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

If he doesn't know if he has COVID, how did you diagnose it? As has been said before there are many viruses that produce the same types of symptoms. Cases that do not necessitate hospitalisation really don't count at all, any more than the other stuff that is doing the rounds.

Why do people like this poster above always goto the oh just hide in your bedroom line when someone comes on here asking about tests and self isolating its not funny and is just a load of bollocks. The hospital numbers are still far to high and a third of ICU beds are taken up with covid patients which is having a knock on effect to non covid care in the system. If you display symptoms self isolate and get a test. nearly 20 months of this and this still has to be banged on about.

Shin

This is hysterical, black and white thinking on the issue. Again, if symptoms are mild or non-existent and you're all vaccinated, there is no problem at all. At some stage you need to just get on with it and if this absolutely low risk context creates fear then maybe address your fear instead of forcing others to go out of their way to accommodate it for you.

Yeah, as above might be more to do with the cold weather making the glasses more sensitive to fogging.

The main cause is airflow up through the top of the mask. The most successful methods I've found are wearing the glasses a little further down your nose, with the bridge on top of the mask; and focussing on breathing only through your nose. Annoying, but nearly as annoying as fogged up glasses.

We are basically fully open with hospital numbers less than 25% of what they were in January

Boosters are underway for our vulnerable and anti viral drugs with 'game-changing results' on the way aswel.

It's all looking rather silly now with the press conferences etc

You have my sympathy but unfortunately I don’t see any end in sight until maybe March or April next year.

I have a 1 year old in crèche and he’s sent home every 3-4 weeks and I lose at least 3 days work/pay every time yet still have to pay almost 2 grand in fees every month. His older sister is also sent home every time this happens. My wife teaches so I’m home alone with them.

At this point the only break I’ll get from this never ending nightmare is when I end up in St John of Gods!

Anyone who can't get to a test centre isn't supposed to use public transport. You're supposed to find some other way, or if you're really stuck I think the advice is to just not go and to self-isolate until you feel well.

There are free taxi rides available for people going to vaccination centres though. Given that vax centres and test centres are often on the same campus, and that the number of people going to vax centres is way down, I wonder are some drivers bringing people for tests and putting them through as free trips to vax centres?

Hospital cases at 463 this morning, up five. Typical to see lower discharge numbers no Wednesday / Thursday night before a bump on Friday nights.

Varadkar's assessment is spot on IMO - fragile, but stable sounds about right.

I kept my beard;)

Unfortunately the creche we use don’t recognise them. It’s PCR or GTFO.

My words there obvs. Between waiting a day for appointment and 48 hours for results it’s 4 days lost vs 15 mins with antigen. Absolute madness but that’s Ireland for you.