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

JP100

Inevitable really once schools returned and just means that any meaningful reopening of other parts of society will be further pushed back once again.

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JPup

JP100 wrote: »

Inevitable really once schools returned and just means that any meaningful reopening of other parts of society will be further pushed back once again.

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But if other stuff opens up then case numbers would go up then also. And they are less important than children's education, hence I'm not sure what point you are getting at. We should return to home schooling so people can get hair cuts?

Golfman64

Goldengirl wrote: »

Is golf starting back in May or is that next week ?

Next Monday! Should never have been closed but that’s a well trodden path at this stage!!

FintanMcluskey

JP100 wrote: »

Inevitable really once schools returned and just means that any meaningful reopening of other parts of society will be further pushed back once again.

[url]Https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/spike-in-covid-19-cases-linked-to-school-and-workplace-outbreaks-1.4544840?mode=amp[/url]

Why hadn’t you said this previously

We had no idea

oceanman

open the pubs now for god sake!!!:pac:

Maxface

https://www.donegaldaily.com/2021/04/22/all-leaving-certs-sent-home-from-loreto-after-large-covid-outbreak/

A number of schools in Donegal adding to the recent numbers.

Cluedo Monopoly

Golfman64 wrote: »

Next Monday! Should never have been closed but that’s a well trodden path at this stage!!

Crazy decision to keep the golf clubs closed so long but I did notice 3 people practicing their short game today. 2 were in a public park and 1 in a field. They must be excited to be getting back.

saabsaab

oceanman wrote: »

open the pubs now for god sake!!!:pac:

Not until you've had your vaccine!

Jinglejangle69

JP100 wrote: »

Inevitable really once schools returned and just means that any meaningful reopening of other parts of society will be further pushed back once again.

[url]Https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/spike-in-covid-19-cases-linked-to-school-and-workplace-outbreaks-1.4544840?mode=amp[/url]

Yep inevitable but a worthwhile trade off.

landofthetree

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385344211663339521

Great to see.

Hopefully we catch up soon.

oceanman

exitfee wrote: »

Its gonna rip through developing nations now, especially with vaccines putting selective pressure on the virus for survivable

Rich countries as we vaccinate everyone will create massive problems for those poor people

always been the way sadly...thats life, not fair but it is what it is!

pauldry

8 in Sligo today after zeros a few days 9 in Leitrim.

Must be some of it school related.

Tomrota

marno21 wrote: »

Big regional issue again. Kildare, Offaly, Donegal, Dublin leading the way.

84 cases in Donegal today. WTF?

When have Dublin and Kildare not been in the top cases?

Stheno

This FF TD on the Tonight show appears terrified of Covid

If she's indicative of the overall party its depressing

JP100

Maxface wrote: »

https://www.donegaldaily.com/2021/04/22/all-leaving-certs-sent-home-from-loreto-after-large-covid-outbreak/

A number of schools in Donegal adding to the recent numbers.

Huge domino effect at this stage, the summer holidays when they do come around will act as one massive circuit breaker. Hard to be optimistic about case numbers until then and the simultaneous vaccine bonus really starting to kick in then too to also really help things
Schools will delay any meaningful reopening of society and I would just rather they treated people like grown ups and explained that to people rather than all the other shenagains of nothing to see here.

Cork2021

pauldry wrote: »

8 in Sligo today after zeros a few days 9 in Leitrim.

Must be some of it school related.

It would make you wonder where they caught it! Over the past few months That part of Ireland especially those two counties have basically achieved zero covid but then these cases pop up.
They probably should give us figures on truly a symptomatic people, the walk in centres are obviously getting a good few! Also there should be a follow up text or call once your isolation is over sick or not sick to confirm those figures!
As the rate of people in hospitals decrease albeit slower then we thought, we’ll get to a stage where we might see any admissions at all once all the vulnerable and over 60’s are vaccinated

Batattackrat

JP100 wrote: »

Huge domino effect at this stage, the summer holidays when they do come around will act as one massive circuit breaker. Hard to be optimistic about case numbers until then and the simultaneous vaccine bonus really starting to kick in then too to also really help things
Schools will delay any meaningful reopening of society and I would just rather they treated people like grown ups and explained that to people rather than all the other shenagains of nothing to see here.

I can see where there coming from to be honest.

Everyone knows schools are an issue with people in a confined space and parents meeting up.

They don't want to put fear into students, especially the younger students and want kids to go to school as normal which they should without fear and without overprotective parents keeping them at home as the virus would generally be harmless to the parents and the students.

landofthetree

landofthetree wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385344211663339521

Great to see.

Hopefully we catch up soon.

We all need the UK to succeed in this. I was in London last week getting my 1st jab, and it was jammed! The pub gardens are busy, my old local high street was busy, there is a proper amount of socialising going on. Im not particularly cautious but I couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable around some of the crowds. It’s good to see things getting back to normal, but was just a shock to the system

Its been a couple of weeks now. And numbers will be starting to come through. If they stay low we can see an end game for ourselves. Vaccinations look like they are really working. And concerns around the SA variant have never really materialised.

So as we have heard here so many times, the next two weeks are crucial! But in a different context

lukas8888

Cork2021 wrote: »

It would make you wonder where they caught it! Over the past few months That part of Ireland especially those two counties have basically achieved zero covid but then these cases pop up.
They probably should give us figures on truly a symptomatic people, the walk in centres are obviously getting a good few! Also there should be a follow up text or call once your isolation is over sick or not sick to confirm those figures!
As the rate of people in hospitals decrease albeit slower then we thought, we’ll get to a stage where we might see any admissions at all once all the vulnerable and over 60’s are vaccinated

Speaking for Leitrim the latest small outbreak has been traced back to a funeral.
Before you ask, this time not a large traveller one,but a number of mourners arrived home from different parts of the world.

Stheno

lukas8888 wrote: »

Speaking for Leitrim the latest small outbreak has been traced back to a funeral.
Before you ask, this time not a large traveller one,but a number of mourners arrived home from different parts of the world.

Didn't bother quarantining?

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

Didn't bother quarantining?

Does anyone actually quarantine any more? Like properly. I doubt it

lukas8888

Stheno wrote: »

Didn't bother quarantining?

No,and like most funerals where a parent dies suddenly family arrive home at most one or two days before burial and taking time out to quarantine rarely happens.

darem93

lukas8888 wrote: »

Speaking for Leitrim the latest small outbreak has been traced back to a funeral.
Before you ask, this time not a large traveller one,but a number of mourners arrived home from different parts of the world.

Yeah I heard the same actually.

There seems to be quite a few schools now in Leitrim too with confirmed cases.

saabsaab

landofthetree wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385344211663339521

Great to see.

Hopefully we catch up soon.

Why then was Boris saying there would be another surge at the end of August? I thought the vaccination programme would have it sorted by then.

manofwisdom

landofthetree wrote: »

https://twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385344211663339521

Great to see.

Hopefully we catch up soon.

'Virus circulating at low largely controlled level and deaths down to a low percentage' that's us already and unlike the UK we haven't ramped up on vaccines administered yet.

Lumen

manofwisdom wrote: »

'Virus circulating at low largely controlled level and deaths down to a low percentage' that's us already and unlike the UK we haven't ramped up on vaccines administered yet.

In Ireland the virus isn't being controlled, it's being avoided.

prunudo

pauldry wrote: »

8 in Sligo today after zeros a few days 9 in Leitrim.

Must be some of it school related.

All it takes is a couple builders picking it up on sites in other parts of the country and before you know it, its in a household, then in a school, another house etc etc.
Not saying its necessarily a bad thing, it is a trade off we need to accept, but its a worthy one given the low numbers ending up in hospital at present.

blowitupref

Lumen wrote: »

In Ireland the virus isn't being controlled, it's being avoided.

Most countries approach/aim was to avoid it.

Our infection rate has significantly reduced and from that we have hospital numbers at a very manageable level. It all puts us in a very good position as vaccines ramp up in May and June

Cork2021

The Independent, the Irish times front page doom and gloom once again! Holahan returns and now “reopening is on a knife edge!
and the Irish Times lead headline is AZ clots!

We’ll never get out of this is ****e with all the media peddling the worst case constantly and yet supposedly 60% are happier then they were before the lockdown!
What utter bull****

stephenjmcd

Cork2021 wrote: »

The Independent, the Irish times front page doom and gloom once again! Holahan returns and now “reopening is on a knife edge!
and the Irish Times lead headline is AZ clots!

We’ll never get out of this is ****e with all the media peddling the worst case constantly and yet supposedly 60% are happier then they were before the lockdown!
What utter bull****

Have a quick look there at the Independent and see who the journalist is and it'll be no surprise to you.

The very same one who's constantly trying to get a sound bite out of the media briefings.