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

RGS · 13-04-2021 5:31pm

Stheno wrote: »

https://twitter.com/RTENewsAtOne/status/1381949962951491586?s=20

Why is the deputy CMO the person communicating that there will be a plan?

Where is the Taoiseach/MoH?

Simple because the deputy CMO is in charge.

is_that_so · 13-04-2021 5:34pm

RGS wrote: »

Simple because the deputy CMO is in charge.

Nah, he was in front of a Dail committee and NPHET will have input into any plan.

Faugheen · 13-04-2021 5:37pm

NIAC Fanboy wrote: »

But the pubs were closed at Christmas.

Some pubs were closed at Christmas.

Working class heroes · 13-04-2021 5:39pm

Faugheen wrote: »

Some pubs were closed at Christmas.

Pub near me never closed :mad:

Deeper Blue · 13-04-2021 5:40pm

Why do we never hear from the Taoiseach? Boris Johnson is on TV every second minute in the UK.

ednwireland · 13-04-2021 5:40pm

Working class heroes wrote: »

Pub near me never closed :mad:

pubs near me never opened :mad:

ednwireland · 13-04-2021 5:41pm

Deeper Blue wrote: »

Why do we never hear from the Taoiseach? Boris Johnson is on TV every second minute in the UK.

we have a taoiseach ? your kidding me right

saabsaab · 13-04-2021 5:41pm

A fair few pubs were 'open' to the right people.

Working class heroes · 13-04-2021 5:43pm

saabsaab wrote: »

A fair few pubs were 'open' to the right people.

Indeed. One near me sent out invites for Cheltenham week.

iamwhoiam · 13-04-2021 5:48pm

Deeper Blue wrote: »

Why do we never hear from the Taoiseach? Boris Johnson is on TV every second minute in the UK.

Just as well we dont have to listen to MM bumbling and saying nothing

NIAC Fanboy · 13-04-2021 5:48pm

Faugheen wrote: »

Some pubs were closed at Christmas.

Wrong. Pubs operating as restaurants were open, but the regular pubs remained closed.

eastie17 · 13-04-2021 5:49pm

Sofa King Great wrote: »

With the news of delays on J&J on top of the issues around Astra Zenaca we need to come up with a plan B.

The reopening of society cannot be linked to a vaccination programme if there is so much uncertainty around the vaccines and their delivery

It appears that a call was made to rely solely on vaccination as the way out of this a number of months back and any other plan was abandoned.

Totally agree, it shouldn't be that hard with all of the time elapsed and the data gathered on this to come up with a reasonable plan that allows people to have lives, some semblance of an economy and an acceptable number of people in hospitals, ICU and even indeed dying. Even during the 4 month lockdown we have just had people still died and thats just the way it is.

Knowing the current variant that is in community transition they should ahve the data to say what kind of activity results in what kind of numbers, and what our safe thresholds are.
They dont appear to have come up with any other ideas since last March except lockdown and pray for vaccines. That's not leadership, thats being a victim of circumstance, its the easy option. When is the flipover from MM to Leo supposed to happen? MM has reached his goal of not becoming the only FF leader to become Taoiseach, I presume there is some pension threshold he might need to meet next before he'll be happy to go?

stephenjmcd · 13-04-2021 5:55pm

358 new cases.

18 additional deaths (7 in April, 3 in March, 3 in February, 3 in January. 1 death was reported as occurring before January)

Loafing Oaf · 13-04-2021 5:55pm

eastie17 wrote: »

MM has reached his goal of not becoming the only FF leader to become Taoiseach, I presume there is some pension threshold he might need to meet next before he'll be happy to go?

End of 2022 I believe. Apparently he fully intends to lead FF into the next GE, but he would say that, wouldn't he?

aziz · 13-04-2021 5:59pm

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

End of 2022 I believe. Apparently he fully intends to lead FF into the next GE,

Rest of Fianna Fáil, “ like fook he will “

marno21 · 13-04-2021 5:59pm

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

End of 2022 I believe. Apparently he fully intends to lead FF into the next GE, but he would say that, wouldn't he?

If he does he’ll finish them off. Who in their right mind would vote for them after this showing. It’ll be FG vs SF and it’ll be the dirtiest election we’ve had in a while.

Most of their voters are getting old and dying off now. They don’t have a reason to be relevant except for the civil war politics angle. And that won’t get them far in the 2020s

SweetCaliber · 13-04-2021 6:02pm

18 deaths over four months in todays cases, jesus they are really clutching at straws now that the cases are low.

Loafing Oaf · 13-04-2021 6:03pm

marno21 wrote: »

Most of their voters are getting old and dying off now. They don’t have a reason to be relevant except for the civil war politics angle. And that won’t get them far in the 2020s

A lot of people were saying that a decade ago ...

stephenjmcd · 13-04-2021 6:03pm

Good to see the averages back to a good decline now

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1382015867379154953?s=19

KrustyUCC · 13-04-2021 6:04pm

https://twitter.com/ZaraKing/status/1382015418974547972

Today's breakdown

NIAC Fanboy · 13-04-2021 6:05pm

All of Munster and quite a few touching counties showing really low incidence rates now.

It is ridiculous not to regionalise this, and allow for a modest easing of restrictions in these areas.

If there is an outbreak in a specific area or town in the zone then hit the area with mass testing.

Add other counties to the zone as their rates come down.

Its shocking mismanagement at this point.

WoollyRedHat · 13-04-2021 6:05pm

Nice to see the reduction in Dublin and Kildare.

funnydoggy · 13-04-2021 6:05pm

I know case numbers don't mean everything and it's about trends etc. but it's lovely to see them lower, all the same

marno21 · 13-04-2021 6:08pm

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

A lot of people were saying that a decade ago ...

They never got less than 39% of FPVs between 1932 and 2007. They haven’t got higher than 24% since.

marno21 · 13-04-2021 6:09pm

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Significant reduction in Dublin.

A slight reduction on the 5 day moving average that correlates with the reduction nationwide.

Dublin still has a serious problem that hasn’t been addressed since September.

NIAC Fanboy · 13-04-2021 6:10pm

funnydoggy wrote: »

I know case numbers don't mean everything and it's about trends etc. but it's lovely to see them lower, all the same

Well it would be if there was some sort of additional relaxation of restrictions to look forward to as a result of the falling cases, reduced hospitalisations, ICU reduction and increasing vaccinations.

zuutroy · 13-04-2021 6:11pm

Funny seeing Brian Cowen on Reeling in the Years thinking we could never end up with a dithering waster like that again....didn't take long.

WoollyRedHat · 13-04-2021 6:11pm

marno21 wrote: »

A slight reduction on the 5 day moving average that correlates with the reduction nationwide.

Dublin still has a serious problem that hasn’t been addressed since September.

Yeah I may have overstated it have edited. Numbers still stubborn in coming down but hopefully walk-in centres starting to make a difference.

Jim_Hodge · 13-04-2021 6:15pm

SweetCaliber wrote: »

18 deaths over four months in todays cases, jesus they are really clutching at straws now that the cases are low.

How is stating reported deaths as they are registered clutching at straws?

is_that_so · 13-04-2021 6:15pm

marno21 wrote: »

A slight reduction on the 5 day moving average that correlates with the reduction nationwide.

Dublin still has a serious problem that hasn’t been addressed since September.

Dublin has a bigger population than the rest of Leinster combined. It also has about 1,500 people per sq km.

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

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