Covid19 Part XVI- 21,983 in ROI (1,339 deaths) 3,881 in NI (404 deaths)(05/05)Read OP

Seven Septs · 29-04-2020 06:26PM

Whirlaway wrote: »

A bookswap is not library.

It's southside partnership involved. Libraries are involved in partnership across local authorities. They more than likely are facilitating.

ACitizenErased · 29-04-2020 06:26PM

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Briefing very late. Must be very very sobering numbers about to be released.

Will the lockdown be tightened on Friday>=?

It's because something to do with the HSE CEO this morning talking for too long or something. Whole timetable pushed back for the day.

Seamai · 29-04-2020 06:26PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

I am a bit shocked people still watch those briefings religiously. I haven't watched one in weeks. They are very very very repetitive apart from a few key metrics which you can source at any time, if you wish.

I'm now just watching the first few minutes only, you're right they are very repetitive, the journalists ask the exact same questions every day. I'm good with figures but there is far too much number crunching going on. Philip Nolan was spouting them for 15 minutes without a break last Thursday which I'm sure went over most people's heads.

wakka12 · 29-04-2020 06:27PM

statesaver wrote: »

Not leaving the house until vaccine !!!

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1254943961476739072

:eek:
Is that for real?
Must have jabbed his brain

timsey tiger · 29-04-2020 06:27PM

MrMusician18 wrote: »

You can only bring the horse to water, you can't make it drink it.

Well actually you can, but the political risk is too great for any electable politician to even contemplate.

lbj666 · 29-04-2020 06:27PM

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

We might need to get on with it.

If we had of let this overcome us itd be all over by now ...the outcome would have been horrendous but life would be beginning to return to a semblance of nomral if the exponential curve was allowed. ho hum. hummm

Care to put a number on the scale of horrendousness?

Seven Septs · 29-04-2020 06:28PM

Fann Linn wrote: »

A quick google would have told them that but far easier for them to have a go on here.

See my post below.

Libraries are key participators in partnership. Sometimes people don't need google.

Jim_Hodge · 29-04-2020 06:28PM

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

We might need to get on with it.

If we had of let this overcome us itd be all over by now ...the outcome would have been horrendous but life would be beginning to return to a semblance of nomral if the exponential curve was allowed. ho hum. hummm

Great to see you appreciate how many lives may have been saved already due to the restrictions. Horrendous doesn't cover what could have been and you obviously don't have any family working on Covid wards at the moment. Life will recover but just give people a chance to get through this.

podgeandrodge · 29-04-2020 06:31PM

statesaver wrote: »

Not leaving the house until vaccine !!!

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1254943961476739072

I stopped at 5 second mark.

Seven Septs · 29-04-2020 06:31PM

Posters saying Italian lockdown not working. I disagree.

Cases averaging 2,000. A third of the peak. Deaths 300, a third of the peak.

Like us all, opening up properly, in a timely thought out fashion is the crux.

owlbethere · 29-04-2020 06:33PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland - daily reports don't add up last few days
19,383 confirmed cases for midnight 26th, 19,095 for the 25th and 18,431 for the 24th. Yet they say 415 new cases since previous day on the 26th and 690 for the 25th.
Where are they getting these numbers

I'm confused

Class MayDresser · 29-04-2020 06:34PM

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

We might need to get on with it.

If we had of let this overcome us itd be all over by now ...the outcome would have been horrendous but life would be beginning to return to a semblance of nomral if the exponential curve was allowed. ho hum. hummm

Would there be an upper threshold to this horrendous outcome you would have been comfortable with?
Are you being sarcastic? Seriously?

take everything · 29-04-2020 06:35PM

George got a white coat on on the news

ElTel · 29-04-2020 06:36PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland - daily reports don't add up last few days
19,383 confirmed cases for midnight 26th, 19,095 for the 25th and 18,431 for the 24th. Yet they say 415 new cases since previous day on the 26th and 690 for the 25th.
Where are they getting these numbers

Could retesting be showing false positives, so the numbers given on certain previous days were too high?

Seven Septs · 29-04-2020 06:36PM

take everything wrote: »

George got a white coat on on the news

Someone with a white coat should take George off

Snow Garden · 29-04-2020 06:36PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think they have become a daily ritual routine for some

I think watching those briefings on a daily basis will turn you into a depressed ghoul or a Cure head.

wakka12 · 29-04-2020 06:37PM

Do respiratory diseases usually just hit the Western world harder or something? I was reading about the Hong Kong flu in 1968 which only killed 1 million worldwide but seemed to hit the west hard like this too. 10% of all deaths occurred in the USA,despite only making up 5% of the world population at the time.

In Europe also reported that British hospitals were completely overrun and there were so many bodies in Berlin that they were stored in the subway tunnels. Will this remain a mostly western disaster?
And is climate the only reason for this?

You'd think highly densely populated third world urban areas with poor healthcare and malnourished inhabitants would be the epicentres both then and in this situation

JP Liz V1 · 29-04-2020 06:37PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

It's because something to do with the HSE CEO this morning talking for too long or something. Whole timetable pushed back for the day.

Paul Reid out visiting with Leo and Simon

GM228 · 29-04-2020 06:40PM

spookwoman wrote: »

Daily reports listed here
https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/casesinireland/epidemiologyofcovid-19inireland/

Oh yes I see where your coming from, typos, and not the first time.

The problem with these reports is that based on thei type of reporting they use there is a difference between the epidemiological data daily numbers and the official daily numbers.

They show 288 increased cases between the 25th and 26th (as at midnight each day), but the daily briefing showed a daily increase of 701 between the 25th and 26th (as of midday).

is_that_so · 29-04-2020 06:40PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

I think watching those briefings on a daily basis will turn you into a depressed ghoul or a Cure head.

It's just background for me now!

I half listen. Most useful days have usually been Tuesdays with Cillian and Thursdays with Philip! The inane questioning is the worst part of it!

JP Liz V1 · 29-04-2020 06:43PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

I think watching those briefings on a daily basis will turn you into a depressed ghoul or a Cure head.

The same can be said for this thread

fritzelly · 29-04-2020 06:44PM

statesaver wrote: »

Not leaving the house until vaccine !!!

https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1254943961476739072

Please please please tell me that is not how far it goes in when done right?

Widdensushi · 29-04-2020 06:44PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

I think watching those briefings on a daily basis will turn you into a depressed ghoul or a Cure head.

it's raining today so will watch for the first time in a week or so, definitely not healthy to focus on the numbers if you can find something else to distract you.

wakka12 · 29-04-2020 06:45PM

New Jersey reported same amount of deaths as New York today, 330. It's population is only 8 million. Totally out of control there,dont even seem to be beyond the peak in that state

Maryland, Georgia and Indiana have become the 11th,12th and 13th states in the US to pass 1000 deaths

billybonkers · 29-04-2020 06:45PM

Fergal changed his Twitter picture I see, preferred the old one myself.

Anyway, briefing at 8PM tonight for anyone who is wondering

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1255521957728174081

bekker · 29-04-2020 06:47PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Your mistake is looking day to day. The reporting is erratic therefore it’s a fools errand to look for signs in daily data. Applies equally to Monday and Tuesday lest I be accused of only looking to the positive. Trend over a few days is what tell you direction.

Chart of 5 day moving avg. of deaths/days elapsed since first death on 11th Mar. peaked at 59.6 on day 41 (21st Apr.), and was down to 33.40 on Monday.

Last time it was around that level was a peak of 35.4 on day 34 (Apr.14th.) dropping to 30.0 the following day before continuing it's upward climb.

It's been a far greater drop since the 21st, so it's looking hopeful, unless of course the HSE discovers more missed deaths.

spookwoman · 29-04-2020 06:48PM

owlbethere wrote: »

I'm confused

welcome to the club

Snow Garden · 29-04-2020 06:48PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

The same can be said for this thread

Agreed!

I have a novel idea. The top 5 posters on this thread should be injected with da virus because they are so obsessed with it. Those 5 can subsequently provide us daily updates and metrics and we can ask questions and tease them.

The top 5 on this particular Covid thread are;

is_that_so
Kermit
wakka12
tobefrank321
raind

What say you to a valuable social media experiment?

is_that_so · 29-04-2020 06:50PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

Agreed!

I have a novel idea. The top 5 posters on this thread should be injected with da virus because they are so obsessed with it. Those 5 can subsequently provide us daily updates and metrics and we can ask questions and tease them.

The top 5 on this particular Covid thread are;
is_that_so

Kermit

wakka12

tobefrank321

raind

What say you to a valuable social media experiment?

Not enough data, spread it out to the top 20!

GM228 · 29-04-2020 06:51PM

Snow Garden wrote: »

Agreed!

I have a novel idea. The top 5 posters on this thread should be injected with da virus because they are so obsessed with it. Those 5 can subsequently provide us daily updates and metrics and we can ask questions and tease them.

The top 5 on this particular Covid thread are;
is_that_so

Kermit

wakka12

tobefrank321

raind

What say you to a valuable social media experiment?

Some will be upset they are not on that list, now is that the top 5 good posters listt, the top 5 bad posters list, the top 5 annoying posters list, the.......

Covid19 Part XVI- 21,983 in ROI (1,339 deaths) 3,881 in NI (404 deaths)(05/05)Read OP

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