Sorry for those who don;t want to read this stuff but just read that

140,000 people have lost their jobs in Ireland since it went into lockdown a couple of days ago.

Pretty frightening that when you think that we could be in for the long haul here. You have to wonder how some people are going to survive financially if the high street economy and businesses that rely in consumer spending such as the travel industry just implode.

Without prejudicing social distancing efforts, we must find ways to try and support local businesses where we can. My local pub has set up a delivery service for those self isolating and we will make sure we use it regularly to try and keep them ticking over if we all end up stuck at home.

I wobble almost daily in terms of whether or not I trust the strategy but today I am veering back towards trusting the government/experts over this.

Posted By: Jim on March 16th 2020 at 15:22:00

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Sorry for those who don;t want to read this stuff but just read that (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 16, 15:22:00
- Been trying to chase up unpaid invoices and clients are cancelling projects without (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 15:43:50
  - Let me know if you need any pointers re MCOL etc. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 16, 15:52:12
    - Cheers mate, appreciate it. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 16:01:31
  - You probably already know this (Coronavirus) - camcan, Mar 16, 15:51:56
    - Thanks Camcan, I will definitely look into this. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 16:00:54
  - That's terrible,good luck.👍 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 16, 15:45:41
    - Thanks pal :-) (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Mar 16, 15:55:09
- You trust a man who has lied all of his life to tell you the truth now? (Coronavirus) - Dunney, Mar 16, 15:41:30
- Looks like France might be going the way of Italy later (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 15:38:56
- Why? All the medical type bods that post on here are horrified at... (Coronavirus) - loz, Mar 16, 15:32:51
  - I have a number of quite senior medical friends (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 15:52:57
    - Coronamoaners just need to believe more (Coronavirus) - Dunney, Mar 16, 16:01:05
    - also got to with up pros/cons of an immediate lockdown vs a telegraphed one (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 16, 15:58:06
      - and also whether you need to make a "rule" (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:06:13
        
        I think the strategy seems to be to prepare people to lockdown and it (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 16, 16:09:31
        
        yes i think so to (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:12:37
        
        Key workers kids might stay in like other countries (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Mar 16, 16:20:25
        
        yes + those who otherwise vulnerable (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:22:28
      - I still can't get bog roll FFS (n/m) (Coronavirus) - duke of york, Mar 16, 16:00:37
        
        chop kitchen roll into 3 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 16, 16:22:52
        
        try the smaller independent shops (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 16, 16:18:08
        
        But you can learn it's history by watching "The history guy" on YouTube. (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Mar 16, 16:07:15
  - Spoke to a friend of mine yesterday who's a frontline A&E doc in Cheltenham (Coronavirus) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 16, 15:39:24
    - I'm sure its incredibly hard and is going to be for a while no matter what strategy we (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 16, 16:07:45

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