insurer off the hook. 

Being told today that even if the government come out and warn against travel to certain areas you still can't be refunded. They have to ban all travel to whatever country you are heading to. Travel companies make you feel like a dipstick when you try to talk to them - nothing to worry about! Even to rearrange the park/hotel package and lose the flights you have to pick dates now when you've no idea what's ahead of us and you lose your ATOL cover because it's no longer a package. Pricks.

[BennyCake]

Ffs this is an all island issue. Why aren't Belfast and Dublin coordinating this together?

Dunno if that'd help or not... I feel a Dumb & Dumber remark coming on.

Unionists going on about we're waiting to see what Boris says. So if Boris says, don't close all schools in north, and the South does, it's hardly a coordinated effort to combat this. The north is not an island nor is there a wall at the border!