Covid 19 Part XXX-113,332 ROI(2,282 deaths) 81,251 NI (1,384 deaths) (05/01) Read OP

lawred2

An Ri rua wrote: »

It's a serious issue. It's a question of manners and compliance. None of us wants to be wearing a mask. If I'm in a shop and any of you present near me not wearing a mask, you'll be wearing one shortly after. At both ends that you talk through. There's no room now for sh1tetalk and exceptions.

Tough guy alert

Eivor

Eivor wrote: »

Sorry but that’s rubbish. 1 in a thousand people are not being “diagnosed” every day. They’re testing positive for having the virus within them. Far fewer people actually have the disease COVID-19 than test positive for presence of the virus.

Casedemic yadda yadda yadda from covid not with covid nonsense nonsense nonsense. Tiresome at this stage

Wanderer78

TexasTornado wrote:

The politicians didn't make a medical decision, they where put under pressure from lobby groups and folded like a cheap Aldi tent in a storm. Make no mistake they bare as much responsibility for this as the selfish people who visited families at Xmas.

But look on the bright side, at least the economy is doing better due to things!

Doctors room ghost

Coming home from work this morning and the wireless on in the car.radio one.nothing on it but covid doom and gloom.they wheel on doctor death himself then if things weren’t bad enough.
I’m going listening to cds in the car anymore.I’ve enough of the constant covid downers.boll1x to all that.
An endless depressing vacuum chiselling into your soul.

Fr_Dougal

thelad95 wrote: »

When I look back at this period, the one time I'll remember as me being truly truly angry over it all will be the Christmas just gone. When a pathetically incompetent government ignored public health advice to catastrophic effect, pushing us not even back to square one but way beyond that to a stage where nearly one in one thousand people are being diagnosed every day with the disease. All so people could play charades at aunty Bessy's house and go for a piss up with their friends home from Dubai for Christmas (who obviously ignored quarantine guidelines).

The government didn’t make us do anything. Even with the restrictions relaxed they advised people not to mix, to stay at home, and to act responsibly.

Eivor

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Casedemic yadda yadda yadda from covid not with covid nonsense nonsense nonsense. Tiresome at this stage

I didn’t say anything about a casedemic they’re your words. The fact of the matter is, a positive test result is not a diagnosis of COVID-19.

Wanderer78

Doctors room ghost wrote:

Coming home from work this morning and the wireless on in the car.radio one.nothing on it but covid doom and gloom.they wheel on doctor death himself then if things weren’t bad enough. I’m going listening to cds in the car anymore.I’ve enough of the constant covid downers.boll1x to all that. An endless depressing vacuum chiselling into your soul.

Are you okay there, is all this reality getting to you?

lawred2

TexasTornado wrote: »

Yeah same here. I just think people have pinned a lot on the vaccines but the general public will be lucky to be vaccinated by the end of the summer tbh.. Its going to be a very bad year again tbh.

November for the general public based on the rollout plan

Painful

prunudo

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Coming home from work this morning and the wireless on in the car.radio one.nothing on it but covid doom and gloom.they wheel on doctor death himself then if things weren’t bad enough.
I’m going listening to cds in the car anymore.I’ve enough of the constant covid downers.boll1x to all that.
An endless depressing vacuum chiselling into your soul.

One sure thing to come out of this is that it proves the Irish media love misery.

Ohmeha

I see the Bertie Ahern sponsored doomongers brigade from 2007 property bubble era have now mutated into 2021 covid era on this forum in spite of the health service on the verge of being overwhelmed due to politicians taking their pandemic advice from publicans and not scientists

Plumbthedepths

prunudo wrote: »

One sure thing to come out of this is that it proves the Irish media love misery.

As do many Irish people.

Wanderer78

prunudo wrote:

One sure thing to come out of this is that it proves the Irish media love misery.

What are you lads talking about? The biggest story of the century, what else are the media gonna cover?

Eivor

Eivor wrote: »

I didn’t say anything about a casedemic they’re your words. The fact of the matter is, a positive test result is not a diagnosis of COVID-19.

Yes it is

Clinical criteria

A patient with acute respiratory infection (sudden onset of at least one of the following; cough, fever1, shortness of breath)
OR

Sudden onset of anosmia2, ageusia3 and dysgeusia4
OR

A patient with severe acute respiratory infection (fever and at least one sign/symptom of respiratory disease (e.g. cough, fever, shortness of breath)) AND requiring hospitalisation (SARI) AND with no other aetiology that fully explains the clinical presentation.

Clinical judgement should be applied in application of these criteria to determine who requires testing.

Epidemiological criteria
At least one of the following two epidemiological links:

close contact5 with a confirmed case COVID-19 case in the last 14 days prior to onset of symptoms
having been a resident or staff member, in the 14 days prior to onset of symptoms, in a residential institution for vulnerable people, where ongoing COVID-19 transmission has been confirmed
Diagnostic imaging criteria
Radiological evidence showing lesions compatible with COVID-19

Laboratory criteria
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid in a clinical specimen

Case classification
Possible:
Any person meeting the clinical criteria

Probable case
Any person meeting the clinical criteria with an epidemiological link
OR
Any person meeting the diagnostic imaging criteria

Confirmed case
Any person meeting the laboratory criteria

Eivor

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yes it is

Yes that’s a confirmed case, not a diagnosis of an illness.

prunudo

Wanderer78 wrote: »

What are you lads talking about? The biggest story of the century, what else are the media gonna cover?

Not saying they shouldn't cover it, they constantly try to out do themselves with the fear, misery and doom. Rte's new year show was a good example, trying to be positive for 2021 but more emphasis on how bad 2020 was.
I never realised how as a nation how we dwell on the bad things and past so much. Its not good for the mind. I'm not downplaying the virus, just a bit of positivity would be great.

Doctors room ghost

Wanderer78 wrote: »

What are you lads talking about? The biggest story of the century, what else are the media gonna cover?

They’re almost a year now spouting the same waffle and going around in circles.one Mickey Mouse lockdown following another and the misery merchants thriving in the drama of it all.

FlubberJones

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Coming home from work this morning and the wireless on in the car.radio one.nothing on it but covid doom and gloom.they wheel on doctor death himself then if things weren’t bad enough.
I’m going listening to cds in the car anymore.I’ve enough of the constant covid downers.boll1x to all that.
An endless depressing vacuum chiselling into your soul.

Yep. feel the same way and this thread here, there are so many that seem to be relishing reminding others that things are really bad these days.
I'm beyond caring these days and it is what it is, I do what I have to do and if there are millions in the hospitals and sick then so be it...

ben.schlomo

Ohmeha wrote: »

I see the Bertie Ahern sponsored doomongers brigade from 2007 property bubble era have now mutated into 2021 covid era on this forum in spite of the health service on the verge of being overwhelmed due to politicians taking their pandemic advice from publicans and not scientists

Jesus, have we a record for the longest sentence ever created!

Happydays2020

RTÉ at their crap again. Now it’s all about the school exams not going ahead. There is no reason why the State exams cannot go ahead in June even where we are now. We know Lockdown will work and we know we have effective vaccinations.

bennyl10

Eivor wrote: »

Yes that’s a confirmed case, not a diagnosis of an illness.

So... having the illness.. doesn’t mean you have the illness?


We’re through the looking glass people

bennyl10

Happydays2020 wrote: »

RTÉ at their crap again. Now it’s all about the school exams not going ahead. There is no reason why the State exams cannot go ahead in June even where we are now. We know Lockdown will work and we know we have effective vaccinations.

The UK last night acknowledged they’re looking at alternatives.

We will need to do the same

Eivor

bennyl10 wrote: »

So... having the illness.. doesn’t mean you have the illness?


We’re through the looking glass people

Having a positive test result does not mean you have the disease COVID-19. It’s a bit like having HIV but not aids

bennyl10

Eivor wrote: »

Having a positive test result does not mean you have the disease COVID-19. It’s a bit like having HIV but not aids

No. No it’s not.
Not at all intact

Happydays2020

bennyl10 wrote: »

The UK last night acknowledged they’re looking at alternatives.

We will need to do the same

There is no reason to panic. We know enough about the virus that the lockdown will suppress this surge.

Exams should go ahead. Simples. Run over a longer period if necessary as a contingency with leaving and junior on alternative days etc etc.

RTÉ is out there whipping up the worryometer.

igCorcaigh

The app has not been updated with yesterday's case numbers...

igCorcaigh

Eivor wrote: »

Yes that’s a confirmed case, not a diagnosis of an illness.

That's my understanding too.

Detection of the SARS CoV2 virus does not mean in itself a diagnosis of Covid-19 disease.

fits

igCorcaigh wrote: »

The app has not been updated with yesterday's case numbers...

I was just about to post. App update is very patchy in recent days and no hse operations report last night either.

igCorcaigh

8am hospitalisation figures not yet released?

harr

Why no enforcement this time for level 5 compared to when numbers were lower? The very odd checkpoint but no where need the numbers like beginning of the year.
I was on a few essential journeys over the last few days and I didn’t see one guard anywhere and I was driving between 3 different midland counties.
Two different forecourts last night where young lads had gathered with 7 or 8 cars and were socialising in groups .

is_that_so

Happydays2020 wrote: »

RTÉ at their crap again. Now it’s all about the school exams not going ahead. There is no reason why the State exams cannot go ahead in June even where we are now. We know Lockdown will work and we know we have effective vaccinations.

Is that Emma O'Kelly? She has a flair for the dramatic, betimes!