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

castletownman

What falls under the essential renovation category?

My workplace began construction work to double in size this week, and its all grant-funded. Surely can't seize now after only two days?

Likewise, at home I am converting a flat for myself and the missus, and am waiting on the kitchen to be installed. Kitchens are surely deemed essential?

Steve012

Stateofyou wrote: »

I haven't seen it here yet, apologies if I missed it, but is anyone else more than a bit worried/stressed about Matt Hancock over in the UK saying that it appears the S.African mutation is even more virulent than the UK strain, and what is worse is they think the current vaccines won't work as the cell structure has changed too much? They have restricted flights from S.A and required anyone who recently traveled there to quarantine, but they have already seen it showing up in cases there. I don't know if we're getting out of this that easily. All this talk about vaccines rollout could very soon be moot.

Wow it couldn't get any better, Close the Jaysus airports so. "properly" and if done in the first instance .. Well they didn't do it.
There's no evidence the Vaccines won't work against new variants.

Sounds more like scare mongering.

Cluedo Monopoly

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

A press conference at this hour of the evening?

Yes. The guidance from NPHET now is that we need to take to the boats...

Richard Hillman

Time to give up. The Roman Empire are at the city walls. Abandon the city. Leave the weak behind.

Lantern Jaw

eggy81 wrote: »

Our first day back on site today in order to gain access we had to first agree to having a COVID test on site set up by the main contractor at, I assume enormous expense them. We had to agree to wear these new badges that send a ping to a server every time we move within 2 meters of another employee.
Some new system that works through Bluetooth. 1 step before microchip I suppose.
Gloves glasses mask at all times. Canteens spread out at 2 meters. Breaks staggered to allow for social distancing. Single file walking at all times 2 mtrs apart.
Regular drone flyovers of walkways. 3 strike and you’re out system with the social distancing. Tbh the restrictions were massive overkill anyway given the size of the place relative to occupancy. They even created a full time night shift to split the workforce meaning giving half the workers four day weeks and time and a 3rd for every hour worked. Couldn’t have done much more I think.

Intel?

majcos

HSE operations report 5/1 as of 8pm

Covid cases hospitalised 873 - increase from 770

ICU confirmed Covid cases 75 - increase from 72
1 death in ICUs last 24 hours
Confirmed Covid cases ventilated - 42 increase from 38
Available ICU beds 22

TonyMaloney

I rarely get to do this, but I found some good news.
Our google mobility data suggests that from Christmas Day onwards, the Irish people have copped on and realised how serious this is and from then on we increasingly altered our behaviour.

We haven't seen a dislocation from normality like this since March. I can say with some confidence now that any restrictions applied should work well and maybe even kick in a little earlier than restrictions usually would.

eggy81

Lantern Jaw wrote: »

Intel?

Fb

TonyMaloney

majcos wrote: »

HSE operations report 5/1 as of 8pm

Covid cases hospitalised 873 - increase from 770

ICU confirmed Covid cases 75 - increase from 72
1 death in ICUs last 24 hours
Confirmed Covid cases ventilated - 42 increase from 38
Available ICU beds 22

That's us 4 off the number we saw in hospital in April I think

Night owl gal

Is a rash a symptom of covid?

Fuascailteoir

Are builders providers and tile outlets to close or remain open?

SuperRabbit

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

Yes. The guidance from NPHET now is that we need to take to the boats...

if you build a boat in the upstairs bedroom all you have to do is destroy the roof / ceiling and you're set

tobefrank321

Many ski resorts have opened up again despite being a driver of cases last year. And there's talk of allowing crowds at cheltenham.
Meanwhile they are closing schools and construction.
You really couldn't make it up.

majcos

TonyMaloney wrote: »

That's us 4 off the number we saw in hospital in April I think

Close. 879 on April 13th.

Stheno

Night owl gal wrote: »

Is a rash a symptom of covid?

At this stage anything appears to be a symptom

Give you doctor a call in the morning

TonyMaloney

Fuascailteoir wrote: »

Are builders providers and tile outlets to close or remain open?

they've no builders to provide to

I'm sure they'll close, sorry

caveat emptor

Some leaders have gotten it so wrong. While ours haven't be quite as bad as UK, they weren't far off.

It took 3 waves to bring in travel restrictions.

https://twitter.com/PeoplesMomentum/status/1344236795374964736?s=20

Plumbthedepths

Fuascailteoir wrote: »

Are builders providers and tile outlets to close or remain open?

No word of closing them yet , people still need items for home maintenance.

SuperRabbit

Night owl gal wrote: »

Is a rash a symptom of covid?

Yes, but also, everything is a symptom of covid. I wish I was kidding, the thing can manifest in so many different ways.

Mind yourself!

Most common symptoms:

fever

dry cough

tiredness

Less common symptoms:



aches and pains

sore throat

diarrhoea

conjunctivitis

headache

loss of taste or smell

a rash on skin, or discolouration of fingers or toes

Serious symptoms:

difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

chest pain or pressure

loss of speech or movement

octsol

Where can i find charts for case numbers by county over time?

SuperRabbit

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Many ski resorts have opened up again despite being a driver of cases last year. And there's talk of allowing crowds at cheltenham.
Meanwhile they are closing schools and construction.
You really couldn't make it up.

Ah yeah it's so unfair. Close the schools and construction and ffs stop tourism

I couldn't safely see my family but people can go skiing!?

SuperRabbit

octsol wrote: »

Where can i find charts for case numbers by county over time?

Here:

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mcburns07

caveat emptor wrote: »

Some leaders have gotten it so wrong. While ours haven't be quite as bad as UK, they weren't far off.

It took 3 waves to bring in travel restrictions.

https://twitter.com/PeoplesMomentum/status/1344236795374964736?s=20

Is there another thread to talk about NZ's response?

SuperRabbit

SuperRabbit wrote: »

Here:

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Update:

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0ph0rce0

No builders = Loads more food in the local deli. No going up and getting breakfast rolls missing most of the makings.

Get In!!!!!

landofthetree

https://mobile.twitter.com/laoneill111/status/1346264283676602369

Study from UK: decrease in deaths as priority groups vaccinated. Late Feb when top 4 groups vaccinated (care home residents, healthcare workers, over 70s and extremely vulnerable) the lethality of the virus should fall by 90%.


So we can open up at level 2 or 3 in March?

Plumbthedepths

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Many ski resorts have opened up again despite being a driver of cases last year. And there's talk of allowing crowds at cheltenham.
Meanwhile they are closing schools and construction.
You really couldn't make it up.

We don’t control what the U.K. does or mainland Europe. Although allowing Ski slopes to open shows a different attitude to the pandemic by several mainland European countries than the prevailing attitude here.

embraer170

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Many ski resorts have opened up again despite being a driver of cases last year. And there's talk of allowing crowds at cheltenham.
Meanwhile they are closing schools and construction.
You really couldn't make it up.

Switzerland kept ski resorts open and is now talking about closing schools.

mandrake04

SuperRabbit wrote: »

My understanding is that the antigen test is fantastic for groups and populations but completely useless for an individual because the margin for error is so wide?

Your understanding is wrong, look at Slovakia. Antigen test is game changer they said, test the majority of the population over a weekend they said... yeah was a failure complete failure. US also used Antigen tests are they are not in great shape either.

Antigen tests are more useful for daily testing or for use in 3rd world countries that don’t have readily access to molecular resources.

mcburns07

SuperRabbit wrote: »

Ah yeah it's so unfair. Close the schools and construction and ffs stop tourism

I couldn't safely see my family but people can go skiing!?

Do you live outside of Ireland? What relevance does people being able to ski have in Ireland?

I don't see what the issue with skiing is anyway, it's no different to any other type of individual outdoor activity and queues / lifts etc can easily be managed to maintain social distancing.

Aprés ski was almost certainly the source of the infections we imported back in spring.