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Mayo V Dublin at the neutral, sorry I mean Dublin home venue of Croke Park in 06. Mayo warmed up in front of the Dublin supporters in Hill 16. Ciaran Whelan threw his weight about like a big sausage as did his manager a member of the Gaurds. Hitting Jim Morrisson (RIP) with a big shoulder into the back, like a big coward. Never as happy to see a team getting beat as I was that day, McDonald & Mayo put manners on the brats that day. Mayo were not just roared on that day by their own supporters, Rossies & Leitrim fans roared them on to.

A disiciplined approach to herd immunity, something like what the Swedes are doing seems the best approach to me. We have many advantages, we are an Island, not densely populated & a part from a small ethnic minority we are a reasonably disiciplined / compliant society.

Are the Swedish including all deaths like Ireland whom are even counting probable deaths now.

Figures are in accordance with worldometers, some reporters suggest Swedish officals are conservative in their reporting of figures. In truth I don't know.

Next time I need surgery will I get it done by a surgeon/consultant who might be a "bluffer/c**k sucker" or will I get it done by Rudi or some other GAAboard poster?
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Never offered my services as a surgeon/ medical consultant its not my area. To be clear never had a go at surgeons/ medical consultants. Merely said some people who make it to the top of their respective fields are not always the best or most suitable for those positions, lots of politics involved.

A disiciplined approach to herd immunity, something like what the Swedes are doing seems the best approach to me. We have many advantages, we are an Island, not densely populated & a part from a small ethnic minority we are a reasonably disiciplined / compliant society.

Sweden are reporting over 2K deaths for a population of 10 million.

There's still no proof that having the virus and recovering even if asymptomatic offers immunity from the virus at a later date and even for how long if it does.

Yeah that's a problem ie confirmed immunity. Figures are not bad in terms of death rate.

Why do some people feel the need to become armchair experts on this virus and play down its seriousness in contradiction to what qualified medical professionals are saying? Do they just enjoy being contrary for contrariness' sake? Do they think it makes them sound clever? "I'll show them smart-assed PhDs a thing or two! I've got a PhD from the University of Life! I've got more common sense than the rest of them put together! I see their data and I raise them a non-representative but bloody convincing anecdote!"

Why do they do it? What do they hope to gain from it? I would really like to know.

This is the fooking Gaaboard not a scientific journal, do you read any newpapers, they are all full of crap much worse than what is wrote here. People have opinions much like yourself, they are allowed to post un-moderated here. I mean lads calling other lads c***ts on a daily basis here, without the use of text to back up their arguements.
Considerable number of people who end up in top positions in this country are bluffers / c**k suckers. The best don't make it to the top, for a country who went into partial/ full lockdown early on, we are not performing well. The care/ nursing homes were handled poorly as I said from very early days, amount of people in Chel - ham, airports were a mess, PPE could have being made here, instead of getting chit from China. Again I'M no expert just a lad ranting/ spouting chit on gaaboard.

A disiciplined approach to herd immunity, something like what the Swedes are doing seems the best approach to me. We have many advantages, we are an Island, not densely populated & a part from a small ethnic minority we are a reasonably disiciplined / compliant society.

Is it time step up the precautions and restrict border crossings? 7 of the 8 counties in the south with the highest ration of infections are border counties.  Isn't it  time for Nordies to respect the rules  just as regular Irish people are obliged to, put an end to the special dispensations for cross border Nordies and apply the 2km restriction, unless there's a bona fide reason to travel further. 
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/covid-19-cases-in-cavan-exceed-dublin-as-incidence-in-border-counties-rising-fast-1.4238907

Being very honest here, most travel at border here in Derry City is coming from Donegal. Plus Donegal has higher numbers. Coming in to work, shop and fly tip

That's a harsh post from a Derry man, earning your living in Donegal. I agree a huge amount of Donegal people shop in Derry, having a positive effect on the local economy. More donegal people working in Derry, than Derry people working in Donegal, I doubt it look at your plant alone. Fly tipping is a low blow. You must have being jilted by a young Donegal wan at some stage Sir.

Anyone hear about the factory in Gwedore RAP. They had stopped manufacturing packaging for the food industry and have come up with a very impressive looking face mask. I got my hands on a few, very impressive design and wait for it they can make 10 million a week.
Well done to the brains behind this.

Keelings chartering a flight from Bulgaria for fruit pickers. . . is there any truth to that??

That looks true, shocking stuff. No more Keelings for me.

Whys it shocking?

The locals have neither the appetite or attitude for it.

What the fuckedy moment, do I really have to explain this to our self appointed Covid expert.

Yes, please do explain it to me.

As part of your explanation, please include an expected impact on the price of their produce from anything you propose and a comparison of that to the cost of imported fruit/veg and with rationale for how they will continue to sell into markets.

Thanks.

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I did say in another post:

The bigger problem is - there is no viable alternative. They either let the crop rot and with a lack of food on the shelves people get very antsy very quickly or they bring in labour.

Now I agree that there would need to be a strict 14day isolation for each and every one of them after arriving here - especially before being allowed to work in the food chain - and I'll bet that is not happening - due to greed.

To be clear - I'm not a big fan of this happening - it is an obvious risk as a source of further virus carriers. But there is no viable alternative if the locals don't want to do the work for a wage the company can afford price the shopper is willing to pay.

Keelings won't be the only bunch at risk here, what proportion of the Irish food store would be at risk of rotting on the vine if they didn't get it picked? Would it mean bare shelves? Or would it have minor impact?

Why would I explain it from a financial point of view. The country is either under lockdown or it's not. Flying people into the country with no evidence of strict pandemic protocols being adhered too is ill advised. The head of the HSE & our Taoiseach even agree

Keelings chartering a flight from Bulgaria for fruit pickers. . . is there any truth to that??

That looks true, shocking stuff. No more Keelings for me.

Whys it shocking?

The locals have neither the appetite or attitude for it.

What the fuckedy moment, do I really have to explain this to our self appointed Covid expert.

Keelings chartering a flight from Bulgaria for fruit pickers. . . is there any truth to that??

That looks true, shocking stuff. No more Keelings for me.

[yet a medical contractor can work with patients in a coronavirus ward & later do a shift in a nursing home.]

In Ireland we're locking down the healthy population and opening up the nursing homes. I'll say it again whats happened over the last 5 weeks in a considerable number of nursing homes is shamefull. HSE cocked up big time. In real terms a 30 year old unemployed man cant go out to purchase a tin of paint to paint his own house, yet a medical contractor can work with patients in a coronavirus ward & later do a shift in a nursing home.

That does on the face of it seem nuts TBF but it's not related to an unemployed man going into a DIY shop with lord knows how many other people doing the same or similar things

Study down by some German scientists on a large portion of the Covid affected population in Heisenberg, he found zero transmissions in supermarkets. Virus doesn't survive long on surfaces, this study seems to conflict with other theories.

In Ireland we're locking down the healthy population and opening up the nursing homes. I'll say it again whats happened over the last 5 weeks in a considerable number of nursing homes is shamefull. HSE cocked up big time. In real terms a 30 year old unemployed man cant go out to purchase a tin of paint to paint his own house, yet a medical contractor can work with patients in a coronavirus ward & later do a shift in a nursing home.

Can't help but notice the Swedes missing from this with their interesting approach.

That list is nonsense. And it isn't a question of what is the best approach, more what you can do with a population who can act responsibly.
Fwiw, despite the Swedes being very slow to recommend self isolation for returnees to the country, very  slow to inform close knit immigrant communities in Stockholm  in their own language about the health info,  they are doing reasonably with their approach. Ireland are just next to to Swedan in the deaths per population table, doing quite poorly and struggling despite the martial law lock down approach.
Another country I mentioned was Iceland  https://www.covid.is/data who have a similar approach to Sweden, there is no lock down,  they have detected a high rate of infections per population but have managed to contain it without a lock down, their peak is well in the past, and they they're preparing for a controlled responsible normality in the next 2 weeks. No roll of the dice as some uninformed folks like to label it.

The data in Ireland is poor, there is no table numbering the recovered. How on earth can one measure the real progress if any,  if you can't compare the numbers of recovered  to the numbers of  live infected?

Spot on &  table looks like someone pulled it out of their arse, it means nothing. In 18 months time we can review data from respective countries and generate a table showing real performance.
Regarding Irelands performance even with a full lockdown the figures are poor, the handling of nursing homes was shocking with people double jobing, 20k Irish over to Cheltenham without warning of the potential risks or banning of flights, Dublin airport - complete lack of information, cleaning procedures & no hand santizer. But sure we are doing better than the UK & Boris Johnson is a fool.

There is also the small matter of the players would also need to social distance so there would be no game to play!!

Tyrone could never manage this, they would have to be pulling out of ya some way.