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

No, they report on it but it's at the bottom of an article whereas when it's negative, it's the headline you see when you go on to the site first. There's a clear difference in how they're reporting on things.

Why isolate for 48hours when an antigen test will give you a result in 10 minutes? If you have symptoms take a quick test, if positive book in for a PCR, if not lay low till the cold passes in a day or two. Not everyone can just take time off at the drop of a hat for no good reason.

We seriously need to move away from PCR tests for every funny nose in the country. It's a daft policy that costs an awful lot of money for very little gain right now. The link between cases and hospitalisation is at a point now as toake it completely pointless to continue with this drive for so many PCR tests.

My issue with the over the counter tests is how many people will be able to do the testing on themselves correctly? I bought one that said I had to put it 3cm up my nostril and swab around for at least 5 seconds, that's really uncomfortable to do to oneself tbh, I don't see many doing it correctly.

If people who have Covid but only mild symptoms are assuming they only have the common cold then doesn't that prove that, the more contagious coronavirus becomes, strain by strain, the less likely it is to cause serious Covid?

Father in law has covid. Mild symptoms. He would have been due booster shortly as immunocompromised. Fingers crossed it stays mild. OH not official close contact but has symptoms. Took antigen test Sunday that was negative. Going for pcr today.

Has anyone had any experience with the HSE antigen tests? Trust us to over complicate things and add a few extra layers of admin to testing people.

My understanding of a possible timeline is: Person gets COVID test, waits min 24hrs, positive. How long after positive test do contact tracers contact them? They then post out some antigen tests for close contacts (+1 day at least).

How on earth do the people in charge think this is an efficient and quick way of screening possible infected people? Even with the quickest turnaround you're probably looking at 3 days before antigen tests arrive? Surely an easier system would be to follow UK and make these tests available to everyone for free/cheap. Even if not would it not make sense to hand the person going for the PCR test a box of antigen tests at the testing centre and explain to use them on household if the test comes back positive? At least that would trap a few cases quickly.

This is god damn dangerous advice to peddle and I hope nobody listens to it. Its absolutely irresponsible.

Covid is appearing differently in everyone from mild-ish cold symptoms to illness and flu type symptoms and sickness. There's also risk of spread to other people more vulnerable. Case numbers also need to be monitored for hospitals and admissions.

If you have symptoms, reduce contacts, isolate and test.

Dr Barry is a virologist who lectures at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UCD.

I'm sure he knows 1,000 times more than any of us on the topic, but the media need to stop wheeling in random doctors for their opinion when we see that people start repeating it as fact.

I'm guessing Dr. Barry is related to someone in media or PR, because I cannot think of any other way that a lecturer in vet medicine could end up on the airwaves giving his opinions on a pandemic numerous times over the last two years.

I think it will be annual jabs for over 60s and anti-viral meds for the rest.

That is unknown is the best answer to this. We give flu shots to quite few annually, primarily aimed at specific groups.

Which means the covid passes are here for at least next year, they’ll need significant coercion measures to force the boosters

Can someone explain why we're even hesitating for boosters? Surely we should be pumping them out to everyone who got their 2nd vaccine 6 months ago? Seems a no brainer and yet we're hesitating on it whilst going into winter..