Covid 19 Part XXXII-215,743 ROI (4,137 deaths)111,166 NI (2,036 deaths)(22/02)Read OP

PowerToWait

aziz wrote: »

Sounds like enough of a reason to step down completely

I trust it wouldn’t be very long before his replacement would be getting dog’s abuse. It’s very like the curse of the manger in football. Probably not a coincidence when you think about it.

niallo27

PowerToWait wrote: »

I trust it wouldn’t be very long before his replacement would be getting dog’s abuse. It’s very like the curse of the manger in football. Probably not a coincidence when you think about it.

The problem is he thinks he is the manager when in fact he should only be an advisor. He should not be the centre of attention.

is_that_so

PowerToWait wrote: »

I trust it wouldn’t be very long before his replacement would be getting dog’s abuse. It’s very like the curse of the manger in football. Probably not a coincidence when you think about it.

NPHET will come to an end at some point and the CMO will go back to more mundane things.

spookwoman

CrabRevolution

I'm not sure if they drew lots to decide on a few token sites to close, but I'm wondering what sectors of construction did stop because I pass huge amounts of building activity on my way to and from work. There's a pub on a busy road nearby, where the other morning there were workmen next to the road building a low wall around a beer garden. Now no stretch of the imagination could call that "essential", but considering how visible it is there really must be no enforcement of that rule.

Sanjuro

redt0m wrote: »

Did someone tell Richard Chambers to stop tweeting numbers? He used to be all over them, but hasn't posted any recently.

I'd imagine since Gavan Reilly is doing it with graphs and all, he probably felt he didn't need to

boring accountant

MrMusician18 wrote: »

There is no one under house arrest you clown.

Begging your pardon, but virtually everyone is under house arrest. Are you aware that when someone is sentenced to house arrest they are usually allowed to leave the house during working hours? We are only allowed to leave our houses for work or exercise. That is how court ordered house arrest generally works in most jurisdictions.

bodhrandude

boring accountant wrote: »

Begging your pardon, but virtually everyone is under house arrest. Are you aware that when someone is sentenced to house arrest they are usually allowed to leave the house during working hours? We are only allowed to leave our houses for work or exercise. That is how court ordered house arrest generally works in most jurisdictions.

Unless your house is 5 kilometres long. :pac:

h2005

niallo27 wrote: »

The problem is he thinks he is the manager when in fact he should only be an advisor. He should not be the certain of attention.

I don’t get this take. He is only an advisor. It is the government who set policy not him. He advises and they decide whether to heed it or not. That we all don’t like the advice isn’t his fault.

SCOOP 64

CrabRevolution wrote: »

I'm not sure if they drew lots to decide on a few token sites to close, but I'm wondering what sectors of construction did stop because I pass huge amounts of building activity on my way to and from work. There's a pub on a busy road nearby, where the other morning there were workmen next to the road building a low wall around a beer garden. Now no stretch of the imagination could call that "essential", but considering how visible it is there really must be no enforcement of that rule.

Agreed alot of what i thought was non essential building work going , i delivered to a shop on a main last week, shop closed but builders in totally gutting it out, easy to see on main st but working away.

boring accountant

bodhrandude wrote: »

Unless your house is 5 kilometres long. :pac:

Did you even read my post? People sentenced to house arrest are generally allowed out for short periods of time within the vicinity of their home.

mcburns07

h2005 wrote: »

I don’t get this take. He is only an advisor. It is the government who set policy not him. He advises and they decide whether to heed it or not. That we all don’t like the advice isn’t his fault.

And the government don't make up the advice they just take so it's not their fault either :pac:

enricoh

There's over 600 hookers in Ireland advertising on one website today. How is this being tolerated n not a peep about it out of the media afaik.
Legit businesses have no opening date in sight while a blind eye is turned to this, it has to be a big source of infections. Absolute lunacy.

bb1234567

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/excess-death-rates-show-eastern-cape-worst-covid-2021-2

Why would South Africa be hit so much harder by COVID than most of the rest of the continent? PArts of South Africa have seen almost 5000 excess deaths per million, about 60% higher than New York City or Lombardy. Could it seriously be indicative of how the rest of Africa is doing, it seems difficult to believe the rest of Africa could be experiencing such dramatic rise in mortality rate so 'quietly' but then again there's no reason why it would only happen in SA.

niallo27

h2005 wrote: »

I don’t get this take. He is only an advisor. It is the government who set policy not him. He advises and they decide whether to heed it or not. That we all don’t like the advice isn’t his fault.

Come on, your not that nieve are you.

marno21

bb1234567 wrote: »

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/excess-death-rates-show-eastern-cape-worst-covid-2021-2

Why would South Africa be hit so much harder by COVID than most of the rest of the continent? PArts of South Africa have seen almost 5000 excess deaths per million, about 60% higher than New York City or Lombardy. Could it seriously be indicative of how the rest of Africa is doing, it seems difficult to believe the rest of Africa could be experiencing such dramatic rise in mortality rate so 'quietly' but then again there's no reason why it would only happen in SA.

Could HIV/AIDS be playing a part there?

TonyMaloney

marno21 wrote: »

Could HIV/AIDS be playing a part there?

I thought "it's just a flu" was bad enough, but "it's only a bit of AIDS" is really beyond the pale.

FintanMcluskey

enricoh wrote: »

There's over 600 hookers in Ireland advertising on one website today. How is this being tolerated n not a peep about it out of the media afaik.
Legit businesses have no opening date in sight while a blind eye is turned to this, it has to be a big source of infections. Absolute lunacy.

Where did you see that?

PTH2009

This week has been the worst i've felt i any of the lockdowns

niallo27

In fairness if anyone has been or seen these areas of South Africa, covid is the least of their worries.

monkeybutter

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Where did you see that?

Do you want a link?

FintanMcluskey

monkeybutter wrote: »

Do you want a link?

Yeah

Plumbthedepths

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Yeah

Enrioch has the link. Even took the time during his/her outrage to count how many were available Might even be able to give you a recommendation.

h2005

Explain where I am being naive, please.

AdamD

bb1234567 wrote: »

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/excess-death-rates-show-eastern-cape-worst-covid-2021-2

Why would South Africa be hit so much harder by COVID than most of the rest of the continent? PArts of South Africa have seen almost 5000 excess deaths per million, about 60% higher than New York City or Lombardy. Could it seriously be indicative of how the rest of Africa is doing, it seems difficult to believe the rest of Africa could be experiencing such dramatic rise in mortality rate so 'quietly' but then again there's no reason why it would only happen in SA.

Are other African countries testing as much? If not then they just aren't comparable.

Parts of South Africa have large slums which would be awful for the spread of Covid

podgeandrodge

Question - if you receive one vaccine, say Astra, could another one of them be given to you without ill effects or would they contradict each other in some way.

Plumbthedepths

AdamD wrote: »

Are other African countries testing as much? If not then they just aren't comparable.

Parts of South Africa have large slums which would be awful for the spread of Covid

Could be similar to what's happening in India, it's being suggested India may have heard immunity as reported by the Times. I posted the link here earlier.

bb1234567

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/

Sometimes I'm stunned by just how few young people die from this but in USA this is just unbelievable when put side by side with the death toll among older groups, 658 deaths under 25 years old out of 359,000 deaths in the US (as of late January). USA could well see less 1,000 deaths under 25 in the entire pandemic! And globally probably only a few thousand deaths under 25 out of what will probably be 3-4 million deaths by the end of the pandemic

enricoh

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Enrioch has the link. Even took the time during his/her outrage to count how many were available Might even be able to give you a recommendation.

Yup, escort Ireland, the number comes up on the homepage so didn't take long, ta.
Outrage, recommendation- good man yourself

hotmail.com

PTH2009 wrote: »

This week has been the worst i've felt i any of the lockdowns

A really dreadful time to be on this island.

The vaccine slowness is the main source of this despondency.