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Covid19 Part XIX-25,802 in ROI (1,753 deaths) 5,859 in NI (556 deaths) (21/07)Read OP

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  • #2432
    Igotadose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,716 ✭✭✭✭Igotadose


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Can you elaborate? We've top 25 testing in the world. Even higher when you take out the smaller countries.

    Eh? Worldometer shows Ireland #31 in tests per million and #52 in total tests. Where did you see Ireland as top 25?


  • #2433
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Igotadose wrote: »
    Eh? Worldometer shows Ireland #31 in tests per million and #52 in total tests. Where did you see Ireland as top 25?
    Take out countries with less than a million people and we're #19 in tests per million worldwide. Total tests is irrelevant, you have to base it on populations.


  • #2434
    MickeyLeari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 917 ✭✭✭MickeyLeari


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Take out countries with less than a million people and we're #19 in tests per million worldwide. Total tests is irrelevant, you have to base it on populations.

    Where do we rank in those countries with less than 5 million population?


  • #2435
    Non solum non ambulabit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭Non solum non ambulabit


    Igotadose wrote: »
    Eh? Worldometer shows Ireland #31 in tests per million and #52 in total tests. Where did you see Ireland as top 25?

    A lot of countries are using home testing kits etc. Ireland's testing is PCR. The gold standard of tests.


  • #2436
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    MickeyLeari wrote: »
    Where do we rank in those countries with less than 5 million population?
    18th, many of those have less than 1 million people


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  • #2437
    blacklilly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,687 ✭✭✭blacklilly


    How many new cases and deaths have been reported today?


  • #2438
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    For countries with a population between 1 and 5 million our testing is ranked 6th worldwide


  • #2439
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    blacklilly wrote: »
    How many new cases and deaths have been reported today?
    Conference is at 6:30


  • #2440
    Non solum non ambulabit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭Non solum non ambulabit


    Igotadose wrote: »
    Eh? Worldometer shows Ireland #31 in tests per million and #52 in total tests. Where did you see Ireland as top 25?

    You also have to remember that virtually nobody in Ireland has this disease. 99.8% of people tested don't have Covid. It is difficult to get enough people to test to move us up that league table


  • #2441
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Non solum non ambulabit wrote: »
    You also have to remember that virtually nobody in Ireland has this disease. 99.8% of people tested don't have Covid. It is difficult to get enough people to test to move us up that league table
    This is very true - have to remember that 18 people testing positive yesterday is not even 1 person per county, its less. Really small numbers.


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  • #2442
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    ACitizenErased wrote:
    They're so worried about international travel yet we're doing literally nothing about it. Increase the testing base, hire more labs, test on arrival, enforce mandatory quarantine. It's not rocket science like.
    Our labs are already working at capacity. You can't/shouldn't farm out testing to labs that arent accredited or trained to do diagnostic testing.

    Just because a facility, college or company has a "lab" doesnt mean they can provide Covid testing. One size doesn't fit all.


  • #2443
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Martina1991 wrote: »
    Our labs are already working at capacity. You can't/shouldn't farm out testing to labs that arent accredited or trained to do diagnostic testing.

    Just because a facility, college or company has a "lab" doesnt mean they can provide Covid testing. One size doesn't fit all.
    Labs are at less than half capacity.


  • #2444
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,461 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    From the Irish times, Martin saying this.
    “That is why we are adopting a cautious approach” to travel, he said, adding that second waves of the virus are emerging elsewhere including across Europe."

    Right so please do explain where is having a second wave in europe. There's going to be localised lockdowns, there's going to be spikes, we've seen spikes and we've seen the source of infections be it meat plants, mines etc, but second wave there is not.


  • #2445
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    From the Irish times, Martin saying this.
    “That is why we are adopting a cautious approach” to travel, he said, adding that second waves of the virus are emerging elsewhere including across Europe."

    Right so please do explain where is having a second wave in europe. There's going to be localised lockdowns, there's going to be spikes, we've seen spikes and we've seen the source of infections be it meat plants, mines etc, but second wave there is not.
    It's a bull**** cover up because he hasn't a feckin' clue what to do. Same old Fianna Fail, some things never change.


  • #2446
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    ZERO deaths again today.

    4 new cases


  • #2447
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,461 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Labs are at less than half capacity.
    User you've quoted works at the lab in UCD from what I can make out based on previous posts.

    Some labs will be at capacity, hosptial labs etc, they do have other tests to do apart from covid too.


  • #2448
    Leftwaffe
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    0 deaths.

    4 new cases.


  • #2449
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,461 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    ZERO deaths again today.

    4 new cases

    ah but it's Monday. Wait 2 weeks and we'll see a spike from Dame Lane.... everyone was very naughty at the weekend


  • #2450
    Morrison J
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,961 ✭✭✭Morrison J


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Can you elaborate? We've top 25 testing in the world. Even higher when you take out the smaller countries.

    We never hit the 100k a week capacity for tests or came close, thats including the tests we sent to Germany too. The HSE have said its been scaled down and apparently its basically being built from scratch again. Its the speed of the testing that is really important though and thats our biggest issue.

    The testing times have been getting slower despite the fact that the demand has decreased a boat load. No answer for why its so much slower either.

    We have time now to build an infrastructure to catch the virus before it spreads and we get a second wave. I like what Stephen Donnelly has been saying for a while now. Clearly understands the situation and what we need a lot more than Harris did. I'm slightly more optimistic that we have the people who are that bit more proactive in government now that maybe things can improve. Leo and Harris were all reactive, not proactive at all.


  • #2451
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Morrison J wrote: »
    We never hit the 100k a week capacity for tests or came close, thats including the tests we sent to Germany too. The HSE have said its been scaled down and apparently its basically being built from scratch again. Its the speed of the testing that is really important though and thats our biggest issue.

    The testing times have been getting slower despite the fact that the demand has decreased a boat load. No answer for why its so much slower either.

    We have time now to build an infrastructure to catch the virus before it spreads and we get a second wave. I like what Stephen Donnelly has been saying for a while now. Clearly understands the situation and what we need a lot more than Harris did. I'm slightly more optimistic that we have the people who are that bit more proactive in government now that maybe things can improve. Leo and Harris were all reactive, not proactive at all.
    Demand has increased significantly in the past two weeks? Do you not know anything about what you're talking about?
    https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-testing-and-contact-tracing-dashboard-6-july-2020.pdf


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  • #2452
    Always_Running
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    Redordeadqwwer wrote: »
    0 deaths.

    4 new cases.

    Great news.


  • #2453
    Be right back
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    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    ZERO deaths again today.

    4 new cases

    Fabulous to hear that!!


  • #2454
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    ah but it's Monday. Wait 2 weeks and we'll see a spike from Dame Lane.... everyone was very naughty at the weekend
    Don't we say that every time there's a bit of drama of people gathering?!


  • #2455
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,178 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    It's a bull**** cover up because he hasn't a feckin' clue what to do. Same old Fianna Fail, some things never change.

    He basically has taken soundbites out of Leo and Simons' press conference and muddled them together for this press conference
    Useless bunch


  • #2456
    expectationlost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,550 ✭✭✭✭expectationlost


    wait for tmw


  • #2457
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,153 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    And they continue the scaremongering of new restrictions and not going on holidays


  • #2458
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Good news on the cases. Bad news Zara King questions about Weddings inbound


  • #2459
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Fairly certain this is the first time we've had two days without deaths?


  • #2460
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,461 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Don't we say that every time there's a bit of drama of people gathering?!

    Yup every time and every Monday thought I'd just get it in there first today


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  • #2461
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,461 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    No shock here with all the talk of second waves from the various media outlets and officials. A nation that can't think for itself at the moment

    https://twitter.com/RobOHanrahan/status/1280193682390614016?s=19


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