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

The article said that 25% in hospital didn't have any symptoms of covid, the rest I obviously I made up as those figures are being kept secret for some reason, there is no reason why they should not be available,unless they are trying to hide something.

They had 350 -400 with private ICU beds and emergency beds in HDU at one stage .

Covid cases in ICU reached a high of just under 230 ( as far as I recall ) in January 21

Correction . I just found the figures and it was 216 Covid cases in ICU on January 31st 2021

Cases don't matter anywhere near as much as before.

People need to get that into their heads.

The constant hand wringing and hysteria over cases needs to stop.

At the rate we’re going we’ll have every willing adult in the country fully vaccinated by the end of this month, but we are only releasing a roadmap at the end of the month?

When was the 100% vaccinated approach chosen, and why weren’t the public made aware of this along with the advantages and disadvantages they thought there were compared to the approach everywhere else was taking? NPHET’s figures have proved comical thus far, I really want another laugh seeing their thought process behind this and the government actually agreeing to it, it’ll soon drive me to tears I presume.

I'm genuinely worried now about how quickly we’ll go from MM telling us COVID is history to “we’re completely fucked financially lads”.

I'm curious - what are you envisioning as "a small percentage" here? As a number/approximate range.

The UK's own advisers suggested cases would reach 100k and then 200k, they were wrong, unfortunately they were close to the predicted deaths of 100 a day.

I wouldn't say cases have fallen dramatically, they dropped by a half and appear to be creeping back up.

Apt

What were hospital numbers before the last lockdown? Surely we're nearly there

UK case numbers have been flat for a couple of weeks now, they're not "creeping back up". At all.

I think most would consider their last few weeks fairly steady.

Also I'm aware of how many days are in two weeks but thanks for the tip 👍

In January 21 hospital numbers were 1950 with 216 in Icu

Tbf, good luck funding those elective surgeries in the future if we keep on doing lockdowns and paying people to sit at home. At some point, you need to accept short term losses in order to protect yourself long term too.

You seem to be missing the point of his proposal also, we will have finished vaccinating people soon, how is it an experiment after that? What's the alternative to opening when we have nobody left to vaccinate? We can't have indefinite restrictions, this is utterly nuts.

For the life of me I cant remember the 3rd lockdown date line !! I get me lockdowns mixed up at this stage

dont forget donegal was locked down from 24th sept 2020 (level 3) 15th october 2020 (level 4 +) .then swamped for 2 weeks before christmas. how did that work out ??

as far as i can see the lockdowns made sweet fa of difference

This looking back does nothing. We need to look at right now and going forward. Learn from the past obviously.

We'll eventually get past this but I certainly don't want to be responsible for somebody dying from covid and I don't want to be the one that gets seriously ill from it either.

We are all fed up of lockdowns, masks etc. but we've done pretty well here despite the many mistakes by our government like the skiers, Italian rugby fans, Cheltenham and last Christmas.

I look at people going to pubs now as lacking intelligence. I've partook in outdoor dining and enjoyed it but I see no need to go into a restaurant or pub with people who I don't know that could have been anywhere the day before and picked up a random variant.

I spent a couple of hours within five metres of a person who tested positive a few weeks ago, we were both wearing masks and didn't speak or contact each other. I had to get tested and was told I was a close contact but because I was vaccinated that I didn't have to self-isolate, just restrict my movements. I checked out other countries and their rules on this and they varied greatly.

We need a uniformed approach to these things throughout the EU.

That’s the beauty of making one’s decision based on your own risk assessment, I’d love nothing more going to a packed pub for a match, I’m currently away in Spain typing this by the pool, completely unvaccinated.

"I look at people going to pubs now as lacking intelligence."

Disgraceful comment.

Hopefully the irony isn't lost on you 😄

I don't understand you, why did you spend a couple of hours with someone yet you didn't talk or make contact with them?