Covid 19 Part XXVIII- 71,942 ROI(2,050 deaths) 51,824 NI (983 deaths) (28/11) Read OP

is_that_so

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I just saw on Twitter that a recommendation will be issued for people to wear facemasks when cooking Christmas dinner.......

Is that like the Trump Maradona/Madonna joke?

Plumbthedepths

is_that_so wrote: »

Is that like the Trump Maradona/Madonna joke?

I believe Mike Ryan of the W.H.O. actually made that suggestion. Open to correction of course.

is_that_so

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I believe Mike Ryan of the W.H.O. actually made that suggestion. Open to correction of course.

Not a suggestion you'd expect anyone will embrace save the easily alarmed. Pretty horrible way to work in a hot kitchen!

pjohnson

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

I completely understand the irony in me posting this link, but can you please attach a little self awareness here. Thanks.

Cluedo Monopoly

eagle eye wrote: »

You've made many incorrect predictions.

Nothing changes on New Years Day, on New Years Day

stephenjmcd

Irish times reporting rules on pubs and restaurants to be unchanged. 6 at a table, 1hr 45 mins if 1m between tables, no limit on time when 2m

Pete_Cavan

pauldry wrote: »

The russians have vaccinated 2000 soldiers already with zig zig sputnik

On first glance I read that as zig & zags spunk!

is_that_so

Also from Irish Times, a piece on ISAG aka Zero COVID.

Ireland should keep in place current Level 5 restrictions against Covid-19 until each county attains zero cases, according to a group of scientists advocating the elimination of the virus.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/covid-19-level-5-restrictions-should-stay-until-each-county-has-zero-cases-1.4421336

is_that_so

Confirmed on RTE

The Cabinet has approved a plan that will see all retail outlets, hairdressers, museums, libraries and gyms open next Tuesday.
Then on Friday 4 December restaurants and pubs that have a kitchen and serve food will reopen.

On Friday 18 December until 6 January people can travel around the country.

Golfman64

is_that_so wrote: »

Also from Irish Times, a piece on ISAG aka Zero COVID.



https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/covid-19-level-5-restrictions-should-stay-until-each-county-has-zero-cases-1.4421336

As I read it, they are effectively suggesting that every county border/road crossing be policed and each county strive for zero covid. This article really portrays how out of touch with reality these guys are!

Eod100

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1332360034727157765

bb1234567

https://twitter.com/NoonanJoe/status/1332358849521737735/photo/1

We are number one!

harr

I have arranged a day for my dad to visit a relative in Galway on the 6th of January, they haven’t seen each other in nearly a year .
Will travel relaxing mean from midnight the 18th to midnight on the 6th of January or midnight on the 5th of January. Hotel booked so wondering if I need to change dates.

Plumbthedepths

Golfman64 wrote: »

As I read it, they are effectively suggesting that every county border/road crossing be policed and each county strive for zero covid. This article really portrays how out of touch with reality these guys are!

Thankfully government ministers have ruled out the Zero Covid approach. I would imagine though their desire for ZC would change if they were placed on the PUP benefit if their policy was pursued.

eagle eye

bb1234567 wrote:

We are number one!

And the credit has to go to NPHET for that.

is_that_so

bb1234567 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/NoonanJoe/status/1332358849521737735/photo/1

We are number one!

Better link!

https://twitter.com/NoonanJoe/status/1332358849521737735

Ficheall

eagle eye wrote: »

And the credit has to go to NPHET for that.

Not all of it. There was a big buy-in and general sense from a lot of the public - even many of those not adhering strictly to the restrictions. Kudos where kudos are due.

Plumbthedepths

eagle eye wrote: »

And the credit has to go to NPHET for that.

So the public had no part to play?

giveitholly

eagle eye wrote: »

And the credit has to go to NPHET for that.

What about the public who adhered to the restrictions? Or are they just careless people who go around spreading the virus on purpose?

Cluedo Monopoly

eagle eye wrote: »

And the credit has to go to NPHET for that.

Incorrect. The credit goes to the Irish people who have had to live through this medical dictatorship.

eagle eye

Plumbthedepths wrote:

So the public had no part to play?

They followed advice from NPHET. It's their advice that's gotten us to where we are. Might be a good idea to continue to take their advice on board.

Benimar

Ficheall wrote: »

Not all of it. There was a big buy-in and general sense from a lot of the public - even many of those not adhering strictly to the restrictions. Kudos where kudos are due.

Whilst I agree that ‘we’ deserve a chunk of credit (bar the small % of cnuts who think they are more important than everyone else) so do NPHET.

The next time people want to start saying they ‘haven’t a clue’, ‘the restrictions make no sense’ or ‘they are anti X,Y or Z’, remember that maybe, just maybe, they know more about how to handle a pandemic than you or me.

Plumbthedepths

eagle eye wrote: »

They followed advice from NPHET. It's their advice that's gotten us to where we are. Might be a good idea to continue to take their advice on board.

Funny that a friend of mine whose daughter is the head of nursing in a Midlands nursing home ignored Nphet's advice yet to date she had no victim to Covid even when Tony was advising against restricting visitors she did her own thing.
Lots of people are capable of being sensible without deferring to 'experts'.

eagle eye

Plumbthedepths wrote:

Funny that a friend of mine whose daughter is the head of nursing in a Midlands nursing home ignored Nphet's advice yet to date she had no victim to Covid even when Tony was advising against restricting visitors she did her own thing. Lots of people are capable of being sensible without deferring to 'experts'.

Have you proof of that?

froog

it's baffling how people can simultaneously celebrate reducing covid case numbers while also trashing NPHET.

froog

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Funny that a friend of mine whose daughter is the head of nursing in a Midlands nursing home ignored Nphet's advice yet to date she had no victim to Covid even when Tony was advising against restricting visitors she did her own thing.
Lots of people are capable of being sensible without deferring to 'experts'.

are you saying a nursing home ignored all covid safety advice?? and you think that's a good thing. jesus wept

is_that_so

Benimar wrote: »

Whilst I agree that ‘we’ deserve a chunk of credit (bar the small % of cnuts who think they are more important than everyone else) so do NPHET.

The next time people want to start saying they ‘haven’t a clue’, ‘the restrictions make no sense’ or ‘they are anti X,Y or Z’, remember that maybe, just maybe, they know more about how to handle a pandemic than you or me.

They do and they don't. 6 weeks was also an educated guess, one that proved as wrong as some of their other ones on case predictions, but they have shown themselves to be more aware, on this occasion, to things other than the virus.

Ficheall

froog wrote: »

are you saying a nursing home ignored all covid safety advice?? and you think that's a good thing. jesus wept

Presumably he means at the start of the outbreak, in which case, yes, it was a good thing. Obviously there will have been some overlap in common sense since.

Deeper Blue

The low numbers are 90% down to the Irish public. At a minimum

is_that_so

froog wrote: »

are you saying a nursing home ignored all covid safety advice?? and you think that's a good thing. jesus wept

For two days back in March they banned visitors in opposition to the then CMO/NPHET position.