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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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  • #3572
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Vertigo100 wrote: »
    Not sure where the child picked it up but the only symptom was a runny nose. Other than that the child was fine.

    They tested a toddler because of a runny nose?


  • #3573
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,236 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    They tested a toddler because of a runny nose?

    :rolleyes: As a contact of another case.......


  • #3574
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    :rolleyes: As a contact of another case.......

    OK :) duh.


  • #3575
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Jeez... Boards getting very slow again...


  • #3576
    The Unbearables
    Closed Accounts Posts: 359 ✭✭The Unbearables


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    I love boats. Who the fvck in their right mind would get on one these days.
    Seriously.

    Just came off one from France on Tuesday and 2 nights down to Spain 3 weeks before that. Own cabins, showers, toilets etc...as well as very strict social distancing and mask use on board. Perfectly safe.


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  • #3577
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    Just saw Spain reported >3,000 cases today. While they include antibody testing, new PCR positives account for 1,525 of those.


  • #3578
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    The Unbearables wrote: »
    Just came off one from France on Tuesday and 2 nights down to Spain 3 weeks before that. Own cabins, showers, toilets etc...as well as very strict social distancing and mask use on board. Perfectly safe.

    Sorry I should have been specific. Cruise ships are petri dishes. I think ferrys can be grand with the space etc and common sense.


  • #3579
    big syke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭big syke


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    HSE Daily Operations Update

    7 in hospital, increase of 1.
    1 confirmed case in the last 24 hours in Cavan.
    4 in ICU and 2 ventilated, no change.

    Beaumont -- (1)
    Cavan -- (1)
    Temple Street +1 (1)
    Drogheda -- (1)
    Mater -- (1)
    Sligo -- (1)
    Tallaght -- (1)

    The temple street children's hospital admitted one today????


  • #3580
    The Unbearables
    Closed Accounts Posts: 359 ✭✭The Unbearables


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Sorry I should have been specific. Cruise ships are petri dishes. I think ferrys can be grand with the space etc and common sense.

    Absolutely. The onboard entertainment is the reason it spread rapidly on the cruise ships. The ferry actually only let a certain amount of people eat in the restaurant at any one time and the bars where completely shut to table service.


  • #3581
    Renjit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Renjit


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Jeez... Boards getting very slow again...

    Watermelon party today :D


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  • #3582
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    I love reading what's happening in the gigs and events threads. Alot of concerts being rescheduled for next year. There's concerts meant to be taking place next March and April... Are we going to be back to normal in any way by then?


  • #3583
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,886 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    I love reading what's happening in the gigs and events threads. Alot of concerts being rescheduled for next year. There's concerts meant to be taking place next March and April... Are we going to be back to normal in any way by then?

    I think there’s a lot of that calendar based delusion going on. The penal types have sacrificed 2020 in their heads to the god of Covid but come 2021 “sure it’ll be gettin back to normal”. Like something is going to radically change by then. God love them many even think a vaccine will be magically available by then. Oh and we continue in this economic semi-paralysis with absolutely no cuts to any standards of living or services...


  • #3584
    Juwwi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭Juwwi


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    I love reading what's happening in the gigs and events threads. Alot of concerts being rescheduled for next year. There's concerts meant to be taking place next March and April... Are we going to be back to normal in any way by then?

    I doubt it to be honest as much as I'd like to be wrong .


  • #3585
    coastwatch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 909 ✭✭✭coastwatch


    The Unbearables wrote: »
    Absolutely. The onboard entertainment is the reason it spread rapidly on the cruise ships. The ferry actually only let a certain amount of people eat in the restaurant at any one time and the bars where completely shut to table service.

    Are there many holiday passengers onboard, or is it all commercial/ transport?


  • #3586
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    Away With The Fairies wrote: »
    I love reading what's happening in the gigs and events threads. Alot of concerts being rescheduled for next year. There's concerts meant to be taking place next March and April... Are we going to be back to normal in any way by then?

    Yeah I got a text from Three about UB40 playing here in March and while it’s 7 months away, look at how much has changed in the last 5 months. Who knows what will happen.

    Didn’t some Irish band announce a gig for January when all this was kicking off in March? Something about it being free for healthcare workers?

    Anyway, even if it does magically disappear without a vaccine, it may take some time for everyone to feel comfortable in crowds again. I’ve tickets for a theatre show in December which I’ve written off tbh.


  • #3587
    What Username Guidelines
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,139 ✭✭✭What Username Guidelines


    big syke wrote: »
    The temple street children's hospital admitted one today????

    There’s been a few admissions in CHIs over the last few months alright but they’re usually gone the next day from the report. The fact it’s a weekend may change that, but hopefully it’ll be at 0 again tomorrow.


  • #3588
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,174 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Florida's death rate is not looking good - figures I could find say their average is 400 a day in a normal year - and throw in a hurricane to really screw things up

    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1289209361521184769/photo/1


  • #3589
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Florida's death rate is not looking good - figures I could find say their average is 400 a day in a normal year - and throw in a hurricane to really screw things up

    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1289209361521184769/photo/1

    There's been a lot of discussion around why are cases high but deaths low.

    Answer it takes a while for people to die after testing positive.

    The median test to death is 20 days.


  • #3590
    iguana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    road_high wrote: »
    God love them many even think a vaccine will be magically available by then.

    I'm pretty sure absolutely nobody thinks a vaccine will be magically available. Many people are aware however, that a very significant level of work is ongoing on a number of vaccines. Several are already in phase 3 of testing, mass production on the most positive looking vaccines is well underway already. And many governments/trading blocks have already made purchasing agreements, like the 400 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine secured for Europe. So nope, nobody thinks they are being 'magicked' up but there is a reasonable possibility that we will have a useable vaccine sooner or later.


  • #3591
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,530 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    What Username Guidelines wrote: »
    Just saw Spain reported >3,000 cases today. While they include antibody testing, new PCR positives account for 1,525 of those.

    Oh, AB testing included now in case counts?
    That's confusing!


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  • #3592
    The Unbearables
    Closed Accounts Posts: 359 ✭✭The Unbearables


    coastwatch wrote: »
    Are there many holiday passengers onboard, or is it all commercial/ transport?

    Less than usual (im on the same ferries every summer) but still busy enough. Mostly families.


  • #3593
    Ce he sin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Ce he sin


    road_high wrote: »
    I think there’s a lot of that calendar based delusion going on. The penal types have sacrificed 2020 in their heads to the god of Covid but come 2021 “sure it’ll be gettin back to normal”. Like something is going to radically change by then. God love them many even think a vaccine will be magically available by then. Oh and we continue in this economic semi-paralysis with absolutely no cuts to any standards of living or services...


    And why do you think a vaccine won't be available in 2021? There are several in phase three testing, phases one and two having been carried out successfully. Assuming that phase three is OK for at least one of these the issue than is producing, delivering and administering doses in large enough quantities. It's a significant challenge but achieving it doesn't require magic.


  • #3594
    DevilsHaircut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭DevilsHaircut


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    There's been a lot of discussion around why are cases high but deaths low.

    Answer it takes a while for people to die after testing positive.

    The median test to death is 20 days.

    Exactly.

    A rise in cases among 20-40 year olds doesn't stay there for long.


    https://twitter.com/nataliexdean/status/1283134585665200131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1283134585665200131%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D114064622


  • #3595
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,886 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Ce he sin wrote: »
    And why do you think a vaccine won't be available in 2021? There are several in phase three testing, phases one and two having been carried out successfully. Assuming that phase three is OK for at least one of these the issue than is producing, delivering and administering doses in large enough quantities. It's a significant challenge but achieving it doesn't require magic.

    Because there’s a massive registration and efficacy data process needed Before any of this can even contemplate going to market. Takes years. May not even be successful. Feel free to come back in 12 months time to prove me wrong.


  • #3596
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,646 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    road_high wrote: »
    Because there’s a massive registration and efficacy data process needed Before any of this can even contemplate going to market. Takes years. May not even be successful. Feel free to come back in 12 months time to prove me wrong.

    I believe the quickest vaccine was for SARs which took 4 years.


  • #3597
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Florida's death rate is not looking good - figures I could find say their average is 400 a day in a normal year - and throw in a hurricane to really screw things up

    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1289209361521184769/photo/1

    I can't open your Twitter link. What is it about?


  • #3598
    ShineOn7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    road_high wrote: »
    Because there’s a massive registration and efficacy data process needed Before any of this can even contemplate going to market. Takes years. May not even be successful. Feel free to come back in 12 months time to prove me wrong.


    100% this

    I really wish people would stop with vaccine talk on and offline, it's an absolute pipe dream

    The only thing that will save us from Covid is:
    • It dying out more and more (but I don't think completely for years). Or,
    • Highly effective treatments
    That's all we have. But it could be enough


  • #3599
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,886 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    I believe the quickest vaccine was for SARs which took 4 years.

    Different area but comparably rigorous registration process- I work in Agrochemicals and it takes years to register- even to get a new use on a label. So I can just imagine something that directly effects the human body- look at the potential law suits a company could be exposing themselves to with potential side effects? Who would underwrite that? People are off their heads with this near vaccine talk.


  • #3600
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,174 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    YFlyer wrote: »
    I can't open your Twitter link. What is it about?

    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1289209361521184769


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  • #3601
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    DevilsHaircut wrote: »
    Exactly.

    A rise in cases among 20-40 year olds doesn't stay there for long.
    [/url]

    Very good point. The milk in pan analogy is very good.

    It's heating up but before you know it it is overflowing.

    Overflowing being death and ICU,

    Lulls you into false sense of security.

    "It's hot but it's not boiling"


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