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

prunudo

Arghus wrote: »

Your man just rhymes off the stats like robot. Pure nerves. You can see his leg going like crazy underneath the table the whole time.

What is the general tone coming from them? What are they concerned about today, are the next 2 weeks crucial?

Jim_Hodge

Donegal hiked up today. It's just not reducing there as you'd hope.

stephenjmcd

High praise for those in the 19-24 age group for the quick decline in cases per 100k

Arghus

prunudo wrote: »

What is the general tone coming from them? What are they concerned about today, are the next 2 weeks crucial?

Quite positive today. All indicators show declining numbers. Young people being singled out for praise.

ACitizenErased

Cases decreasing by 5-6% per day

ACitizenErased

Reproduction number of 0.7-0.9 applies to cases 7-10 days ago and could easily be at 0.5 according to Prof. Nolan

stephenjmcd

Nolan seems confident that R could be alot closer to 0.5.

0.7 to 0.9 based on cases out to 10 days ago.

KrustyUCC

I really hope that trend keeps up

jaffa20

I must record and replay Prof Nolan before going to bed

Cunning Stunt

Another press conference in DK just ended. One of the 12 infected with the mutated virus is an elderly man from an old folks home in another part of DK not near the mink farming region. They havnt been able to establish how the new virus has turned up there...Theyre locking down the main regions affected but probably too late
They said its not that this new strain is more dangerous, but its just more able to withstand the antibodies. The part of the virus which has mutated is the part which would be targeted by the vaccine

ACitizenErased

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Nolan seems confident that R could be alot closer to 0.5.

0.7 to 0.9 based on cases out to 10 days ago.

I tend to agree with him due to the rapid decline in cases. I think we'll see it as somewhere between 0.4 and 0.6 next week.

Kivaro

KrustyUCC wrote: »

I really hope that trend keeps up

I hope it trends down.

Rob A. Bank

Cunning Stunt wrote: »

Another press conference in DK just ended. One of the 12 infected with the mutated virus is an elderly man from an old folks home in another part of DK not near the mink farming region. They havnt been able to establish how the new virus has turned up there...Theyre locking down the main regions affected but probably too late
They said its not that this new strain is more dangerous, but its just more able to withstand the antibodies. The part of the virus which has mutated is the part which would be targeted by the vaccine

Are there flights still coming in to Dublin from Denmark ?

landofthetree

Cunning Stunt wrote: »

Another press conference in DK just ended. One of the 12 infected with the mutated virus is an elderly man from an old folks home in another part of DK not near the mink farming region. They havnt been able to establish how the new virus has turned up there...Theyre locking down the main regions affected but probably too late
They said its not that this new strain is more dangerous, but its just more able to withstand the antibodies. The part of the virus which has mutated is the part which would be targeted by the vaccine

Of course they should close all borders immediately.

They wont and the vaccine are now all basically useless.

What a **** up.

Funsterdelux

Arghus wrote: »

Nolan positively beaming with positivity here about all the lack of positives out there.

He loves a bit of modelling

Ficheall

Is it nearing time to finally consider implementing some restrictions on travel into the country?

jaffa20

Surely it can't be 4 more weeks if the figures keep rapidly decreasing?

ACitizenErased

Funsterdelux wrote: »

He loves a bit of modelling

Ffs :D:D:D:D

stephenjmcd

Ficheall wrote: »

Is it nearing time to finally consider implementing some restrictions on travel into the country?

Why would it be ? They're going to be loosened

Plumbthedepths

Ficheall wrote: »

Is it nearing time to finally consider implementing some restrictions on travel into the country?

EU traffic light system and rapid airport testing. Sorted.
Try to encourage our northern friends to do the same.

CIARAN_BOYLE

Ficheall wrote: »

Is it nearing time to finally consider implementing some restrictions on travel into the country?

Some sort of enforcement on the quarantine rules would be good.

Jim_Hodge

bennyineire wrote: »

Their numbers are significantly lower than last week, so do the math's

I have. Arlene hasn't.

caveat emptor

Great news regarding trends. We need to keep it up. The slide below could be titled "How much do you enjoy Christmas".....Ireland enjoys Christmas more than most I think. Wonder what we are going to do with Christmas. Heard on the radio 800K usually come back.

caveat emptor wrote: »

Here's a slide I made...... :pac: for those following on.

stephenjmcd

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Some sort of enforcement on the quarantine rules would be good.

What quarantine rules?

Don't mean to come across as trying to be a smart arse here but there isn't and never has been quarantine rules in Ireland

Ficheall

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

EU traffic light system and rapid airport testing. Sorted.

Are they actually going to do that? Excellent news if so.

pjohnson

stephenjmcd wrote: »

What quarantine rules?

Don't mean to come across as smart here but there isn't and never has been quarantine rules in Ireland

You know what he means.

stephenjmcd

pjohnson wrote: »

You know what he means.

And as I said there's no rules so not sure what you can tighten in terms of enforcement.

Its a guideline to restrict movements. Your essentially relying on people to have a bit of cop on

Plumbthedepths

jaffa20 wrote: »

Surely it can't be 4 more weeks if the figures keep rapidly decreasing?

It is and don't be surprised if it's longer.

Plumbthedepths

Ficheall wrote: »

Are they actually going to do that? Excellent news if so.

Eamon Ryan confirmed we will be using the EU traffic light system from the 8th. Some members of Nphet not happy but they seem to forget whose in charge. Easy mistake to make I suppose.

caveat emptor

stephenjmcd wrote: »

And as I said there's no rules so not sure what you can tighten in terms of enforcement.

Its a guideline to restrict movements.

If it's a free for all at Christmas we'll be back to square one and it'll be the most depressing February in the last 150 years.

So the question must be asked what's the point. We should be realistic about this spreads. Getting down to low number so we can go on a mad one with one of the largest diasporas in the world (as a proportion of population) will end in tears.