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

Storm 10

George will get a stroke on the news with this

CalamariFritti

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What does it mean?

Not persistent.

JP100

titan18 wrote: »

Increasing cos the schools went back most likely.

Yep, pretty much. Schools open: family/private household outbreaks shoot up! Schools close: family/private household outbreaks drastically reduce! Rinse, repeat.

gctest50

Not good news - one hospital failing :


https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40272029.html


In trouble if a few more go that way

Busi_Girl08

I love how they're able to list out outbreaks in household, work, funeral etc settings, but when it comes to schools it's all "ums" and "ahs" from Glynn.

Atlantic Dawn

gctest50 wrote: »

Not good news - one hospital failing :
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40272029.html
In trouble if a few more go that way

Covid did a great job of completely eliminating patients on trolleys which makes no sense at all if those on the trolleys needed to be in hospital in the first place.

normanoffside

George Lee is doing his best at doom mongering and Tony is having to put the dampeners on his negativity.

DebDynamite

gctest50 wrote: »

Not good news - one hospital failing :


https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40272029.html


In trouble if a few more go that way

Maybe if GPs actually started seeing patients again instead of telephone consultations, people wouldn’t be getting misdiagnosed or putting things off until it’s too late and they have to go to A&E. All GPs have been vaccinated by now, what are they waiting for?

JP Liz V1

caveat emptor wrote: »

Wow. 4.8% of people arriving from India into the UK between 25 March and 7 April tested positive.

All had negative PCR negative test before departure.

https://twitter.com/BWDDPH/status/1384932561701441539?s=20

I hope no flights to Ireland from India or mandatory hotel quarantine at least

iamwhoiam

DebDynamite wrote: »

Maybe if GPs actually started seeing patients again instead of telephone consultations, people wouldn’t be getting misdiagnosed or putting things off until it’s too late and they have to go to A&E. All GPs have been vaccinated by now, what are they waiting for?

My GP has seen us a few times in person . We had no problem seeing him with an appointment

JP Liz V1

KanyeSouthEast wrote: »

RIP to the hundreds of other people in Ireland who died today.

Yes RIP all who died today

Faugheen

normanoffside wrote: »

George Lee is doing his best at doom mongering and Tony is having to put the dampeners on his negativity.

A sentence which is unusual in itself.

Really trying to stress the point that numbers of transmission will have to be looked at different as more people are vaccinated. Wonder will any of them clip a video of him saying that

RGS

TheDoctor wrote: »

however, Dr Holohan said: "We are not yet where we need to be."[/B


The classics are back!

Has he ever set out the metrics for his classic "where we need to be".

Tyrone212

I really don't know the f is going on in Donegal. Back in September the outbreak started in Derry/Strabane and spread in to Donegal. Since late January its been much lower in the North yet Donegal has remained at the top or near the top of the incidence table throughout. Could it be a different variant? Its such a rural county its just mad.

JP Liz V1

iamwhoiam wrote: »

My GP has seen us a few times in person . We had no problem seeing him with an appointment

Same with our GP

JP100

cheezums wrote: »

back to negative news cycles. the positivity didn't last long. so much for the summer.

When schools close for the summer, numbers will dramatically reduce. Just hope the government can quickly adapt at that point then and some semblance of a summer can then be saved.

Beechwoodspark

Tyrone212 wrote: »

I really don't know the f is going on in Donegal. Back in September the outbreak started in Derry/Strabane and spread in to Donegal. Since late January its been much lower in the North yet Donegal has remained at the top or near the top of the incidence table throughout. Could it be a different variant? Its such a rural county its just mad.

Not really. They are over and back to Derry a lot

JP Liz V1

is_that_so wrote: »

I do detect a level of glee in some posters when they think they can link outbreaks to schools.

Was their cases in Tipperary and Limerick recent enough linked to schools, apologies if wrong

Str8outtaWuhan

JP100 wrote: »

When schools close for the summer, numbers will dramatically reduce. Just hope the government can quickly adapt at that point then and some semblance of a summer can then be saved.

But our betters say that schools have no impact on numbers, its all household contact

Jinglejangle69

Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »

But our betters say that schools have no impact on numbers, its all household contact

No they don't.

Schools opening is a great thing for the future of our country.

ICU numbers and hospitalisations are down. That's all that matters.

Covid isn't the only show in town.

Faugheen

I much preferred Ronan Glynn.

At least he would try to answer the question even if he was a bit cautious.

Tyrone212

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Not really. They are over and back to Derry a lot

It took of in Derry first for a few weeks before it did in donegal back in September. My point is it has remained high in donegal throughout even when derry was very low.

Jim_Hodge

DebDynamite wrote: »

Maybe if GPs actually started seeing patients again instead of telephone consultations, people wouldn’t be getting misdiagnosed or putting things off until it’s too late and they have to go to A&E. All GPs have been vaccinated by now, what are they waiting for?

No issues seeing any of the many doctors in our town. Get a new GP.

normanoffside

Faugheen wrote: »

I much preferred Ronan Glynn.

At least he would try to answer the question even if he was a bit cautious.

Tony definitely rambles on more to the point of being boring.

Tyrone212

Very strange that Donegal hasn't once been included in the walk in test centres that have opened up in other areas with high numbers. Plainly being ignored, other rural counties have had before anyone uses that as an excuse.

JP100

Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »

But our betters say that schools have no impact on numbers, its all household contact

Data the world over shows that pretty much the biggest thing that you can do to reduce the R number is close schools. The reason that we've been keeping pretty much everything locked down is so that we can maintain the schools without becoming overwhelmed across the board. That's the trade off, one the government are very much aware of and very much pushing.

caveat emptor

Apparently , according to Philip Nolan the recent rise will be transient because people will see the increased cases and say (woah take it easy there) and dial down their contacts which will precipitate a decrease in cases.

Marty Bird

JP100 wrote: »

Data the world over shows that pretty much the biggest thing that you can do to reduce the R number is close schools. The reason that we've been keeping pretty much everything locked down is so that we can maintain the schools without becoming overwhelmed across the board. That's the trade off, one the government are very much aware of and very much pushing.

And it’s damn the right thing to do, children need to be educated nobody ever says that the schools are completely free of the virus, but this after healthcare is the most important part of society.

JP100

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

I love how they're able to list out outbreaks in household, work, funeral etc settings, but when it comes to schools it's all "ums" and "ahs" from Glynn.

Aye! Good oul constructive ambiguity going on!!

retro:electro

TheDoctor wrote: »

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer has said there "are reasons for real hope" that Ireland "can confidently move to a point" where an easing of restrictions can be recommended to Government.

However, Dr Holohan said: "We are not yet where we need to be."

Dr Holohan said NPHET is " a little concerned" about data of recent days, and he said this data will "be observed more closely in the coming days before we can be satisfied that we have arrived at a point where we can advise Government on any easing of restrictions."


The classics are back!

Holohan‘s greatest hits! Now That’s What I Call the same fcuking shlt he was trotting out last year