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He said social distancing will be part of our lives until there is a vaccine. He did not say the country will be in lockdown until there is a vaccine and I think that's an important distinction. Schools and businesses will have to reopen at some point but I expect large gatherings and non essential events including sports will be restricted or prohibited for some time yet, possibly until there is a vaccine or effective treatment. GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2113 - 14/04/2020 15:35:16 2275957 Link 4 |
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Again I cant find it anywhere. link please
Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 14/04/2020 16:14:23 2275964 Link 1 |
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Businesses are going to have to reopen at some stage with some restrictions! Maybe inter county gaa with big crowds in attendance might be out but maybe I'm wrong but would a club game with a small attendance be more of a risk than any bar or restaurant open in one of the larger cities?
theyoungbuck89 (Galway) - Posts: 59 - 14/04/2020 16:32:31 2275966 Link 1 |
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Sure. But what's the alternative? We can't all stay quarantined indefinitely, and one would hope that the pandemic will have abated by next November. New cases here down to 0.8 per cent growth today, so we are very close to zero real growth. And the government has said that it will re-introduce the controls quickly if they think people are abusing their new found freedom. No word about when schools will re-open, mind you. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 14/04/2020 16:40:00 2275967 Link 2 |
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What about the 25 lads and 10 management, selectors, backroom team sitting in a (30 x 20)if lucky dressing room do they go in, in 5 or 6 different groups to get a team talk etc do they have a team huddle do they have a test on team doc, physio, masseuse before each match, do they have 30 individual water boys with each players individual water. Do you give a red card to the buck or bucks standing 10 yards from a free taker at the end of a big club match coughing and sneezing at his direction to put him off ( don't think lads wouldn't do it I've seen lads throw there GPS at players.)
OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1807 - 14/04/2020 16:57:59 2275969 Link 1 |
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Club games should be easy enough to social distance among supporters but what about players? There is no way to practice social distancing effectively while playing a contact sport. If I'm a club player and I discover a player from a team we played last weekend has tested positive I and all my teammates, coaches and their families will need to self isolate for two weeks! It would not be fair on the players and I don't think health officials will allow it anyway until the risk is practically negligible.
GeniusGerry (Kerry) - Posts: 2113 - 14/04/2020 17:00:18 2275970 Link 5 |
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I see your point I'm probably being hopeful! But would the case not be the same in a large construction site factory bar or restaurant there's no way to maintain social distance at all times in those areas that why they are closed now but they can't keep them closed until we get a vaccine maybe a year to 18 months time!
theyoungbuck89 (Galway) - Posts: 59 - 14/04/2020 17:31:00 2275971 Link 1 |
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I'm not talking next week our club championship wasn't supposed to start back again until September that's a long way away yet! I'm working in a factory with more than 30 people in a small room too for the past few weeks as we are an essential business! Are u proposing that we have no sport and keep all non essential business closed until there's a vaccine?
theyoungbuck89 (Galway) - Posts: 59 - 14/04/2020 17:47:08 2275973 Link 1 |
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This is all just a guess on my part but when restrictions are lifted the last to come back will be cafes and resturaunts, closed door sports, pubs, night clubs, big stadia and then large outdoors stuff like big music festivals in that order. Big sport and music will be way later back than the rest due to the cross county/border nature of the events and the massive crowds involved. Ide love to see all the 2020 leagues wrapped up across Europe but I think TV is as close as we will get to any sport before September Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 14/04/2020 18:15:30 2275974 Link 1 |
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Death rate is up to almost 12% today. That's not good . I question the infection stats as the remit for testing is so narrow. Still 832 infections today and be far worse if they widen the remit of what they and who they test going forward.
Talking_Sense (Meath) - Posts: 209 - 14/04/2020 18:37:59 2275975 Link 1 |
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I got a coffee today from Starbucks and I had to do my order via their App. No cash or credit card transactions with them. I saw Chipotle doing the same a few doors down. So businesses ARE opening just not the way they were. McDonalds have a drive thru open and that's it for them.
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2587 - 14/04/2020 22:09:51 2275996 Link 0 |
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I'm working with 10 times that on a daily basis and if I hadn't a lot of years devoted I wouldn't be anywhere near the place Im not a young lad I've a family to worry about I've bills etc but I sure as f**k wouldn't be risking my family for a club match that u get more abuse than applauds for the pride of the parish when knives are out waiting for u to fail. If u think this will be gone by September u should be doing Trumps speeches. OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1807 - 15/04/2020 00:03:14 2276004 Link 1 |
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Oh there will be sport as I posted earlier but it will be like golf, tennis horse, racing, dog racing, perhaps professional sport like soccer nba nfl if they sign waivers to be involved but gaa NO imagine Corofin beat tuam in a county semifinal in November then during the week a tuam player tests positive, so now you have the Corofin players that have to self isolate they can't play the final the connacht semi final is the week again after that and connacht final week after that so there's no wiggle room for putting it back , sure its a farce. And yes it's that contagious read about the controversial uss Theodore Roosevelt that the captain was sacked on for worrying about his fleet 600 have since tested positive. OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1807 - 15/04/2020 00:22:57 2276006 Link 2 |
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I didn't say it would be gone in September
theyoungbuck89 (Galway) - Posts: 59 - 15/04/2020 05:54:17 2276010 Link 1 |
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There's not going to be any sport in 2021 then either a year to 18 months for a vaccine then whatever time it takes to make enough for supply?
theyoungbuck89 (Galway) - Posts: 59 - 15/04/2020 06:29:02 2276011 Link 1 |
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Does anyone believe we will have the GAA up and running this Summer? joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 587 - 15/04/2020 10:14:20 2276014 Link 1 |
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There will. You wont be able to stop everything for a year or 18 months especially pro sports as thousands will lose their jobs be it directly involved in sports industry or those who work in industries tied to live sport There will be sport played behind closed doors, limited crowds with social distancing in place etc Same with lot of other events KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 3786 - 15/04/2020 10:52:44 2276015 Link 1 |
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If the BCG vaccine confers some immunity and they find an effective anti-viral treatment that may slow things down enough for sport and non-essential business to go back to some restricted activity. There's a lot of guess work going on here though. Luke O'Neill from UCD says one thing, Prof McConkey from Surgeons says something slightly different, the Sports Illustrated article says something different again. Maybe we'll be playing by August/September. Maybe we'll be waiting until 2022. I don't think anybody knows for sure. roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 15/04/2020 11:09:09 2276017 Link 2 |
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No. 2021. Should be the focus now, if we get to even start then. 2020. Is a write off I'd say. Hopefully I'm wrong.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 15/04/2020 12:29:47 2276024 Link 3 |
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Yes agree. Think GAA heirarchy know football and hurling is all but over. As I said before we are lockdown to May and if you give it 8 weeks to unwind everything even in a best case scenario, that means no football to end of July. If the virus is still here in June , then thats July and August gone. Ye can work it out and it looks bleak, unless it just up's and vanishes. Sure teams sports going to be away down the food chain for social distancing.
Talking_Sense (Meath) - Posts: 209 - 15/04/2020 13:06:47 2276026 Link 1 |