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

stephenjmcd

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Thank you . So it will be mainly HCW’s who must wait 16 weeks so ?

Yeah probably mainly will be them.

Was announced a few weeks ago

Atlantic Dawn

boardise wrote: »

Yup-let's see what we got --

Pandemic
Ransomware threats multiplying
Filthy Oceans
Melting Glaciers
Drought
Robots taking over
Food pumped full of chemicals and sugar-->Obesity
China and Russia causing havoc
US in a mess
Overpopulation -->Migration pressures
Conspiracy theories proliferating

A jolly jamboree of joy I think we can agree.

On the plus side of things remote working was rolled out and shown to be a viable alternative to permanently commuting to the office. This has huge potential for clearing up congestion and pollution in major cities. Without the pandemic this wouldn't have been possible.

Nonoperational

podgeandrodge wrote: »

We don't regularly hear about the actual seriousness of the hospitalisations, that's good to hear - adds a bit more than just numbers hospitalised.

In the big waves ICU gets full and some and people get very very sick and die. At the moment with the population that are getting it now almost nobody is significantly ill. It's so massively correlated with age and comorbidities.

Of course when you think you can get back to 'normal' you have a cyber attack! Couldn't make it up.

blowitupref

lukas8888 wrote: »

No covid numbers today due to cyber attack.

Is that official?

Westernyelp

blowitupref wrote:

Is that official?

Yes

DOCARCH

Jeepers....12 hours since a post in this thread! Have to call the pandemic over.

irishguy1983

DOCARCH wrote: »

Jeepers....12 hours since a post in this thread! Have to call the pandemic over.

Maybe it highlights less need for figures every evening from govt....It might distract/improve people’s mental health...Of course people need awareness but maybe cut it down from nightly...

Jim_Hodge

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Maybe it highlights less need for figures every evening from govt....It might distract/improve people’s mental health...Of course people need awareness but maybe cut it down from nightly...

Or perhaps many decided to leave the intractable polar opposites to their constant sniping and they eventually burned themselves out.

Or even, what is there to say when things are going the right direction? The vaccine threads are now the in place to be.

robbiezero

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Maybe it highlights less need for figures every evening from govt....It might distract/improve people’s mental health...Of course people need awareness but maybe cut it down from nightly...

I think they could give the figures every hour if they wanted. People dont really care any more. Its all over.

is_that_so

irishguy1983 wrote: »

Maybe it highlights less need for figures every evening from govt....It might distract/improve people’s mental health...Of course people need awareness but maybe cut it down from nightly...

That data will be there regardless from the HSPC. The only data of continued importance is hospitalisations and they too are very low.

ednwireland

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Or perhaps many decided to leave the intractable polar opposites to their constant sniping and they eventually burned themselves out.

.

you wish

Sweet.Science

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-text-messages-between-donnelly-and-holohan-show-tension-over-slow-progress-in-antigen-testing-40430358.html

Looks like NPHET will be thrown to the wolves when the time comes

How could they not see this coming

is_that_so

Sweet.Science wrote: »

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-text-messages-between-donnelly-and-holohan-show-tension-over-slow-progress-in-antigen-testing-40430358.html

Looks like NPHET will be thrown to the wolves when the time comes

How could they not see this coming

Apart from politicians throwing shapes and asking so-called hard questions, it's just a review. The various Dail committees do that on an ongoing basis anyway. NPHET too will do the same. If all they are condemned for is a lack of antigen testing then they've done a good job. In fairness to them a lot of what they advised is hard to argue with even if it seems overly cautious at times.

Ficheall

is_that_so wrote: »

In fairness to them a lot of what they advised is hard to argue with even if it seems overly cautious at times.

There's a few boardsies that would argue if NPHET said water was wet.

Drumpot

Ficheall wrote: »

There's a few boardsies that would argue if NPHET said water was wet.

This is why we , as a society , will learn nothing from this.

How could we of managed this better?

What measures should we put in place to make sure we can manage a future crisis/pandemic?

What were the positives/negatives of using a NEPHET approach to the crisis?

What worked in other countries that we could reasonably adopt?

What part of our culture and societal wants made this harder to manage?

What do we value as a society and what impact do these values have on the politicians (we vote for) and authorities and hence decisions made ? Etc

............

Ah no, let’s go after NEPHET and clip their wings. Oh and then we vote out FF and that will send the right message to the authorities that the people will not accept any responsibility for anything and will make sure that the target of their anger bears the brunt of responsibility.

User1998

Ficheall wrote: »

There's a few boardsies that would argue if NPHET said water was wet.

Theres also a few that would jump if NPHET said jump

Jim_Hodge

User1998 wrote: »

Theres also a few that would jump if NPHET said jump

I think that makes their point.

Heaven forbid that anybody would follow advice.

User1998

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

I think that makes their point.

Heaven forbid that anybody would follow advice.

And heaven forbid someone
Questions NPHET’s overly cautious approach
Does a personal risk calculation
Accepts that the virus is of no threat to them
Etc.

How can one complain about people disagreeing with NPHET and not accept or acknowledge that there are people who will agree with absolutely anything they say.

Ridiculous and one sided

giveitholly

Some updated figures

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1393929166781882368?s=19

Ireland's Covid-19 vaccine registration portal will open for those aged 40 to 50 next week.

At last, the end is in sight.

PTH2009

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Ireland's Covid-19 vaccine registration portal will open for those aged 40 to 50 next week.

At last, the end is in sight.

Good stuff

Hopefully 30-39 the week after

stephenjmcd

PTH2009 wrote: »

Good stuff

Hopefully 30-39 the week after

A little longer than that. 9 days for 40-49 then a gap of about a week or 10 days in between. 40-49 expected to start registering later in the week (no date yet)

First/second week of June maybe for 30-39 to register

sonofenoch

stephenjmcd wrote: »

A little longer than that. 9 days for 40-49 then a gap of about a week or 10 days in between. 40-49 expected to start registering later in the week (no date yet)

First/second week of June maybe for 30-39 to register

I'm 21 every year.....will my time ever come :rolleyes:

cloudatlas

What's the word on the street about the Indian variant and the effectiveness of the vaccines against it?

wadacrack

cloudatlas wrote: »

What's the word on the street about the Indian variant and the effectiveness of the vaccines against it?

https://twitter.com/JamesWard73/status/1393932001271554049

cloudatlas

wadacrack wrote: »

https://twitter.com/JamesWard73/status/1393932001271554049

Translation for the non academic. Give it to me straight doc.

CalamariFritti

cloudatlas wrote: »

Translation for the non academic. Give it to me straight doc.

Coulda would shoulda, can, may, whatever. We had our fair share of those over the last year and some. Now 'realistic possibility'.

Is that the same x% more transmissible as the 'new virus'? Which turned out to be another one of those unfalsifiable statements that never came true in the end.

Yawn.

Jim_Hodge

cloudatlas wrote: »

Translation for the non academic. Give it to me straight doc.

What he means is the data on increased transmissibility is concerning, but it’s good that a significant vaccine escape looks unlikely. And we can probably still exit with only a small wave if we’re prepared to extend baseline controls,.

CalamariFritti

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

What he means is the data on increased transmissibility is concerning, but it’s good that a significant vaccine escape looks unlikely. And we can probably still exit with only a small wave if we’re prepared to extend baseline controls,.

Well I guess that's what he means alright. Especially since you more or less quoted it word for word.

Jim_Hodge

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Well I guess that's what he means alright. Especially since you more or less quoted it word for word.

Oh gee, you noticed! :rolleyes: Woooosh!

How much plainer could it be put?