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

Eod100

Is it still 6 per table for outdoor pubs? Hadn't seen it so not sure if it was posted already!

stephenjmcd

Eod100 wrote: »

Is it still 6 per table for outdoor pubs? Hadn't seen it so not sure if it was posted already!

Yeah it is for the moment. No word on closing times but at least the €9 donation is gone (the few times I just wasn't hungry)

PTH2009

Think were truly on the road to full recovery from this and seems to be an air of positivity around since the announcement. Obv not everything is slated to open as of yet but it's looking promising. Please to every god there is concerts in the 3Arena Autumn/Winter will be a real possibility

The Media and partially 'expert comments/opinions including Government officials' needs to play there part and not use panic tactics like last Nov/Dec.

Eod100

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Yeah it is for the moment. No word on closing times but at least the €9 donation is gone (the few times I just wasn't hungry)

Nice one! I'm planning my trip to the pub already. Ha Dont mind if it's a choice but yeah having to order food was annoying alright. Glad that's gone!

Eod100

Eod100 wrote: »

Nice one! I'm planning my trip to the pub already. Ha Dont mind if it's a choice but yeah having to order food was annoying alright. Glad that's gone!

The 9 euro mandatory meal was one of the dumbest ideas ever to come out of NPHET and the government.

Good riddance.

PTH2009

eskimohunt wrote: »

The 9 euro mandatory meal was one of the dumbest ideas ever to come out of NPHET and the government.

Good riddance.

Yeah it truly was and will be long remembered

Is there a full outline of the reopenings on Gov.ie yet ?

Ha Long Bay

PTH2009 wrote: »

Yeah it truly was and will be long remembered

Is there a full outline of the reopenings on Gov.ie yet ?

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/0bd80-new-public-health-measures-announced-the-path-ahead/

MrMusician18

eskimohunt wrote: »

The 9 euro mandatory meal was one of the dumbest ideas ever to come out of NPHET and the government.

Good riddance.

It was only considered dumb by those that didn't understand it, or didn't want to understand it.

The €9 meal was designed to ensure that a) half of pubs remained closed, b) that only the larger pubs were able to open. C) that a meal would be a way to limit the time in the environment.

The whole policy was about reducing social contacts, and understanding that it is not possible to have a socially distant drinking session

PTH2009

What would happen if you got a ticket to an event and the quick testing has been implemented. You feel fine all day and outside the venue you get your test and its positive meaning your not allowed in ?

Benimar

PTH2009 wrote: »

What would happen if you got a ticket to an event and the quick testing has been implemented. You feel fine all day and outside the venue you get your test and its positive meaning your not allowed in ?

For a ticketed event I’d imagine you lose your money (unless you can sell it quickly) Be the same as buying a ticket and not showing up.

thebronze14

Vicxas wrote: »

Stupidest rule. Ever.

I've been very against the lockdown for a while now but to be fair it probably did what it was intended to do, stopping pub crawls

giveitholly

Leo giving big hints on Primetime that the PUP payments are coming to an end and reminding everyone that all this money has to be paid back

PTH2009

The Indian situation been brought up now

daydorunrun

Open the gyms!

Obesity 'a major factor' in risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID – study

Obesity is a significant factor in the likelihood that someone will be severely affected by COVID-19, a major UK study has found.

A study of nearly seven million people found strong links between someone's body mass index (BMI) and whether they ended up in hospital or died if they caught coronavirus in late winter or spring last year.

The impact of a high BMI was worse if someone was in a younger age group or from an ethnically diverse community, according to the paper by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

The study found that half as many people with a 'healthy' BMI of between 18.5 and 25 were admitted to intensive care, compared with the average, whereas nearly three times as many people with a BMI above 35 were admitted.

Among those who died, there were about a sixth fewer than average at the healthy range and nearly a third more among those with a BMI of 35 or more.

Messi19

PTH2009 wrote: »

The Indian situation been brought up now

His heritage?

AlmightyCushion

daydorunrun wrote: »

Open the gyms!

Obesity 'a major factor' in risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID – study

Obesity is a significant factor in the likelihood that someone will be severely affected by COVID-19, a major UK study has found.

A study of nearly seven million people found strong links between someone's body mass index (BMI) and whether they ended up in hospital or died if they caught coronavirus in late winter or spring last year.

The impact of a high BMI was worse if someone was in a younger age group or from an ethnically diverse community, according to the paper by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

The study found that half as many people with a 'healthy' BMI of between 18.5 and 25 were admitted to intensive care, compared with the average, whereas nearly three times as many people with a BMI above 35 were admitted.

Among those who died, there were about a sixth fewer than average at the healthy range and nearly a third more among those with a BMI of 35 or more.

You don't need the gym to maintain a healthy weight though.

Jim_Hodge

daydorunrun wrote: »

Open the gyms!

Obesity 'a major factor' in risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID – study

Obesity is a significant factor in the likelihood that someone will be severely affected by COVID-19, a major UK study has found.

A study of nearly seven million people found strong links between someone's body mass index (BMI) and whether they ended up in hospital or died if they caught coronavirus in late winter or spring last year.

The impact of a high BMI was worse if someone was in a younger age group or from an ethnically diverse community, according to the paper by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

The study found that half as many people with a 'healthy' BMI of between 18.5 and 25 were admitted to intensive care, compared with the average, whereas nearly three times as many people with a BMI above 35 were admitted.

Among those who died, there were about a sixth fewer than average at the healthy range and nearly a third more among those with a BMI of 35 or more.

Those are no the one's who'll be rushing back to the gyms.

noplacehere

My six year old does gymnastics and their covid protocols were excellent. Is my reading correct that they can’t go back until June 7th?

Chris_5339762

MrMusician18 wrote: »

It was only considered dumb by those that didn't understand it, or didn't want to understand it.

The €9 meal was designed to ensure that a) half of pubs remained closed, b) that only the larger pubs were able to open. C) that a meal would be a way to limit the time in the environment.

The whole policy was about reducing social contacts, and understanding that it is not possible to have a socially distant drinking session

d) It prevented people going on pub crawls.

marno21

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

d) It prevented people going on pub crawls.

It didn’t do that though. All it meant was leaving food behind/trying to get around the rule/eating too much

It did little to stop pub crawls in practical terms.

daydorunrun

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Those are no the one's who'll be rushing back to the gyms.

Clearly not the ones in that study because it’s UK based and they are dead.

marno21

Matt Cooper having a “debate” with an ISAG zero Covid merchant on TV3 atm. How long more do we have to listen to this rubbish.

Talking about a massive wave in 6-10 weeks. Such nonsense

Someone needs to have a quiet word with him and stop inviting these guests on. He has McConkey on radio today who was surprisingly upbeat but still on about variants and transmission in toilets.

Stheno

marno21 wrote: »

Matt Cooper having a “debate” with an ISAG zero Covid merchant on TV3 atm. How long more do we have to listen to this rubbish.

Talking about a massive wave in 6-10 weeks. Such nonsense

Someone needs to have a quiet word with him and stop inviting these guests on. He has McConkey on radio today who was surprisingly upbeat but still on about variants and transmission in toilets.

Was just thinking the same

hmmm

MrMusician18 wrote: »

It was only considered dumb by those that didn't understand it, or didn't want to understand it.

The €9 meal was designed to ensure that a) half of pubs remained closed

It was also to deal with the complaints from pubs who claimed they were effectively restaurants and should be allowed open when the restaurants were allowed to open. The Government didn't want them to simply operate as pubs when they were supposed to be acting as restaurants.

Azatadine

marno21 wrote: »

Matt Cooper having a “debate” with an ISAG zero Covid merchant on TV3 atm. How long more do we have to listen to this rubbish.

Talking about a massive wave in 6-10 weeks. Such nonsense

Someone needs to have a quiet word with him and stop inviting these guests on. He has McConkey on radio today who was surprisingly upbeat but still on about variants and transmission in toilets.

She was atrocious.....completely ignored his question about the older and vulnerable being vaccinated and doubled down that we will have another even more ferocious wave.......

MerlinSouthDub

136 in hospital (down from 151 last night)
44 in ICU (up from 43 with 1 death)

ShineOn7

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

136 in hospital (down from 151 last night)
44 in ICU (up from 43 with 1 death)

Holy feck!

I optimistically predicted 140 by Sunday

We could hit 125 by then, maybe even lower

AdamD

MrMusician18 wrote: »

It was only considered dumb by those that didn't understand it, or didn't want to understand it.

The €9 meal was designed to ensure that a) half of pubs remained closed, b) that only the larger pubs were able to open. C) that a meal would be a way to limit the time in the environment.

The whole policy was about reducing social contacts, and understanding that it is not possible to have a socially distant drinking session

Ah yes, a completely arbitray rule to determine who loses their livelihoods and who doesn't, which actually pushed people towards a smaller number of premises making them busier and thus riskier. A policy so successful its been scrapped.

But yeah, we just didn't understand.

MerlinSouthDub

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Holy feck!

I optimistically predicted 140 by Sunday

We could hit 125 by then, maybe even lower

Ah it will go up a bit again over the weekend. But it's great to see the numbers down so low.

ShineOn7

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

Ah it will go up a bit again over the weekend. But it's great to see the numbers down so low.

Ah yes, I forgot there's no discharges at the weekend

Ta