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

Doctors room ghost

jojofizzio wrote: »

This is a myth...I’ve been working on the “frontline “(hate that term) in healthcare with elderly people since March and have never been offered a Covid test...

Same as that and never been tested.
That won’t stop the misery merchants blowing sh1te though.

What Username Guidelines

Usually one to ignore all the whatsapp rumours, but this is from the UK and seems quite plausible...

https://twitter.com/MrCalliJ/status/1346227539455389696?s=20

ixoy

Irish Steve wrote: »

The final straw for me was when the essential computer systems all fell apart, they've had more than enough time to go out and specify a new system, and procure the hardware, and get it up and running, several times over, but they have manifestly failed when the chips were down.

I'd agree that their stress tests, or whatever, are poor and they should have anticipated this. Their IT systems are notoriously poor and that attitude comes from the top.

Now, I see that the target for vaccine is 135,000 by the end of Feb. If that's true, we're looking at more than 4 YEARS to get the majority vaccinated. There are no words to describe the contempt I have for that sort of incompetence

This is a little unfair though. The 135k is using up most of the doses of the one vaccine currently approved that we'll have by that point.
Why can't we dose more? Because we won't have more doses of the Pfizer vaccine to administer. It's allocated by the EU based on our population.

What we'll need is more vaccines to be approved and that's where things can hopefully change rapidly, especially with the likes of Oxford which will be easier to administer and should go out a lot faster.

The Inbetween is mine

5,325 cases 17 deaths..

Van.Bosch

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

5,325 cases 17 deaths..

Cases are down about 11% day on day!!!

Open the schools!

harr

17 deaths is shocking and an increase in ICU cases as well

JP Liz V1

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

5,325 cases 17 deaths..

RIP

Huge surge for Cork up in 700s

lawrencesummers

Irish Steve wrote: »

No, some of us did NOT **** up, the only day we were "out and about" was Christmas day, and that was with my daughter, who is "bubbled" for essential child care, and they came here for a virtual on line pantomine before New Year's eve.

We wanted to do more, but making the right decisions meant not doing it, so as far as we're concerned, don't throw the blame our way.

Some of the issue for me is that NPHET, and RTE have wrecked our heads with the constant mantras of "2 weeks", "worried", "concerned", as far as I am concerned, I am pretty much switched off now when RTE go to the press conference, the whole scenario has a serious lack of credibility about it now, they've used all the empasis words too many times, and they no longer have credibility.

The final straw for me was when the essential computer systems all fell apart, they've had more than enough time to go out and specify a new system, and procure the hardware, and get it up and running, several times over, but they have manifestly failed when the chips were down.

Now, I see that the target for vaccine is 135,000 by the end of Feb. If that's true, we're looking at more than 4 YEARS to get the majority vaccinated. There are no words to describe the contempt I have for that sort of incompetence, and there's plenty more in other State services, I've wasted hours in the last few days trying to sort out things like driving licence renewals, and the brutal reality is that they don't have a clue what they are doing.

We ARE in trouble now, for all the wrong reasons, and getting buy in from a lot of people is going to be hard, too many people will see NPHET and the like as just crying wolf, as they have been all year.

Same as, did nothing over the Christmas or before it.

My biggest gripe is the amount of ambiguity over things.

NPHET and the government are all talk about cases, hospital numbers and deaths
That’s fine, but the opening and closing of any sector should not be down to the whim of politicians.


It should be published that at certain numbers of cases certain things close and they don’t reopen until they go below another number. Publish what they are and let everyone have ownership of it.

We are supposed to have a “living with covid” approach but we have a living with political decisions approach.

The Inbetween is mine

harr wrote: »

17 deaths is shocking and an increase in ICU cases as well

The deaths are over the last 4 days..not just yesterday

fits

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Cases are down about 11% day on day!!!

Open the schools!

Yea that’s a totally appropriate response to post to 17 deaths

Stheno

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1346517200383963139?s=19

Steve012

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

5,325 cases 17 deaths..

My brother in laws Dad was one of them, rest in peace sir. And to the other 16 people today.

Stheno

Higher than todays swabs

Backlog filtering through

harr

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

The deaths are over the last 4 days..not just yesterday

Doesn’t make it any less shocking

JP Liz V1

Steve012 wrote: »

My brother in laws Dad was one of them, rest in peace sir. And to the other 16 people today.

Sorry to hear that

fits

Steve012 wrote: »

My brother in laws Dad was one of them, rest in peace sir. And to the other 16 people today.

I’m sorry to hear that. RIP.

Dressoutlet

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Cases are down about 11% day on day!!!

Open the schools!

They can pull the roof off every school and have them open 24/7, my children will be cozy and warm at home.

blowitupref

Stheno wrote: »

Higher than todays swabs

Backlog filtering through

899 in backlog cases included today.

Stheno

County data

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1346516026951872513?s=19

zuutroy

Gonna get a whole lot more shocking in the next 3 weeks.

lawrencesummers

Steve012 wrote: »

My brother in laws Dad was one of them, rest in peace sir. And to the other 16 people today.

Sorry to hear.

Was he otherwise ill? Or just Covid?

Longing

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

The deaths are over the last 4 days..not just yesterday

What difference does that make

KrustyUCC

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

RIP

Huge surge for Cork up in 700s

Could be like Dublin yesterday

Lot of backlog cases in one go .... hopefully

Van.Bosch

fits wrote: »

Yea that’s a totally appropriate response to post to 17 deaths

It is, I didn’t see the 17 figure.

rm212

Stheno wrote: »

Higher than todays swabs

Backlog filtering through

Yes, but it seems like far less tests were done as positivity percentage is up again, over 22% now.

Due to them stopping the testing of close contacts, the case numbers now say very little.

The swab positivity rate is probably the best indicator, as well as hospital admissions and ICU admissions.

Stheno

Signs of positive progress

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1346516664343474178?s=19

KrustyUCC

Stheno wrote: »

Higher than todays swabs

Backlog filtering through

Filtering through slower than it should be though

Large backlog still there

Stheno

rm212 wrote: »

Yes, but it seems like far less tests were done as positivity percentage is up again, over 22% now.

Due to them stopping the testing of close contacts, the case numbers now say very little.

The swab positivity rate is probably the best indicator, as well as hospital admissions and ICU admissions.

Positivity was 25% yesterday iirc

stephenjmcd

New members of NPHET

https://twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/1346517255878811648?s=19

lawrencesummers

Does anyone know if the backlog cases are people who are only hearing about their positive result today, or is it only being reported nationally now?