Covid 19 Part XXVI- 50,993 ROI (1,852 deaths) 28,040 NI (621 deaths) (19/10) Read OP

Boggles

Longing wrote: »

Micheal Martin will make a live statement to the nation. I will say at 9pm or after the news. Great

He is going to ban the use of petrol pump handles, because it's not the schools.

Spanish Eyes

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

FGS clear simple messages please. I am bamboozled now, but will observe what is advised.

Not sure what that is though anymore.

That's it exactly. Everything is contradictory and feels nonsensical.

We're not being guided by the science, we're being guided by what the government wants the science to be.

amadangomor

gipi wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/district-court/district-court-sittings-postponed-after-garda-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-1.4381105

The Garda, who was in the courthouse, got a positive test result, told court staff and left.

Why was he\she in the courthouse in the first place if they were waiting on a test result???! How many times are people told to restrict movements and isolate until the results are in?

If he did this needs to get the chop. Hard to know how this would happen.

eagle eye

BringBackMick wrote:

COVID street parties, get the positivity rate close to 100% and return to normal in January after we lose around 0.2% of our population.

And another 0.2% struggle with long covid.
And then we experiment and see if there is such a thing as herd immunity when most coronaviruses don't have immunity that lasts more than a year.

Spanish Eyes

Regarding the schools, are parents and teachers concerned at all?

Gentleman Off The Pitch

Boggles wrote: »

He is going to ban the use of petrol pump handles, because it's not the schools.

I think people need to be encouraged to wash their shopping again like we were doing in March, to me it's the most obvious reason for where we are

s1ippy

Hurrache wrote: »

Damn liars sending letters to parents of all kids in schools in which cases have been identified.

We'll just never find out the truth.

They only send them to close contacts in the class.

The rest of the school only finds out when the class shuts down.

Then, usually, other classes get cases. Close contacts in that class will be notified until it's clear the situation is out of control and then the parents in the school are notified that it's closing.

Does that system seem effective to you??

Goldengirl

Wolf359f wrote: »

If they are not testing close contacts in school, despite a poster on here saying some classes have been sent home for testing etc...
Also if they were not testing close contacts, the positivity rate would be zero.

Posters on here with different experiences.
My point is they are getting a low positivity because they are restricting testing.
One case, test the class and the teachers, publish the results, if there is nothing to see..

Fr_Dougal

Deleted User wrote: »

Two single person households now can't visit each other. 30 separate households can hang out in a school together for 6 hours.

It’s not the schools.

Absolutely farcical at this stage.

hmmm

Deleted User wrote: »

That's it exactly. Everything is contradictory and feels nonsensical.

We're not being guided by the science, we're being guided by what the government wants the science to be.

I'm sorry, it's very simple. Stop visiting other houses and stop socialising with other household groups. It couldn't be clearer.

Most people are doing their best. The problem is the cohort who don't care whether the limit is 6, 4, 2 or zero. And the gob****es like we see in the GAA videos.

rooney30

Does any one have the county breakdown in case numbers from today ?

amber2

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Regarding the schools, are parents and teachers concerned at all?

Resigned to the fact that we are gonna get it and it will probably be contracted through school no matter how many precautions we take. Classroom sizes are too big in Ireland to social distance in any way shape or form.

bennyl10

Anyone calling this “Level 4” or “Lockdown” is absurd.

It’s allowed in Level 3
You can still meet people outside

Have a big ol bottle of cop if you think stopping household visits is level 4

DrSpongeBobz

After 9 o clock for Michael Martin to speak ?

Polar101

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/1014/1171581-contact-tracers/

One of the reasons why contract tracing is struggling - CPL, who are doing the recruitment, told candidates the job is a zero-hour contract, and they won't guarantee any work hours and that there's no sick pay.

Hurrache

CorkRed93 wrote: »

"And only six people from two households can meet outdoors in parks etc."

Does this mean outdoor team training sessions are off aswell?

That's the implication.

Mr.Crinklewood

bennyl10 wrote: »

Anyone calling this “Level 4” or “Lockdown” is absurd.

It’s allowed in Level 3
You can still meet people outside

Have a big ol bottle of cop if you think stopping household visits is level 4

Are people actually saying that?

Icyseanfitz

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Regarding the schools, are parents and teachers concerned at all?

Yes, very

Trouser Snake

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Regarding the schools, are parents and teachers concerned at all?

Parent here, yes. Very. Trying to hold down a job, as is my wife, as well as pay mortgage and bills has us in a corner though. First sign of anything, we're pulling them out.

Queried

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Regarding the schools, are parents and teachers concerned at all?

Teacher here. Concerned yes but also resigned to the fact that the show must go on.

Spanish Eyes

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

It’s not the schools.

Absolutely farcical at this stage.

The cover up is an insult to our intelligence.

But am surprised at the silence of the Teacher Unions and the parents of these kids in petrie dish classrooms.

Trampas

I can’t go to a person’s household but I could walk, run, swim, cycle etc with them? Can I park in their garden while we go for that walk or is it I just can’t enter their premises?

caveat emptor

The largest cohort of the cases are in the 25 -30 age category. Not adjusted for population but the fastest increasing week week on week are the 5-9 and 15-19.

data from hpsc



Percentage increase week on week.

Spanish Eyes

Queried wrote: »

Teacher here. Concerned yes but also resigned to the fact that the show must go on.

I think the fudge on testing in schools is spreading the virus.

Fair dues to you for walking into the Lion's Den every day. I don't think I could right now. Hats off.

Hurrache

manniot2 wrote: »

It’s only bloody October and we’re basically in indefinite lockdown. What utter misery and incompetence from these politians and Health advisors.

Yeah, and there's Covid playing ball and making it possible for an easy reduction in cases.

FFS, take a look at what's happening around the world.

BobbyMalone

bennyl10 wrote: »

Anyone calling this “Level 4” or “Lockdown” is absurd.

It’s allowed in Level 3
You can still meet people outside

Have a big ol bottle of cop if you think stopping household visits is level 4

It's neither level 3 nor level 4. The reason people are saying it's level 4 is because it's banning anybody visiting another's home, which is ... y'know, level 4 restrictions.

Real Donald Trump

Holohan is on some ****ing power trip!!

s1ippy

Polar101 wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/1014/1171581-contact-tracers/

One of the reasons why contract tracing is struggling - CPL, who are doing the recruitment, told candidates the job is a zero-hour contract, and they won't guarantee any work hours and that there's no sick pay.

Fuck me.

Eod100

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1316464904619130880?s=20

If that plan can literally mean anything they want it to then it doesn't seem like much of a plan tbh

Supercell

No other households - No trick or treating for the kids in a couple of weeks time?