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

Ah FFS. I hope they don’t start closing nursing homes again!

Yes, I know that might sound selfish but when you’ve been on a lockdown from life for the last 7 years caring 24/7 for a housebound person, those few days, twice a year, when the housebound person goes into respite, is the only thing I care about.

Is there a reason you're incapable of doing some basic checking yourself???

The articles below were posted to this thread in the last week, so just on the last few pages.

I assume you will withdraw your false statement?

jeez people are so weird about covid. !

So a small minority of tests are carried out. And even for those that test positive, it doesnt mean that covid is the reason for the patient being sick.

There is nothing to see here.

You arent going to whip up any hysteria.

Most people dont care about covid anymore.

As for whipping up 'hysteria', you've failed to point to anything 'hysterical' in my posts. You haven't even tried. Just lobbed out 'hysteria' as a dog whistle slogan. Your accusation is rejected as false and without merit.

Your statement about testing and cases is false.

The tests are carried out where respiratory illness is suspected. I explained how flu surveillance occurs, but similarly, you didn't engage with any of the information presented to you.

Here's the figures below from the UK. You can see the figures denote where hospitalisation is primarily due to covid. The figures clearly show an increase in hospitalisations and acute \ ICU admissions.

So I've provided ample evidence from multiple jurisdictions showing covid causing an increase in hospitalisations. You have provided zero evidence to the contrary. You have failed to provide any evidence to support another explanation for the increase in hospital admissions reported in multiple jurisdictions.

https://twitter.com/COVID19actuary/status/1689562047275585537

"If someone has a resp illness, just because they have covid doesnt mean thats the cause of their hospitlisation."

In the first instance, you seem to be suggesting they have a respiratory illness AND covid, but there's no link to covid as a factor in their condition needing hospitalisation? Seriously? Read that back to yourself.

In the second instance, I showed that in the UK the figures are for patients primarily being treated for covid.

You repeatedly make false unfounded statments, despite actual contrary evidence being presented to you demonstrating your claims have no basis. You present zero evidence to support your claims, just nonsense about 'hysteria'.

It is a covid thread. It seems entirely reasonable to discuss an increase in cases of it on this thread, that is leading to more hospitalisations and e.g. in some cases here outbreaks in hospitals and restrictions.

This is also leading to media coverage.

Baffling as to why you seem surprised to read such commentary on a thread called Covid 19 on a forum called Coronavirus. What do you expect to read here?

I've first hand experience of 2 friends attending A&E within the last 6 months and they spent between 10-12 hours being seen from the moment they arrived, the health system is unfit for purpose in this country and that's with minimal input from Covid.

There is a small increase in hospitalisations, according to the graph.

There may well be a rise in prevelance of Covid, but it doesnt mean that the rise in Covid is what is behind the small hopsitalisation increase.

Is there a concurrent increase in other respiratory diseases, for instance. Are we even testing for those illnesses.

In some cases, sure, Covid may contribute. But the increase and overall numbers are so low that it seems unremarkable and you can be very confident that the small rise you are seeing will fade again. And fade fast.

Thank god them jabs are so effective.

It is a significant rise for the time of year.

The first step is getting the information out there.

So people know if they are unwell it could be covid even in August.

And to be aware covid is endemic when it comes to considering vaccines if offered.

People in the areas covered by the affected hospitals to be aware of restrictions and outbreaks.

Galway Pub Closed over Outbreak

I don't think any country will ever go back to lockdowns but hospitals will have restrictions as it isn't going away

People still talking about this🤣🤣 get on with yer lives!! People getting outraged at the folk who are still scared of it are the worst!! There's going to be no lockdowns, noones even mentioning them, move on! Just because it is in the news it doesn't really mean anything. No one is looking to go back to 2020!

Are you saying everyone who comments here including yourself are hypochondriacs.

Why do you think the pub closed. Are they hypochondriacs?