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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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  • #2162
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,742 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    D.Q wrote: »
    when do we next get to vote on these useless chancers.

    held on or before Thursday 20 February 2025

    suck it up thats what ya voted for :pac:

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #2163
    fr336
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    Boris Johnson reckons the UK (he probably means England) is 2 weeks away from a second wave.


  • #2164
    zinfandel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 234 ✭✭zinfandel


    fr336 wrote: »
    Boris Johnson reckons the UK (he probably means England) is 2 weeks away from a second wave.

    then why the heck does he not do something to try and prevent it....


  • #2165
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    wadacrack wrote: »
    He used an article from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention its obviously a credible source. Six months is being labelled as long haulers by medial experts. You can only guess about anything int the future btw. Making educated judgements/analysis is what they are doing
    I think this has brought home how poorly most people process such data and the media doesn't help in the prominence they give studies. I am also not convinced that researchers help their own cases, unless that case is more money for research please. I'd much rather read this is what we've seen after x months and we will continue to track this into the future and report on it over the more alarming (could be) long term effect that will get the headlines.


  • #2166
    eigrod
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    https://twitter.com/vincekearney/status/1288468391448186890?s=21


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  • #2167
    fr336
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    zinfandel wrote: »
    then why the heck does he not do something to try and prevent it....

    You mean another lockdown? Very pro lockdown myself but we can't do it again. There would be a depression and people would starve. Masks and precaution it will have to be.


  • #2168
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    LATEST TESTING UPDATE

    Tests conducted last 24 hours: 4740
    Tests conducted last 7 days: 45460
    Additional positive tests: 46
    Positivity Rate last 7 days: 0.4%


  • #2169
    KrustyUCC
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    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    LATEST TESTING UPDATE

    Tests conducted last 24 hours: 4740
    Tests conducted last 7 days: 45460
    Additional positive tests: 46
    Positivity Rate last 7 days: 0.4%

    Oh dear

    Numbers won't be great tomorrow so

    Or will they be in tonights number do you think?


  • #2170
    ACitizenErased
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    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Oh dear

    Numbers won't be great tomorrow so

    Or will they be in tonights number do you think?

    Couldn’t tell ya tbh I don’t know anymore


  • #2171
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    LATEST TESTING UPDATE

    Tests conducted last 24 hours: 4740
    Tests conducted last 7 days: 45460
    Additional positive tests: 46
    Positivity Rate last 7 days: 0.4%

    Looks like the transmission rate is increasing rather sharply now.


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  • #2172
    KrustyUCC
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    Going to be a meltdown if we have 40 cases followed by 46


  • #2173
    ACitizenErased
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    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Going to be a meltdown if we have 40 cases followed by 46

    It looks to me like a big cluster tbh thats very very unusual, we haven’t seen a positivity rate like that for a number of months.


  • #2174
    ACitizenErased
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    wadacrack wrote: »
    Looks like the transmission rate is increasing rather sharply now.

    No it doesn’t.


  • #2175
    redmgar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 680 ✭✭✭redmgar


    Has to increase, the question is at what rate? Pubs will still open.


  • #2176
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,348 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Couldn’t tell ya tbh I don’t know anymore

    Until someone in the media asks the question of how positive tests correlate to reported new cases over a given period we will just not know.


  • #2177
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    GPs reporting no increase in cases. Has to be either travel or contacts that are coming through now.

    https://twitter.com/gpbuddy/status/1287805288163217410?s=21


  • #2178
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    CalamariFritti wrote: »
    Until someone in the media asks the question of how positive tests correlate to reported new cases over a given period we will just not know.

    Yeah for all we know this +46 could actually be yesterday’s positive tests. Daily average and GP trackers are the way to go.


  • #2179
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    It looks to me like a big cluster tbh thats very very unusual, we haven’t seen a positivity rate like that for a number of months.
    A cluster will generate potentially tens of cases very quickly, I don't think we can read anything into those figures. There's also retesting in there I believe.

    There's data we don't have access to (e.g. number of contacts per confirmed case, mobility data) which I'm sure Professor Nolan and his team are using to predict the future growth rate.


  • #2180
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Going to be a meltdown if we have 40 cases followed by 46

    That has to be the biggest distraction derailment topic on this thread.

    "It's high -> explain it away"
    "It's low -> open pubs"

    What other ones have a similar function.

    PUP payment debacle distracted nicely from the school non plan.
    The drink driving minister was another good one.
    Green list provided a nice bit of confusion.
    Masks that actually infect you was a peach.
    American tourists infectivating everyone.

    BLM distracted everyone from the fact the BAME people are more susceptible to serious illness.

    Very interesting and confusing times.


  • #2181
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,348 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Yeah for all we know this +46 could actually be yesterday’s positive tests. Daily average and GP trackers are the way to go.

    AFAIK we don't even know does this include multiple tests on the same person or not. Transparency is a problem and until thats sorted there will always be 'freak outs' on the one side and suspicion of embellishment to suit a message on the other. Just tell the people how it works. And if its not forthcoming will someone from the media please ask those questions. How are we still in the dark on all of that 4 months into it?


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  • #2182
    [Deleted User]
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    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    LATEST TESTING UPDATE

    Tests conducted last 24 hours: 4740
    Tests conducted last 7 days: 45460
    Additional positive tests: 46
    Positivity Rate last 7 days: 0.4%

    Now this does look like an actual increas


  • #2183
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Yeah for all we know this +46 could actually be yesterday’s positive tests. Daily average and GP trackers are the way to go.

    GP tracker can only be indicative as is self reported


  • #2184
    What Username Guidelines
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    Boggles wrote: »
    Do you honestly think Harris going to leave the nice cushy ministry that was invented for him?

    Not a chance, I'm surprised he didn't head for the hills and pack it all in. He jumped into the new role with gusto which, even though an easier portfolio, I doubt many could have done, given how he damn near killed himself working 24/7 through the thick of this. Yeah he'll get grief over certain decisions and I didn't agree with everything, but he was doing as much as he could take on and very visible in doing so.

    So far all I've seen is Donnelly holding up the app for photos ops.


  • #2185
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,461 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    It looks to me like a big cluster tbh thats very very unusual, we haven’t seen a positivity rate like that for a number of months.

    Wouldn't be a surprise to be honest, seeing as of the 40 announced yesterday half were close contacts and as we know some close contacts haven't been coming forward for testing. Wouldn't be a shock if cases now were showing in the people that were refusing tests when initially contacted traced.

    Hence the whole point in getting tested if your a contact. Anyway its just 1 theory, could be many reasons but sure they'll never say unless a stupidly big cluster has been identified


  • #2186
    What Username Guidelines
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    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    LATEST TESTING UPDATE

    Tests conducted last 24 hours: 4740
    Tests conducted last 7 days: 45460
    Additional positive tests: 46
    Positivity Rate last 7 days: 0.4%

    On the flip side, ICU decreased to 5 (from 6) and hospitalised down to 10 (from 13) overnight. More decent progress and hopefully a single figure in this evening's operations update.


  • #2187
    stephenjmcd
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    hmmm wrote: »
    A cluster will generate potentially tens of cases very quickly, I don't think we can read anything into those figures. There's also retesting in there I believe.

    There's data we don't have access to (e.g. number of contacts per confirmed case, mobility data) which I'm sure Professor Nolan and his team are using to predict the future growth rate.

    Just an FYI the close contact data is being relased again, it wasn't for a good while

    https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/integrated-information-service-testing-and-contact-tracing-dashboard-29-july-2020.pdf

    Of course it varies based on cluster size etc but gives an idea as to how many close contacts their having to deal with


  • #2188
    Boggles
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    What Username Guidelines wrote: »
    On the flip side, ICU decreased to 5 (from 6)

    That could actually mean someone died.


  • #2189
    What Username Guidelines
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    Boggles wrote: »
    That could actually mean someone died.

    Sorry, should have noted the dashboard has 1 discharge in last 24 and no admissions, so not a death thankfully.


  • #2190
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Boggles wrote: »
    That could actually mean someone died.
    It says 1 discharged. It says 0 discharges if someone dies.


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  • #2191
    [Deleted User]
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    My three months of living in a bubble of normality end tonight. Bars and all that craic closed in Hanoi and I suppose I won't be going back to work either.

    A 107-day run of no cases broken.


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