Covid 19 Part XXXI-187,554 ROI (2,970 deaths) 100,319 NI (1,730 deaths)(24/01)Read OP

SPDUB

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Finally!

"Only" 7 deaths.

Missed the infections as RTE are so ****ing crap.

edit 1,372 cases.

Odd watching RTE News now and heard the infection figure

CruelSummer

Can someone explain why we’re all running to mandatory quarantine? Test at borders is a good tool. Quarantine if no testing and other procedures at airports are used. But mandatory quarantine didn’t stop Melbourne or the state of Victoria being in lockdown from July to November, their winter. The virus in endemic here - it just doesn’t seem practical for our location (NI & EU) & the nature of our economy.

Ficheall

"Only" 7 is good. Hopefully not just a blip.
And the world has passed the hundred million cases mark.

manofwisdom

Seven day average is 2018 cases per day. Last Monday it was 3201 and two weeks ago Monday the 11th it 6370.

hotmail.com

Strong chance the schools will reopen in 2 weeks now.

marno21

There's a persistently lower death number on Mondays followed by a higher number on Tuesdays.

Ficheall

CruelSummer wrote: »

Can someone explain why we’re all running to mandatory quarantine? Test at borders is a good tool. Quarantine if no testing and other procedures at airports are used. But mandatory quarantine didn’t stop Melbourne or the state of Victoria being in lockdown from July to November, their winter. The virus in endemic here - it just doesn’t seem practical for our location (NI & EU) & the nature of our economy.

Test at borders is a good tool if the tests are instantaneously reliable, but they're not, so quarantine makes them more effective.

is_that_so

CruelSummer wrote: »

Can someone explain why we’re all running to mandatory quarantine? Test at borders is a good tool. Quarantine if no testing and other procedures at airports are used. But mandatory quarantine didn’t stop Melbourne or the state of Victoria being in lockdown from July to November, their winter. The virus in endemic here - it just doesn’t seem practical for our location (NI & EU) & the nature of our economy.

It's all about the variants. B.1.1.7 seems embedded here and circulating elsewhere and they are running scared of the SA one.

Grandeeod

We appear to be getting there. I'm hoping we can break below the 1000 mark per day in early February. As for lifting restrictions, I hope we and I include the Government, don't balls it up. I really want to get my business going again.

Kunta Kinte

Gradius wrote: »

Scally on the news dropping truth bombs. Quite diplomatically too.

Lock the country up airtight for 12 months minimum, get to New Zealand level or better with modification.

Should have been implemented 7 months ago but better late than never.

Is that what Scally has stated or what you believe should happen?

C__MC

Story on schools

oceanman

hotmail.com wrote: »

Strong chance the schools will reopen in 2 weeks now.

very much doubt that..

seamus

CruelSummer wrote: »

Can someone explain why we’re all running to mandatory quarantine?

The same thing happened in the last two waves. All the negativity spawns these late reactions. In spite of clearly improving case numbers over the last 10-14 days, the narrative has been relentless "things are going to ****e and there's no improvement in sight".

This leads to headless-chicken style panicking and people screaming "Ahhhhh we have to do something!"

So the talking heads pop up and go, "Zero Covid! Quarantine! These are something. We must do them!".

In a week's time when case numbers or firmly in 3 digits and still dropping, it'll all be forgotten about. Again.

is_that_so

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

Is that what Scally has stated or what you believe should happen?

Scally has a view that is not far off that. Some elements of the media are pushing it, whether for "balance" or clicks.

Kunta Kinte

hotmail.com wrote: »

Strong chance the schools will reopen in 2 weeks now.

4 weeks from now at the earliest for any regular schools to reopen.

Widdensushi

Now to frighten the old and vulnerable

Flyer1

Gradius wrote: »

Lock the country up airtight for 12 months minimum, get to New Zealand level or better with modification.

Simply not an option.

caveat emptor

US starting to get it's **** together post trump. Biden listening to advice of covid-19 team.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1353775678450233346?s=20

10000maniacs

Ficheall wrote: »

"Only" 7 is good. Hopefully not just a blip.
And the world has passed the hundred million cases mark.

People don't generally get tested at the weekend unless they are really sick. Tomorrow's figures will be the real measure.

Eod100

Deleted User wrote: »

Well, the word is that the UK is going to announce the plan to close its borders tomorrow and require mandatory hotel quarantine for all, including all from Ireland, whether by air or sea. 10 days mandatory quarantine for everyone from Ireland is certainly not what I expected and puts me in a bind, with my living and work arrangements spread across the two places.

Whether that ‘quarantine border’ is in the Irish Sea, or at the land border remains to be seen, and don’t know how long will be in place for, but seems like all of cabinet now want to throw up a ring of steel (and those who were opposed are now “resigned to it”)

Didn't think Ireland would be included with the CTA. Presume Northern Ireland excluded?

snotboogie

seamus wrote: »

The same thing happened in the last two waves. All the negativity spawns these late reactions. In spite of clearly improving case numbers over the last 10-14 days, the narrative has been relentless "things are going to ****e and there's no improvement in sight".

This leads to headless-chicken style panicking and people screaming "Ahhhhh we have to do something!"

So the talking heads pop up and go, "Zero Covid! Quarantine! These are something. We must do them!".

In a week's time when case numbers or firmly in 3 digits and still dropping, it'll all be forgotten about. Again.

And how did that work out the last two times?

is_that_so

Deleted User wrote: »

Nolan: "We expect hospital admissions to be still over 1000 and those requiring ICU above 100 until the end of February." In essence, Level 5 remaining in place until March because the HSE doesn't have a contingency plan or scope for expansion in available beds.

Martin has said another four weeks anyway, so nothing new in that.

Storm 10

Any county numbers

Jim_Hodge

Deleted User wrote: »

Nolan: "We expect hospital admissions to be still over 1000 and those requiring ICU above 100 until the end of February." In essence, Level 5 remaining in place until March because the HSE doesn't have a contingency plan or scope for expansion in available beds.

No, it would be because we'd have over 1000 cases in hospital and over 100 in ICU,

is_that_so

Storm 10 wrote: »

Any county numbers

In that feed.

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1353775232109129730

Stateofyou

The zero covid approach is really on my mind these days. Say we implement tough restrictions for a couple months, implement strict boarder control measures, whip up the track and test team within an inch of it's life, and we can reopen pubs, have parties, hug our friends, have weekends away, listen to live music, get to the barber/hair salons/spa's, have a meal out, kids in school, and activities & hobbies going again.

I would do it.

Anyone else daydreaming about this lately?

Jim_Hodge

Storm 10 wrote: »

Any county numbers

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/935f4-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-monday-25-january/

Ficheall

seamus wrote: »

The same thing happened in the last two waves. All the negativity spawns these late reactions. In spite of clearly improving case numbers over the last 10-14 days, the narrative has been relentless "things are going to ****e and there's no improvement in sight".

This leads to headless-chicken style panicking and people screaming "Ahhhhh we have to do something!"

So the talking heads pop up and go, "Zero Covid! Quarantine! These are something. We must do them!".

In a week's time when case numbers or firmly in 3 digits and still dropping, it'll all be forgotten about. Again.

And then the positivity and relaxing leads to more cases. A vicious circle indeed.

DraftDodger

hotmail.com wrote: »

Strong chance the schools will reopen in 2 weeks now.

There isn't a chance in hell the schools will be open until after the mid term.

seamus

seamus wrote: »

The same thing happened in the last two waves. All the negativity spawns these late reactions. In spite of clearly improving case numbers over the last 10-14 days, the narrative has been relentless "things are going to ****e and there's no improvement in sight".

This leads to headless-chicken style panicking and people screaming "Ahhhhh we have to do something!"

So the talking heads pop up and go, "Zero Covid! Quarantine! These are something. We must do them!".

In a week's time when case numbers or firmly in 3 digits and still dropping, it'll all be forgotten about. Again.

I think it's more that because of the vaccine news, it was felt that one more lockdown would be it. But now it's clear the vaccinations are going to take the guts of the year, and the scale of the recent wave was terrible so people can see another lockdown might be necessary a few months after this one. And nobody wants yet another lockdown.