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Not sure what conversation you mean? It's relevant to this conversation (the one being had above) if that's what you mean. It references (and is a response to) that set of tweets about the UK and Ireland being comparable (which they are not).
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If I really wanted to troll that twitter thread, I would point out that covid deaths per 100k are lower in Northern Ireland than they are in Eire, and question why the authorities in the South didn't take effective measures unlike their counterparts in the North. But of course, it would be a nonsense comparison. Like the thread itself.
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One of my best friends was originally going to get married this last weekend, moved it to August quite a while ago, and then moved it to August next year recently... hopefully that date will stick!
im so conflicted on what to do to be honest - nothing more frustrating that uncertainty
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Trump's been in the media seizing PPE from France, Germany, Canada and acting like a pirate, so l... What do we all think about UK PPE supply
Companies being instructed by Government to only sell to England at the expense of Irish, Scottish and Welsh NHS and care homes?Story was broken by BBC Wales about 5days ago but rest of the media-including main BBC site-has been silent on the matter. Ironic because Govt also seized testing kits already allocated to Scotland and said Scot NHS not allowed to bid for its own kits or ventilators.
This glorious Union, eh?
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Where are these dates? I live in Ireland and work in the UK, school closures came first in Ireland for sure. Pub closures were in effect in Ireland for St Patricks Day which was before the equivalent shutdown in the UK. Those are the only ones I have off the top of my head so curious to hear which measures the UK had in place before Ireland.
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lost a colleague yesterday.... fuck this virus.
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Sorry to hear that :(
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Where are these dates?
I mean they’re public record and out there via google but as for what Oxford Uni provided, I don’t know.
Measures the uk introduced first? The only thing I can find is the gov advice to social distance in the UK which came on the 16th (same time the pubs in Ireland closed I think). That features. I don’t know if/when Ireland gave that advice.
Schools in Ireland closed on the 12th (compared to 20th in the UK, when pubs closed too) iirc. That doesn’t feature for some reason.
Seems slightly off I agree.
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This is good if you’ve got kids
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yeah its a very sad case. Wasn't the virus that did it either so I doubt his death will be in the "official statistics".
He had it pretty bad but felt so guilty about infecting a few colleagues... that he ended his own life. His close colleagues are devastated. I think the whole organisation will suffer in one way or another from this even if they didn't know the lad. Who knows how many other times a situation like this has happened in the UK or the world - and therefore what the real "coronavirus-related" deaths stats are.
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Fucking hell. Condolences @greenhell and @ObiWomKenobi - two suicide/attempted stories in such quick sequence is pretty distressing. How awful for those people and for their friends and family.
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That is devastatingly sad news @ObiWomKenobi :’(
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The infestation started about 10 years ago, and they only replaced half the grove up until last year with precautionary measures. The current situation looks bleak, it’s all they know.. I fear their cottage industry will die with them. I suspect like a lot of Puglia, many families will be going through this. It is common to see virgin olive oil exchanged for wine as gifts when we stayed at Christmas. Given the levels of poverty that persist there, it is shockingly humbling.
But they are resilient buggers..