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

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ednwireland wrote: »

was reading one of the donegal local rags yesterday and cases went from 38 to 48 and was reported as "sharp rise on yesterday"

despite the fact that the 14 day for donegal is 656.4, below the national average and probably half what it was a week ago.

to be honest i cant watch the news anymore

Don't watch the news either or listen to Tubridy preaching on Friday night's

majcos

ednwireland wrote: »

was reading one of the donegal local rags yesterday and cases went from 38 to 48 and was reported as "sharp rise on yesterday"

despite the fact that the 14 day for donegal is 656.4, below the national average and probably half what it was a week ago.

to be honest i cant watch the news anymore

‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’. Numbers can so often be meaningless without context and proper interpretation.

blowitupref

7 day average is 1,537 cases per day. The average has been falling for 18 days in a row and last Thursday it was 2699.

is_that_so

KrustyUCC wrote: »

1466 cases
47 deaths

TV3 going on about an increase in cases again

You'd like to think people can read and remember numbers at this stage and ignore the inane commentary!

appledrop

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

We won't have 700k vaccinated in q1. No where close. Astra Zenaca problems.

The target was 700k people or 1.4 million doses.

I have no faith in AstraZenaca vaccine. Their data was all over the place and they kept changing their mind about its effectiveness.

Its a dud, we are in trouble that this is one EU have placed biggest orders on.

I also don't have any faith in it been able to be adapted for different strains.

The Pfizer or Modern ones are they way to go.

DrSpongeBobz

Kind of up in the air where it goes from here based on todays numbers.

KrustyUCC

Interpretation is key alright

Paul Reid, CEO of the HSE, has said that there has been a modest decrease in the number of patients we have seen in hospital, and we are seeing the first hopeful sign in many many weeks.

Now I'm not arguing that hospital numbers still aren't high

I doubt Mr Reid would claim it would be a modest increase in the numbers of patients in hospital if it was the other way around

JP Liz V1

1,466 new COVID-19 cases and 47 deaths confirmed

The cases:
697 male, 764 female
55% aged under 45
Median age: 41
472 in #Dublin, 106 in #Galway, 103 in #Cork

The deaths:
46 from January
Aged 55 – 99
Median age: 85

Boggerman12

How’s the worrymeter going this evening from the sainted cmo

gmisk

So the bild story looks to have been true.
Germany won't be using astra zeneca on u65

KrustyUCC

is_that_so wrote: »

You'd like to think people can read and remember numbers at this stage and ignore the inane commentary!

It's the framing of things in as negative a light as possible

Really talking up the NPHET letter about "we will all find it challenging to maintain the very low levels of social contact and adherence to social distancing and hygiene measures required to maintain suppression".

That was always going to be the case especially in a long term lockdown

pc7

Sweet suffering Jesus, looks like 100 easily together in Ballymun releasing balloons for the lad who died. Not a mask to be seen. Only one with one and it’s down around the nose. Ffs.

Eod100

Good to see

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1354854770905903106

Arghus

Boggerman12 wrote: »

How’s the worrymeter going this evening from the sainted cmo

He hasn't talked yet.

Philip Nolan was broadly positive. All metrics of the disease continue to decline, obvious huge effort made by the public and we could be - could be - in the region of 200-400 cases a day by the end of February, which is a far better projection than we could have predicted a few weeks ago.

Jinglejangle69

pc7 wrote: »

Sweet suffering Jesus, looks like 100 easily together in Ballymun releasing balloons for the lad who died. Not a mask to be seen. Only one with one and it’s down around the nose. Ffs.

Only thing getting us out of this is vaccines.

A year on and people are still as thick as ****e.

KrustyUCC

Eod100 wrote: »

Good to see

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1354854770905903106

We would take that by the end of February

Would be continued progress

DrSpongeBobz

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Only thing getting us out of this is vaccines.

A year on and people are still as thick as ****e.

Dont know if thats a joke or not lol

gifted

pc7 wrote: »

Sweet suffering Jesus, looks like 100 easily together in Ballymun releasing balloons for the lad who died. Not a mask to be seen. Only one with one and it’s down around the nose. Ffs.

It's a joke....people can't go to funerals for family members but these people are allowed onto a pitch and release balloons in huge numbers

iamwhoiam

pc7 wrote: »

Sweet suffering Jesus, looks like 100 easily together in Ballymun releasing balloons for the lad who died. Not a mask to be seen. Only one with one and it’s down around the nose. Ffs.

The whole field empty and they huddle on one small spot on top of each other .

pc7

gifted wrote: »

It's a joke....people can't go to funerals for family members but these people are allowed onto a pitch and release balloons in huge numbers

All hugging each other, it’s a joke. That area has one of the highest rates in Dublin. Really is infuriating, I didn’t go to my grandparent funeral last month due to restrictions and trying to do the right thing.

Eod100

KrustyUCC wrote: »

We would take that by the end of February

Would be continued progress

Would be great. If we're at that level might nearly make sense to try and reduce it even more by extending restrictions a few weeks at start of March. Might not be popular but could mean cases take longer to rise after reopening so have a more sustainable reopening.

is_that_so

gifted wrote: »

It's a joke....people can't go to funerals for family members but these people are allowed onto a pitch and release balloons in huge numbers

If you stand in a field well apart from others you can, it's all the getting up close and personal that causes the problems.

froog

there's a variant committee.

KrustyUCC

Eod100 wrote: »

Would be great. If we're at that level might nearly make sense to try and reduce it even more by extending restrictions a few weeks at start of March. Might not be popular but could mean cases take longer to rise after reopening so have a more sustainable reopening.

It's inevitable the government will extend restrictions even at those levels imo

Another month would take them past the Easter Bank Holiday

Then a painfully slow reopening after that

Always_Running

Monday to Thursday this week

5101 confirmed cases

Last Monday to Thursday

9218 confirmed cases

UrbanFret

baloons should never be released into the sky .Deadly to wildlife. starvation as they cannot digest.

iamwhoiam

is_that_so wrote: »

If you stand in a field well apart from others you can, it's all the getting up close and personal that causes the problems.

But they stood in a field all bundled on top of each other. And were up close and personal while they were at it

KrustyUCC

Always_Running wrote: »

Monday to Thursday this week

5101 confirmed cases

Last Monday to Thursday

9218 confirmed cases

That's nice to see

Won't see that reflected in the media though

gifted

is_that_so wrote: »

Sure, they are almost all kids there, a reduced risk group, out in the open air.

Eh....have you seen the crowd behind the "kids"......more people on that pitch than probably arrived in dublin airport today

pc7

is_that_so wrote: »

Sure, they are almost all kids there, a reduced risk group, out in the open air.

On the news there are many more than that photo, there were plenty of adults all hugging and no masks. Those teenagers go home and it spreads. Ballymun has one of the worst case levels in Dublin.