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

timsey tiger · 10-07-2020 08:39PM

jojofizzio wrote: »

Not all....I’m a healthcare worker working “on the frontline “ since this kicked off and have never been tested...

That seems remiss given the numbers of health care workers infected. Have you queried it with your line manager, maybe there is an administrative error? Have your colleagues been tested?

jojofizzio · 10-07-2020 08:41PM

timsey tiger wrote: »

That seems remiss given the numbers of health care workers infected. Have you queried it with your line manager, maybe there is an administrative error? Have your colleagues been tested?

It’s come from the line manager,whose line manager it’s come from etc.....none of my colleagues (who work in the sector I do) have been tested..
And my colleagues working on wards in one of the biggest hospitals in the country haven’t been tested either....(different line manager/reporting line)

tom1ie · 10-07-2020 08:42PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Can you name who these people are rather than referring to this mystery cult

No I won’t make it personal tbh. You know who I allude to.
Your safe enough citizen your fairly informative and fair with your observations.

ShineOn7 · 10-07-2020 08:42PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

So before the testing of nursing homes etc kicked off again, on June 26th so 2 weeks ago we took roughly 3,000 swabs that day, on the 26th we had 3 deaths and 11 cases.

In the last 24hrs,
Tests conducted last 24 hours = 9329
Positive test results last 24 hours = 21

An additional 10 cases for an over an additional 6,000 tests. We've increased testing and finding roughly an additional 10 cases per day from when we were doing a third of the tests we are now.

More you test more you find, can only be a good thing.

Thanks for doing the Maths on that

Then today's numbers are actually better than they were at the end of June

Anyone who can't see that needs to go back to School

Boggles · 10-07-2020 08:46PM

Thread is gone full Trump.

We only have cases because we are testing.

Stop testing = no cases.

Instances of the virus is on the rise, it's pretty simple.

Plumbthedepths · 10-07-2020 08:51PM

Boggles wrote: »

Thread is gone full Trump.

We only have cases because we are testing.

Stop testing = no cases.

Instances of the virus is on the rise, it's pretty simple.

It's also gone from discussing Covid to discussing 'cults' and other posters.

ACitizenErased · 10-07-2020 08:52PM

tom1ie wrote: »

No I won’t make it personal tbh. You know who I allude to.
Your safe enough citizen your fairly informative and fair with your observations.

Thank god I thought I’d be culled!!!

ACitizenErased · 10-07-2020 08:52PM

Jay Dee wrote: »

Hi,

Sorry for the delay, I just made the connection,.. What does " hello " mean,.. !!!!!
Didn't see it at all !!!.

Anyway, can you point me, to where the figures are county based ??

Thanks

Jay

All county data is available here Jay.
https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/

tom1ie · 10-07-2020 08:54PM

jojofizzio wrote: »

It’s come from the line manager,whose line manager it’s come from etc.....none of my colleagues (who work in the sector I do) have been tested..
And my colleagues working on wards in one of the biggest hospitals in the country haven’t been tested either....(different line manager/reporting line)

This is crazy.

ACitizenErased · 10-07-2020 08:54PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

It's also gone from discussing Covid to discussing 'cults' and other posters.

All we’re trying to do is #MakeIrelandGreatAgain #MIGA

#Plumb2020

Zonda999 · 10-07-2020 08:55PM

Boggles wrote: »

Thread is gone full Trump.

We only have cases because we are testing.

Stop testing = no cases.

Instances of the virus is on the rise, it's pretty simple.

Our rate of positives was very low anyway though and has clearly gone lower as the poster has outlined. In the likes of Texas they were never that low

s1ippy · 10-07-2020 08:56PM

jojofizzio wrote: »

It’s come from the line manager,whose line manager it’s come from etc.....none of my colleagues (who work in the sector I do) have been tested..
And my colleagues working on wards in one of the biggest hospitals in the country haven’t been tested either....(different line manager/reporting line)

I work with an NGO, disability services. We work closely with HSE home help. None of our or their staff or users have ever been tested as a matter of routine. Also a nursing home employee I spoke with yesterday told me that they haven't had a test in weeks and there's no routine testing scheduled for them in coming weeks.

timsey tiger · 10-07-2020 08:56PM

Micky 32 wrote: »

No it wasn’t a silly post it’s fact pandemics come and go, . The word “go” is key. I have seen other hysteria posts from you in the past.

I thought you were joking with the smile.

They come and go for sure, how many lives they take and how much economic hardship they cause are not so certain. I'm sure that if this thing gets beyond control and further recks the economy there won't be anybody admitting to laughing.

Hysterical, well thats just your opinion and is sexist BTW. I can't say that I recall you having anything you have ever posted.

spookwoman · 10-07-2020 08:58PM

timsey tiger wrote: »

Only up to a point, testing costs money. Resources have to be sensiblely used.

Tests cost about €200 each https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/covid-19-tests-cost-the-state-200-each-says-taoiseach-1.4264130

If people avail of testing it means a better handle on who is infected and who may be spreading, at least this way it can help nip it in the bud before it gets worse. If left unchecked it would cost the state more in hospital bills with more people infected and needing medical care. More people infected also means more chance of another lockdown.

Jim_Hodge · 10-07-2020 08:58PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Thanks for doing the Maths on that

Then today's numbers are actually better than they were at the end of June

Anyone who can't see that needs to go back to School

I get your point but it's not that simple. The bottom line remains that cases have increased and the virus still has the potential to spread further.
"We have more cases because we test more" reminds me of a very unreliable source across the pond.

Jim_Hodge · 10-07-2020 09:00PM

s1ippy wrote: »

I work with an NGO, disability services. We work closely with HSE home help. None of our or their staff or users have ever been tested as a matter of routine. Also a nursing home employee I spoke with yesterday told me that they haven't had a test in weeks and there's no routine testing scheduled for them in coming weeks.

And a relative working in a nursing home here has been tested several times. Strange.

ACitizenErased · 10-07-2020 09:02PM

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

And a relative working in a nursing home here has been tested several times. Strange.

Likewise here. Friend of ours is tested regularly in a local nursing home.
My father is a healthcare worker in a large hospital and has never been tested.

tom1ie · 10-07-2020 09:05PM

Jesus. The frontline testing sounds all over the place (albeit I’m judging that on a small sample ie a few posters on this thread)

ShineOn7 · 10-07-2020 09:08PM

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

I get your point but it's not that simple. The bottom line remains that cases have increased and the virus still has the potential to spread further.
"We have more cases because we test more" reminds me of a very unreliable source across the pond.

Don't compare us to that clown show Jim, you know better

There's so many asymptomatic cases that you could test 50,000 Irish people tomorrow and the positivity rate will probably still be in or around 0.2%

Santy2015 · 10-07-2020 09:08PM

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/taoiseach-phase-four-re-opening-may-be-delayed-over-fears-around-gatherings-and-house-parties-1010544.html
So that’s phase 4 gone. What a f***ing joke

Boggles · 10-07-2020 09:10PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

My father is a healthcare worker in a large hospital and has never been tested.

Non medical workers wouldn't get tested unless they requested it.

ShineOn7 · 10-07-2020 09:10PM

Boggles wrote: »

Thread is gone full Trump.

We only have cases because we are testing.

Stop testing = no cases.

That's not what's been said at all

That's how you're conceiving what's been said

stephenjmcd · 10-07-2020 09:10PM

Santy2015 wrote: »

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/taoiseach-phase-four-re-opening-may-be-delayed-over-fears-around-gatherings-and-house-parties-1010544.html
So that’s phase 4 gone. What a f***ing joke

House parties have been going on since the start. Timed to give people a scare for this weekend I would think. Seems to be a common theme to give a scare at the weekends.

If his issue is house parties I'm not sure how exactly you stop them.

Let see what next week brings but current case numbers wouldn't be justification to push it back. If its pubs, covid doesn't exactly know the difference between a €9 meal and no meal, anywhere not following the guidelines has been given their scare

timsey tiger · 10-07-2020 09:11PM

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

And a relative working in a nursing home here has been tested several times. Strange.

Maybe, there were cases or suspected cases in that home or in someway associated with it.

I guess if there is a need to be tested once, then it needs to be repeated a few times at regular times, until two full cycles of the virus has passed or something along those lines.

Boggles · 10-07-2020 09:12PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

That's not what's been said at all

That's how you're conceiving what's been said

Really? If you told me the post below was a tweet from the great man himself I would believe you.

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Then today's numbers are actually better than they were at the end of June

Anyone who can't see that needs to go back to School

s1ippy · 10-07-2020 09:12PM

Glad to hear it about the nursing home testing going on. The employee I spoke to worked in a facility where there were never any cases of covid detected. They were one of the first homes tested back in April. Staff at the facility have reportedly been crying out to their manager to retest in the past few weeks.

I've also regularly emailed the group I worked for throughout this noting the urgency for testing of staff and users of our agency. We go from house to house so huge risks of spreading. I wrote to the Irish Times about it as well when they had a public appeal but I don't believe it was published.

ShineOn7 · 10-07-2020 09:15PM

Santy2015 wrote: »

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/taoiseach-phase-four-re-opening-may-be-delayed-over-fears-around-gatherings-and-house-parties-1010544.html
So that’s phase 4 gone. What a f***ing joke

A phrase I've learnt since March is "soft drop"

It's when the Government intend to do something but get the media to leak it first to soften the blow with the public

That looks like a soft drop and to be honest it mightn't be a bad thing.

For a week or two now (in some cases longer) people are behaving like we've eradicated it from the country

timsey tiger · 10-07-2020 09:16PM

tom1ie wrote: »

Jesus. The frontline testing sounds all over the place (albeit I’m judging that on a small sample ie a few posters on this thread)

And unreliable data in that small survey too.

Santy2015 · 10-07-2020 09:17PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

House parties have been going on since the start. Timed to give people a scare for this weekend I would think. Seems to be a common theme to give a scare at the weekends.

If his issue is house parties I'm not sure how exactly you stop them.

Let see what next week brings but current case numbers wouldn't be justification to push it back. If its pubs, covid doesn't exactly know the difference between a €9 meal and no meal

It’s going beyond a joke though.
Pubs have got zero guidelines to go by. I know the Gastro Pubs have theirs but that’s because they’re essentially restaurants for now.
It’s getting a bit disheartening now at this stage.
They can’t stop house parties it’s impossible. We are a nanny state

lawrencesummers · 10-07-2020 09:17PM

Santy2015 wrote: »

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/taoiseach-phase-four-re-opening-may-be-delayed-over-fears-around-gatherings-and-house-parties-1010544.html
So that’s phase 4 gone. What a f***ing joke

If they are worried about cases rising then put some Fawking restrictions on inward travel from the US and the UK.

We have complied with the lockdown, now don’t be asking us to carry the can when the yanks and brits have free reign to come here Because they won’t stand up to Boris or Donald.

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

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