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

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  • #7052
    Boggles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,457 ✭✭✭✭Boggles


    Infini wrote: »
    From what I can see new case numbers below 100 and being able to do 100000 tests a day which IMO is a fairly good way of

    That's in a week with apparently some help from Germany - how that translates in to rapid testing, I've no idea.


  • #7053
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    owlbethere wrote: »
    It looks as if the man's brains are being dug out. Has anyone here got a covid19 test done? Is this how deep they go?

    That was my party trick when I was a teenager. Could make a teaspoon disappear up my nose. It doesn't go near the brain.


  • #7054
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Ineedaname wrote: »
    https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200429007051320

    Some good news. Those recovered patients that tested positive again in South Korea. The results were likely caused by the tests detecting dead fragments of the virus.

    Woo-hoo. 😁

    More good news. We all survived today. The large aestroid due to pass earth this morning, didn't smash into us.


  • #7055
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    eagle eye wrote: »
    That's frightening. We need to get rid of this thing. We have to quarantine incoming people. We have to wear masks and stay locked down until we get to zero cases and then continue to enforce quarantine.

    They are considering face masks but also said it won't be compulsory. Have you ever heard such sh!t? We're awful at dealing with this thing. But not making mask wearing or face covering mandatory is an absolute joke. Other countries are fining people for not wearing them in public but ourselves "only if you want to"... And Leo Varadkar a doctor.



  • #7056
    sterz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭sterz


    Infini wrote: »
    From what I can see new case numbers below 100 and being able to do 100000 tests a day which IMO is a fairly good way of dealing with this, we need to be able to manage and limit its spread and prevent another surge until they can develop a vaccine to treat the most vunerable.

    Thing is some people are getting a bit of "cabin fever" from all this atm but I can see the next thing people giving out about is being unable to fly on their holiboppers I dont think were gonna see a return to normality until at least next year.

    Well it would help if they gave some actual numbers they're looking for, not just some generic comments. Maybe they have stated those numbers but I haven't seen them published anywhere.

    I know they've said 100,000 tests recently but they've said a lot about testing over the past 6 weeks that they haven't been able to back up.


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  • #7057
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    The numbers will be released imminently.


  • #7058
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭kilkenny31


    owlbethere wrote: »
    It looks as if the man's brains are being dug out. Has anyone here got a covid19 test done? Is this how deep they go?

    My partner had one done. She said the nasal swab is a little uncomfortable but that's all. She would happily have one again.


  • #7059
    stargazer 68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,190 ✭✭✭stargazer 68


    owlbethere wrote: »
    It looks as if the man's brains are being dug out. Has anyone here got a covid19 test done? Is this how deep they go?

    I have. They go deep but nothing like that. Mine was fairly easy but others in our place had a bit of a rougher time. It really depends on who is doing it. Bit like blood tests, some are just more proficient in taking blood than others.


  • #7060
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    kilkenny31 wrote: »
    My partner had one done. She said the nasal swab is a little uncomfortable but that's all. She would happily have one again.
    Can't be any worse than having a camera up your nose to check sinus issues :D


  • #7061
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭kilkenny31


    spookwoman wrote: »
    Can't be any worse than having a camera up your nose to check sinus issues :D

    Exactly. I pretty sure the flu swab is the same.


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  • #7062
    Freewheel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Freewheel


    kilkenny31 wrote: »
    My partner had one done. She said the nasal swab is a little uncomfortable but that's all. She would happily have one again.

    I was tested. Would agree, mildly uncomfortable but nothing more than that and not sore afterwards or anything. Certainly not something to be worried about


  • #7063
    Former Great
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 475 ✭✭Former Great


    Folks what are the figures for today


  • #7064
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭kilkenny31


    Former Great wrote: »
    Folks what are the figures for today

    Due around now. Press conference is 8pm.


  • #7065
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    Infini wrote: »
    From what I can see new case numbers below 100 and being able to do 100000 tests a day which IMO is a fairly good way of dealing with this, we need to be able to manage and limit its spread and prevent another surge until they can develop a vaccine to treat the most vunerable.

    Thing is some people are getting a bit of "cabin fever" from all this atm but I can see the next thing people giving out about is being unable to fly on their holiboppers I dont think were gonna see a return to normality until at least next year.


    Being able to track and trace all cases is a critical element of what should be done before relaxation. We are testing more per capita than South Korea but they have far fewer cases because they have the ability to manage the information , track and trace and get quick turn around tests. We still dont have an app.


  • #7066
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,856 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    Any sign of Runaways these days, he had a test done at the starting of the first Covid thread I think when it was in Afterhours.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #7067
    Former Great
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 475 ✭✭Former Great


    kilkenny31 wrote: »
    Due around now. Press conference is 8pm.

    Thanks kk , why the change in times


  • #7068
    An Ciarraioch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,806 ✭✭✭An Ciarraioch


    Former Great wrote: »
    Thanks kk , why the change in times

    Presumably busier workload today.


  • #7069
    billybonkers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭billybonkers


    Former Great wrote: »
    Thanks kk , why the change in times

    They had other meetings this afternoon/evening


  • #7070
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭Polar101


    owlbethere wrote: »
    It looks as if the man's brains are being dug out. Has anyone here got a covid19 test done? Is this how deep they go?

    My father had the test done twice, he said it was just a quick swab and wasn't too bad at all.

    (He was hospitalised with pneumonia last week, so obviously they suspected Covid-19, but he tested negative - then they re-tested a few days later, again negative, and he has been released since)


  • #7071
    Blueshoe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Blueshoe


    Imagine this virus being around at the same time as the annual winter bug. Hospitals at capacity.
    Half the country gets the flu or a cold every winter. They wouldn't know who has what without testing and self isolating everyone with a cough or sniffle.

    Imagine having to lockdown again. Take over private hospitals again. Paying those out of work again. Second shock to the economy. Second shock to businesses. Second shock to the elderly.

    Who's to say it won't happen


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  • #7072
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,652 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    statesaver wrote: »
    Not leaving the house until vaccine !!!

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

    I have undergone 5 tests, they weren’t as dramatic or as painful as that.


  • #7073
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Blueshoe wrote: »
    Imagine this virus being around at the same time as the annual winter bug. Hospitals at capacity.
    Half the country gets the flu or a cold every winter. They wouldn't know who has what without testing and self isolating everyone with a cough or sniffle.

    Imagine having to lockdown again. Take over private hospitals again. Paying those out of work again. Second shock to the economy. Second shock to businesses. Second shock to the elderly.

    Who's to say it won't happen

    Or they might say it will happen.;)


  • #7074
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    smurfjed wrote: »
    I have undergone 5 tests, they weren’t as dramatic or as painful as that.

    :pac: Good to know


  • #7075
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,616 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    Polar101 wrote: »
    "NEPHT"
    "NEPHET"
    "NHPET"

    What is the bloody thing actually called?

    Nphet, pronounced 'en-fet', because why not


  • #7076
    smurfjed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,652 ✭✭✭✭smurfjed


    statesaver wrote: »
    :pac: Good to know

    The throat swab is slightly worse as it makes you gag.


  • #7077
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    anyone got a link of the press conference?


  • #7078
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,856 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    So what's the new cases and deaths today?

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #7079
    kilkenny31
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭kilkenny31


    I thought the press conference was supposed to be at 8.


  • #7080
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Nphet, pronounced 'en-fet', because why not

    Nephet kinda fits with taking the piss and living on cloud cuckoo land :D


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  • #7081
    statesaver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,084 ✭✭✭statesaver


    Will the press conference be on Youtube ?


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