Covid 19 Part XXI-27,908 in ROI (1,777 deaths) 6,647 in NI (559 deaths)(22/08)Read OP

road_high · 15-08-2020 06:42PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Should be like other european countries. Mask as soon as you leave your house. €200 fine if not wearing one. Our mickey mouse approach will cost us dearly.

People really losing their heads here. Calm down. Wearing masks simply because you’re outside is stupid and makes no sense. Think rationally for gods sake instead of jumping off the next available cliff.
Masks have done flip all to kerb the latest spike.

is_that_so · 15-08-2020 06:42PM

froog wrote: »

does anyone still think we don't have a problem?

The clusters still growing is a concern but the community transmission is still pretty low. Let's see where we are towards the end of next week.

Boggles · 15-08-2020 06:42PM

road_high wrote: »

People really losing their heads here. Calm down. Wearing masks simply because you’re outside is stupid and makes no sense. Think rationally for gods sake instead of jumping off the next available cliff.
Masks have done flip all to kerb the latest spike.

How do you know?

Harry Palmr · 15-08-2020 06:42PM

Lundstram wrote: »

OMG OMG OMG 200 CASES!

How many death, guys? None.

Killer virus indeed.

Well if you ignore the dead this is clearly not fatal.

Oranage2 · 15-08-2020 06:43PM

Boggles wrote: »

No press conference tonight.

He always adds a couple of comments to the press releases.

Now he is usually cautious.

But today.

If I had to guess over 70s and the vulnerable are going to get the stick and Kildare will probably have to into a actual "lockdown" depending on where we are by Thursday.

Warning signs are on the wall, it's basically if you're elderly or vulnerable act like you're in phase 2 or we'll have to go back to the actual phase 2

road_high · 15-08-2020 06:44PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Anyone on here from Kildare able to comment on mask compliance? Genuinely interested in if people actually wear masks in the areas we're seeing biggest increases.
I only say that because in Cork we're seeing low numbers with high compliance.

Not from Kildare but neighbouring county and often in Kildare since masks came in. Compliance as high as anywhere else really. Zilch to do with masks or not in my opinion. This is in people’s homes and workplaces

MD1990 · 15-08-2020 06:44PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Anyone on here from Kildare able to comment on mask compliance? Genuinely interested in if people actually wear masks in the areas we're seeing biggest increases.
I only say that because in Cork we're seeing low numbers with high compliance.

Would u stop with this Cork are doing great agenda.

It hits different places at different times

boggerman1 · 15-08-2020 06:44PM

road_high wrote: »

People really losing their heads here. Calm down. Wearing masks simply because you’re outside is stupid and makes no sense. Think rationally for gods sake instead of jumping off the next available cliff.
Masks have done flip all to kerb the latest spike.

So true.why stop at masks on 24/7.eye goggles next

Itssoeasy · 15-08-2020 06:45PM

In fairness on buses in cork it's nearly 100 % compliance on masks and it's great and since the mandatory on indoor places you see more people wearing masks in shops and I passed several hairdressers on a walk this morning and it's a wierd but encouraging site to see everyone wearing masks.

Mwengwe · 15-08-2020 06:45PM

People have been getting very complacent about things so it's probably good to be reminded how infectious it is.

ACitizenErased · 15-08-2020 06:45PM

Itssoeasy wrote: »

In fairness on buses in cork it's nearly 100 % compliance on masks and it's great and since the mandatory on indoor places you see more people wearing masks in shops and I passed several hairdressers on a walk this morning and it's a wierd but encouraging site to see everyone wearing masks.

100%, our numbers definitely reflect that

road_high · 15-08-2020 06:46PM

Lundstram wrote: »

OMG OMG OMG 200 CASES!

How many deaths, guys? None.

Killer virus indeed.

Posters losing their heads here completely. It’s no wonder that kind of panic feeds through to government. It’s going to bankrupt us

touts · 15-08-2020 06:46PM

s1ippy wrote: »

Talk in the Examiner of Tipperary being locked down in the next few days.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40032815.html

Being realistic, schools aren't going to be opening. If a mushroom plant can close a whole county, 7+ schools having a simultaneous outbreak in a given county, and all the parents workplaces having to close as a knock-on consequence too? That's not sustainable even in one county at a go, let alone four counties. No doubt there'll be more spread in the coming weeks. Nobody is being deceived by this utter farce any more, it's plain to see. We're too small a country for this to spread like this.

Tipp FM reporting that all the staff etc that had to be tested due to Walsh Mushrooms were tested today so we should have results tomorrow. That will tell alot. If they can contain it within Walsh Mushrooms then that bodes well for the reopening of the schools as it proves we can have a cluster and it doesn't have to spread. But if it jumps from there into one of the meat factories close by (they all rely on workers from Eastern Europe) then we've a big problem both for Tipperary and for the reopening of schools.

If there is to be a lockdown in Tipperary it will be interesting to see if they close only a part of the county. Maybe specific towns that the staff worked or lived in. Say Golden, Cashel and Tipperary Town. That would be a more targeted lockdown than the blanket one that was imposed in Laois, Offaly and Kildare.

Tomorrow's press conference will be one of the most important ones in the past few months.

irishgeo · 15-08-2020 06:46PM

s1ippy wrote: »

So they travelled all over the country (probably mostly outdoors) getting the virus but sending them in big numbers into poorly ventilated spaces will solve it.

Totally bizarre assertion.

How do you know they stayed outdoors? They still have to go indoors for food etc. Some people don't think the mask rules apply to them.

Gruffalux · 15-08-2020 06:47PM

Back of envelope figures now to cheer everyone up...

Fact is we are catching waaaayy more cases than we used to. Not 100% but a lot.

Since end of February we have recorded 27000 cases to round it up.

But antibody suggestions and other guesses say we used to be catching about 10%of cases. Surveys showing 5% antibodies in population of Ireland in or around, or 10 times 27000 already notified are both around the 270,000 mark.

Let's just say 270,000 people have gotten this since March.
March - June - let's say we were getting our sh1t together re testing, and since July we have been finding most of the cases in the country.

March to June is 120 days or so. 270000 divided by 120 is 2200.

So...if we had been having daily reports of true numbers with Covid since March every day we could have been told 2200 people have tested positive and every day we could have run around the house screaming.

200 today, when we are catching most - which I hope we are - is a lot, LOT better than what we have already journeyed through, unknowingly.

what the hell! · 15-08-2020 06:47PM

In town today in Cork, compliance was very high again. Just saw one or two from a certain ethnic minority not wearing masks. Gold star.

road_high · 15-08-2020 06:47PM

ACitizenErased wrote: »

100%, our numbers definitely reflect that

Nothing to do with masks. They’re wearing them everywhere in the country, not just in cork !

Boggles · 15-08-2020 06:47PM

touts wrote: »

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Tomorrow's press conference will be one of the most important ones in the past few months.

Mondays?

Oranage2 · 15-08-2020 06:48PM

road_high wrote: »

Posters losing their heads here completely. It’s no wonder that kind of panic feeds through to government. It’s going to bankrupt us

Or poor you you might have to pay an extra euro out of your pay packet. Who cares in uncle and aunt Murphy die.

Lundstram · 15-08-2020 06:48PM

road_high wrote: »

Posters losing their heads here completely. It’s no wonder that kind of panic feeds through to government. It’s going to bankrupt us

RTÉ the biggest culprits. Announced case numbers in their Tweet but not death numbers. Sheeple underneath in the comments calling for national lockdown. You couldn't make it up.

ACitizenErased · 15-08-2020 06:48PM

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1294686993805385730?s=20

Boggles · 15-08-2020 06:48PM

road_high wrote: »

Nothing to do with masks. They’re wearing them everywhere in the country, not just in cork !

Again, how do you know?

Unless you are running a concurrent placebo study you are just talking out of your ring piece, would that be accurate?

Dave0301 · 15-08-2020 06:48PM

Lundstram wrote: »

OMG OMG OMG 200 CASES!

How many deaths, guys? None.

Killer virus indeed.

Clearly, the risk of death from Covid-19 is different for different people.

However, given that people who post on Boards.ie have family and friends that have died from it, your post is fairly crass.

mr_edge_to_you · 15-08-2020 06:48PM

Boggles wrote: »

That's an absolute minimum. It's more than likely more.

If the majority of that is happening in Kildare, they will have to rethink the wishy washy "lockdown" they have imposed.

I posted yesterday. I drove through Maynooth at 4pm yesterday. Every pub, restaurant and cafe was open and the place was heaving. The existing rules were being pushed to the max. It’s either a lockdown or it’s not!

ACitizenErased · 15-08-2020 06:49PM

road_high wrote: »

Nothing to do with masks. They’re wearing them everywhere in the country, not just in cork !

If you were here you'd see. Everybody wears one.

Martina1991 · 15-08-2020 06:49PM

owlbethere wrote:

How much would T cell testing be? There were reports here from people being ill before this emerged and people suspecting they may already have this. If its a few hundred euro, one could pay the money to find out. For medical and science research. If I was ill last winter and suspect I had it, I would go down the private route and test, just to see.

Its not a case of money.
The technology is very specialised. I dont think theres a lab in Ireland that could provide it, and labs that do would not be processing a large volume of samples for such a specialised test.

Piehead · 15-08-2020 06:49PM

Need a max lockdown ASAP.

irishguy1983 · 15-08-2020 06:49PM

Where are people getting figures county by county please?

Thanks

UsBus · 15-08-2020 06:49PM

At a restaurant during our staycation this weekend. After we were seated, a couple strolled over to the 3 people sitting at the table next to us. They all shook hands and hugged each other. The couple proceeded to chat to the other three in close contact until the food was brought out. Wouldn't be surprised to see the figures rocket in the next few weeks. Awful lot of people are gone back to normal...

road_high · 15-08-2020 06:49PM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Or poor you you might have to pay an extra euro out of your pay packet. Who cares in uncle and aunt Murphy die.

No it means we won’t have the money to pay for their current level of healthcare or pensions. But carry on with the silly hysterical jibes

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