Covid 19 Part XXI-27,908 in ROI (1,777 deaths) 6,647 in NI (559 deaths)(22/08)Read OP

skallywag

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Still high but glad it's not 150 odd

I take it you did not study maths at UCC then?

136 tends to be in a very close vicinity to '150 odd'.

Arghus

Small but growing fraction of cases due to community transmission.

hynesie08

stephenjmcd wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1296505165084794886?s=19

Was it not 1.8 2 weeks ago with the meat cluster?

ACitizenErased

Gruffalox wrote: »

Really? Wow. What study?

https://twitter.com/RobOHanrahan/status/1296505212035829762?s=20

Pete_Cavan

Piehead wrote: »

Extremely dangerous not to move back to phase 1 and wipe this out. National lockdown needed immediately

Lockdowns don't wipe it out, if they did it would have been gone by May.

stephenjmcd

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1296506873005453318?s=19

ACitizenErased

ACitizenErased wrote: »

That's lower than last week? Or am I wrong

1.6 last week from a high of 1.8 the week previous to that. It is moving slowly in right direction. Positive news.

stephenjmcd

hynesie08 wrote: »

Was it not 1.8 2 weeks ago with the meat cluster?

Yup but its difficult to even get an estimate. Wouldn't read much into it

Piehead

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Lockdowns don't wipe it out, if they did it would have been gone by May.

It was gone but we never sealed the borders.

is_that_so

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Lockdowns don't wipe it out, if they did it would have been gone by May.

In conjunction with huge testing programmes they can.

stephenjmcd

I presume Prof Nolan is referring to the initial factory outbreaks ?
https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1296507420374634496?s=19

theballz

Only 18 in hospital. The most vulnerable have already caught it and recovered or unfortunately past away.

We are watching herd immunity unfold.

ACitizenErased

Seroprevalence study has finished - sample of communities in Sligo and Dublin.
35% invited responded.
Seroprevalence was 0.6% in Sligo and 3.1% in Dublin.
National estimation of 1.7%

KrustyUCC

skallywag wrote: »

I take it you did not study maths at UCC then?

136 tends to be in a very close vicinity to '150 odd'.

Was part of my course alright

154 positive tests over the last 24 hours but 136 cases tonight

Skid X

Maybe two flickers would be better than someone marching on to grab it like a baton and hand it between the two speakers?


You know, with the virus and all that?

ACitizenErased

This seroprevalence talk seems like testing propaganda. I highly doubt we picked up nearly 50% of cases.

Oranage2

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Lockdowns don't wipe it out, if they did it would have been gone by May.

We were close, except we didn't control the factories and the borders

road_high

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Lockdowns don't wipe it out, if they did it would have been gone by May.

There’s people just fixated with lockdown and can’t move off them as the only “solution”...they likely enjoyed the last one, savour a return. When you point out just how useless they are in terms of overall control you get blankness or well worn cliches about protecting the vulnerable and so on

Strumms

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

A surge in all Europe

I wonder did all the positivities like vaccine close and the numbers looking so much better get people a bit complacent ? Thinking we had this beaten beaten ?

I wonder what roles psychologists and behavior experts are having in terms of advising government and in turn the media as to how they need to report what’s happening. Almost with some of the news reports it’s looked a bit too cuddly, fictional and distant. I was in Omni park yesterday and mask usage was quite a ways down compared to what I’m used to seeing there... I stopped outside a shop window to get change out before I went in to buy a drink and a person was literally touching against my shoulder to see something in a display... they had a mask but still...too close for comfort just fûckin wait a minute..

SEPT 23 1989

Final question on weddings

Eod100

Not ideal is it?

road_high

Oranage2 wrote: »

We were close, except we didn't control the factories and the borders

Not even close....this things pops back up soon as people interact. Foreign or domestic. St Jacinda is even finding that one out

bodhrandude

Briefing still lacks info what's the age of the dead person?

is_that_so

Oranage2 wrote: »

We were close, except we didn't control the factories and the borders

And the PPE and the hospitals and the care homes ....

road_high

bodhrandude wrote: »

Briefing still lacks info what's the age of the dead person?

I never watch this thing anymore but they’ll tell you the info that suits

DevilsHaircut

Disappointing that Cillian de Gascun went on the record with 'less than 5% seroprevalence'.

When it's actually 1.7%.

Pete_Cavan

Piehead wrote: »

It was gone but we never sealed the borders.

Seal off the island from the rest of the world or patrol hundreds of km of the border to stop any movement over it? Not realistic. People need to stop thinking in terms of an individual country just wiping it out, that's not how global pandemics work without a vaccine.

Mullaghteelin

polesheep wrote: »

Rubbish, it is an important part of family life that memories are made from. You suck it up all day long if you like and watch the empty years go by, but the horse has bolted and there will be feck all compliance going forward.

Rose tinted glasses!
Attending children's matches maybe very important for a parent who has fantasised about watching their children play sport since before their child was born, but children are usually not nearly as enthusiastic about having parents watch.
A vaccine is expected a year from now. If we can't tolerate a year of on-off restrictions, we don't deserve to survive as a species! Too many of us are far too self centred and have stubbornly refused to reduce non essential travel and socialising.

Eod100

ACitizenErased wrote: »

This seroprevalence talk seems like testing propaganda. I highly doubt we picked up nearly 50% of cases.

Yeah especially if people are asymptomatic and when close contacts don't have to be tested. People with mild illness might not even seek test either.

eigrod

https://twitter.com/higginsdavidw/status/1296508867636072448?s=21

PowerToWait

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Lockdowns don't wipe it out, if they did it would have been gone by May.

It was all but eradicated by mid June. The chance was there but nobody calling the shots had the sack to put the requisite measures in place.

blowitupref

Zara will her stupid questions again.

ACitizenErased

Glynn seems snappy

HeyV

I wish they’d put up the full list of counties everyday when they announce the figures. I hate this ‘rest of cases spread out over 9 counties’. I know we find them out the next day etc but I think a lot of people like to know how their own county is doing

Lundstram

What's the point of Ronan Glynn? He won't answer any questions and rehashes the same old sh1te.

Just announce the numbers and leave, pointless otherwise.

Fann Linn

NPHET waiting for Govt to make decisions. Hmmm

ACitizenErased

This is what Zara was on about?
https://twitter.com/aoifegracemoore/status/1296508121452613636?s=20

feelings

No we weren't. It was never going to be wiped out. It was suppressed and we did a good job getting to that point. We have to live with it now. Treatment has improved significantly. So what is the next plan?

I cringe to think... was Boris right... is it time for herd immunity?

Oranage2 wrote: »

We were close, except we didn't control the factories and the borders

AlmightyCushion

DevilsHaircut wrote: »

Disappointing that Cillian de Gascun went on the record with 'less than 5% seroprevalence'.

When it's actually 1.7%.

1.7% is less than 5%.

fritzelly

Dumb reporters asking questions that they know he cannot answer

Doctor Jimbob

blowitupref wrote: »

Zara will her stupid questions again.

Don't see what's stupid about them TBH. The restrictions are unclear and she's pressing for answers.

There seems to be less of an acceptance in general from the journalists for evasive answers today.

ACitizenErased

HeyV wrote: »

I wish they’d put up the full list of counties everyday when they announce the figures. I hate this ‘rest of cases spread out over 9 counties’. I know we find them out the next day etc but I think a lot of people like to know how their own county is doing

51 are in Dublin, 24 in Kildare, 12 in Kilkenny, 11 in Tipperary, 7 in Cork, 6 in Limerick, 6 in Wexford, 5 in Meath and the remaining 14 cases are in Carlow, Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Offaly, Roscommon, Waterford and Wicklow

MD1990

so they are saying to continue socially distance & need to supress the virus

But next week thousands of children & teachers will interact indoors for hours.
Meat plants cause huge outbreaks but people cannot go to sports events now.

No one wants another lockdown but these decisions will put us there

MrMusician18

Pete_Cavan wrote: »

Lockdowns don't wipe it out, if they did it would have been gone by May.

They do when they're done properly. The full lockdown in Wuhan eliminated the virus.

Our lockdown wasn't long enough nor strict enough to fully suppress the virus. Additionally, we allowed overseas visitors into the country with no supervision to reseed outbreaks.

It will be interesting to see how the government starts to manage an increasing unwillingness to follow the guidelines.

Pete_Cavan

Strumms wrote: »

I wonder did all the positivities like vaccine close and the numbers looking so much better get people a bit complacent ? Thinking we had this beaten beaten ?

I wonder what roles psychologists and behavior experts are having in terms of advising government and in turn the media as to how they need to report what’s happening. Almost with some of the news reports it’s looked a bit too cuddly, fictional and distant.

I'd say the opposite is the case in Ireland, the government banging the fear drum too hard and persisting with lockdown long after other countries lifted theirs has people rolling their eyes. Being a bit more straight up would have more people on board now.

HeyV

HeyV wrote: »

I wish they’d put up the full list of counties everyday when they announce the figures. I hate this ‘rest of cases spread out over 9 counties’. I know we find them out the next day etc but I think a lot of people like to know how their own county is doing

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/f501e-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-thursday-20-august/

Gerry Hatrick

That number today is bad. Looks like with the schools opening they are shooting for herd immunity.

Fann Linn

ACitizenErased wrote: »

This is what Zara was on about?
https://twitter.com/aoifegracemoore/status/1296508121452613636?s=20

We're all in this together.

hotmail.com

Love Zara King.

stephenjmcd

ACitizenErased wrote: »

This is what Zara was on about?
https://twitter.com/aoifegracemoore/status/1296508121452613636?s=20

Wow, I would say that's unbelievable but nothing is surprising me under this government