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

I’ve no issue with that but why do they need to be giving that extra detail?

RTE woudkn't know that and for some reason they don't have any actual reporters that ask relevant questions like that.

But I'd expect the % vaccinated admitted to increase as the % vaccinated in the community increases.

Admitted to hospital or caught in hospital, a big jump would hint at an outbreak.

It's the weekend, that's why hospital numbers are up, NPHET are back from their holidays, people want more restrictions lifted due to the high uptake in vacccinations here which is not being met with a corresponding lifting of restrictions. Instead we get caution, more caution and extra indecisiveness. Meanwhile in NI and UK, there is no vaccine passport, they've lifted restrictions and they're still standing.

We've got completely stupid rules where anyone can come for a party in a house, but we can't go and sit in a controlled environment or heck even take a 'snake oil' antigen test and attend a concert. Interesting the countries using antigen tests widely - notably Germany and others in Europe, are doing much better with Covid numbers than Ireland despite being less restricted than us.

What have the HSE done to help increase capacity in the hospital system for both Covid and non-Covid care due to the pandemic? Why are Irish doctors and nurses being treated so poorly they're all emigrating? What ever happened to the 'call for Ireland campaign' - did they happen to offer them all terrible temporary contracts which resulted in many just emigrating again?

Are we all going to be held to ransom over this absolute car crash of a system - time for the Government and HSE to make a proper Autumn / Winter plan.

All they do 24/7 is tweet vaccine pressure tweets while failing to do their job and get the health system functional. Look my children are getting it, yours better too despite NIAC only recommending the vaccine in younger age groups to those who have at risk conditions, or who live with someone whose immune system is immunocompromised. Are NPHET shifting the goal posts again re vaccine targets? Why is this?

Why are we hearing Pfizer and other vaccines efficacy is dropping already, what sort of useless vaccinations are they if this is the case, when no sooner are we all completed - then they start up with talk of needing boosters - a never ending cycle of money and greed while other poorer countries don't even have their front line staff vaccinated.

Now we've RTE news discussing Covid measures at the All Ireland Hurling Final and how Limerick fans need to celebrate 'carefully' - what a pile of sh** altogether from RTÉ and Ireland in general.

New lockdown around the corner. Cheesus, over 80% of population are vaccinated, youngest population in the EU and the only country in the EU which will be fully locked down again this winter...

I wonder, how Sweden and Belarus managed to cope without these stupid lockdowns... Will MM borrow more money to throw at us?

Slim chance of ever getting accurate Belarus figures I'd say - their numbers have seemed suspiciously uniform throughout.

Saolta group reporting this in the West.

There has been a large outbreak in Mayo recently .

Looks that way, 17 cases/admissions in the past 24hrs, in the days before that it was 2 or 3 cases/admissions.

If you look at the data source from the dashboard, the 7day covid admissions have been stable (blue) but cases detected (orange) a little more choppy.

The dashboard use to only show the admissions but was changed months ago to positive cases detected.

Oh I completely agree, it's just a certain few days have seen substantial spikes in hospital 'admissions' and then RTE gets the doom and gloom headline etc...

Dublin incidence rate is looking stable, and spikes in hospitals wouldn't be expected (apart from outbreaks in them)

Glad you had a good weekend away , good for you!

Now is it ok with you if people discuss Covid , numbers , hospitalisations, where it's going etc , on the main Covid thread ?

Not posting to antagonize either. Just saying .

Yes of course . It’s just my opinion that it’s an unhealthy obsession and it’s holding the country back now . I genuinely felt apprehensive about going away for the weekend . Thought long and hard about it and backed out in my mind numerous times .I have a lot of time for the opinions of posters on this thread including yourself but I think that the country has been enveloped in a culture of fear . I don’t know the answers to this pandemic but i think we have run out of rope in this country with current restrictions . They are harsh and anyone who says they aren’t isn’t being honest to themselves .

It's a fair point. At some point we have to move on from discussion of most things Covid and move towards a closer version of life to what we had before. Unless something horrific happens then we are getting our lives back with each passing day, with blips along the way no doubt but we need to collectively move on for our own mental wellbeing.