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

caveat emptor wrote: »

The suppression phase is over. Doesn't work.
And so the whack a mole phase has begun. I don't think it'll work.
How long until zerocovid is the only real option in town?

Do you mean the flatten the curve phase? If so it did work and out hospitals didn't get overrun.

35 cases are located in Kildare, 26 in Offaly, 6 in Wexford, 5 in Laois, 5 in Dublin, and 21 are spread across ten other counties (Carlow, Cavan, Donegal, Kilkenny, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Westmeath and Wicklow)

57 are men / 38 are women
68% are under 45 years of age
67 are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case
4 cases have been identified as community transmission
35 cases are located in Kildare, 26 in Offaly, 6 in Wexford, 5 in Laois, 5 in Dublin, and 21 are spread across ten other counties (Carlow, Cavan, Donegal, Kilkenny, Limerick, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Westmeath and Wicklow).

thelad95 wrote: »

No spread YET. Don't you think it should be kept that way? You can't just view a cinema for example and say "oh there hasn't been a case in any cinemas yet" but thirty people in a cinema is a gathering of thirty people and I'm sure there has been numerous cases related to thirty people in one place.

No because at this stage in the game we are well past the point of blunt lockdown being any way effective bar suppression for limited time periods. All this is more wishful thinking along the same lines as March. Here we are 5 months later and guess what Covid is still here with us..

MD1990 wrote: »

I dont think sport should be stopped.

the virus is not spread playing sports.

The virus doesn't pick and choose. Playing sports means players together in the changing room, players on buses etc.

The fact the GAA is back at all is a joke imo. Other sports have weekly testing. GAA has zero precautions.

expectationlost wrote: »

do all these kids have to move around to different classes, surely would be only the case for labs etc

Our post primary schools wouldn't be much different between classes. Corridors would typically be jammed every 40 minutes at the change of class.

With different pupils taking higher or ordinary level in core subjects and then higher or ordinary in four or so elective subjects there's not much that can really be done to avoid crowds in corridors at class changeovers.

ACitizenErased wrote: »

98 new cases, 4 deaths

The four deaths are the most important thing in that announcement. The 98 cases I pressume are mostly linked to the outbreak in the meat factories.

MM must be crapping himself now, came in when cases were very low and all looking good now the sh*t has hit the fan and he hasn't got a notion

Lockdown V2 a matter of days away.
Better stock up on the toilet roll

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Only 4 community transmission cases again today.

Well lets hope these factory workers haven't been spreading it around for the past few weeks

caveat emptor wrote: »

Just going to put on the dinner but I’ll point you in right direction.
It’s by no means an easy option but it works.

Check this out. Uk will prob go for it soon enough if whack a mole doesn’t work.
So common travel area and NI border wouldn’t be an issue.

https://twitter.com/zerocovidisland/status/1291757146955304960?s=21

So let me get this straight, our response should depend on waiting for the UK to pursue a zero covid response?
So lockdown until the UK decide to go with it?