Covid 19 Part XXXIV-249,437 ROI(4,906 deaths) 120,195 NI (2,145 deaths)(01/05)Read OP

Necro

Deja vu all over again - Level 5 for probably another thread at least - but will April 5th see some changes?

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igCorcaigh

*stretches arms out wide*

Renault 5

Martina1991 wrote: »

Transmission in the community, cases go up, cases get into schools.

Schools in Munster and Connacht largely unaffected due to low number of cases. Why should all schools close nationwide because there's uncontrolled transmission in a few counties.

They shouldn’t. Open them up. Send them back. Along with lifting more restrictions for the public.

Cases go up. Blame the public.

Cases go down. Government and nphet w4nk each other off.

We were locked down to protect the elderly.

Now they want to give the elderly more freedom and still keep the rest of us locked down.

People can now visit care homes - I can’t visit my 81 year old mam who lives at home.

Can anyone explain wtf is going on?

igCorcaigh

So, I was curious if the new walk in testing centres might in any way diminish the reliability of GP referral data to be the "canary in the mine".

I asked Dr. Knut.

His reply:

"Potentially, though supposedly these are in areas of high disease activity already, so the ship might have sailed on the early warning by the time self referral for testing - have to wait and see how and where self-referral will be rolled out."

igCorcaigh

igCorcaigh wrote: »

So, I was curious if the new walk in testing centres might in any way diminish the reliability of GP referral data to be the "canary in the mine".

I asked Dr. Knut.

His reply:

"Potentially, though supposedly these are in areas of high disease activity already, so the ship might have sailed on the early warning by the time self referral for testing - have to wait and see how and where self-referral will be rolled out."

What may be a factor too, only today I saw that people who have symptoms are not to go to these testing centres. So I assume they will go to their GP instead.
GP referrals should still be a good metric then.

Banana Republic 1

igCorcaigh wrote: »

So, I was curious if the new walk in testing centres might in any way diminish the reliability of GP referral data to be the "canary in the mine".

I asked Dr. Knut.

His reply:

"Potentially, though supposedly these are in areas of high disease activity already, so the ship might have sailed on the early warning by the time self referral for testing - have to wait and see how and where self-referral will be rolled out."

The key to the walk-in centres, which most countries had established 12 months ago is the tracing infrastructure if that’s not there we will just have more cases and still no clue where Typhoid Mary is hiding.

Stheno

Banana Republic 1 wrote: »

The key to the walk-in centres, which most countries had established 12 months ago is the tracing infrastructure if that’s not there we will just have more cases and still no clue where Typhoid Mary is hiding.

You mean Somebody McSomebody

FintanMcluskey

Must be a first.

New thread for this and the relaxation loons on the same day at the same time.

Coincidental

Necro

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Must be a first.

New thread for this and the relaxation loons on the same day at the same time.

Coincidental

Also closed on the exact same number of posts - the stars have aligned...

Presume those pop up testing centers are going to lead to an increase in positive cases and some lovely bonus worry for our government

ShineOn7

From the first page of the first thread, January 22nd last year

Every few years we have a terrifying, apocalyptic pandemic. Will always turn out to be nothing (until it turns out to be something)

Vicxas

Could this be the last doom and gloom one? And the next one full of hope and pictures of staycation

Sobit1964

AdamD wrote: »

Presume those pop up testing centers are going to lead to an increase in positive cases and some lovely bonus worry for our government

Im already deeply concerned for the 101st time since the last time. I suggest holding firm, just another few weeks, and its important to always remember that we are always in this together for what feels like forever.

TheDoctor

Vicxas wrote: »

Could this be the last doom and gloom one? And the next one full of hope and pictures of staycation

Last what. Year?

ShineOn7

Another from January 22nd last year

Page 2 of the first thread

it's killed 6, so far. and its only just started

igCorcaigh

Vicxas wrote: »

Could this be the last doom and gloom one? And the next one full of hope and pictures of staycation

Aph2016

So what are the latest statistics for covid 19 deaths including:

Ages
With/without morbidities

tom1ie

Necro wrote: »

Deja vu all over again - Level 5 for probably another thread at least - but will April 5th see some changes?

Previous threads:

Thread I
Thread II
Thread III
Thread IV
Thread V
Thread VI
Thread VII
Thread VIII
Thread IX
Thread X
Thread XI
Thread XII
Thread XIII
Thread XIV
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Thread XXII
Thread XXIII
Thread XXIV
Thread XXV
Thread XXVI
Thread XXVII
Thread XXVIII
Thread XXIX
Thread XXX
Thread XXXI
Thread XXXII
Thread XXXIII

The new daily numbers thread

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Has to be a record number of threadbanned on boards.
Impressive.

TheDoctor

Banana Republic 1

Stheno wrote: »

You mean Somebody McSomebody

In other countries they go hard on the track and trace to find the potential infected fast that is not done in Ireland and until they start going back more than just three days it’ll never work.

TheDoctor

Hospital numbers at 8pm

Total 310 (down from 325 last night)
ICU 75 (down from 76 last night)

Last Wednesday
Total 343
ICU 82


New lowest daily total of 2021.
Lowest number since 26th December.

Dr. Bre

Stay at home

iamwhoiam

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Stay at home

And wash your hands

Sobit1964

So its basically just kids who are very unlikely to even have symptoms.

[and a couple of 30yo people reliving what life was like back in the good old days]

AdamD

AdamD wrote: »

Presume those pop up testing centers are going to lead to an increase in positive cases and some lovely bonus worry for our government

Can the sh*te not invade every thread?

Wolf359f

TheDoctor wrote: »

Hospital numbers at 8pm

Total 310 (down from 325 last night)
ICU 75 (down from 1 last night)

Last Wednesday
Total 343
ICU 82


New lowest daily total of 2021.
Lowest number since 26th December.

Seems to be back on the downward trend again finally!

cjyid

TheDoctor wrote: »

Hospital numbers at 8pm

Total 310 (down from 325 last night)
ICU 75 (down from 76 last night)

Last Wednesday
Total 343
ICU 82


New lowest daily total of 2021.
Lowest number since 26th December.

Nice start to a new thread !

Banana Republic 1

TheDoctor wrote: »

A much more accurate meme would be. Can you imagine a day when the government stops hiding behind NPHET and comes up with a plan.

Arnold54321

TheDoctor wrote: »

Hospital numbers at 8pm

Total 310 (down from 325 last night)
ICU 75 (down from 1 last night)

Last Wednesday
Total 343
ICU 82


New lowest daily total of 2021.

The question is does the total figure 310 of which 75 in ICU merit another month of Level 5 lockdown?? We should be well under 300 in hospital by the weekend.

I personally don't think so, madness if the 5k rule or a different distance rule of say 10 or 20k remains.

Widdensushi

tom1ie wrote: »

Has to be a record number of threadbanned on boards.
Impressive.

Should be an amnesty for all, start again, it would be our best chance of entertainment at the moment.

namloc1980

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Stay at home

Hold firm.

almostover

namloc1980 wrote: »

Hold firm.

We're all in this together

namloc1980

TheDoctor wrote: »

Hospital numbers at 8pm

Total 310 (down from 325 last night)
ICU 75 (down from 76 last night)

Last Wednesday
Total 343
ICU 82


New lowest daily total of 2021.
Lowest number since 26th December.

Good stuff. Unfortunately the daily case numbers get all the attention when most of them at this stage are in younger people with very low risk of severe disease or hospitalisation. A refocus is needed.

Banana Republic 1

Arnold54321 wrote: »

The question is does the total figure 310 of which 75 in ICU merit another month of Level 5 lockdown?? We should be well under 300 in hospital by the weekend.

I personally don't think so, madness if the 5k rule or a different distance rule of say 10 or 20k remains.

The main problem is there is no alternative to a hard lockdown because the government have no ambitions to come with a different plan.

Batattackrat

Hospital numbers are low, I'd rather people just stop getting tested at this stage if they are even slightly sick.

Sobit1964

Batattackrat wrote: »

Hospital numbers are low, I'd rather people just stop getting tested at this stage if they are even slightly sick.

This x1000

Numbers are flying down in the vulnerable age groups. Testing needs to stop being a thing fast. Hospital metrics need to be expanded and become the *only* indicator in a post COVID ireland.

Banana Republic 1

Batattackrat wrote: »

Hospital numbers are low, I'd rather people just stop getting tested at this stage if they are even slightly sick.

There was an episode off the Simpson’s were there was an asteroid coming to hit the town. The population were all in a panic but in the end the thing burnt up in the atmosphere. One of the crowd that had gathered shouted out “let’s go burn down the observatory so this never happens again”

namloc1980

namloc1980 wrote: »

Good stuff. Unfortunately the daily case numbers get all the attention when most of them at this stage are in younger people with very low risk of severe disease or hospitalisation. A refocus is needed.

But, but, but......long covid.....variants......moving goalposts

namloc1980

Sobit1964 wrote: »

This x1000

Numbers are flying down in the vulnerable age groups. Testing needs to stop being a thing fast. Hospital metrics need to be expanded and become the *only* indicator in a post COVID ireland.

Testing needs to continue, but the overwhelming focus on the daily announcement/press conference of case numbers needs to come to an end. It's not helping at this stage and just causes more anxiety and hysteria.

Batattackrat

Batattackrat wrote: »

Hospital numbers are low, I'd rather people just stop getting tested at this stage if they are even slightly sick.

Because knowing if you could pass it on to someone more vulnerable or with more vulnerable relatives is not important

Beasty

tom1ie wrote: »

Has to be a record number of threadbanned on boards.
Impressive.

I suspect a record number of posts (311,347 up to the end of thread XXXIII) has something to do with that

Batattackrat

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Because knowing if you could pass it on to someone more vulnerable or with more vulnerable relatives is not important

That's what the vacinnes are for.

Sobit1964

Deleted User wrote: »

Because knowing if you could pass it on to someone more vulnerable or with more vulnerable relatives is not important

Even with school going back the vulnerable ages showed dramatic decreases in infections. Its time to start facing the reality of what has been left behind by this utter mess.

Batattackrat

Batattackrat wrote: »

That's what the vacinnes are for.

So stop testing when only 3.5% are fully vaccinated? Interesting proposal

greenheep

Batattackrat wrote: »

That's what the vacinnes are for.

Is there any reason to get tested if you have no close contacts over the past few days and you plan to restrict movements anyway? Like there is no advantage to the person or to others?

Sobit1964

Sobit1964 wrote: »

Even with school going back the vulnerable ages showed dramatic decreases in infections. Its time to start facing the reality of what has been left behind by this utter mess.

Started

Widdensushi

Sobit1964 wrote: »

Even with school going back the vulnerable ages showed dramatic decreases in infections. Its time to start facing the reality of what has been left behind by this utter mess.

They should close the schools for two weeks

Batattackrat

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So stop testing when only 3.5% are fully vaccinated? Interesting proposal

Have you seen the current hospital numbers. 400 or so out of a population of 4,900,000.

A third caught it in hospital and others have underlying conditions.

Services such as screening for cancer are at an all time mess.

The cancer scandal when this is over is going to make us realize we overcompensated big time for Covid.

Also the economic impact is going to be nothing like Ireland has seen before.

Sharpyshoot

Batattackrat wrote: »

Have you seen the current hospital numbers. 400 or so out of a population of 4,900,000.

Nphet are still blowing it out of all proportion. How many have cancer undetected because of these drama queens?

Sharpyshoot

Widdensushi wrote: »

They should close the schools for two weeks

And nephet, put them on the pup

greenheep

greenheep wrote: »

Is there any reason to get tested if you have no close contacts over the past few days and you plan to restrict movements anyway? Like there is no advantage to the person or to others?

If you were to need further treatment for whatever was making you ill, knowing if it was Covid or not as early as possible would make a difference. I’d want to know if I lived alone, if only for that reason.