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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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  • #7982
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    hmmm wrote: »
    There's been a million individual tasks and difficult decisions required over the past few months, and you're including "Photo ops" in your criticism? People seem pretty happy to know that their Taoiseach and Health Minister are taking an interest in what is going on, unlike say the UK.

    This endless negativity is wearing.

    This government's response regarding care homes is criminal. They had all the time in the world but did nothing, they even counter signalled arguments to seal them off. That's whats fu*kng "wearing".


  • #7983
    DevilsHaircut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭DevilsHaircut


    https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1256240470361083904


  • #7984
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    https://twitter.com/MichealLehane/status/1256240856249643008?s=19


  • #7985
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    I think they'll start opening up employments soon using a phased approach/timeline using specified groups of workers.
    They will start with outdoor construction workers and then add another grouping 3 weeks later.


  • #7986
    random_banter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭random_banter


    Apologies if this has already been posted, looked at the last number of pages but didn't see it.

    The census of long term residential homes was published on gov.ie today.

    Our first recorded case was in Cork (CUH) 29th February, but this census has one confirmed COVID-19 death in the week up to 13-17th February, and two probable COVID-19 deaths between 24 Feb - 1 Mar.

    So is this saying that there were more COVID-10 cases than we knew at that time, and we had it before the 29th Feb?

    https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/868ad8-mortality-census-of-long-term-residential-care-facilities-1-january-/


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  • #7987
    mandrake04
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    tobefrank321 wrote: »
    You will have to explain this one to me, as I don't see it.

    Both countries have a strong pub, restaurant and café culture. We both like our sporting events, their Aussie rules is similar to our GAA in terms of importance. They are fanatical about sports, as are we, and much the same sports. It will be interesting to see if they reopen mass public events.

    They like going to the beach on a warm say, so do we. They are known for their sociable behaviour such as neighbourhood bbqs.

    Most of their cities are like Western European cities.

    The only really difference I see is the Aussies take border security very very seriously. Whereas we don't.


    They also took testing seriously, they ran a hugely successful Cervical HPV screening program over the last 3 years testing every prevalent lady in the country. You might remember that cervical testing is not exactly Ireland’s strong point.

    Any how once Covid popped its head up they used their high throughput HPV analysers to run SARS-Cov2, they were doing 90,000 per week but had capacity to do 300,000 per week if pushed. Also they have a reserve of 10million tests just in case.


    The other thing they did was close off flights from China early on, Australia had its first case on 25th January so they managed it well considering they didn’t close schools and shops and only went to a L3 lockdown. They exiting out of that in 3 weeks


  • #7988
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    Some virus guy was on the other night ref vaccines and said if it's standard dose of say 5ml they should be ok for vaccinating a good portion of population but if the vaccine requires lot more per shot then its going to cause serious issues and it will be a case of who can afford to get it and not who really needs it.


  • #7989
    Onesea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 475 ✭✭Onesea


    It will take some speech to undo the horror show the Irish media have been animating over the past months.
    The economy is going to open and open fast!


  • #7990
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Onesea wrote: »
    It will take some speech to undo the horror show the Irish media have been animating over the past months.
    The economy is going to open and open fast!

    He should just be honest he listened to unelected overpaid so called medical experts.

    Giving that he is unelected and his party as been utterly rejected by the country we all know he is just a snake oil salesman anyway.

    At least Trump was elected to his office unlike Leo who can not just do what he was clearly told by the Irish voting pubic jog on Leo.


  • #7991
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,786 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Bannasidhe wrote: »
    The CMO saying on Mar 11th (or thereabouts) restricting visits to Nursing homes was unnecessary?
    The clusterf*ck that is the whole testing/results debacle?
    PPE??
    Veradker and Harris (maskless) travelling around the place enjoying photo-ops?
    Direct Provision?!?!

    I agree. Though we as citizens cannot do anything about that, we cannot influence it. Have we been let down ? for sure in all the above regards. So as citizens in the meantime let’s fûcking do OUR bit right so WE are not adding to the clusterfûck. Political people and medical people dropping the ball, doesn’t give the rest of us a hall pass to do the same.

    I can only be responsible for me and in turn influence only those around me, which I am doing, family and friends and indeed my own behaviors.


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  • #7992
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1256249067107221504?s=19


  • #7993
    Downlinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,666 ✭✭✭Downlinz


    Onesea wrote: »
    It will take some speech to undo the horror show the Irish media have been animating over the past months.
    The economy is going to open and open fast!

    You think the media have been orchestrating a narrative that would destabilise their primary source of income (advertising) jeopardising all of their jobs? :pac:

    At least we have some comedians in here to keep the mood light!


  • #7994
    ShayNanigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 295 ✭✭ShayNanigan


    ShayNanigan wrote: »
    I'm not sure anymore which rules apply and which do not. There's an impromptu birthday party in my neighbourhood. Relatives of one of my neighbours were just going to pop by and wave from their car to wish one of the kids happy birthday. After a while encouraged by the shouts of "oh gwan now, you can stay a while" they left the car and there's a lovely gaggle of people outside definitely not keeping a distance some of them also popping inside the house now for a cuppa. What part of Skype or Zoom call don't people get?!

    Oh well, I guess anything goes now. After all, we've flattened the curve, right? And as long as everyone stays outdoors, it's ok?

    Looks like the entire rulebook was just thrown out. Now they've got old folks there too celebrating the birthday. After aunts and uncles left the grandparents arrived blocking people's driveway. Everyone happily indoors congregating. I've always known they were selfish #@*% but this confirms it.


  • #7995
    techdiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭techdiver


    Gael23 wrote: »
    The team at Oxfoord say they can produce 1 million doses of vaccine per month should it be successful. That would take 5 years just to cover the UK and Ireland

    They have since teamed up with AstraZeneca. They would have much more capacity to scale.


  • #7996
    rebeve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 856 ✭✭✭rebeve


    Wonder how many Seamus Heaney quotes he will get in .


  • #7997
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,786 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    ShayNanigan wrote: »
    Looks like the entire rulebook was just thrown out. Now they've got old folks there too celebrating the birthday. After aunts and uncles left the grandparents arrived blocking people's driveway. Everyone happily indoors congregating. I've always known they were selfish #@*% but this confirms it.

    Im thinking now that if I get to see my neighbors exhibiting similar behaviors do I sit of my hands or fûcking lift the phone. This lock down be fûck all fun and having to potentially die or become seriously ill not to mention piss broke as a result of the curve exploding again isn’t in anyone’s interest. So all you needy huggers and ‘need to see X personers ’ kindly try and do the impossible :rolleyes:, by sitting and watching your television.


  • #7998
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    Hopefully Varadker stops with the cringy quotes.

    Nothing against him but he tries far too hard at these briefings.


  • #7999
    PixieValentine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭PixieValentine


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/SeanDefoe/status/1256249067107221504?s=19

    It's been cancelled.


  • #8000
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,589 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    ShayNanigan wrote: »
    Looks like the entire rulebook was just thrown out. Now they've got old folks there too celebrating the birthday. After aunts and uncles left the grandparents arrived blocking people's driveway. Everyone happily indoors congregating. I've always known they were selfish #@*% but this confirms it.

    Hopefully one of those selfish fcuks is on a ventilator in a few days time.


  • #8001
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    PixieValentine wrote: »
    It's been cancelled.

    Yeah just after seeing that


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  • #8002
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Italy reports 1,965 new coronavirus and 269 new deaths in the last 24hrs taking the totals to 207,428 cases and 28,236 deaths.

    74,000 tests in the last 24hrs


  • #8003
    boardise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,530 ✭✭✭boardise


    rebeve wrote: »
    Wonder how many Seamus Heaney quotes he will get in .

    Could bring the house down with a quote from Eavan Boland.


  • #8004
    Wombatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,347 ✭✭✭Wombatman


    MD1990 wrote: »
    Hopefully Varadker stops with the cringy quotes.

    Nothing against him but he tries far too hard at these briefings.

    Following on from "Not all superheroes wear capes - some wear scrubs and gowns."

    He could stick with the theme and try to encourage mask wearing with something like........

    "Most superheroes wear masks- now you should too."


  • #8005
    owlbethere
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    Onesea wrote: »
    It will take some speech to undo the horror show the Irish media have been animating over the past months.
    The economy is going to open and open fast!

    LOL. The reason the health service didn't crash with a influx of sick people like Italy, Spain, the UK and America is because of the actions taken to slow down the spread of the virus.


  • #8006
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    Wombatman wrote: »
    Following on from "Not all superheroes wear capes - some wear scrubs and gowns."

    He could stick with the theme and try to encourage mask wearing with something like........

    "Most superheroes wear masks- now you should too."

    Masked crusaders! Wear one all the time, fight the Covid climb!

    I don't know if I have it in me to listen to another cringey speech. I'm not even particularly critical of Leo's overall handling of things, but the speeches I find painful.


  • #8007
    Onesea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 475 ✭✭Onesea


    owlbethere wrote: »
    LOL. The reason the health service didn't crash with a influx of sick people like Italy, Spain, the UK and America is because of the actions taken to slow down the spread of the virus.

    None of the health services crashed bar Italy.And eh SWEDEN


  • #8008
    redarmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭redarmy


    BREAKING: Sadly another 34 people have died of #covid19

    It brings the death toll from the virus to 1265

    @roinnslainte
    also confirms another 221 cases

    Total confirmed #coronavirus cases now stands at 20833


  • #8009
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    redarmy wrote: »
    BREAKING: Sadly another 34 people have died of #covid19

    It brings the death toll from the virus to 1265

    @roinnslainte
    also confirms another 221 cases

    Total confirmed #coronavirus cases now stands at 20833

    221 is a fierce low number. Did they say how many tests?


  • #8010
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,122 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Onesea wrote: »
    None of the health services crashed bar Italy.And eh SWEDEN

    Eh... Spain??? Some parts of the US?


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  • #8011
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,750 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    221 new cases is one of our lowest so far afaik


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