Covid 19 Part XXXIV-249,437 ROI(4,906 deaths) 120,195 NI (2,145 deaths)(01/05)Read OP

namloc1980

If the government cave in to teachers then the Gardaí and every other special interest group will demand that they also get prioritised. Absolute selfishness from these teacher unions. Disgraceful they are.

shtpEdthePlum

It's a disgrace Joe.

https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/highlights-from-the-hard-shoulder/leo-varadkar-icu-numbers-to-be-below-50-before-we-reopen

We're at around 60 at the moment... with the delayed discharges from ICU over the weekend id say we'll be fully reopened next weekend

PTH2009

ninebeanrows wrote: »

Things in UK going to change from 12 April

Whitty has said variants are not a significant enough threat to stop the move to opening

Infuriating looking at that

Here we say 'Variants are new viruses and worse than ever'

mloc123

namloc1980 wrote: »

If the government cave in to teachers then the Gardaí and every other special interest group will demand that they also get prioritised. Absolute selfishness from these teacher unions. Disgraceful they are.

I think the Gardai should have been included with paramedics and firemen. Image the scrotes they deal with daily coughing and spitting at them

is_that_so

mloc123 wrote: »

I think the Gardai should have been included with paramedics and firemen. Image the scrotes they deal with daily coughing and spitting at them

That stopped very quickly with the 28 day custodial sentences.

E36Ross

If the teachers get it, Assume school bus drivers also get it?

Yanoo because they're in a smaller confined space with limited ventilation and surrounded by kids from all different classes?

covidrelease

PTH2009 wrote: »

Infuriating looking at that

Here we say 'Variants are new viruses and worse than ever'

It's disgusting carry on constantly hyping "new variants" which never bothered them last year.

If and when a new variant comes along that actually causes a problem then deal with it then.

PatrickDoherty

Amazing how frontline workers who are essential like Supermarket staff have never threatened mass strikes because their position on the vaccine list, the teachers have had months off since the pandemic started they ought to be hauled into work over the summer to make up for lost time no child in the country deserves 3 months summer holidays.

Ally Dick

Galwayhurl wrote: »

How will primary teachers go on holidays in June when they will be in the classroom for the entire month?

Secondary will go in June. Primary will follow in July

Ally Dick

When all this is over, wait till our patriots in the public service hand in the shopping list of wage increase demands

brookers

branie2 wrote: »

320 cases and no deaths. That's very good news

Know of at least 7 people being tested today, all related to Mothering Sunday. the Mother has it and admitted to st Vincents....on oxygen.

covidrelease

brookers wrote: »

Know of at least 7 people being tested today, all related to Mothering Sunday. the Mother has it and admitted to st Vincents....on oxygen.

The 5th wave?

PmMeUrDogs

brookers wrote: »

Know of at least 7 people being tested today, all related to Mothering Sunday. the Mother has it and admitted to st Vincents....on oxygen.

I hope your mam recovers soon

Messi19

If we get slaughtered by a new variant from Mexico can we call it the Mexican wave?

thebronze14

giveitholly wrote: »

A joke really,when this is over and done with they won't come out of it looking well. Fair enough any teacher with an underlying condition should definitely get priority,but why should a healthy 20/30 year old get priority especially secondary teachers who will be on holidays in 6/7 weeks

I'm a teacher and I'd be pissed off if this happened!

brookers

PmMeUrDogs wrote: »

I hope your mam recovers soon

No not my mother, she passed away a long time ago. It is a friend's mother in law, she said that some of her husband's family are just highly irresponsible. Im sure they won't be the only ones....

Eod100

Not sure if there is much in this. Think UK have only had around 30 cases of clots so far so unless something has changed would be bit surprised if they did. https://twitter.com/cathynewman/status/1379126476843458564?s=19

Dermot224

Ally Dick wrote: »

When all this is over, wait till our patriots in the public service hand in the shopping list of wage increase demands

DICK. What is the point of this post?

SPDUB

covidrelease wrote: »

It's disgusting carry on constantly hyping "new variants" which never bothered them last year.

Because the only new variant in the middle of last year was the same level of transmittablely and level of effects as the then current version

If and when a new variant comes along that actually causes a problem then deal with it then.

Which is what they're currently doing

covidrelease

SPDUB wrote: »

Because the only new variant in the middle of last year was the same level of transmittablely and level of effects as the then current version



Which is what they're currently doing

The UK have kicked the new variants to touch in case you missed it.

It's also the home of the "UK variant" and they are not letting that bother them.

hmmm

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Outdoor transmission accounts for 0.1% of State’s Covid-19 cases
via The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/outdoor-transmission-accounts-for-0-1-of-state-s-covid-19-cases-1.4529036

No surprise here....Open up more outdoor stuff for the love of God!!

You have to arrest a lot of hikers to make up for a single house party. Time to put more Garda resources into patrolling the mountains in case someone might go for a walk.

BettyS

It is beggars’ belief that the Gardai are expected to go into houses to disband house-parties of drunken individuals without a vaccine.

shtpEdthePlum

Dermot224 wrote: »

DICK. What is the point of this post?

Sounds like jealousy.

JP Liz V1

brookers wrote: »

Know of at least 7 people being tested today, all related to Mothering Sunday. the Mother has it and admitted to st Vincents....on oxygen.

I hope she will be ok

JP Liz V1

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Outdoor transmission accounts for 0.1% of State’s Covid-19 cases
via The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/outdoor-transmission-accounts-for-0-1-of-state-s-covid-19-cases-1.4529036

No surprise here....Open up more outdoor stuff for the love of God!!

Outdoor transmission accounts for 0.1% of State’s Covid-19 cases
Just 262 cases traced to outdoor activities since pandemic began, official figures reveal

igCorcaigh

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Outdoor transmission accounts for 0.1% of State’s Covid-19 cases
via The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/outdoor-transmission-accounts-for-0-1-of-state-s-covid-19-cases-1.4529036

No surprise here....Open up more outdoor stuff for the love of God!!

The thing about that though:

"Of the 232,164 cases of Covid-19 recorded in the State up to March 24th this year, 262 were as a result of outdoor transmission, representing 0.1 per cent of the total."

That is in the context of a Level 5 lockdown. That figure may not apply to a society that opens up outdoor activities.

EDIT: I misread. That is since the start of the pandemic, not just this year.

hmmm

igCorcaigh wrote: »

The thing about that though:

"Of the 232,164 cases of Covid-19 recorded in the State up to March 24th this year, 262 were as a result of outdoor transmission, representing 0.1 per cent of the total."

That is in the context of a Level 5 lockdown. That figure may not apply to a society that opens up outdoor activities.

True, but we've done a terrible job at risk mitigation. Everything has been all or nothing.

I'm fairly sure that if we had kept dining outdoors only we'd still have open pubs and restaurants. There would have been some cases, but only a fraction of those from indoors.

Similarly we could have let people have outdoor outlets to socialise (in small numbers) and exercise. People meeting others outside for a coffee and a walk around the park was always low risk (although not zero risk). I don't play Golf or Tennis, but they look like obvious candidates for something that could have stayed open. I do hike, and this should never have been restricted (in my opinion). Similarly we have to ask whether shutting down kids sports training was worth the loss.

Even now we have done feck all to help restaurants open up outdoors. Lots of talk but nothing practical. Instead everyone in the industry is asking when they can open up indoors dining, and that could be a year away.

Tyrone212

Talk tonight that MHRA(British) may recommend, as early as tomorrow morning, that the Under 30s should not have the AZ/Oxford vaccine, over concerns about blood clots in younger recipients.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-astrazenec/uk-health-regulator-may-restrict-astrazeneca-shot-for-younger-people-channel-4-says-idUSKBN2BS1QC

irishguy1983

igCorcaigh wrote: »

The thing about that though:

"Of the 232,164 cases of Covid-19 recorded in the State up to March 24th this year, 262 were as a result of outdoor transmission, representing 0.1 per cent of the total."

That is in the context of a Level 5 lockdown. That figure may not apply to a society that opens up outdoor activities.

EDIT: I misread. That is since the start of the pandemic, not just this year.

No hassle I don’t think you or I need to be a scientist/doctor/expert to know opening up outdoors a bit quicker that they are won’t really don’t anything - if indeed anything at all...The dogs on the street know that

Tyrone212

Tyrone212 wrote: »

Talk tonight that MHRA(British) may recommend, as early as tomorrow morning, that the Under 30s should not have the AZ/Oxford vaccine, over concerns about blood clots in younger recipients.

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-astrazenec/uk-health-regulator-may-restrict-astrazeneca-shot-for-younger-people-channel-4-says-idUSKBN2BS1QC

I wonder will we follow that here?