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

stephenjmcd

GP data decline continuing the trend throughout the week

https://tomorrowscare.ie/covid/2021-04-23_COVID_GP_Survey_Results.pdf

NH2013

Wonder what's caused the relative spike in swabs over the past 3 days?

Perhaps the return to schools post Easter? Intel construction spike or just a general let up and people socialising indoors? Or is there a mass testing campaign going on at the minute does anyone know?

seamus

"Transient". Philip Nolan might regret using that word by Monday :pac:

I actually do feel it is a blip; exactly the same as we saw when the schools went back last time. Lots of people with sniffles and coughs, go see a doctor, get tested; lots of tests == lots of results.

In terms of the actual positivity rates we're not seeing any major shift. We can probably expect this pattern to continue - high tests, high numbers, stable positivity - for the next 7-10 days and then settle down again.

blowitupref

Lucas Hood wrote: »

https://twitter.com/COVID19DataIE/status/1385595321632313361?s=20

Highest testing figure since March 31st

Compared to last Friday. 168 more positive swabs from 4153 extra tests carried out.

450 to 500 cases reported tonight?

stephenjmcd

seamus wrote: »

"Transient". Philip Nolan might regret using that word by Monday :pac:

I actually do feel it is a blip; exactly the same as we saw when the schools went back last time. Lots of people with sniffles and coughs, go see a doctor, get tested; lots of tests == lots of results.

In terms of the actual positivity rates we're not seeing any major shift. We can probably expect this pattern to continue - high tests, high numbers, stable positivity - for the next 7-10 days and then settle down again.

Yeah the testing levels are way up on last week but the positivity rate isn't really moving either way.

Ficheall

Ficheall wrote: »

Whatever about people desperately needing haircuts and pints, complaining about a football match being cancelled seems to verge on forgetting there is actually a pandemic going on..

I'm sure you are aware that it's about more than getting haircuts and having football matches. It is the natural way of life, th ability to have choice, freedom to move, that is what the desperation is about.

We are certainly aware that there is a pandemic but most of us don't enjoy it.

is_that_so

JP100 wrote: »

I don't care what spin merchants like Paul Reid selectively say for one day in a week. The fact of the matter is that over the past 7 days, we've vaccinated 31% less people than our EU colleagues.

That spin merchant has access to far more up to date data than this 31% of whatever you keep posting. I doubt there is any universe where what we are doing would please you.

Tyrone212

Roughly 1 in 16 people in Donegal have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. With asymptomatic cases and people not going for tests I wonder what the true figure is. Closer to 1 in 10 than 1 in 16 perhaps?

MerlinSouthDub

seamus wrote: »

"Transient". Philip Nolan might regret using that word by Monday :pac:

I actually do feel it is a blip; exactly the same as we saw when the schools went back last time. Lots of people with sniffles and coughs, go see a doctor, get tested; lots of tests == lots of results.

In terms of the actual positivity rates we're not seeing any major shift. We can probably expect this pattern to continue - high tests, high numbers, stable positivity - for the next 7-10 days and then settle down again.

Hopefully a blip alright. The Intel construction workers (plus their close contacts, families etc) will also have had an impact over the last couple of days.

GP referral data looks fine this week too:

https://www.gpcommunitytracker.com/results

landofthetree

https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385599470134611973

More good news from the UK.

Can't wait till we catch up.

kleiner feigling

Deleted User wrote: »

I’ve already done the opposite. To get these up and running as quickly as is possible

Maybe that’s the idea here. I reckon you’re playing some kind of mind trick on us, to try to get people lobbying for the introduction of green certs

Just out interest, why would you like to see these come in?
It just seems like more bureacracy and red tape to me, with no scientific basis for implementation?

Cork2021

landofthetree wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385599470134611973

More good news from the UK.

Can't wait till we catch up.

The dream!!! Wearing masks for 50 plus hours a week in a stuffy environment and now coming into summer!! Can’t wait to ditch them!

stephenjmcd

blowitupref wrote: »

Highest testing figure since March 31st

Compared to last Friday. 168 more positive swabs from 4153 extra tests carried out.

450 to 500 cases reported tonight?

You'd think so, the little backlog which had been there was cleared last night so should be around that

jhegarty

NH2013 wrote: »

Wonder what's caused the relative spike in swabs over the past 3 days?

Perhaps the return to schools post Easter? Intel construction spike or just a general let up and people socialising indoors? Or is there a mass testing campaign going on at the minute does anyone know?

It's more testing. The percentage coming back positive hasn't changed.

wadacrack

The award for the most Random Covid vaccine related tweet goes to...

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1385605343326216194

JP100

is_that_so wrote: »

That spin merchant has access to far more up to date data than this 31% of whatever you keep posting. I doubt there is any universe where what we are doing would please you.

He's a total spin merchant and you're equally as bad on here. The fact of the matter is that Ireland vaccinated 31% less people than the EU average over the course of the last 7 days and all the spinning in the world will not change that data.

seamus

landofthetree wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385599470134611973

More good news from the UK.

Can't wait till we catch up.

PFA and the Telegraph are the media arm of the Tory party, take whatever is said with a pinch of salt.

The article in fact doesn't say that face masks can be ditched in the summer. What it says is..

Asked about mask-wearing in the coming months, one source said that vaccines are working so well, and there is such good vaccine uptake among members of the public, that things will return to much more like normal life over the summer months, with cases dropping very low, particularly in May.

However, masks and possibly other measures may be needed next autumn and winter if cases surge, they said.

Messi19

kleiner feigling wrote: »

Just out interest, why would you like to see these come in?
It just seems like more bureacracy and red tape to me, with no scientific basis for implementation?

Are you a vegan?

TheDoctor

wadacrack wrote: »

The award for the most Random Covid vaccine related tweet goes to...

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1385605343326216194

I wonder can the vaccine stop all the boos

CalamariFritti

seamus wrote: »

PFA and the Telegraph are the media arm of the Tory party, take whatever is said with a pinch of salt.

The article in fact doesn't say that face masks can be ditched in the summer. What it says is..

As long as we have to do this nonsensical maskerade we will not be back to normal.
Or do we envisage people going to a pub, concert, nightclub masked now or what?

Its the first thing that has to go. it was total bollixology to begin with.

DOCARCH

434 new cases/1 additional death.

TheDoctor

DOCARCH wrote: »

434 new cases/1 additional death.

Another wave survived

Congrats everyone

thejuggler

30 in Cork today - higher than usual.

funnydoggy

thejuggler wrote: »

30 in Cork today - higher than usual.

We don't do half measures kid :pac:

landofthetree

https://twitter.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/1385633987985563649

kleiner feigling

Messi19 wrote: »

Are you a vegan?

Nope.

Jim_Hodge

landofthetree wrote: »

https://twitter.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/1385633987985563649

Maybe because they want to keep the figures in our favour? I don't know but, I'll be honest, it's not a priority for me.

Atlantic Dawn

Any day now the government leaders will be riding in on horseback to hijack the press conferences and take credit for fixing this, even they can see it's all over.

CalamariFritti

CalamariFritti wrote: »

As long as we have to do this nonsensical maskerade we will not be back to normal.
Or do we envisage people going to a pub, concert, nightclub masked now or what?

Its the first thing that has to go. it was total bollixology to begin with.

+1

There are some professional contortionists on this thread, desperately keen to justify NPHET's excessively cautious approach and the Irish government's mindless inertia. Better knock the Tories wherever possible seeing as the UK months ahead in their phased reopening. Such pettiness would be laughable if the situation we're in wasn't so serious.

is_that_so

JP100 wrote: »

He's a total spin merchant and you're equally as bad on here. The fact of the matter is that Ireland vaccinated 31% less people than the EU average over the course of the last 7 days and all the spinning in the world will not change that data.

And yet you're using old data to prove a dubious point. Are you accusing him of lying?