Coronavirus (COVID-19)

EnzoScifo

Chuck Noland wrote: »

No vaccine?

Only started in the last few days.

When I said strict lockdown I mean strict lockdown, like the cops coming to your door to make sure you were at home and enforcing isolation if you were a close contact.

Chuck Noland

EnzoScifo wrote: »

Only started in the last few days.

When I said strict lockdown I mean strict lockdown, like the cops coming to your door to make sure you were at home and enforcing isolation if you were a close contact.

So doing things properly then?

EnzoScifo

Chuck Noland wrote: »

So doing things properly then?

their culture and society is more collective anyways, so the population were more amenable to these policies. Plus housing is more apartment block based which made it easier to police.

Europe and the US have been more about mitigation.

Morries Wigs

Place on South Douglas Road has been jointed for tests all week. This place only opened up Christmas week after been closed for ages

the beer revolu

Chuck Noland wrote: »

So doing things properly then?

The Irish populace would lose their shlts if they experienced anything like an enforced strict lockdown.

limnam

EnzoScifo wrote: »

their culture and society is more collective anyways, so the population were more amenable to these policies. Plus housing is more apartment block based which made it easier to police.

Europe and the US have been more about mitigation.

In Poland you had police knocking in daily for people in isolation

cantalach

EnzoScifo wrote: »

their culture and society is more collective anyways, so the population were more amenable to these policies.

That’s a very gentle way of phrasing it

aisling86

My uncle works in CUH & hes currently on nights and he said its v bad, its everywhere & no ICU beds available.

JP Liz V1

Pen Rua wrote: »

3,394 cases nationwide today.

389 are in Cork.

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1345431115151114241

4 deaths
3,394 cases
(includes unstated number from the backlog)

The number in hospital has exceeded 600

389 very high

Pen Rua

We took a walk through Fitzgerald’s Park via the Shakey Bridge. Both the park and bridge were busy, with the cafe in the park doing a roaring trade - good to see.

JP Liz V1

Kirby’s Korner in Ballinhassig closing for collections as many cases in the area, for safety to protect the staff and owners

ACitizenErased

Latest hospital update:

CUH up to 38 from 22, increase of 16. 11 of these are positive in-hospital tests. 2 in ICU, increase of 1.
Mercy up by 4 to 14. 3 of these are positive in-hospital tests. Zero in ICU.

JP Liz V1

aisling86 wrote: »

My uncle works in CUH & hes currently on nights and he said its v bad, its everywhere & no ICU beds available.

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Latest hospital update:

CUH up to 38 from 22, increase of 16. 11 of these are positive in-hospital tests. 2 in ICU, increase of 1.
Mercy up by 4 to 14. 3 of these are positive in-hospital tests. Zero in ICU.

Do you think appointments for CUH and procedures etc., will go ahead for January with the current numbers?

fin12

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Do you think appointments for CUH and procedures etc., will go ahead for January with the current numbers?

I have an outpatient appointment for cuh and got the letter to say that is now going to be a phone consultation.

corks finest

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Kirby’s Korner in Ballinhassig closing for collections as many cases in the area, for safety to protect the staff and owners

Carrigaline (again) gangs of teens flying about in groups, No masks at all, parental control in this kip is abysmal

limnam

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Kirby’s Korner in Ballinhassig closing for collections as many cases in the area, for safety to protect the staff and owners

There's a number of businesses that could do with following Kirby's example.

SleetAndSnow

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1345737619322380288?s=20

H8GHOTI

“CUH has no additional ICU beds”

Why is that I wonder?

Only 2 patients in ICU with covid. So beds are full with other patients presumably. Or they are so short staffed they are unable to use all the beds.

Acosta

Came across the first checkpoint since the latest lockdown was announced earlier. They had two vehicles pulled in(possibly for something other than breaking restrictions), but I also saw them turn someone around and send them back the way they came. I didn't see that happen once during the autumn lockdown.

ACitizenErased

As previous poster said, CUH ICU only has 2 COVID patients. That's not a COVID problem.

JP Liz V1

ACitizenErased wrote: »

As previous poster said, CUH ICU only has 2 COVID patients. That's not a COVID problem.

According to the radio news today CUH has many nurses out with Covid, ward closed, ICU full

ACitizenErased

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

According to the radio news today CUH has many nurses out with Covid, ward closed, ICU full

The ICU has 2 COVID patients. It's full of people without COVID.


RE the nurses, I posted here 4 days ago that there was a major outbreak:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115745830&postcount=4225

corks finest

H8GHOTI wrote: »

“CUH has no additional ICU beds”

Why is that I wonder?

Only 2 patients in ICU with covid. So beds are full with other patients presumably. Or they are so short staffed they are unable to use all the beds.

Not great

Ludo

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

According to the radio news today CUH has many nurses out with Covid, ward closed, ICU full

Whether the ICU is full with non-covid patients is irrelevant really to anyone needing a bed there. There is more likely to be people needing them soon so it is a problem either way.

ACitizenErased

Hearing theres an outbreak among staff in McDonalds in Mahon Point

Ludo

4962 today. Backlog being worked off hopefully.

Nationwide obviously...not all Cork.

350 Cork

ACitizenErased

Over 1000 cases in Dublin today, knew they were very low. Id say thats about as high as it would go for us in Cork tbh

Ludo

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Over 1000 cases in Dublin today, knew they were very low. Id say thats about as high as it would go for us in Cork tbh

Ever the optimist....I'll give you that.

ACitizenErased

Ludo wrote: »

Ever the optimist....I'll give you that.

You only need to look at Dublin's cases yesterday to see how they were underreporting. Cork is in a different region than Dublin so different branch of the HSE reporting the figures. Based on the last few days I would say ours are accurate.


On another note, 600+ in Limerick today, **** me.

JP Liz V1

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The ICU has 2 COVID patients. It's full of people without COVID.

RE the nurses, I posted here 4 days ago that there was a major outbreak:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115745830&postcount=4225

It worrying having so many nurses out