Covid-19 Kerry

oeb · 02-04-2021 10:47am

phater phagan wrote: »

I'm scheduled for the vaccine next week. Has anyone here had it yet?

My mother got it on Tuesday, she lives about 10 minutes walk from the vaccine center in Killarney, but had to go to Cork for it (She has a long term illness and got the vaccine as part of the allocation of the hospital where she is treated).

She was wrecked on Wednesday and Thursday but is grand again today (This is often a side effect of her illness too, so may not even be vaccine related)

phater phagan · 02-04-2021 1:32pm

SlowBlowin wrote: »

I was just down in the village and someone commented to my wife "you've got something on your face", followed by "You can't catch it outside you know". I wont be surprised to see numbers rocket now, with the better weather, Easter. and all the local expert virologists.

Silly idiots will say idiotic things. I hope your wife didn't take it to heart. Fools are not worth an iota of worry.

Riodej1578 · 02-04-2021 2:56pm

oeb wrote: »

Going to work in an essential industry, or other essential reasons for traveling (Such as food shopping) are exempt from the distance based travel exceptions. The rule is (Outside of essential reasons) to stay at home, except to exercise within 5km of your home. The segment of people not complying with the rules does not include people who work in essential services.

I'm not saying that the place is full of dubs, I would not know, the few places I have been going outside of the house, like Tesco, are hardly tourist hotspots. Just pointing out that the 20% of dubs who are not complying with the guidelines is a significant number of people.

Also, we have been in level 5 lockdown for all of 2021 so far, and buying a car is not a valid reason for essential travel, so I'm not sure how many locals are driving around in 211 D reg cars.

Mustn't be many checkpoints about the place so. Have they eased off?

An Ciarraioch · 02-04-2021 5:04pm

Nine cases today - hopefully just a temporary blip, but much will depend on how quiet places will be over Easter:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1378009724168310789

newman10 · 02-04-2021 7:00pm

The_Kitty wrote: »

I saw a 211 kildare reg recently but it was a work vehicle of a local person. I drive about an hour to and from work and have seen english regs and ones from all over the country but i assume they could still be living or working in Kerry. 20% of Dubs is a lot of people but I think its widely known that people are going outside their 5km but I'd hope there isnt much staycations going on, sure everything is closed anyway.

Dooks Beach pretty busy today........Not too many locals to be seen :eek:

ongarboy · 02-04-2021 11:47pm

Why do people assume that if you're driving a car with a county reg other than the county you're in, you must not be living there? People often buy cars, particularly second hand with other county regs. In over 20 years of driving, I don't think I've ever owned a car with the reg of the county I live in.

Similarly, judging people by their non local accents or nationalities...they might actually live in the same county as you having moved there not too long ago, they're not automatically going to sound like Michael Healy Rae after a week of moving to Kerry. A lot of unwarranted dirty looks and judgement going around!

amdaley28 · 03-04-2021 12:26am

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Nine cases today - hopefully just a temporary blip, but much will depend on how quiet places will be over Easter:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1378009724168310789

I'd be very surprised if it didn't rise after Easter.

newman10 · 03-04-2021 10:04am

ongarboy wrote: »

Why do people assume that if you're driving a car with a county reg other than the county you're in, you must not be living there? People often buy cars, particularly second hand with other county regs. In over 20 years of driving, I don't think I've ever owned a car with the reg of the county I live in.

Similarly, judging people by their non local accents or nationalities...they might actually live in the same county as you having moved there not too long ago, they're not automatically going to sound like Michael Healy Rae after a week of moving to Kerry. A lot of unwarranted dirty looks and judgement going around!

I did say not too many locals to be SEEN plenty of activity in the surrounding Holiday Homes

An Ciarraioch · 03-04-2021 5:10pm

No county breakdown today, so probably won't resume until Tuesday.

Ciarrai76 · 05-04-2021 10:29pm

No county by county figures for the last 3 days. No idea what Kerry stands at currently!

Ghost Train · 05-04-2021 11:07pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

No county by county figures for the last 3 days. No idea what Kerry stands at currently!

The covid app shows 4,9,5,1, although the date is out of step, it would be
4 on the 2nd
9 on the 3rd
5 on the 4th
And 1 today

Ciarrai76 · 05-04-2021 11:12pm

Ghost Train wrote: »

The covid app shows 4,9,5,1, although the date is out of step, it would be
4 on the 2nd
9 on the 3rd
5 on the 4th
And 1 today

I didn't even think to look on the app! I forgot I even had it on my phone! :rolleyes:

amdaley28 · 06-04-2021 2:49pm

Ciarrai76 wrote: »

I didn't even think to look on the app! I forgot I even had it on my phone! :rolleyes:

Its very easy to forget it.
Not a lot of people seem to be using it according to the app figures.
Only just over 100k so far today.

barryribs · 06-04-2021 4:52pm

Poor turn out for the 'freedom rally' or whatever they are calling it at the weekend. Hard lines when not even John Bowler made the trip

An Ciarraioch · 06-04-2021 5:43pm

5 cases today - the fortnightly rate increases slightly to 31:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1379470453509664771

The Inbetween is mine · 06-04-2021 5:46pm

We've had 3-5 days of delayed swabs, and people not going to appointed tests, so expect to see the numbers rise a bit over the next few days to allow for that.
Towards start of next week we shall see if numbers remain high due to people relaxing their stance on the rules... hopefully not.... but I'm not so sure

An Ciarraioch · 07-04-2021 3:00pm

Full county breakdowns for the Easter period:

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1379794595299663877

An Ciarraioch · 07-04-2021 6:07pm

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

We've had 3-5 days of delayed swabs, and people not going to appointed tests, so expect to see the numbers rise a bit over the next few days to allow for that.
Towards start of next week we shall see if numbers remain high due to people relaxing their stance on the rules... hopefully not.... but I'm not so sure

Already falling, as it turns out:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1379840689068998657

The Inbetween is mine · 08-04-2021 6:08pm

400 cases & 7 deaths reported today....
After a 4 day weekend, cases will rise on Saturday if people have relaxed their precautions

An Ciarraioch · 08-04-2021 6:10pm

LEA Rates:

Listowel: <5 cases (<5 per 100,000)
Tralee: 32 (96.9)
Corca Dhuibhne: <5 (<5)
Castleisland: <5 (<5)
Killarney: 8 (27)
Kenmare: <5 (<5)

An Ciarraioch · 08-04-2021 6:12pm

Fewer than five cases today, for a rate of 29.1:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1380206170477060102

An Ciarraioch · 09-04-2021 6:05pm

Must be 4 cases today, the 14-day rate is slightly higher even though the case number isn't mentioned:

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1380565949623963657

The Inbetween is mine · 10-04-2021 4:13pm

455 cases today & 14 deaths announced

amdaley28 · 10-04-2021 7:04pm

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

455 cases today & 14 deaths announced

Disappointing figures once again.
We really aren't going anywhere

The Inbetween is mine · 10-04-2021 7:06pm

amdaley28 wrote: »

Disappointing figures once again.
We really aren't going anywhere

We had a 4 day weekend last week, so we should see a small increase into next week, as long as the numbers don't hit high 600's to low 700's we should be ok

wonga77 · 10-04-2021 7:12pm

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

455 cases today & 14 deaths announced

Of the deaths reported today: 3 occurred in April, 1 in March, 6 in February, and 4 in January. They ranged in age from 55 to 90.

Of the cases reported today, half are under 30 and 77% are under 45.

I know the deaths are unfortunate but they have been low lately, most days the deaths reported are from weeks or months ago

Sardonicat · 10-04-2021 7:25pm

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

We had a 4 day weekend last week, so we should see a small increase into next week, as long as the numbers don't hit high 600's to low 700's we should be ok

The positivity rate is only 2.7%. Dont forget the mobile, pop-up testing centres doing walk ins. More people are being tested, a lower proportion of ttests are positive.

The Inbetween is mine · 10-04-2021 8:39pm

Sardonicat wrote: »

The positivity rate is only 2.7%. Dont forget the mobile, pop-up testing centres doing walk ins. More people are being tested, a lower proportion of ttests are positive.

The pop up centre in Finglas had a positivity rate of double that....
I think we'll definitely see a rise next week, increased interaction & movement this week alone... popped up on my Facebook feed today of a 5yos b'day party.... about 30 people there I think...the sooner I get vaccinated the better

The Inbetween is mine · 11-04-2021 4:22pm

303 cases & 2 deaths reported today

The Inbetween is mine · 12-04-2021 5:43pm

394 cases & thankfully, 0 deaths today.

Covid-19 Kerry

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