Covid-19 Kerry

Rodin · 06-03-2021 9:04pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

I dont follow your logic, Rodin. If there are ten doses in a vile and one had only one dose taken out of it when the over 85s were vaccinated, why should the other 9 go in the bin?(I dont know how many doses per vile, BTW) No one missed out in Sneem. The over 85s were vaccinated, that is all ages over 85, not just 85 to 90! So if a surgery has 11 over 85s, and there are 10 doses per vile, they will receive a delivery of 2 viles. No one is coming to collect the vile with nine doses left, its use it or loose it. If a number of surgeries had a similar scenario in the area and were able to cooperate with each other and pharmacies to get the vaccine into those aged from 70 to 85 as well as those aged over 85 then fair play.

I don't agree.
I don't believe everybody in Sneem between 70 and 85 got the remains of a not fully used vial.
And if there were should have been given to others nearby who are over 85. I doubt every person over 85 in Kenmare is vaccinated.

Sneem also really isn't big at all.
Should be one vaccination site.
The whole vaccine rollout has been very inefficient.

BPKS · 07-03-2021 12:16am

I think what is more likely to have happened with Sneem is as follows.

GP was meant to get 15 doses for over 85s.

Admin error meant 150 doses were sent.

GP goes above and beyond and calls in everyone over 70 before the vaccine 'goes off'.

I've heard something similar happened in another part of the country but they are keeping it quiet cos it was an area of extremely high rates around Xmas that got national attention.

Rodin · 07-03-2021 1:29am

BPKS wrote: »

I think what is more likely to have happened with Sneem is as follows.

GP was meant to get 15 doses for over 85s.

Admin error meant 150 doses were sent.

GP goes above and beyond and calls in everyone over 70 before the vaccine 'goes off'.

I've heard something similar happened in another part of the country but they are keeping it quiet cos it was an area of extremely high rates around Xmas that got national attention.

I'd fire the admin error person. Out by a factor of 10?
GPs should have got in contact with their colleagues in Kenmare and sorted out over 85s there

Quackster · 07-03-2021 2:01pm

Rodin wrote: »

I don't agree.
I don't believe everybody in Sneem between 70 and 85 got the remains of a not fully used vial.
And if there were should have been given to others nearby who are over 85. I doubt every person over 85 in Kenmare is vaccinated.

Sneem also really isn't big at all.
Should be one vaccination site.
The whole vaccine rollout has been very inefficient.

Given that, at a national level, the population aged 70-84 is nearly six times the population aged 85+, this is exactly what must have happened as the local GP has fully vaccinated everyone aged 70+ and even started into vaccinating their 65-69 age-group.

Also, the vaccine they received is the Moderna one so what another poster has said here is untrue - it didn't have to be administered the day they received it. Indeed it can be stored in an ordinary fridge for a month and that's exactly what they're doing as they haven't used up all that they received yet.

It would be simplistic to suggest that the GP should have circulated excess stock amongst neighbouring GPs though as you have to make sure whomever you give it to will be able to receive a second dose of Moderna in four weeks and Moderna is arriving into this country in extremely small amounts so it can only really be used at relatively few vaccination sites.

An Ciarraioch · 07-03-2021 6:46pm

12 cases today:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1368616990307401729

An Ciarraioch · 08-03-2021 6:51pm

6 cases today leaves the 14-day average at 66.3, with Kilkenny on 54 and Cork on 52:

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1368980987368136706

An Ciarraioch · 09-03-2021 7:01pm

Better today, back under 5:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1369339801338535936

Degag · 09-03-2021 11:12pm

Rodin wrote: »

I'd fire the admin error person. Out by a factor of 10?
GPs should have got in contact with their colleagues in Kenmare and sorted out over 85s there

Fire the person for making a mistake? For maybe entering an extra "0" in a spreadsheet?

Your performance review must be immaculate every year!:rolleyes:

An Ciarraioch · 10-03-2021 6:53pm

14-day incidence has remained relatively unchanged over the last week at 65:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1369706538252828677

An Ciarraioch · 11-03-2021 7:15pm

LEA Rates:

Listowel 5 (17.4 per 100,000)
Tralee 51 (154.4)
Corca Dhuibhne 6 (42.3)
Castleisland 12 (70)
Killarney 12 (40.5)
Kenmare 10 (39.9)

So, Tralee the county blackspot.

Igotadose · 11-03-2021 7:16pm

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

LEA Rates:

Listowel 5 (17.4 per 100,000)
Tralee 51 (154.4)
Corca Dhuibhne 6 (42.3)
Castleisland 12 (70)
Killarney 12 (40.5)
Kenmare 10 (39.9)

So, Tralee the county blackspot.

Just in time for a lockdown protest tomorrow (?). Brilliant.

An Ciarraioch · 11-03-2021 7:35pm

Five Kerry cases today:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1370079719773863936

Ciarrai76 · 11-03-2021 11:06pm

Igotadose wrote: »

Just in time for a lockdown protest tomorrow (?). Brilliant.

I don't think anything is planned for tomorrow. I did hear there's one on St. Patricks day?

An Ciarraioch · 12-03-2021 6:54pm

7 cases today, so much in line with the rest of the week:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1370431155737092098

An Ciarraioch · 13-03-2021 6:41pm

I think we can say now the trend is definitely rising again - 11 cases today:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1370788026444619778

keane2097 · 13-03-2021 7:15pm

14 day rate down a bit, 5 day rate up a bit. We actually had 7 and 12 last Friday and Saturday (7 & 11 this week). It's nervy times alright though.

Igotadose · 13-03-2021 8:23pm

I finally met someone that had had the vaccine! A caregiver who had to travel the 45 miles to the nearest center as there were no vaccines in town (10 miles.) So, people are, slowly, getting a trickle of vaccine here in West Kerry

kev_Makaveli · 13-03-2021 9:23pm

Are they still giving vaccines up in the North Campus. Wonder would you get lucky and see if someone never showed up and get a left overðŸ€£

Igotadose · 13-03-2021 9:28pm

kev_Makaveli wrote: »

Are they still giving vaccines up in the North Campus. Wonder would you get lucky and see if someone never showed up and get a left over&#55356;&#56355;

The person I ran into had to go to North Campus.

Why do you think vaccinations have stopped being given there? The person I ran into, had been vaccinated a few weeks ago. If they're not using North Campus as 'overflow' where do you travel to should your local area not have enough vaccines or vaccinators?

kev_Makaveli · 13-03-2021 9:37pm

I don't know if I'm just misreading your message but I never said I didn't think they should be using the North Campus.

I just assumed with the low levels of vaccines Ireland is getting there wouldn't be a big demand to have the vaccine center operating until we get a steady supply

Igotadose · 13-03-2021 9:48pm

kev_Makaveli wrote: »

I don't know if I'm just misreading your message but I never said I didn't think they should be using the North Campus.

I just assumed with the low levels of vaccines Ireland is getting there wouldn't be a big demand to have the vaccine center operating until we get a steady supply

Ah. I don't know how much that center is being used - from your message, I thought you were saying it wasn't being used due to lack of demand. Apparently, at least in this case it was, it might be used because they're making a dog's breakfast of getting the vaccine to the more remote locations. There's a story on the RTE of a poor teenage girl who traveled from the west to Beaumont hospital in Dublin only to be refused a vaccine because they'd scheduled her for an AZ shot, realized (only when she arrived) she was too young and asked her to come back Tuesday. So, the HSE is doing about as I'd expect in getting the vaccine distributed - probably they're doing o.k. in the big cities and the rest of the country, well, you'll get one le cúnamh Dé as they say out here.

An Ciarraioch · 14-03-2021 7:01pm

<5 cases today, 14-day rate same as Cork's:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1371156076192804871

An Ciarraioch · 15-03-2021 7:02pm

Fewer than 5 cases, and the 14-day rate has fallen back towards 50:

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/6a91e-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-monday-15-march/#county-by-county-cases-and-incidence-rates

An Ciarraioch · 16-03-2021 6:51pm

Exactly 5 cases today:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1371880762228797443

An Ciarraioch · 17-03-2021 6:48pm

10 cases today, 14-day incidence rate is 54.8:

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1372239894463066113

An Ciarraioch · 18-03-2021 6:58pm

Another slight overall increase today, to 58 per 100,000 - daily cases at 8

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1372607595614199814

An Ciarraioch · 18-03-2021 7:09pm

LEA Rates:

Listowel: 6 (20.9 per 100,000)
Tralee: 42 (127.8)
Corca Dhuibhne: 7 (49.4)
Castleisland: 9 (52.5)
Killarney: 12 (40.5)
Kenmare: <5 (N/A)

An Ciarraioch · 19-03-2021 6:36pm

7 cases today:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1372962694102409221

Meanwhile, both my parentshave now had their first jab.

Ciarrai76 · 21-03-2021 12:35pm

I just realised there was no update for Saturday, but the good news is that there were zero cases in Kerry!!

Ciarrai76 · 21-03-2021 8:13pm

Unfortunately back up to 6 cases in Kerry today. Over 700 in Ireland so its up again sadly.

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