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

ACitizenErased · 08-08-2020 03:56PM

Wonder could LOK be looking at 100 cases today combined

Beanybabog · 08-08-2020 03:58PM

mloc123 wrote: »

Yup, that was him. I have never seen somebody so angry being interviewed... And fully understand it.

I think he looked really upset as well as angry . Everyone’s heart broke a bit for him.

redmgar · 08-08-2020 03:58PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Witty retorts not your strong point then. I' ll leave you to continue your patrol of this thread.

Yeah he got me with the same zinger about maths earlier in the week, still havent recovered. You dont mess with the master.

Oranage2 · 08-08-2020 04:00PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Wonder could LOK be looking at 100 cases today combined

If half cases are outside those counties then we're ducked. If it's 100 inside we might have a change but as you saw, we had 18 cases a day of average and then it blew up so and number around 20 outside those counties and we're gonna see something similar there in a few weeks.

Beanybabog · 08-08-2020 04:00PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

If they're just from the factories or those counties it might be possible to contain it but how many of these people live or travel to Dublin? This could be carnage. Doesn't help the government are fumbling with their decisions.

That’s the way it’s always been though, even in the country wide lockdown some people had to travel to work. I know a HCW in a major Dublin hospital living in Kildare and he’s never been working from home.

Benimar · 08-08-2020 04:05PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Wonder could LOK be looking at 100 cases today combined

It needs to be about 75% minimum of the overall, or LOK might be getting another family member or two

Strumms · 08-08-2020 04:05PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Localised lockdowns will erode that sense of national solidarity that carried us through the first three months of the pandemic. The mood is already changing as it is. We might be about to experience our very own winter of discontent.

The virus doesn’t care or understand about emotive ideals such as solidarity etc. what needs to be done from a clinic standpoint in that area is further more stringent restrictions.

Plus the solidarity that required is people doing the right thing, respecting the limits that this virus has imposed on us for now...

With winter coming it’s a positive really.

Renjit · 08-08-2020 04:07PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Jesus, do you actually have a life away from this thread??

Jesus I used to have so much time too when I was young. Give him a slack.

niallo27 · 08-08-2020 04:08PM

Lads people are sick of covid, they don't give a **** anymore. They will do the minimum. No amount of giving out on here is going change that. I know 2 people of have had it now, they didn't even know they had it just tested because they were contacted. They are back hurling with zero side affects, its important to remember this is a not a death sentence. Remember harmless stories where nobody is hurt doesn't get remembered.

AllGunsBlazing · 08-08-2020 04:11PM

redmgar wrote: »

Yeah he got me with the same zinger about maths earlier in the week, still havent recovered. You dont mess with the master.

It's his thread and the rest of us are just are living in it. Hopefully this post slips under his radar. I'm far too sensitive to withstand another chastening.

Pablo Escobar · 08-08-2020 04:19PM

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niallo27 wrote: »

Lads people are sick of covid, they don't give a **** anymore. They will do the minimum. No amount of giving out on here is going change that. I know 2 people of have had it now, they didn't even know they had it just tested because they were contacted. They are back hurling with zero side affects, its important to remember this is a not a death sentence. Remember harmless stories where nobody is hurt doesn't get remembered.

Mainly it's just teens and early 20's that don't seem to care. It's a generalisation, but it's what I've experienced to date. Lack of caring is from lack of understanding. And it's generally not stupidity, it's a mixture of life experience and education.

petes · 08-08-2020 04:19PM

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

It's his thread and the rest of us are just are living in it. Hopefully this post slips under his radar. I'm far too sensitive to withstand another chastening.

Give it a rest, I'm in no way standing up for anyone here but you're both attacking a poster and derailing the thread with nonsense.

redmgar · 08-08-2020 04:21PM

Are people in direct provision legally allowed to work here?

Sierra Oscar · 08-08-2020 04:22PM

redmgar wrote: »

Are people in direct provision legally allowed to work here?

Yes, since July 2018 residents have been allowed to apply for work permits.

niallo27 · 08-08-2020 04:30PM

Pablo Escobar wrote: »

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Mainly it's just teens and early 20's that don't seem to care. It's a generalisation, but it's what I've experienced to date. Lack of caring is from lack of understanding. And it's generally not stupidity, it's a mixture of life experience and education.

Not for me it's a lot of people in their 30s or 40s, don't care is the wrong expression, its more they are sick of it and have no intention of having another lockdown.

Arghus · 08-08-2020 04:48PM

caveat emptor wrote: »

The experiment of trying to suppress the virus and gradually reopen without mandatory quarantine has not worked anywhere.
The reason Italy hasn't started to resurge is because they are still in a moderate level of stringency.
You can see below that NZ is back to normal (with exception of borders).

Replicating this would be best option unless we are happy with perpetual local lockdowns or long term health consequences in the pop.

Any chance of a key for the infographics, because it's a bit hard to interpret without one.

amadangomor · 08-08-2020 04:55PM

Just seeing people complaining about meat factory workers going into work with symptoms.

Very unfair the way I was treated back at the peak. I had breathing difficulties, tight chest etc. Left work and got checked by doctor who thought there was a good chance that I had it. Couldn't get tested at that time due to the backlog.

I got 2 weeks Covid payment and 4 weeks of feckin 230 a week all because the government didn't have the ability to test me even though I probably had it. Was forced to go back to work with my newly acquired asthma and still having difficulty breathing.

They couldn't test me but they cut my money anyway. Don't criticise anyone until you are in a position with no money to pay your bills etc.

What Username Guidelines · 08-08-2020 04:56PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Wonder could LOK be looking at 100 cases today combined

If they’re putting such a huge focus on them now the output will be skewed more towards them, especially if hse are warning about delays in testing elsewhere.

Martina1991 · 08-08-2020 05:22PM

Deleted User wrote:

How could this be the case when we were testing double the numbers only a couple of weeks back. Unless there have been cuts in funding

mloc123 wrote:

Ridiculous. They are tested under 5000 a day this week, the capacity is meant to be 15000 a day.

Our national capacity might be up to 15k but all the swabs from mass testing of meat factories and communtiy tests from test centres go to the NVRL.

Thats a lot of swabs for 1 lab to get through in the space of a few days. I assume the factory ones are being prioritised, or by location.

Dpg21 · 08-08-2020 05:23PM

I wouldn’t usually post anything from the Offaly express, but this sums up exactly how I feel as someone who lives the other side of the county from the outbreak. It really is a tough pill to swallow when you know they still have flights coming in from red list countries and also not shutting down meat factories when they have confirmed cases.

Btw I would like to make it clear I am in favour of localised lockdowns, but they need to be done properly,
for example if we have a meat factory outbreak in Roscrea but the majority of the workers live just across the border in moneygall or birr then there is no point in shutting all of Tipperary when there is more of a chance for community transmission in birr.
https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/564887/opinion-local-lockdowns-to-combat-covid-19-are-prudent-but-locking-down-three-entire-counties-makes-no-sense-at-all.html#.Xy5HfjtaC3E.facebook

The Unbearables · 08-08-2020 05:24PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Lads people are sick of covid, they don't give a **** anymore. They will do the minimum. No amount of giving out on here is going change that. I know 2 people of have had it now, they didn't even know they had it just tested because they were contacted. They are back hurling with zero side affects, its important to remember this is a not a death sentence. Remember harmless stories where nobody is hurt doesn't get remembered.

No you don't give a sh1t anymore, decent people still care that others don't get sick thankfully.

JP Liz V1 · 08-08-2020 05:26PM

Do we know yet how many cases are from Kilkee beach party, Clare Limerick cases?

caveat emptor · 08-08-2020 05:27PM

Arghus wrote: »

Any chance of a key for the infographics, because it's a bit hard to interpret without one.

Very sorry. The darker the more stricter. The lighter the less strict. It’s based on an index. So purple is 100 and white is zero.

JP Liz V1 · 08-08-2020 05:29PM

amadangomor wrote: »

Just seeing people complaining about meat factory workers going into work with symptoms.

Very unfair the way I was treated back at the peak. I had breathing difficulties, tight chest etc. Left work and got checked by doctor who thought there was a good chance that I had it. Couldn't get tested at that time due to the backlog.

I got 2 weeks Covid payment and 4 weeks of feckin 230 a week all because the government didn't have the ability to test me even though I probably had it. Was forced to go back to work with my newly acquired asthma and still having difficulty breathing.

They couldn't test me but they cut my money anyway. Don't criticise anyone until you are in a position with no money to pay your bills etc.

Sorry to hear your predicament, did you have Covid so?

Are the direct provision centre workers on Covid pay while out quarantining, I assume meat workers are?

Martina1991 · 08-08-2020 05:34PM

niallo27 wrote:

Not for me it's a lot of people in their 30s or 40s, don't care is the wrong expression, its more they are sick of it and have no intention of having another lockdown.

I live in the middle of a town. The people i see wearing masks are people in their 20s, 30s and then maybe 60+.
Its the teenagers and 40-50s i dont see wearing masks.

I was at a seaside town recently. In a crowded, sweaty, stuffy, hot amusement arcade myself and my partner were the only ones wearing masks. Everyone else were families with young kids.

jill_valentine · 08-08-2020 05:37PM

I think that's a reasonable assessment Martina. I have to say I do see aul fellas especially prone to doing the nose-over-the-mask thing.

ChikiChiki · 08-08-2020 05:42PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Lads people are sick of covid, they don't give a **** anymore. They will do the minimum. No amount of giving out on here is going change that. I know 2 people of have had it now, they didn't even know they had it just tested because they were contacted. They are back hurling with zero side affects, its important to remember this is a not a death sentence. Remember harmless stories where nobody is hurt doesn't get remembered.

100 people get covid. 20 get admitted to ICU with 6 out of the 20 passing away.

Are we ready take the chance to lose 6 out of every 100? You might be, not so sure about myself.

That is a horrific risk to take with friends and family. It will devastate communities.

Contrary to your claim, Its a death sentence for many. Maybe we can just shunt all the elderly onto an island and move on with things I suppose.....

What Username Guidelines · 08-08-2020 05:43PM

174 cases , 1 death.

****.

stephenjmcd · 08-08-2020 05:43PM

1 death 174 cases

fritzelly · 08-08-2020 05:44PM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

174 cases , 1 death.

****.

Holy Feck - guess there was a lot from private testing

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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