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UNFORTUNATELY, BARBERS AND hairdressers were not considered essential services, forcing many of us to take the trimmers into our own hands.
Experts say we should wait it out and leave it for the professionals but not everyone will want to let their mullet grow out.
Motivated by boredom and/or necessity, social media users have been sharing their valiant efforts in recent days, including bald patches and dodgy dye jobs.
So, today we’re asking: Have you cut your hair yet?
Let us know how your DIY cut went in the comments below.
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Easing of the restrictions will come eventually but I don’t think it’ll happen by Sunday. We’ll probably have another two weeks before they’re lifted
@Seán Cafferkey: 2 weeks? More like another 4-6 or more of restrictions until they’re lifted.
@Marie McG: That’s why I said probably. It’s quite possible that they’ll be extended for another 4-6 weeks
@Seán Cafferkey: I think they will try to atleast relax restrictions coming to summer and hotter months, as it could become a headache to keep people recognising this in hot months
@Aaron O’Leary: hot months ?? When do we get them? I wish:)
@Sam Greene: Haha, you know I was thinking the same thing as I was writing it. Guaranteed anyway knowing the Irish luck, we will all be on lockdown for our nicest summer on record!
@Marie McG: yes, restrictions, not the current ones though.
@Seán Cafferkey: We could be looking at late July.
@Seán Cafferkey: This is most like the first of multiple lockdowns. Once you lift restrictions, cases inevitably surge in populations with no herd immunity.
@Marie McG: you will see some restrictions lifted in early may but some restrictions will be in place for months until an Antiviral is found .
@Seán Cafferkey: I can’t see covid 19 been put under control ! New life saving Rules are been openly flaunted by the over 70s and other rules too! new laws are all carrot and no stick..
@Bobby wilson: I have heard this ” old openly flaunting the rules” so many times. Yet the district or town they are supposedly flaunting rules never mentioned. Going by news video’s it is some 20s – 40s who can’t see the danger in what they are doing. Take-Aways doing a great trade as well as the alcohol on Supermarket shelves.
Whatever it takes to ensure everybody has a fair chance of living safely through this pandemic
@iYi: There is no economy without people. If 2 million people die around the globe from this, there will be near 0 confidence left in trade, it will crash the economy harder than shutting down temporarily ever could. We do need to restart the economy but we need to measure it against health precautions also.
Japan just issued a state of emergency for Tokyo.
@iYi: have you seen the news today? Sweden is going up, Japan is declaring a state of emergency tomorrow, keep up……….
@iYi: Except Japan just declared a state of emergency for Tokyo today.
@iYi: There will be deaths from the economy and I agree the economy is important and I would imagine everyone else agrees, however deaths from the economy can be mitigated through security. You cannot mitigate a virus when we have no vaccine. Preach about how its the flu all you want, remember one thing, the flu is a near death sentence to society without a vaccine, thankfully we have one, we don’t for this one.
@Aaron O’Leary: people lets not waste our time on this humanoid. Whoever it is is probably one of those 5G conspiracy nutbags. We don’t have the time in this life to waste on people who can’t be helped and if someone actually believes enough in that thought process of economy over innocent lives that they go to the trouble of posting it then they can’t be helped
@Jake Kelly: It seems, that theJournal deleted his comment and it’s now under someone elses thread?
It’s infuriating, I agree that we do need to start thinking about opening the economy and have said it before and will say again, but first priority is getting this under control, no lives = no economy.
@David Dineen: Be careful what you wish for. You may live, but could live to regret .
@Dave Bruen: Japan is open for business. No lock down and they were the second country affected. We’ve caused a world wide depression for something that can’t even outdo the flu. Unbelievable.
@Aaron O’Leary: they said 2 million people would die of bird flu. Their predictions are non sense. This virus isn’t even as devastating as influenza.
@iYi: There are currently 71,279 deaths of Covid-19 that WE KNOW OF.
Like I said, a flu is devastating, but we have a vaccine for it, we understand the standard flu. We do not have a vaccine for this and we do not understand it. Get over it, medical experts know more than you.
@iYi: that’s pure lies, the death rate from influenza is about 0.03%, where this strain has a mortality rate between 1-3.5% and is considered extremely more contagious. Coupled with the fact infected people can infect those around them for up to nearly two weeks before they themselves even show symptoms until Influenza where people show symptoms in as little as 4 to 5 days.
@Aaron O’Leary: @Aaron O’Leary:medical experts have said it is insanity to shut down everything for this but they don’t get time on mainstream media. You don’t need a vaccine most people’s immune system will take care of it. Avg age of the dead in Italy is 79. This doesn’t effect young people any more than the flu does.
@Jake Kelly: I didn’t say anything about 5g. Try to have some nuance. And yes they deleted my comment for nothing
@iYi: Give me 3 experts.
@iYi: are you being deliberately thick or just trolling? The mortality rate for influenza is. 01%, plus there is a vaccine for that. So far the mortality rate for Covid19 worldwide is a 5.5% and there is no vacation. Even kids know that this is worse than the flu you utter moron.
@Aaron O’Leary: Dr Karin Molling, Dr Sunetra gupta, Dr Anders tegnell, Dr Pablo Goldschmidt, Dr Eran Bendavid, Dr Jay Bhattacharya. There is six. And there are a lot more but they don’t get quoted by the msm because the msm are selling fear.
@Ger: you don’t need a vaccine for most people their immune system will see them through. 99% of the deaths in Italy had pre existing conditions and that comes from the government’s own stats. You’re an idiot.
@iYi: are you thick and stupid
@Sean Barry: great contribution there Sean don’t forget to stay in your house and be afraid. Good boy.
@Aaron O’Leary: there was no widespread vaccine for flu 20 years ago. Stop talking nonsense..
@FecklessBear: the stuff they are saying is hysterical nonsense.
@iYi: certainly, to suggest “the flu is a near death sentence to society without a vaccine” is just straight-up bullshit..
@iYi: What do you mean out do the flu?
May as well lift them in Cavan, no one wants to go out anyway in fear of spending money! Plus I guess the four of us in Leitrim should be alright too to have them lifted.
@ThatLJD: thats Navan … they eat their dinner out the draw
@ThatLJD: you’re a cheap as a Cavan clam!
@ThatLJD: when did the population in leitrim double. That’s an awful strain on the hse.
@databackup: what’s a draw?
I don’t want the restriction to be lifted.
@LD: I’m happy out. Living out the country, plenty of fresh air and jobs to be done. And geting paid well for it. Another month at least Leo. Thanks.
@LD: life must go on eventually. Whether you want it to or not.
@Da Vid: I think he meant for a few weeks. Not the restrictions being lifted in 2078
@Damien: you wouldnt know with the way some people are reacting.
@LD: Stockholm Syndrome has set in!
@John Tierney: I don’t think it’s Stockholm Syndrome, I think it’s called caring for yourself and your loved ones.
Don’t rush into this when you’re still seeing a consistent increase of new cases.
Only start when you see a clear decline in daily new confirmed cases in 10 consecutive days.
@Seriousnojoke: at least open the DIY shops to facilitate the upgrading of houses gardens etc
If Aldi can open Woodies could too
@Quentin Moriarty: Sounds fair. Strict physical distancing rules must apply though.
@Quentin Moriarty: can’t even buy a plant for the garden or paint for the house. Phew!!!
@Quentin Moriarty:As a DIYer I agree closing the DIY stores was the biggest mistake because that’s probably the one thing that would have keep the economy ticking over being a big contributor to state taxes,precautions could have been put in place similar to food stores and pharmacys,I am hopeful restrictions can be lifted from DIY stores because it’s such a vital sector that can quickly kick start the economy into gear again.
Removing restrictions count by county would be madness as you have many who work in a county different to where they live.
@Ed: but those that work in different counties will / Should qaulify for Covid 10 SW payments..
I’d imagine Cork and Dublin would be the last 2vcounties to have restrictions listed
@Paul O’Sullivan: * Covid 19
@Ed: you’d also end up with swarms of people heading over the road to neighbouring counties .not a good idea
The curve will have to be almost completely flattened before we can resume normal life, doing otherwise would be pointless in my opinion as it would be short lived, better staying put now rather than have an in out scenario for the foreseeable future
@Kate Flaherty: Chinese seeing a resurgence of cases after their “quashing “ of the virus
@Kate Flaherty: No, the curve would want to do more than flatten, we would want to see the curve drop back down to near zero before lifting restrictions as it will only rise again if its not successfully contained.
@Quentin Moriarty: 84 new cases being reported again in Wuhan this week, according to local media the regime is again trying to squash any rumours of a re-emergence, local truck drivers are claiming to have delivered over 5,000 urns to each of the crematoriums in Wuhan, from memory I think I read there are 8 crematoriums located around Wuhan, the real tragedy here was the blatant cover up by the CCP, they knew the nature of the human to human transmission of the virus in December but failed to alert the WHO ‘til January 20th, this is all pointless without transparency and the sharing of information when it comes to human health/life going forward…
@Quentin Moriarty: can’t see how there is an end game here without a vaccine lock down can’t last much longer as soon as it is relaxed numbers will go up. only option is to learn to live with this disease same as all human generations have done previously. Plus concentrate on finding a vaccine
Lifting any restricrions would be madness now.
We need a big decline in cases before being even considered .
Lift them to soon at your peril Lieo.
Those from Cheltenham and Italy were the inaction by you that led to so much infection.
Inaction now is what’s needed by FFG.
Give it sufficient time.
We will have to pay anyways. Do not make another mistake.
@Willy Mc Entire:
It’s a pity they wouldn’t disconnect the Internet where you live.
@Just Some Guy: Don’t mind him. Willy is the local nutjob. Just ignore him.
@Willy Mc Entire: the testing restrictions mean that we will probably getting between 200 to 300 new cases a day for a long time, how long do you think we should keep the lockdown, 1 month, two? Three? Maybe even longer, there won’t be a country left if this low testing regime is kept, the HSE keep saying what they INTEND to do, but intentions do not cut it at the moment
@Willy Mc Entire: hope you have a big chip on each shoulder , would not want you to topple over.
@Michael Byrne: but SF will then come in and sort it all out. They’ve got a hundred thousand houses to build a year you know.
I think air on the side of caution is wise. I would sooner keep the restrictions in place until at least till end of April and then review. I’m sure many want to keep safe and are willing to do what’s needed. Stay safe
@Karen Ryan: End of April just makes sense, honestly mid may seems sensible as well.
Opening county by county would be akin to having a peeing section in a swimming pool …
Too early to lift any restrictions, missing family and grandchildren something terrible, but their health is more important.
There are only two ways out of this: lock everyone down until a vaccine is available in 12 – 18 months (not gonna happen), or build up herd immunity at a slow enough pace so as not to overwhelm the health services.
The fact is, we need people getting the virus and getting immune at a steady pace so that we can get back to some semblance of normality while normalising some of the social distancing techniques we’ve implemented in order to protect the most vulnerable.
@Kem Trayle: The latter way is what’s happening. That’s why they call it flattening the curve and not pushing the curve to zero.
@Thomas O’ Donnell: Yep, but a lot of people think that if we lock everything and everyone down for a few months it will disappear. That’s not going to happen at this stage.
Dying for childcare to be made available so I can go to work and be of some use! Kids are sick of me!
@Sinead Mooney: Better sick of site of you than if you were ill for a month.
Consideing we haven’t reached the surge yet i think it would be better to keep the restrictions in place tbh.. i know its hard on everyone & our economy but really saving as many lives as we possibly can from this is more vital..
@Veronica: when is the surge due everyone has a different number roughly ??
A temporary lock down is acceptable as we all understand the consequences of catching this virus. However as a just over 70 I would like to be able to take advantage of the dedicated shopping hours allocated to over 65s. I am sure there are many others in my position also.
Not by county but by sector. If Supermarkets can be trusted to regulate customers then other Retailers can also.
Leo Varaker I am behind you all the way frontline workers doing my duty as a doctor on the phone a couple of 100km away that is!
@@PodMusiccast: what?
@Da Vid: I think he fell over mid-post
Best get the restrictions done and dusted rather than ease them and then have to re-impose them.
@Dave Harris: I don’t think you can get them “done and dusted “ without a vaccine. We could lift restrictions temporarily and sector by sector. Say, give restaurants a couple of weeks , then give hairdressers a couple of weeks after that, then construction and DIY a few weeks. Just a thought.
Close down domestic air travel ffs
the UK has 60 million people, 6k deaths, population wise 10% of their population is in london, 30% of Irelands 5 million people are in Dublin. The UK appear to be a week behind us, divide the UK death rate by 12 today thats what Ireland would have if the messures where not in place. Basically instead of 20 dieing a day 90 die, they have 250 icu beds, about 80 free. This has not even hit us yet as soon as people can enter Ireland again can they afford to shut us down again? They need a medicine or vaccine.
@databackup: 500 ICU beds when adding in the beds made available by private hospitals.
@databackup: Is not as simple as that. No one knows yet. It could be 20 deaths a day for 90 days versus 90 deaths a day for 20 days
I don’t think they will lift the restrictions all at once. They will probably be left in place as they are for another couple of weeks, then be eased gradually as and when the public health and medical advisors tell the government it’s safe to do so. They need to weigh up the potential risk of lifting restrictions too soon vs leaving them in place too long and the chance of people getting fed up and not compling with them and the economic cost.
@Aoife Carey: Agreed. Theres definitely a societal scientific approach to it, I do like how the government recognise that it’s unstable in the long term and I do appreciate the lighter hand taking when it comes to policing it.
This is going to be a really difficult call to make, as there are many factors to consider. The real economic impact has yet to realized for many, the social cost of isolation, the cancellation of many hospital and GP visits etc all have an impact. We also need to ensure that systems and processes are in place for ongoing testing and early warnings of any second wave.
One thing that can be certain is whatever the decision on easing the lockdown, we will see certain political personalities not in government on the media saying its wrong
The restrictions on the elderly and the immune compromised will probably continue long after it’s lifted for the rest of us.That is until a vaccine is found.Just my sixpence worth.
I have no issue doing another month of this lockdown crap if need be.
Bring it on. If it saves any family from the grief that this virus brings with it, then I am ok with that.
I am already starting to look like a flintstones character, but I am enjoying the liberating feeling of not giving two s…ts about the whole thing.
Being Irish brings with it the responsibility of having to lift the weight when others have fallen due to exhaustion. Keep going people!!!
@Charles McCarthy: what about all the families destroyed from the oncoming depression.
@iYi: Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. Yes I agree that their is going to be a big fall out from this, but if your suggesting we ease up on the restrictions based on people getting depressed then I would respectfully have to question that remedy. The potential demise of large groups of our society I’m sure is the last thing anyone wants or needs right now. In fact it will only increase the issue of depression where it previously never existed.
@Charles McCarthy: depression as in economic depression.
@iYi: Ah I see “recession” different kettle my friend, different kettle.
Beware, FFG bots on this page!
@Redhandtim: or maybe people just don’t like SF and their policies. I’m no BOT, just have no time for SF in any form(be that their political or paramilitary wing).
Restrictions will cease when Everyone and I mean Everyone is TESTED
@Thomas Corrigan: so not this year
@Thomas Corrigan: nonsense that is hysteria. Every doesn’t need a test. For most this isn’t even a cold.
@iYi: that’s not the point, it’s simply not possible to test everyone, with the current global demand for the test machines and reagents required for the test. Plus who is to say people will not be infected within days of taking the test and be told two weeks later they are clear but actually infected.
@Derek: it doesn’t matter for the vast majority of people it will be a mild case. That’s the point.
@iYi: What about all those who it does matter for? They will continue to live in fear in their homes for even longer as this continues because people are willing to disregard their well being for the sake of getting back to the pub for a pint or whatever.
@Derek: people with pre existing conditions who are the people effected by this already have to be wary of a bunch of different illnesses all the time. We don’t shut down most of the world for that. You have to find a balance between damage done by the disease and damage done by the reactions to the disease.
Bit of timeline – 13 March we were told to work from home if possible, its April 6th so not even a month later and some people seem to think that we might be required to stay at home for another 2 weeks. Now lets have a look what happened in Wuhan.The city was closed off for 2 months (Jan 23 – Mar 23rd). Our restrictions are nowhere near those imposed in China so if the restrictions are lifted for the summer then we should concern ourselves as lucky.
Handy while 5g is being implemented
@james r: Well, they have to have some way of turning the frogs gay now that the lizard-pilots aren’t spreading as many chemtrails.
@james r: thanks for identifying yourself as easily manipulated and a bit dim.
@james r: where is 5g been implemented in Ireland. Since your knowledgeable on these things?
There are an awful lot of the “don’t lift the lockdown, it’s only a few week” brigade here. I only wish I could be that naive.
What happens when we lift restrictions? As we’ve so little population immunity, cases surge. Remember, this started with 1 case in Ireland, and has lead to exponential growth. Nothing has changed – 1 case will lead to exponential growth.
It will most likely be a case of opening up/locking down/opening up/locking down. Prof Luke O’Neill wrote about this yesterday: https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/a-second-surge-of-the-coronavirus-later-in-the-year-remains-a-possibility-with-more-lockdowns-39103499.html
The lockdown/opening cycle will probably continue until a vaccine in 18 months. But with that comes with enormous mental and physical health costs – there’s an almost perfect correlation between increased unemployment and increased deaths.
Here’s a good article on the dishonesty of the “lets just lock down for a few weeks and this will all be over” argument: https://medium.com/@wpegden/a-call-to-honesty-in-pandemic-modeling-5c156686a64b?fbclid=IwAR14ql8DveVXN5qYrOUi53tsSZIwneX9zhpgZRJqaO2tg9UDxJRV7GTrJ6I
@Mark Kelly: 18 months of this will destroy the world economy. The depression would lead to way more people being killed. Face it, they overhyped the danger of this. People ned to get back to work soon.
They claimed that they could not stop the number of infections and whole point was to “flatten the curve” and take pressure off the health care system.
Surely this goes both ways, There are 2,000 beds free in the hospitals and over 1,000 free ventilators. Is the curve not flattened too much?? Why are they threatening further restrictions when we have so much available man power in the hospitals. They have been wildly wrong on the numbers every step of the way.
Do we not have some semblance of trying the balance the destruction this going to cause families economically across the country. Should we not be easing restrictions on a week by week basis and re-evaluating based on how the hospitals are coping. How long do we stay on lock down before irreversible damage to the country. Surely someone has to have a date in mind where we just have to turn things back on no matter what.
Should all TDS , Senators take a pay cut, donate to help people on front line
@.Tk mc carthy: could you imagine the amount of money this country would have if they got paid a ‘reasonable ‘ living wage like the rest of us
realistically I can’t see them opening pubs, restaurants etc. sooner than May and this is being veeeeeeery optimistic. 12th of April is certain to be extended
Too soon and if we open the airspace too soon as well we’ll be back at square one
Italy has now been in lock-down for around 7 weeks and counting. I feel that we may be in a similar position, we can’t afford to lift the lock down and risk a spike in cases. I hope that Sweden’s lack of Action doesn’t put Europe in a whole at risk when common travel bans are lifted.
As one wise person said fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Taiwan has learned from there mistakes during both SARS / MARS outbreak now with Covid 19 they recorded just 373 cases due to there quick action. The ECDC needs to send officials over to that country and learn from them. As a whole Europe needs to have a shared Travel manifesto so we can see direct / indirect flights per person coming into a giving country and we can isolate like Taiwan did with people coming in from infected areas.
The figures for confirmed COVID 19 are perhaps unsatisfactory. They dont seem to indicate what percentage of these have overcome the virus nor what percentage have been hospitalised or are in intensive care. Confirmed cases of the virus are not necessarily serious in the sense that many of them, if not most, do not become chronic.
@Nathan: for most it will not be serious. 99% of the deaths in Italy were people with underlying conditions according to the Italian giv own stats.
@Nathan: Italian authorities officially claimed that they can only attribute around 12% of their deaths actually to c19
Lockdown resets the clock . It eases the burden on the hospitals. Lifting it with no vaccine will just kill countless more
Bit early for any lifting restrictions yet surely. Our numbers are still 300 plus new cases plus 15 to 20 something poor souls that have left us… to even contemplate people going back to confined spaces be it work or social would be unacceptable. We need to really rally round stay in doors dont yet thing thing take anymore of our people, stay strong and wait it out until we can come back stronger, we owe it to the people we have lost to do everything in our power now
Sounds a bit selfish.
You want to extend the restriction at leadt a month and you are paid for.
I have to go to work to keep you and others safe.
Have a it of respect.
That will be next challenge how to manage the lifting of the restrictions in the safest way which could be the end of the summer when this starts
You’d nearly want to see a week of no new cases to be sure.
With all transactions from indoors to outdoors, first ones will be the guinie pigs…as for a county lockdown lifted one at a time, good idea if they can stop others county’s from barging through to get to the restaurants and stuff.
That’s when fines should take place…lives threatened otherwise.
Lookit, I’ve a holiday booked for mid-June, I’d appreciate it if people could put their shoulder to the wheel and really flatten the curve by mid-May. I’m cracking up here, it’s not on etc etc……
What about all the dirty junkies hanging around the doors to the shopping centers begging for change, going up to people, in their space, these ‘people’ do not adhere to anything the government says
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