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THE SECOND PHASE of a population-wide survey regarding Covid-19 launching today will ask the public which restrictions they would prefer to see lifted.
The national anonymous online survey is seeking to understand how people are dealing with the pandemic, the associated restrictive measures, and how it has impacted on their home life, working life, childcare arrangements and physical and emotional wellbeing.
Conducted by researchers at NUI Galway, DCU and the Insight SFI Centre for Data Analytics, phase two of the survey will ask the public to rank which of the current restrictions they would like to see relaxed.
Such measures range from the reopening of schools, pubs and restaurants to a removal of the 2km restriction on movement.
The survey will also seek the views of those who have been cocooning, a term applying to at risk groups and those over 70 who have been asked to remain at home.
The researchers are particularly interested in hearing from people who have been caring for a vulnerable person or anyone who has had a medical procedure postponed.
As preliminary findings from the first survey highlighted that younger people appear to be experiencing greater negative mental health compared to older participants, researches are making a direct appeal for young people nationwide to take part.
Phase one of the survey, launched on 8 April, had over 100,000 respondents. Preliminary findings were published on 13 April.
“As we move towards the May bank holiday weekend, when we expect to hear more suggestions from the government about what to do next, this citizen science survey will help understand how this affects people and their hopes for a possible easing of restrictions,” Professor Anthony Staines, joint research lead, said.
Joint research lead Dr Akke Vellinga added: “As phase two is now launched, we are urging people to take the opportunity to outline how their lives have been impacted during this pandemic and what are the real human costs.
“We particularly urge young people to join, to have their voice heard and have their say in what’s next.”
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It’s only a matter of time. driving accounts for 30% of male employment worldwide. When vans trucks light rail taxis are driverless there will be an unemployment disaster.
exactly Patrick, rise of the machines technology is not always a good thing.
I don’t think I’d be ready to trust this technology anyway.
Automation has been killing jobs for centuries and will continue to do so for millennia.
As always people will have to adapt and adjust careers accordingly.
Can’t hold back progress.
Do you have a source for that, Patrick?
Those guys can work at something else. This is a great thing. Can’t wait for driverless cars.
Taxi drivers, van drivers, lorry drivers, bus drivers all looking at this and feeling a bit uneasy I’d imagine… on the plus side if it can take me home from the pub on a Friday night it won’t be the worst thing in the world
I look at advancements in technology in my sector and feel the same uneasiness. Can either sit back and do nothing, or look to try and learn new skills.
Who’s going to clean the puke off the seat before you get in.. Or who will wake up the drunk passenger in the back seat.. Self drive taxis may work well in some places but will not work well at 4am on a Saturday night in Dublin..
I would imagine there will be multiple internal cameras. Plus payment will be by card only. If camera catches a passenger damaging the car i.e. Puking…charge to card straight away.
Problem is technology/AI is advancing so quickly it is now replacing humans rather yhan just impeovibg the work place. Imagine the fin hackers will have with automated vehicles!??
Cheer up, planes still have pilots.
By the time the driver realizes that an accident is imminent it is generally too late to grab control. Safe driving requires forward planning and anticipation. You cannot be plunged into an emergency manual override position moments from disaster and expect to avoid it.
There’s many reported cases by Teslas stopping accidents before the driver even realised one was happening. Loads on dash cam vids and accounts on motoring forums. The tech is already saving lives. Given the number of road deaths here and around the world we’d be mad not to pursue this.
have your say