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

jhegarty wrote: »

54 in hospital

Oranage2 wrote: »

And possibly derail the fear train? I don't think so, the CMO is dead set on getting himself some sort of statue. Having the in interest of the public at heart I don't so, more like his own interest first.

397 cases .. 16 icu and 54 in hospital last posted numbers before site went down ( 8 days )

currently at 783 cases , 73 in hospital and 20 in icu.

A good bit of a jump but numbers seem to now firmly in the most part in the lower age cohort or those less likely to be fully vaccinated. Interesting to see how opening up restaurants and bars now affect the numbers.

On one hand, boards was a saviour throughout the last 17 months, a place to find varying views, broader information and gave me an ability to make up my own mind about coronavirus rather than the fear the msm dished out.

On the other hand, the outage the last 8 days has got me thinking, how different would the pandemic have been without social media. Once you don't engage with the radio or tv news, you don't get the 24/7 covid coverage. Personally speaking, having a week away from constantly checking the latest info, whether that be cases, vaccine numbers or how other countries are doing, has been good for my head space.

Saying that not denying I missed checked other threads that i frequent, especially when at a loose end, like waiting in a queue or trying to kill 5 minutes.

Hope to see many of the regular contributors back here as we continue our way out of this awful period. (Both covid and outage 😂 )

But Nolan did note that it is the start of their most pessimistic projections. It may be the case and may go that way or it may be an attempt to justify their claims. As we near 60% fully vaccinated and well over 70% with one shot that concern about hospitalisations should wane.

Plus now they are saying Delta symptoms include "sore throat, runny nose, and a headache".

I mean, is that really severe enough to warrant such "concern" and daily updates etc? Sure, some people could get it worse, but they could also be worse affected by a common cold, or flu, or a stomach bug.

It was different when it was a bad cough that went on for a week, where people had difficulty breathing. You don't hear those sorts of stories now with this variant.

NHPET still see a direct link between cases and hospitalisations and assume that they will lead to a big surge in hospital admissions. It would also be remiss of them not to warn, as it is their job. How seriously we should now take that, given the months of steady case numbers but declines in hospital cases is the question.

Rapid testing to be introduced. Good idea that !

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/e2767-minister-donnelly-establishes-expert-advisory-group-on-rapid-testing/

Yeah but our vaccination and case profiles are different. The UK did have some of the older groups unvaccinated through hesitancy and most of our new cases are in the 18-34 age group, those at lowest risk of hospitalisation. With such low numbers too we should be looking at numbers not at percentages that have the potential to present alarming situations.

It would be a mistake to make any assumptions that things would be different/better here unless the vax profiles are way off. What are the proportions of cases in young people here -v- the UK?

Nothing like being prepared, you never know a pandemic might happen at some point in the future.

I was just thinking this, it seems like Delta has swapped from a respiratory to a more flu like disease. Surely that means its less severe as it doesnt mess with your lungs as much.

We also can't automatically assume that we will be the same but NPHET still tracks the UK or actually England as a model. They have some similar numbers in age groups but have also had some very large potential seeding events in the last few weeks and there is a question of that second dose gap strategy.

What private medical history? It is statistics.

Besides, legislation was passed last night to give 'private medical history' to a any auld 16 year old door checker to get into a pub or restaurant.

So that ship has already sailed.