Covid 19 Part XX-26,644 in ROI (1,772 deaths) 6,064 in NI (556 deaths) (08/08)Read OP

stephenjmcd · 27-07-2020 07:00PM

shinzon wrote: »

Just tuned into the NPHET conference whose that idiot that asked if they were meeting now with the low cases would you advise yeah open up what a stupid bloody question

Shin

its been asked at most press conferences for weeks to be honest. Cases have stabilised again after a small increase so its the type of question that'll be asked again

US2 · 27-07-2020 07:00PM

Gael23 wrote: »

30% were community transmission. That’s not good

30% of 11?

Arghus · 27-07-2020 07:01PM

Eod100 wrote: »

Not being snarky but wonder do any know about it?

It's possible. They mightn't. They tend to ask questions about issues that are big in the media, rather than things that are actually pertinent.

And Zara King wanted to ask about hairdressers.

ACitizenErased · 27-07-2020 07:01PM

30% of cases total have been community transmission, 60+% are close contacts and the rest are travel

Stheno · 27-07-2020 07:04PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

30% of cases total have been community transmission, 60+% are close contacts and the rest are travel

Is it possible the community transmission cases are not being honest with contact tracers and so cant be linked to close contacts/ clusters?

Sheepdish1 · 27-07-2020 07:06PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

0 deaths

11 new cases

Expect a big jump tomorrow, they’re holding back 25+ positive tests

Are you being sarcastic?

pjohnson · 27-07-2020 07:06PM

Remember when that rogue Burke one faked being a reporter, got in and started asking the dumbest questions possible?

Away With The Fairies · 27-07-2020 07:08PM

Gael23 wrote: »

30% were community transmission. That’s not good

I haven't watched today's news yet. Is the 30% from community transmission from the weekend?

Arghus · 27-07-2020 07:09PM

pjohnson wrote: »

Remember when that rogue Burke one faked being a reporter, got in and started asking the dumbest questions possible?

Covid press briefing nostalgia.

That was a mental ten minutes. Tony took it like a champ, until he just had to give up.

Eod100 · 27-07-2020 07:09PM

pjohnson wrote: »

Remember when that rogue Burke one faked being a reporter, got in and started asking the dumbest questions possible?

Her brother is in the news today. Interesting family to say the least..

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/home-schooled-leaving-cert-student-seeks-to-challenge-exclusion-from-calculated-grades-1.4314816

s1ippy · 27-07-2020 07:10PM

Arghus wrote: »

News Now

The education one. I got it on fb, hilariously.

lukas8888 · 27-07-2020 07:11PM

Arghus wrote: »

It's possible. They mightn't. They tend to ask questions about issues that are big in the media, rather than things that are actually pertinent.

And Zara King wanted to ask about hairdressers.

Id say its certain they do not know

pjohnson · 27-07-2020 07:12PM

Eod100 wrote: »

Her brother is in the news today. Interesting family to say the least..

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/home-schooled-leaving-cert-student-seeks-to-challenge-exclusion-from-calculated-grades-1.4314816

10 Siblings!

Never knew how many there always seemed to be another one appearing :pac:

Thought the lot were banned from NUIG at one point.

ACitizenErased · 27-07-2020 07:13PM

Sheepdish1 wrote: »

Are you being sarcastic?

No i’m not?

Eod100 · 27-07-2020 07:13PM

pjohnson wrote: »

10 Siblings!

Never knew how many there always seemed to be another one appearing :pac:

Some of them tagged along with the Gemma O'Doherty and John Waters bandwagon so not surprised by this tbh.

pjohnson · 27-07-2020 07:15PM

Eod100 wrote: »

Some of them tagged along with the Gemma O'Doherty and John Waters bandwagon so not surprised by this tbh.

They created the bandwagon tbh just didnt get the hang of social media/conspiracy. They go too hard and get instantly banned.

Van.Bosch · 27-07-2020 07:15PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Yup agreed, its basic but they just seem to ask the same questions based off the daily cases without any look at the postive test data etc

Someone should give them the question for Thursdays press conference

ShineOn7 · 27-07-2020 07:18PM

Arghus wrote: »

What I don't understand is why no journalist ever asks about it.

There's something weirdly controlled about what they ask and don't ask. It's almost like they know if they piss off the person they're asking then they won't be welcome next week

But I'd say it's more to do with the fact that RTE, The Irish Times are more are 100% just media outlets and mouthpieces for the Irish State

We give out about American political parties owning the agenda of CNN/Fox etc, but it very much happens here too

is_that_so · 27-07-2020 07:19PM

Eod100 wrote: »

Her brother is in the news today. Interesting family to say the least..

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/home-schooled-leaving-cert-student-seeks-to-challenge-exclusion-from-calculated-grades-1.4314816

Whatever about the attention-seeking court case he has a point. Anyone who studied subjects outside the school can't actually get an assessed grade.

petes · 27-07-2020 07:21PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

There's something weirdly controlled about what they ask and don't ask. It's almost like they know they if they piss off the person they're asking then they won't be welcome next week

But I'd say it's more to do with the fact that RTE, The Irish Times are more are 100% just media outlets and mouthpieces for the Irish State

We give out about American political parties owning the agenda of CNN/Fox etc, but it very much happens here too

At least it's not like it used to be in the UK with the remote questions, they could just move on to the next question and cut the person off, which they did, lots!

ShineOn7 · 27-07-2020 07:24PM

It's been "add Monday and Tuesday together and divide by two to get the real picture" for weeks now hasn't it?

lukas8888 · 27-07-2020 07:29PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

There's something weirdly controlled about what they ask and don't ask. It's almost like they know if they piss off the person they're asking then they won't be welcome next week

But I'd say it's more to do with the fact that RTE, The Irish Times are more are 100% just media outlets and mouthpieces for the Irish State

We give out about American political parties owning the agenda of CNN/Fox etc, but it very much happens here too

Nonsense, more like they have not done any homework.

27-07-2020 07:30PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

It's been "add Monday and Tuesday together and divide by two to get the real picture" for weeks now hasn't it?

Likely down to a quirk in the way the data is aggregated after a Sunday rather than anything sinister

YellowBucket · 27-07-2020 07:32PM

People certainly aren't going to be honest with contact tracers if there's a suggestion that they'll have their pandemic support payments cut off if they've been abroad, so we could well end up getting a totally false picture.

Arghus · 27-07-2020 07:34PM

ShineOn7 wrote: »

There's something weirdly controlled about what they ask and don't ask. It's almost like they know if they piss off the person they're asking then they won't be welcome next week

But I'd say it's more to do with the fact that RTE, The Irish Times are more are 100% just media outlets and mouthpieces for the Irish State

We give out about American political parties owning the agenda of CNN/Fox etc, but it very much happens here too

RTÉ can tow the party line fairly closely at times, but I don't think The Times is quite as bad. They do have dissenting voices on there. Mark Paul has been bashing the government's strategy on there for ages and Paul Cullen, from the same paper, used to constantly ask pointed questions in the press briefings. I think Tony would have liked to fight him.

is_that_so · 27-07-2020 07:36PM

YellowBucket wrote: »

People certainly aren't going to be honest with contact tracers if there's a suggestion that they'll have their pandemic support payments cut off if they've been abroad, so we could well end up getting a totally false picture.

Is this what contact tracers do? I thought it was more of a case that "you may be a close contact to someone who's infected, you should get tested" approach. PUP, I would have thought, is more to do with DEASP or Revenue.

SCOOP 64 · 27-07-2020 07:38PM

GooglePlus wrote: »

Is it administrative backlog?

Is there some arseways process that they have in place that delays the release, I can't see why they'd intentionally delay figures when they're obviously available via your own source.

Maybe with the press conference with back to school next month this evening and reporting big numbers at same time ,maybe they thought best waiting for tomorrow.

is_that_so · 27-07-2020 07:39PM

Arghus wrote: »

RTÉ can tow the party line fairly closely at times, but I don't think The Times is quite as bad. They do have dissenting voices on there. Mark Paul has been bashing the government's strategy on there for ages and Paul Cullen, from the same paper, used to constantly ask pointed questions in the press briefings. I think Tony would have liked to fight him.

Mark Paul has been ranting for months and Paul Cullen is the epitome of a snarky journalist! His questions have never been brilliant either!

US2 · 27-07-2020 07:40PM

Martin says people on pup should be actively seeking work. These people have jobs don't they, and most will be back at work on August 10th?

Arghus · 27-07-2020 07:44PM

Eod100 wrote: »

Her brother is in the news today. Interesting family to say the least..

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/home-schooled-leaving-cert-student-seeks-to-challenge-exclusion-from-calculated-grades-1.4314816

My heart goes out to them. How they keep running into problems that force them into the national media time and time again.

Covid 19 Part XX-26,644 in ROI (1,772 deaths) 6,064 in NI (556 deaths) (08/08)Read OP

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