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Ireland to impose 5km travel limit in strict new Covid lockdown:
Ireland is to close much of its economy and society in a second Covid-19 lockdown that imposes some of the severest restrictions in Europe.
Non-essential shops will close and people are asked to stay at home, with a 5km (3 mile) travel limit for exercise, to curb surging infection rates, the government announced on Monday evening.
From midnight on Wednesday the country will move to its highest lockdown tier for six weeks. Visits to private homes or gardens will not be permitted and there are to be no gatherings except for tightly controlled weddings and funerals.
A graduated fine system for those who breach the 5km travel limit – with exceptions for work and other purposes deemed essential – will be announced later this week. People who live alone or are parenting alone can pair with one other household as part of a support bubble. Two households can meet outdoors within the travel limit. Public transport will operate at 25% capacity.
Non-essential retail will close along with barbers' shops, beauty salons, gyms, leisure centres and cultural amenities. Pubs, cafes and restaurants will be allowed to serve takeout meals only, a devastating blow to an already weakened hospitality sector.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2020, @06:25PM (6 children)
And where is your local case load coming from?
Around here we had a slight uptick in cases when school started, but not much. Mask wearing inside public places is very high here and free hand sanitizer is near the door for nearly every business. We got hit hard in the first wave and nearly everyone is doing their bit to avoid a second/third wave.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2020, @07:51PM (3 children)
Hope you are praying hard; it's probably more effective than your face rag.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2020, @09:27PM (1 child)
Check NY State for number of new cases (very low for 3 months now) and positive test rate -- varies between 1% and 2% for the same period. According to https://www.covidexitstrategy.org/ [covidexitstrategy.org] NY State is also testing at twice (or more) the rate that would be predicted just by our population.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2020, @09:36PM
Yeah, and check this too [nyc.gov] -- The most densely populated area in the US and cases counts are low and schools and most other places are open -- because people are wearing masks, getting tested, and most of us are working together to make sure we protect each other -- which is what wearing masks are for -- not to protect yourself, but to protect the people around you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2020, @09:28PM
I'm post-theological. No fairy god to pray to.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 25 2020, @10:44PM
Think the COWED-99 condition protects from COVID-19? We will see. It is a lot of time till next summer.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Monday October 26 2020, @12:42PM
Indeed. According to http://covid19.healthdata.org/ [healthdata.org] the ADULT measurements of mask wearing and social activity are roughly flat line from July to October. They can't legally track the kids. The school district is draconian in its mask policies so we can assume 100% compliance in mask wearing. The case numbers explode starting about two weeks in September.
If you assume it can't be the kids, it sure as heck must be something. Bioweapon attack or ? The graphs show measured adult behavior didn't change, if anything slightly higher mask wearing and with the end of summer the social distancing increased... among adults only.
Apparently 100% mask wearing in schools causes massive increase in cases. "Big Brother" tells me on the TV that never lies to me that masks are as effective as condoms now go out there and spend spend spend and attend (left wing) protests.