Covid19 Part XVII-24,841 in ROI (1,639 deaths) 4,679 in NI (518 deaths)(28/05)Read OP

MipMap · 07-05-2020 10:07PM

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Tip - go as early as is personally possible, went to the local Dunnes at 10 this morning, and there wasn't even a queue outside.

Form Lidl website
Priority shopping hours for elderly customers

From 9-11am, we are implementing priority shopping hours for the elderly across all 163 Lidl stores in Ireland. This will include prioritised queuing and additional assistance for our older customers.
We ask that the public respect this time period to allow more vulnerable customers to pick up the food and supplies they need.

Has this one fallen by the wayside as well?

MipMap · 07-05-2020 10:16PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

No they don't. That's a silly claim to make. Smart people don't touch their face.

Have a look at today's briefing
15:00 on.
Look at the guy on Phillip Nolan's right. He is a smart guy.

https://www.pscp.tv/rtenews/1MYGNkVwMeZJw

ShineOn7 · 07-05-2020 10:17PM

speckle wrote: »

https://www.gov.ie/en/news/58bc8b-taoiseach-announces-roadmap-for-reopening-society-and-business-and-u/

Thanks

May 18th - Meeting small groups outside

Up to 4 people who don't live together can meet outdoors while keeping at least 2 metres apart

So they were 10 days ahead of meeting their Grandparents - one rule broken

And were meeting (and presumably kissing and more) each other - two rules broken

Are people starting to see these rules broken more and more with households mixing? Albeit outdoors?

It doesn't bode well for the coming weeks

Maestro85 · 07-05-2020 10:19PM

There seems to be a complete disregard for phasing or rules or even guidelines now. The tourism site I work in will be open on the 18th of this month to anyone so come on down to Cork. :mad:

I say anyone because we are being told it is not up to us to ask if they are local. Staff who disagree with this are free to accept the covid payment and be removed from the "books" until the site is open. We are not even charging for access but we will be for use of the bathrooms and there will be a shop open that will be selling ice cream/popcorn and all of the confectionary products your heart could desire. No marking are in place yet for social distancing and will be minimal when it is in place.

As far as I am concerned the 5 phase plan is joke if it is not being regulated and enforced. FML.

owlbethere · 07-05-2020 10:20PM

Just on the discussion of masks. It was reported that people can be infectious 2/3 days before showing symptoms of an infection. I know we have social distancing measures in place and we can't get close to people and continuing them social distancing measures will help, for sure. Wouldn't making masks or face coverings a requirement for public transport, and indoor environments, help? All it would take is one careless person, if infected, to go out into public like a shop and cough or sneeze carelessly without covering their cough or sneeze, to infect other people and start a new cluster.

Especially going forward into the summer. We are in hay-fever season and maybe hay-fever and the virus and Co exist together in a person. Then we will be going into the autumn after that and that can be a time for the increase of colds with children going back to school. Then we will be going into the wintertime. Surely making face coverings a requirement makes sense.

ChelseaRentBoy · 07-05-2020 10:21PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

No they don't. That's a silly claim to make. Smart people don't touch their face.

That's a silly claim to make. All types of people touch their face.

Of course the mask stops others from getting covid if you cough or sneeze but it serve it's use best to one's self by stopping you touching your face, for me anyway.

Eod100 · 07-05-2020 10:24PM

Leaving Cert due to be cancelled apparently. Wasn't due to be sat til 29th July. Think they'd be able to come up with more centres with colleges off for forseeable but maybe couldn't manage it.

DevilsHaircut · 07-05-2020 10:25PM

Can't believe this. Teacher unions and stressed students.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/leaving-cert-exams-set-to-be-cancelled-and-replaced-with-predicted-grades-1.4247877

owlbethere · 07-05-2020 10:27PM

Eod100 wrote: »

Leaving Cert due to be cancelled apparently. Wasn't due to be sat til 29th July. Think they'd be able to come up with more centres with colleges off for forseeable but maybe couldn't manage it.

God, that's going to be though going for all the leaving cert students involved. And also their teachers. It's a proper mess all around.

The 29th of July, wasn't a great date either. Smack bang in the middle of summer where we will either have
1) a heatwave, or
2) spells of torrential rain

Peanut Butter Jelly · 07-05-2020 10:31PM

I do hope those who have so emphatically called for the leaving cert to be cancelled can now approach the department with their suggestions of a fair an balanced approach for assessment

I'm referring to "experts" and politicians, not the students themselves

owlbethere · 07-05-2020 10:32PM

Why are they cancelling the exams? We got some good numbers today and I thought community transmissions is low. Are they fearful of a secondwave?

What's the situation in Europe where some countries have opened up? Are they seeing an increase in cases?

DevilsHaircut · 07-05-2020 10:37PM

BTW this year the mocks were widely leaked at least a week before any school had them. Mocks are set by two private companies and may well be taken into account by the teachers doing the grading.

It seems to have been a hack this year rather than the usual student posting of screenshots.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLeavingCert/comments/ev86q8/all_the_papers_from_****theleavingcom/

Ms2011 · 07-05-2020 10:39PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

I dare anyone to wear a surgical mask and resist the urge to adjust it with their hands at least once. Comfortable they are not.

I only said the same to my husband when I came home from shopping this morning. Stupid mask kept slipping up and blocking my vision so had to keep adjusting it, definitely had to put my hand to my face more with the mask on than if I wasn't wearing one.

ACitizenErased · 07-05-2020 10:39PM

The Department of Education haven't a f*cking clue what they're doing. What's happening right now is honestly disgraceful. I don't see any reason why the exams can't be held. There's plenty of empty classrooms and town halls where students could be spread out.

Maestro85 · 07-05-2020 10:43PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The Department of Education haven't a f*cking clue what they're doing. What's happening right now is honestly disgraceful. I don't see any reason why the exams can't be held. There's plenty of empty classrooms and town halls where students could be spread out.

How will this effect the CAO and college placements. My wife's niece is doing the LC (or was) and hoping to get into a course with fairly high points.

Miike · 07-05-2020 10:47PM

AdamD wrote: »

Do people still think you catch this because somebody brushes by you in a supermarket?

No, it's not something I think nor is it the point I was making either. My point was in relation to social distancing not being adhered to. Slight bit of mental gymnastics involved on your behalf to arrive at such on conclusions from what my post was concerning.

Do you think it takes 15 minutes in the vicinity of a +ve case to get infected, and so, that we can just be fine if we move away from people after 14 minutes? If you don't understand the basics of transmission there is a wealth of knowledge available, I'd recommend Google as a decent start point. There is even a free ebook available from the World Health Organisation written by Ruth Bonita that will bring you up to speed on the basics of transmission and epidemiology.

If you're going to attempt to form opinions at least attempt to make them informed.

Edit: When you've finally come to grips with things here is a paper (albeit preprint) demonstrating the comparative rates of transmission in closed vs open environments https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272v1.full.pdf in relation to SARS-CoV-2.

GM228 · 07-05-2020 10:53PM

fritzelly wrote: »

I fear if we have another month of this boards will crash to never come back

recyclebin wrote: »

Would this not be better off in it's own thread? The scroll wheel on my mouse is overheating scrolling past this post everyday.

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Any chance of cutting this back to something smaller?

Open to suggestions, perhaps "the last 10 days" or something similar? Or full Ireland data with averages and NI data reduced etc? Perhaps the posts are getting longer and repetitive, (personally I like seeing all days data group together to view the changing trend as a whole).

Is a new thread warranted, there is afterall an Island of Ireland thread giving the basic numbers.

Are the posts even of interest to other Boardies and if so anything which could be added/removed?

Lundstram wrote: »

Just block the poster if it annoys you so much. Some of us find it useful. :rolleyes:

Glad someone likes them

fritzelly · 07-05-2020 11:04PM

Its very annoying on tablet/mobile - makes all the other posts tiny (at least in standard view, don't use the mobile version)

tobefrank321 · 07-05-2020 11:05PM

wakka12 wrote: »

0.1% of the population of the state of New Jersey will have died of covid by tomorrow evening. State of Connecticut also approaching similar rate of mortality

More scaremongering.

You could have added the caveat that half of New Jerseys deaths are from nursing homes.

And most of the other half are eldely with chronic underlying conditions.

In other words people who were already on the verge of death.

You chose not to. Scaremongerers like you will cause many deaths among people afraid to go to GPs or Hospitals for vital cancer diagnoses or treatment because of the fear you are whipping up.

martingriff · 07-05-2020 11:09PM

Maestro85 wrote: »

How will this effect the CAO and college placements. My wife's niece is doing the LC (or was) and hoping to get into a course with fairly high points.

Watch all who get low points or do not get into a college place due to the predictive marks be up in arms. The first will be that student who got "over 26 thousand names" on an online petition

Cork Boy 53 · 07-05-2020 11:10PM

GM228 wrote: »

Open to suggestions, perhaps "the last 10 days" or something similar? Or full Ireland data with averages and NI data reduced etc? Perhaps the posts are getting longer and repetitive, (personally I like seeing all days data group together to view the changing trend as a whole).

Is a new thread warranted, there is afterall an Island of Ireland thread giving the basic numbers.

Are the posts even of interest to other Boardies and if so anything which could be added/removed?

Glad someone likes them

They are fine. Don`t mind the complainers. You are doing a great job with those facts and figures. Keep it up.:)

martingriff · 07-05-2020 11:12PM

tobefrank321 wrote: »

More scaremongering.

You could have added the caveat that half of New Jerseys deaths are from nursing homes.

And most of the other half are eldely with chronic underlying conditions.

In other words people who were already on the verge of death.

You chose not to. Scaremongerers like you will cause many deaths among people afraid to go to GPs or Hospitals for vital cancer diagnoses or treatment because of the fear you are whipping up.

Why is it scaremongering if it is true. Who is to say when that person would have died. People in America not going to doctors and sick have more to do with costs also

Miike · 07-05-2020 11:12PM

GM228 wrote: »

Open to suggestions, perhaps "the last 10 days" or something similar? Or full Ireland data with averages and NI data reduced etc? Perhaps the posts are getting longer and repetitive, (personally I like seeing all days data group together to view the changing trend as a whole).

Is a new thread warranted, there is afterall an Island of Ireland thread giving the basic numbers.

Are the posts even of interest to other Boardies and if so anything which could be added/removed?

Glad someone likes them

I like them, I actually look forward to them. Perhaps a mod could make you your own locked thread to post them in, if people have a problem with them? They're a comprehensive resource for a quick review.

owlbethere · 07-05-2020 11:13PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

The Department of Education haven't a f*cking clue what they're doing. What's happening right now is honestly disgraceful. I don't see any reason why the exams can't be held. There's plenty of empty classrooms and town halls where students could be spread out.

Nobody knows what they are doing anymore

Maestro85 · 07-05-2020 11:18PM

martingriff wrote: »

Watch all who get low points or do not get into a college place due to the predictive marks be up in arms. The first will be that student who got "over 26 thousand names" on an online petition

I didn't think of that.

This is going to be one huge debacle come August/September.

An Ciarraioch · 07-05-2020 11:19PM

In France, masks will be obligatory on public transport, and the country has been classified into two zones: in the "green zone", the easing of restrictions will be accelerated from May 11th, but in the "red zone", the current position will remain:

stephenjmcd · 07-05-2020 11:20PM

HSE hospital report after being issued for today.

As of 8pm tonight there are 76 confirmed cases in ICU.

Also as of 8pm there are 569 confirmed cases in acute hospitals.

Last night that was 82 confirmed cases in ICU and 618 cases in acute hospitals.

Miike · 07-05-2020 11:21PM

owlbethere wrote: »

Nobody knows what they are doing anymore

It's almost like we've never had to deal with something of this scale before :pac:

stephenjmcd · 07-05-2020 11:22PM

Maestro85 wrote: »

I didn't think of that. This is going to be one huge debacle come August/September.

It was mentioned on virgin media last night, predictive grades could cause huge issues and leave the state and the state examinations commission wide open to high court challenge if a student missed out on a college place due to a predictive grade.

Very much like the case in recent years where a student appealed results but wasn't being allowed into college in the current academic year

martingriff · 07-05-2020 11:31PM

Maestro85 wrote: »

I didn't think of that. This is going to be one huge debacle come August/September.

Exactly and this was the 1 reason the unions would have backed a LC

Covid19 Part XVII-24,841 in ROI (1,639 deaths) 4,679 in NI (518 deaths)(28/05)Read OP

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