The Pat Kenny Show

Del.Monte

Anybody else find Luke O'Neill's style of jolly, infantile discussions on Covid painful? He's like some big ****ing schoolboy. It's all one big wheeze.

2smiggy

the building could be burning around him and he would still be joyful !!

A bit of optimism is grand, but he goes way overboard

Cole

I enjoy listening to Luke O'Neill, but sometimes his answers to Pat/listeners questions are so vague. He can't be expected to know the answer to everything, so just say so...instead of "probably" or "I'd think so".

His answer to the caller who asked about Vitamin D recommended doses..."just look at the label"...ah Luke

Technocentral

Pat can't understand that everyone doesn't define themselves by their work.

hotmail.com

Del.Monte wrote: »

Anybody else find Luke O'Neill's style of jolly, infantile discussions on Covid painful? He's like some big ****ing schoolboy. It's all one big wheeze.

Is he even that clever?

I'm not so sure.

meeeeh

hotmail.com wrote: »

Is he even that clever?

I'm not so sure.

He is. However I'm he is nowhere near your level...

Del.Monte

hotmail.com wrote: »

Is he even that clever?

I'm not so sure.

I'm nearly 100% sure that it was the same man who said that we might see a case of Covid in Ireland.

whisky_galore

Del.Monte wrote: »

Anybody else find Luke O'Neill's style of jolly, infantile discussions on Covid painful? He's like some big ****ing schoolboy. It's all one big wheeze.

With interviews and podcasts and social media how does he have time for the day job?
Sick of wall to wall LON and his omnipresent voice.

ButtersSuki

whisky_galore wrote: »

With interviews and podcasts and social media how does he have time for the day job?
Sick of wall to wall LON and his omnipresent voice.

He sold his company - or rather one of them - for millions recently. He can have a lot of free time if he wants given his financial situation. He obviously enjoys the media spotlight. I wish we saw and heard a bit less from him though

Cole

Pat "antigen tests" Kenny:D

Barna77

"Smugness"

Cole

Barna77 wrote: »

"Smugness"

Jaysus, Edwina. You certainly don't need a jab to increase your smugness. I wonder did she mean that in a 'tongue in cheek way'...probably not, not very self-aware

golfball37

I wouldn’t begrudge the Brits their success over the vaccine rollout. God knows they’ve made enough cock ups these past few years.

2smiggy

God I hate Edwina Curry . Anyone else thinks the Brits may be getting a bit ahead of themselves ....

steinbock123

Pride comes before a fall . . . . . .

Cole

golfball37 wrote: »

I wouldn’t begrudge the Brits their success over the vaccine rollout. God knows they’ve made enough cock ups these past few years.

Same here, but I do begrudge Edwina Currie using it as a reason to do her regular 'Rule Britannia' thing.

Squeaksoutloud

golfball37 wrote: »

I wouldn’t begrudge the Brits their success over the vaccine rollout. God knows they’ve made enough cock ups these past few years.

Delighted for them...and we need them to succeed because we won't be that far behind them in 3/4 months time... especially when most of the benefit comes in the initial roll out of vaccines.

E mac

Nice to hear someone so positive for a change.

Chomper.

Squeaksoutloud wrote: »

Delighted for them...and we need them to succeed because we won't be that far behind them in 3/4 months time... especially when most of the benefit comes in the initial roll out of vaccines.

We badly needed our nearest neighbor setting the bar high

Government is in a rut here

Cole

What a brilliant interview with that transplant guy, Patrick...he's a tonic.

BPKS

2smiggy wrote: »

God I hate Edwina Curry . Anyone else thinks the Brits may be getting a bit ahead of themselves ....

I don't know.

Look at how many have vaccinated and the light they have at the end of the tunnel.

And contrast that to the dire situation here.

And on smugness, there seemed to be a lot of that here when we were looking at Covid numbers and deaths in the UK last year.

2smiggy

BPKS wrote: »

I don't know.

Look at how many have vaccinated and the light they have at the end of the tunnel.

And contrast that to the dire situation here.

And on smugness, there seemed to be a lot of that here when we were looking at Covid numbers and deaths in the UK last year.

not saying she is all wrong, but still plenty of deaths there at the moment. I would not compare our situation as dire compared to theirs. Lets see with happens. Remember a lot of their vaccinations are a half dose of the oxford one ....

2smiggy

2smiggy wrote: »

not saying she is all wrong, but still plenty of deaths there at the moment. I would not compare our situation as dire compared to theirs. Lets see with happens. Remember a lot of their vaccinations are a half dose of the oxford one ....

Number of first doses as of today 17 Million. 12% of adults have gotten the second dose.

Meanwhile I *might* get it around september, but Stephen Donnelly said thats a target not a guarantee.

meeeeh

We are waiting for EMA to hopefully approve J&J which is a one shot vaccine. Denmark are hoping to vaccine adult population by end if June which is similar to UK irc. Ireland is in the same purchasing group as Denmark, we might be behind but not that much. While EU is lagging behind UK, US (which still didn't approve AZ vaccine) and Israel the situation is far from dire in comparison to the rest of the world.

UK acted well getting vaccine but they had to because developed economy was hit as badly by Covid and very few countries have higher death toll.

I dislike vaccine nationalism and there seem to be offence among some people in UK AstraZeneca is not received that well but it's unfair to blame everything on Macron. Health workers in EU are not stupid just a bit selfish (like every human being), they can read efficency statistics and a lot of groups are fighting to get what seems to be the best vaccine (Biontech or Moderna).

Call me Al

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Number of first doses as of today 17 Million. 12% of adults have gotten the second dose.

Meanwhile I *might* get it around september, but Stephen Donnelly said thats a target not a guarantee.

As of yesterday 624k people had received their second dose.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations

Call me Al

Call me Al wrote: »

As of yesterday 624k people had received their second dose.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/vaccinations

The banner on sky news said 630k second doses, which is 12% of all adults.

pc7

Cole wrote: »

What a brilliant interview with that transplant guy, Patrick...he's a tonic.

Really good interview, he was absolutely steeped that hotel had a defib, nice to have a good story to hear. Science and medicine (when available and done right) really are amazing when you think about it.

Macy0161

It may turn out the UK took the right approach, however, they took a gamble on the single dose. And emergency licencing.

2smiggy

Deleted User wrote: »

The banner on sky news said 630k second doses, which is 12% of all adults.

I've no idea on the amount of adults in the UK

but assume on the low end, 40 million

12% of 40000000 is 4800000 , just saying !!

2smiggy

Macy0161 wrote: »

It may turn out the UK took the right approach, however, they took a gamble on the single dose. And emergency licencing.

exactly , nothing has been proved wrong, or right. Listening to Edwina Curry bleat on about it unchallenged was not what I wanted to hear. Pat does seem to have a soft spot for her !!!