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ACTING CHIEF MEDICAL officer Dr Ronan Glynn has said that images shared on social media of large crowds outside drinking at the weekend have made him “very concerned”.
Vintners, doctors and politicians have criticised the scenes at the weekend, with images of Dame Court in Dublin shared most widely in recent days.
The Taoiseach was also critical at a post-Cabinet press conference today, where he said: “If this behaviour were to continue we’d have to address it. Nothing can be guaranteed if this behaviour were to continue.”
Dr Glynn expanded on this theme this evening, and said that we’ve come through a “very difficult phase” where “very punitive measures” had made it very difficult for communities and families.
“What we’re asking them to do now is more straightforward in relative terms,” he said. “We’re asking them to follow public health advice, to physically distance, to not go into environments where they’ll put themselves at risk and others at risk.
We’ve been asking them to do that for months now on the basis to do it for their friends and families. But we’re at a point where we’re asking them to do that for their friends and neighbours who are healthcare workers. They’re simply exhausted and not ready for another wave.
We’re asking them to do it for their nieces and nephews who really need to get back to school in September. We’re asking people to do it for those who are sick and vulnerable. If we don’t do it, it’ll be the sick and vulnerable who’ll be most at risk if we get a second wave.
Dr Glynn added that the vast majority of businesses, pubs and restaurants have been adhering to the guidance and said they must be commended for ensuring they’re doing what they can to protect staff and customers.
However, scenes like those at the weekend have prompted fears that there will be a second wave of the virus in the coming weeks.
In a survey commissioned by the Department of Health of 2,004 people nationally, it found that 74% of people think there’ll be a second wave. Furthermore, 41% of people think we’re through the worst of the crisis while 32% believe the worst is ahead of us.
Dr Glynn said: “We’re in an almost uniquely good position in Europe at present, but we’re at a crossroads. We have choices to make. If we make the right choices, we can hope to keep this disease under control. But if we take the wrong choices… we could end back up where we were weeks and weeks ago.
If it’s an isolated incident, if it doesn’t happen on a repeated basis, then hopefully we’ll be okay. If gatherings like that continue to happen, it’s inevitable that we will run into problems in the weeks and months to come. It doesn’t take public health knowledge or years of scientific training to know that.. the virus is still out there.
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Living and working in Canada earning $90,000 plus bonuses. How. Is this relevant to Ireland.
@James Fox: At the least, we could have the Euro equivalent in brackets beside it. $90K is around €62K to prevent others having to look it up.
@Longlin: With all of these it’s worth looking at the monthly take home, which when added and converted is about €41k
Median wage of these weekly journals is approx 70k a year salary ! Can we have a few more part time corner shop workers on €9 an hour and maybe a Carer / social welfare recipient paying extortionate rent for parity !
@Ríain HenC: they have to be the ones that get in touch. You’re not paid to do this feature I presume
@Ryan O’Rourke: exactly. If nobody with a low salary gets in touch with them first we won’t be able to read about it here. Against popular opinion these stories are not made up but real people.
This is the best one so far! Canada! Dollars, 31 on $91k, Dungeons and Dragons…brillant, I have my fingers crossed for the Afghan Shepherd next week.
@John Murphy: in fairness D&D is a bit of craic
Once I saw the headline I knew the negativity would just flow through the comments ,with the 1st 3 comments being as expected can’t wait to see the rest
@flexfinn: Incredible foresight.
$2,200 for a 2+2 in Toronto is VERY good value.
@B Collins: yup, a relative of mine is paying $1900 for a 2 bed basement in Ajax. I paid $1350 a month for a 2 bed basement in North Toronto in 2017. Things are worse there than here!
@Jen Mc: tell that to all the moaners on here, lol. Only they can change their own situation rather than expecting the government to pull them up
I want to be a Performance marketing manager
@Genera L Consensus: your performance just isn’t good enough I’m afraid
@Genera L Consensus: nobody ‘wants’ to be a performance marketer…
Not saving nowhere near enough for the money they’re making. If the plan is to every buy a place anywhere they need to up their game. I was saving more than that while renting on less than half their salary.
@Daniel Murray: where in Killinaskully?
@Daniel Murray: The numbers don’t add up. Their outgoings appear small yet they only have 6-900 dollars a month. There’s at least another 1.5k being spent somewhere
It’s a piss take.
@John Killeen: Not necessarily, you could have individuals that are high on life taking part. It might only really represent one percent of people but the other ninety nine couldn’t be bothered taking part in this.
Spend some money on a visit to a gastroenterologist. A specialist will identify exactly the triggers.
Where’s the relevance for us folks living in ireland ?
@Declan Holden: so when they return home for xmas next year you know how much you can tap them up for. Useful information comes in all guises.
Performance Marketing… ugh! making sure we’re all firmly engaged with cr@p we don’t need.
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