Coronavirus (COVID-19)

ACitizenErased

Ludo wrote: »

Do we have any idea where all these cases in Cork are coming from? Are they institutional clusters or general community transmission? Is that info available somewhere?

Not on a county by county level no. Best you can get is on the HPSC website by HSE area but south region includes Kerry.

Icantthinkof1

Would positive cases diagnosed in the CUH be included in the Cork City South West LEA’s numbers & cases in the Mercy be included in Cork City South Central’s numbers?

ACitizenErased

Icantthinkof1 wrote: »

Would positive cases diagnosed in the CUH be included in the Cork City South West LEA’s numbers & cases in the Mercy be included in Cork City South Central’s numbers?

I think it's the address of that person, no idea tho

ACitizenErased

120 today

Gaspode

There have been numerous warnings not to spread unsubstantiated rumours here. The addition of racism to that is not on either. Bans will be the next step

ACitizenErased

62 today

JP Liz V1

ACitizenErased wrote: »

62 today

That's a good drop

Cape Clear

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

That's a good drop

Has testing been scaled back? There was talk of a centre in UCD not operating this weekend and last?

corks finest

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

That's a good drop

Carrigaline isn’t learning or listening, gangs of teens roaming around no social distancing atall, not just today cos it’s Halloween but every evening, and especially at weekends in the park and up by the garages , groups of 10 and more, we won’t be out of this bloody lockdown atall unless parents cop on

fin12

corks finest wrote: »

Carrigaline isn’t learning or listening, gangs of teens roaming around no social distancing atall, not just today cos it’s Halloween but every evening, and especially at weekends in the park and up by the garages , groups of 10 and more, we won’t be out of this bloody lockdown atall unless parents cop on

They will be rolling lockdowns till 2022 .

corks finest

fin12 wrote: »

They will be rolling lockdowns till 2022 .

Sincerely hope not as there’s a marked difference ref aggression on the roads etc,ppls mental health is being affected not helped by drink n drugs

fin12

corks finest wrote: »

Sincerely hope not as there’s a marked difference ref aggression on the roads etc,ppls mental health is being affected not helped by drink n drugs

Yes I’m not in favor aswell but nothing with surprise with this government.

I don’t even watch the news or rte. I’m just not ever getting my hopes up again with this government cause honestly I think the whole lot of them are complete assholes.

ACitizenErased

Cape Clear wrote: »

Has testing been scaled back? There was talk of a centre in UCD not operating this weekend and last?

Nope. NVRL handles 600 tests per weekend, they've been outsourced. Today's cases are a result of 15,000 tests.

Ludo

fin12 wrote: »

Yes I’m not in favor aswell but nothing with surprise with this government.

I don’t even watch the news or rte. I’m just not ever getting my hopes up again with this government cause honestly I think the whole lot of them are complete assholes.

Do you think it is just THIS government? It is the same everywhere and "this" government acted early compared to others. They could have locked down sooner, but I don't think you would have approved of that either. I honestly don't know what government you think will solve this problem.

freshpopcorn

corks finest wrote: »

Carrigaline isn’t learning or listening, gangs of teens roaming around no social distancing atall, not just today cos it’s Halloween but every evening, and especially at weekends in the park and up by the garages , groups of 10 and more, we won’t be out of this bloody lockdown atall unless parents cop on

Don’t worry if they’ve the slightest sniffly next week they’ll be off to get tested!

fin12

Ludo wrote: »

Do you think it is just THIS government? It is the same everywhere and "this" government acted early compared to others. They could have locked down sooner, but I don't think you would have approved of that either. I honestly don't know what government you think will solve this problem.

It is not the same everywhere. What planet are u living on if you think it’s the same everywhere. Don’t presume what I would or would not approve off. Go away and now and pick a fight with someone else cause have no interest in engaging with u further.

Ludo

Every country in Europe is locking down again one by one. The USA is getting worse again also. Sorry, you don't want to engage but this is a discussion forum so I will not go away and I am not picking a fight as you put it. I simply disagree that the government are to blame for this. Of course they could do better. Everyone could. We will be in a cycle of lockdowns and gradual easing until a fully viable vaccine is available to all. I really don't think there is anything we or any government can do about that other than do our best.

Ludo

Jenny Magnificent Buttermilk wrote: »

See south east + eastern asia. NZ + OZ. I don't understand why we are constantly looking at europe for answers. Maybe look at what countries who have it under control have done? Thought of rolling lockdowns is utterly depressing not to mind insane for the greater economy. Control virus - end lockdown cycles - get economy and life back to normal .

Yes...they locked down pretty harshly in NZ twice. Parts of Oz just out of a 112 day lockdown. We are now in our second one also. How is that different? I bet they will be needing another also eventually.

Not too sure about SE Asia but I am guessing they are much better at obeying rules than us and a lockdown actually means a lockdown unlike what we have here now. No approach has really worked at all yet. Japan is a strange one. They managed to get off very lightly but no one seems to know why really.

SusieBlue

Ludo wrote: »

Every country in Europe is locking down again one by one. The USA is getting worse again also. Sorry, you don't want to engage but this is a discussion forum so I will not go away and I am not picking a fight as you put it. I simply disagree that the government are to blame for this. Of course they could do better. Everyone could. We will be in a cycle of lockdowns and gradual easing until a fully viable vaccine is available to all. I really don't think there is anything we or any government can do about that other than do our best.

In most countries in Europe you could go for a pint in the pub almost two months before you could even get your dog groomed or buy some non essential retail items here, let alone go for a drink.
Non food serving pubs were open a grand total of about 3 weeks here before they were shut again, while other countries enjoyed a relatively normal summer.
All of their industries were open albeit with precautions in place while we kept many of ours shut.
Even though community transmission was non existent we were still told we ‘weren’t quite where we needed to be yet’.

We had less than 5 cases a day at various points of the summer and the government still wouldn’t entertain moving along the roadmap a bit quicker.

So while yes, a lot of other countries are entering lockdown again, they had some bit of a break and a spell of normality during the summer while we were still paralysed with our roadmap.
That is why people are struggling to cope this time, we’ve barely had a chance to recover mentally or financially from the first total lockdown and we were back into one again.

When you consider that non food serving pubs in Dublin have been closed since before St Patrick’s Day and it’s now November, it really hits home how severe our restrictions have been compared to other countries.

That’s why it isn’t the same and that’s where our government fecked things up.
They made an absolute mess of getting us out of the last lockdown, they dragged the arse out of it because solid confident leadership was in short supply and I have no doubt they’ll do the same again this time around.

JP Liz V1

corks finest wrote: »

Carrigaline isn’t learning or listening, gangs of teens roaming around no social distancing atall, not just today cos it’s Halloween but every evening, and especially at weekends in the park and up by the garages , groups of 10 and more, we won’t be out of this bloody lockdown atall unless parents cop on

I'd say this is everywhere with some young, they just don't care

cantalach

Ludo wrote: »

Not too sure about SE Asia but I am guessing they are much better at obeying rules than us and a lockdown actually means a lockdown unlike what we have here now.

Well...communist police states and juntas tend to work that way

~Rebel~

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I'd say this is everywhere with some young, they just don't care

They’re also crammed into classrooms indoors together all day 5 days a week, so probably don’t really see any logic in a distinction of after school behaviour to suddenly split apart.

igCorcaigh

I have tested negative. Good turnaround though.

Got tested Friday morning, result came back Saturday evening. This was after making contact with my GP on Thursday afternoon.

JP Liz V1

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I have tested negative. Good turnaround though.

Got tested Friday morning, result came back Saturday evening. This was after making contact with my GP on Thursday afternoon.

That's great

igCorcaigh

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

That's great

Thank you!

Slightly disappointed that im still vulnerable to the virus! But yes, it is good news.

I think most of us will get this eventually. Sad to say.

I usually get some chest cold this time of year, and after being so careful not to contract covid, i have managed to pick up the traditional type of Coronavirus!

Just goes to show how easily some viruses spread, or how I'm still doing something wrong.

Icantthinkof1

In fairness the turnaround time’s for test results is quite good.
We had one of our child’s results within 7 hours of a test- (fastest) and 36 hours was the longest time we’ve had to wait
We’ve now been to the test centre 7 times since September- negative each time thankfully.

H8GHOTI

May I ask why have you been 7 times?

Trouser Snake

H8GHOTI wrote: »

May I ask why have you been 7 times?

I know people tested 3 times, a family could easily have 7 trips under the belt. Just unlucky I suppose but signs they are taking good caution, fair play.

omerin

jesus h christ, were all the tests for you, do you work in a hospital/care center or driving close family members to the test center? There is something seriously wrong if the tests were all for you and you are not in the frontline

H8GHOTI

omerin wrote: »

jesus h christ, were all the tests for you, do you work in a hospital/care center or driving close family members to the test center? There is something seriously wrong if the tests were all for you and you are not in the frontline

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