Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

Coillte_Bhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118676988#Comment_118676988

Oh

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118676702#Comment_118676702

Yes. It's not clear tbh by the info on the above link .

@CruelSummer said above also that they are looking for feedback from EU citizens before finalising the expiry .

Don't know about the limit on the booster . All along it has been political trying to push people initially to get vaxxed and then boostered. Maybe they feel that either the risk will be well gone or people will get fed up of resisting and having to get pcrs to travel by then?

But it looks like one booster is going to be it , as studies are showing good results from t cell responses and memory b cells ( seeking in my 2nd post above ) .

It won't satisfy those who don't want no vaccination or boosters for sure . But at least there will be an end in sight.

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118677853#Comment_118677853

How do you know that it " is the same people looking for lockdowns " and days off for this and that that will " be crying about inflation " ?

Sweeping statements and accusations , much jd ;)

seamus

I think it was on this thread that we had the article last year, an excerpt from musician Mark Lanegan's memoir about his time in ICU in Killarney. His family announced that he died yesterday. No cause, but he had been left quite severely injured from his infection.

There will probably be an unfortunately large number of these in the coming months and years. People whose lives and/or quality of life have been cut very short by their experience.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679080#Comment_118679080

Trust me, between social media and my own friends/family I can see for myself.

The "1 life is more important than the economy" people giving out about the housing crisis and inflation is frustrating beyond belief.

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679272#Comment_118679272

Really ? Don't see that myself .

Just a lot of people trying to get back to normal without getting infected or infecting others who they know are vulnerable, others just getting back to normal .

The judgementalism displayed here lately , from people who have espoused " personal freedom " for the last two years , is laughable .

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679295#Comment_118679295

It's "personal freedom" until you choose to keep wearing a mask on the bus and then the narrative is that you have been damaged or mentally compromised by the actions of government.

The other narrative is that people who accepted masks during lockdown are now distraught that they are going and want the lifting of restrictions stopped rather than being happy the need for them is gone.

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679320#Comment_118679320

Yes . I hate wearing a mask but have no choice in my job and wear the best possible throughout .

I caught Covid twice , once at the beginning before it was known , and last Christmas from a family member ( no mask obviously )

Patient facing work throughout with a surgical mask or FFP2 , depending on situation and never caught anything .

So yeah , would say masks and other precautions work .

Very tedious wading through post after post denying their obvious usefulness and denigrating people who need to take care of themselves or vulnerable family members .

If we have learnt anything through this it should be to have a bit of consideration for others and live and let live.

Oh, and listen to the science !

https://english.elpais.com/society/2022-02-14/how-long-does-it-take-to-catch-coronavirus-depending-on-the-type-of-mask-youre-wearing.html

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679509#Comment_118679509

Wear em in work too including Covid wards before the vaccine and never caught it. I'm not putting it down to the mask but more a combination of being strict with all the PPE and distance and washing rules.

I'll being wearing them in work for the foreseeable and maybe forever but I am looking forward to my first train journey without them in a few weeks.

Goldengirl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679731#Comment_118679731

Am off myself in a few and looking forward to being without them . Just myself and oh .

Will have to be testing when I come back in case but its just a fact of life at this stage.

Definitely its a combination of precautions and hopefully this is near the end of it .

It's not a way of life I want for me and mine foreva.

FintanMcluskey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679256#Comment_118679256

There will probably be an unfortunately large number of these in the coming months and years. People whose lives and/or quality of life have been cut very short by their experience.

So the logic is, that if anyone dies in the future, they died only because they contrated Covid in the past?

It's just bonkers logic to assume such.

In this case, unfortunately for Mark, his past addictions likely were as much an influence on his health as Covid ever was.

Sammy2012

Was just in my local tesco. All signage gone including the wear a mask ones. The self service check out is so strange with no screens around it or between each til. Made the store look bigger. Everyone still wearing masks including myself but things seem to be very close to normal now.

cannonballTaffyOjones

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118649458#Comment_118649458

Please, you love it.

Chris_5339762

Oh every moment! July 2020 here!

Chris_5339762

Widescreen

quick observation.

The Irish Covid Tracker App has started showing Daily deaths related to COVID again, there were 11 yesterday, and I think 9 day before and so on.

On the news each day, we get just number of cases (PCR) and numbers in hospital , but no deaths, not even the weekly deaths! Strikes me that the number of daily deaths now are as bad as any comparable wave period since the virus started and the Irish people are not informed.

We get daily deaths and number of cases in N Ireland though.

I think the deaths should be reported, simply because they are still so high, as are cases and hospitalisations. When the last restrictions are lifted, there will be people self isolating all over the place as this action will really spread the virus.

Just observations

Micky 32

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118690762#Comment_118690762

The deaths are not comparable to other waves really. We didn’t have as contagious variant or the same amount of cases.

Xmas 2020 we peaked approx 100+ deaths a day at one stage with approx half the cases we had this past xmas. Huge difference.

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118690762#Comment_118690762

You do realise that there are 30,000 deaths in Ireland every year? Why on earth should single figure deaths from a mild disease be reported on national tv every day?

Why don’t we broadcast the daily deaths of cancers and heart related diseases every day? These numbers are multiple times more than the over exaggerated covid deaths yet they don’t make daily headline news.

Absolutely bizarre way of thinking. Cases and deaths should never have made headline news.

Widescreen

I don't agree, covid deaths should be reported, trying to give people the impression that everything is rosy in the garden with covid, when it isn't, ain't very smart.

Let's look forward to a "meaningful spring/summer eh"

NedsNotDead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118691325#Comment_118691325

You seem a tad perturbed that things are largely returning to normal

Widescreen

Not at all, but I'm in that unfortunate age group that needs to worry about this crap!!

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118691854#Comment_118691854

You also probably have a life and leave your keyboard from time to time. The thing about all the anti-vaxx/lockdown nuts is that they have no comprehension of what it's like out in the packed buses, pubs and shops because they had no lives or friends anyway. Anti mask protests are probably the most socialising they done in years.

NedsNotDead

Stereotype a whole group of people because they have a different opinion to you.

Nice

Geuze

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118690762#Comment_118690762

Note that the HSE / HSPC deaths data is inflated.

In 2020, the HSE / HSPC report 2,299 deaths.

Whereas the CSO data reports:

"There were 1,672 registered deaths where COVID-19 was assigned as the underlying cause of death in 2020. There were a further 167 mortality records where there was a mention of COVID-19 in the narrative of the death certificate and where the underlying cause of death was not COVID-19.  A new information note is available outlining how the CSO assigns COVID-19 as the underlying cause of death.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-vsys/vitalstatisticsyearlysummary2020/

The HSE data is 37.5% inflated over the CSO/GRO data.

Multipass

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679962#Comment_118679962

My fav cafe removed the signs today, I went in maskless and was delighted to see a queue of people with faces. It was beautiful, a real boost to the mood. Poor staff were still stuck in them, hopefully just until Monday.

breezy1985

Why have the yellow signs been such an issue for the anti lockdown crowd ?

Seems to be so much vitriol towards a piece of paper. What kind of snowflake can't get over a bit of paper

Micky 32

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118693722#Comment_118693722

You must be quite upset life is returning to normal that lockdowns and restrictions are now becoming history. Tough….

GoneHome

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118679509#Comment_118679509

100% to this, got a very upsetting phone call this evening from my sister living up in the west of Ireland, her mother in law and father in law both late 70s are after being brought into hospital in the past 24 hours, both Covid positive, had only been in the local supermarket and post office in the past few days so picked it up in either of those places, after being extremely careful for the past two years, candles lighting for both of them tonight that they will recover from it.

Micky 32

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118694643#Comment_118694643

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118694643#Comment_118694643

It just shows how careful you can be and you’ still can get it. I know an old couple in their mid 80’s caught it the same way and mostly cocooning. They only had sore throats and a few aches and pains. I know people who caught it and i have been scratching my head how the hell did they catch it.

Interestingly i have worked through the whole 2 years because it’s essential work, out and about ( the 2km didn’t apply to me) and i have been exposed to the public just as much as pre pandemic times. I have also travelled to the US and UK a few times. I have never had so much as a sniffle in the past 2 years.

We are all going to be exposed to this sooner or later whether we like it or not and idiots dreaming and hoping for more lockdowns and severe restrictions thinking it will be all grand and will get rid of Omicron is only wasting your life and future plans away. Thankfully most of us are getting on with our lives now, things feel so much more normal these days.

Rebelbrowser

Sorry if asked lots before but does anyone know how strictly the rule about waiting 3 months post infection for booster is implemented? I was due to get booster in mid December but got Covid so couldn't get booster at that time. I now want to get my booster next week, about a week too early, for various reasons including potential travel shortly. Is the 3 month wait enforced somewhere in the process or will no one care/ stop me if I turn up at a walk in centre next week?