Covid 19 Part XXVII- 62,002 ROI (1,915 deaths) 39,609 NI (724 deaths) (02/11) Read OP

Stheno · 20-10-2020 2:41pm

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1318535609489805313?s=20

Dr Heather Burns, Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Has Ronan been given \the boot?

Eod100 · 20-10-2020 2:41pm

Not sure if it's been posted already but good piece here from Fergal Bowers:

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/1020/1172731-fergal-bowers-covid-19/

DOCARCH · 20-10-2020 2:41pm

stephenjmcd wrote: »

NPHET as Nolan tweet last night want R at 0.5. Government position for 1st December appears to be consistently below 1 and on a downward trajectory.

As pointed out last night it'll be level 3 from 1st December so long as government targets are met I feel

I heard mention last night that between 50 and 100 cases per day would be acceptable for government to lift restrictions/reduce levels.

ACitizenErased · 20-10-2020 2:42pm

Stheno wrote: »

Dr Heather Burns, Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Has Ronan been given \the boot?

I was trying to find out about that earlier. She was appointed in September apparently. There's an interview with Zara King on Twitter.

Zebra3 · 20-10-2020 2:42pm

normanoffside wrote: »

For people saying the Hospitals are almost over run now; this time last year Hospitals were most definitely over run- 11,400 people on Trollies in October 2019

https://www.newstalk.com/news/11400-people-trolleys-october-hospital-overcrowding-920041

But they weren't overrun with covid victims!!!

Covid!!! Covid!!! Covid!!!

Jinglejangle69 · 20-10-2020 2:44pm

So level 3 seems to be working.

But it's the schools, close them all!!

Fast Twitch · 20-10-2020 2:44pm

eigrod wrote: »

905 positive swabs from 14676 tests. Positivity rate 6.17%. Encouraging trend this week.

Apologies if already posted.

Very positive.

Can anyone state where we roughly are at as regards backlogs of swabs? I don't think we have much of a backlog but haven't the figures.

Nothing worse than expecting 850 cases today and it ends up at 1,000 through backlog.

AdamD · 20-10-2020 2:44pm

is 0.5 not ridiculously low? Borderline unattainable?

Signore Fancy Pants · 20-10-2020 2:45pm

Stheno wrote: »

Dr Heather Burns, Deputy Chief Medical Officer - Has Ronan been given \the boot?

Thrre are 3 DCMO's.

ACitizenErased · 20-10-2020 2:45pm

AdamD wrote: »

is 0.5 not ridiculously low? Borderline unattainable?

It is very ambitious to say the least. Borderline zero COVID to be honest.

Stheno · 20-10-2020 2:47pm

AdamD wrote: »

is 0.5 not ridiculously low? Borderline unattainable?

Think we hit that at some point in June/July, around the time when we got down to absolutely tiny numbers

eigrod · 20-10-2020 2:48pm

Fast Twitch wrote: »

Very positive.

Can anyone state where we roughly are at as regards backlogs of swabs? I don't think we have much of a backlog but haven't the figures.

Nothing worse than expecting 850 cases today and it ends up at 1,000 through backlog.

The last 3 days figures (not including today’s swab figures) are very close : 3628 swabs v 3590 cases announced

Doctor Jimbob · 20-10-2020 2:48pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

It is very ambitious to say the least. Borderline zero COVID to be honest.

We could be the first country to go for 0.5 COVID.

Eod100 · 20-10-2020 2:48pm

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Thrre are 3 DCMO's.

Bit of an assistant to the regional manager approach so :pac:

Stheno · 20-10-2020 2:48pm

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Thrre are 3 DCMO's.

What do they need three DCMOs for?

wirelessdude01 · 20-10-2020 2:50pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Disinfect the balls every change of serve?

All balls deserve a good wash before they get attention or use ðŸ˜‹ðŸ˜‚

Benimar · 20-10-2020 2:50pm

Fast Twitch wrote: »

Very positive.

Can anyone state where we roughly are at as regards backlogs of swabs? I don't think we have much of a backlog but haven't the figures.

Nothing worse than expecting 850 cases today and it ends up at 1,000 through backlog.

There was an approx 600 difference between swabs (higher) and announced between Friday and Saturday. Announced has been about 200 higher since, so potential for a few hundred of a backlog.

However, the last 2 weeks, announced has been lower than swabs on Tuesdays.

timmyntc · 20-10-2020 2:50pm

Stheno wrote: »

What do they need three DCMOs for?

HSE money has to be spent somewhere!

Eod100 · 20-10-2020 2:51pm

ACitizenErased wrote: »

It is very ambitious to say the least. Borderline zero COVID to be honest.

It does seem very ambitious but hopefully not unattainable. I wonder are they seeing close contact numbers going down since level 3 imposed in Dublin and Donegal, level 3 for country, level 4 for NI counties etc.

Fast Twitch · 20-10-2020 2:51pm

eigrod wrote: »

The last 3 days figures (not including today’s swab figures) are very close : 3628 swabs v 3590 cases announced

That's good. Backlog pretty well cleared. You'd expect 850 cases or so today then, given swabs are always 5-10% higher than cases mostly.

Presume we have nothing sent to the Germans:pac:

Fast Twitch · 20-10-2020 2:52pm

Eod100 wrote: »

Bit of an assistant to the regional manager approach so :pac:

Gareth Keenan type role:D

landofthetree · 20-10-2020 2:52pm

Eod100 wrote: »

It does seem very ambitious but hopefully not unattainable. I wonder are they seeing close contact numbers going down since level 3 imposed in Dublin and Donegal, level 3 for country, level 4 for NI counties etc.

Schools open
Covid spreads best at 4 degrees.

It's very ambitious and its unlikely to work.

Eod100 · 20-10-2020 2:53pm

timmyntc wrote: »

HSE money has to be spent somewhere!

They work for Department of Health so not in HSE budget.

20-10-2020 2:54pm

eigrod wrote: »

905 positive swabs from 14676 tests. Positivity rate 6.17%. Encouraging trend this week.

Apologies if already posted.

Its amazing looking at the thanks on posts just reporting numbers. All the one that show a positive trend are thanked by one group, and a negative trend another

is_that_so · 20-10-2020 2:54pm

DOCARCH wrote: »

I heard mention last night that between 50 and 100 cases per day would be acceptable for government to lift restrictions/reduce levels.

Not to them, to NPHET and I'd say they were dragged screaming and kicking to commit to that. It is one glaring fault of NPHET, they will not set clear objectives nor numbers as to what constitutes an acceptable level. As low as possible, not there yet or simply optimistic just annoys people now and bring zero levels of certainty.

normanoffside · 20-10-2020 2:55pm

Stheno wrote: »

What do they need three DCMOs for?

And 40 sitting members of NPHET when it only matter what Dr T says anyway.

Eod100 · 20-10-2020 2:55pm

landofthetree wrote: »

Schools open
Covid spreads best at 4 degrees.

It's very ambitious and its unlikely to work.

You'd have to wonder why the government was so resistant to closing schools for a week. If they're so confident they're not a transmission risk then what do they have to lose? I can understand if it's a political or economic decision but a week when everyone is facing 6 weeks restrictions isn't huge in the scheme of things.

20-10-2020 2:55pm

polesheep wrote: »

And yet we're being dragged into a lockdown. It's madness.

That's how good level 5 is, its working before it even starts

CIARAN_BOYLE · 20-10-2020 2:55pm

Stheno wrote: »

What do they need three DCMOs for?

Probably to make departmental officers sound more important.

National Lead for Acute Hospitals sounds more of a big deal if the person doing the job is also deputy chief medical officer.

is_that_so · 20-10-2020 2:56pm

Fast Twitch wrote: »

That's good. Backlog pretty well cleared. You'd expect 850 cases or so today then, given swabs are always 5-10% higher than cases mostly.

Presume we have nothing sent to the Germans:pac:

It was suggested a while back that Germany is mostly used for the serial testing rather than day to day testing.

Covid 19 Part XXVII- 62,002 ROI (1,915 deaths) 39,609 NI (724 deaths) (02/11) Read OP

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