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

Are the majority of new cases now in care homes? and amongst health workers? If so would it not be better to concentrate lockdown/isolation on those 2 groups (I know very hard for healthcare workers), but we are almost 5 weeks into countrywide lockdown now and we are seeing little to no progress in stopping the spread of the virus!! This tells me that for all the efforts we are making, they are having no effect, so perhaps teh spread is not out in teh general population (who are by and large following the restrictions).

Social Distancing is obviously here to stay, so what's teh benefit in extending the current restrictions on movement for another 2 weeks?

Still only a 1.5% increase or so which is good in grand scheme of things

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

Do we have a comparison to other years??

looking to see if someone tweets charts

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

Are the majority of new cases now in care homes? and amongst health workers? If so would it not be better to concentrate lockdown/isolation on those 2 groups (I know very hard for healthcare workers), but we are almost 5 weeks into countrywide lockdown now and we are seeing little to no progress in stopping the spread of the virus!! This tells me that for all the efforts we are making, they are having no effect, so perhaps teh spread is not out in teh general population (who are by and large following the restrictions).

Social Distancing is obviously here to stay, so what's teh benefit in extending the current restrictions on movement for another 2 weeks?

I don't know why 376 is surprising people.

If you are out and about working it's clear it's not a lockdown.

There is cars and trucks everywhere.

Shops with qs, homebase today with qs.

Garages with people going in buying ice creams.

I could go on.

The virus is still gonna spread.

Italy, Spain done proper lockdowns, we haven't faced that yet.

Ms2011 wrote: »

My family member has now tested negative after fighting for 2 weeks in hospital.
She's elderly, over weight, bed bound, has Parkinsons & kidney problems as well as a host of other problems, basically everything on paper you wouldn't want if get COVID-19 but here she is being transferred to a normal ward and making a good recovery.
We are so relieved and thankful to all the hospital staff who have gotten her this far, a miracle really

Some good news

splinter65 wrote: »

Just throwing this out there. Does anyone else think that eventually we’ll have to get back to normality and accept that on any one day I might:
Have a heart attack
Have a stroke
Be diagnosed with liver/lung/brain cancer
Be diagnosed with motor neurone disease
Get knocked down by a car
Lose my eyesight
Contract Coronavirus

The problem is you won't get treated for any of those other potential problems if we let Covid-19 run rampant and go back to normal.

giveitholly wrote: »

Fantastic news,am delighted for ye all,Ye must of feared the worst

Definitely, she got Swine Flu too when that was doing the rounds and beat that, tough as old boots she is

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

The problem is you won't get treated for any of those other potential problems if we let Covid-19 run rampant and go back to normal.

Will we not eventually all get it and 98% will be fine after it and won’t get it again?

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/ciananbrennan/status/1255582188449431554?s=20

Why does he not just say the bloody age FFS.

bodhrandude wrote: »

Why does he not just say the bloody age FFS.

It’s 23, that’s been floating around for a few days