Covid 19 Part XXII-30,360 in ROI(1,781 deaths) 8,035 in NI (568 deaths)(10/09)Read OP

Lyle · 01-09-2020 10:30AM

JDD wrote: »

Can I get a private test if I want to (clearly only if I have symptoms - I wouldn't do it for the craic) or is the only choice being referred through your doctor and then through the public system?

If you're in Dublin, €180:

https://www.liffeymedical.ie/covid19-pcr-test

theballz · 01-09-2020 10:35AM

Them clowns in Skerries need to be charged. Two women were arrested in Australia for knowing they were positive and going out and about. Made an example of, we will do nothing - watch

JDD · 01-09-2020 10:39AM

Lyle wrote: »

If you're in Dublin, €180:

https://www.liffeymedical.ie/covid19-pcr-test

I wouldn't pay €180 for a turnaround time of 48 hours. If you got seen to nearly immediately and then had a wait time for a result of 12-24 hours, yes, but at 48 hours you may as well go through the public system. At worst you'd be waiting a further day, and at best you'd get your results in 24 hours. Liffey Medical would want to up their game if they wanted people to pay for that.

is_that_so · 01-09-2020 10:43AM

theballz wrote: »

Them clowns in Skerries need to be charged. Two women were arrested in Australia for knowing they were positive and going out and about. Made an example of, we will do nothing - watch

Teenage girls, most likely being silly, on Tiktok is not actual evidence of wrongdoing although they are unlikely to be allowed to forget it for quite some time.

01-09-2020 10:51AM

theballz wrote: »

Them clowns in Skerries need to be charged. Two women were arrested in Australia for knowing they were positive and going out and about. Made an example of, we will do nothing - watch

Charged for what? And based on what?

Christ people really have lost the run of themselves

smurfjed · 01-09-2020 10:54AM

If you got seen to nearly immediately and then had a wait time for a result of 12-24 hours

Had a test done 30 minutes ago. Expecting the result tonight or worst case with paperwork tomorrow lunchtime, (privately done by company outside Ireland). So paying €180 for a 24-48 turnaround is a rip off.

seamus · 01-09-2020 10:58AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Why do we even have to go through a GP though? In the UK you just rock up to a drive through test centre any time you want. Result within 24 hours. Could go every week if you had a mind to.

Mainly to put some level of controls on it. We don't have unlimited tests at the moment, and there are hypochondriacs who'd be booking themselves in for a test 3 times week, eating up the available lab space.

That said, there has to be a way to make it work without needing the GP oversight. If you need a mobile phone number to book it, then it's easy to track anyone trying to book too many slots. You could even set it up to start charging for a test for anyone who tries to book more than two a month. Make them go through their GP if they want more free tests.

drunkmonkey · 01-09-2020 11:04AM

Slight problem there Seamus, you could get it on the way home from the test.
Agree they need tighter controls, that needs to start with GP's and their nurses. Maybe if we looked at positivity rates coming from GP's, there is a massive amount of misdiagnosis going on and that's probably down to them getting paid for every referrals. I'd bet there's doctors out there with 100% misdiagnosis rates, the average misdiagnosis is what 98/99%. Something seriously wrong with the system.

Polar101 · 01-09-2020 11:24AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

I'd bet there's doctors out there with 100% misdiagnosis rates, the average misdiagnosis is what 98/99%. Something seriously wrong with the system.

If someone gets referred to a test and tests negative, that's a good thing, not a failure of the GP system.

01-09-2020 11:45AM

Am I missing something here? Why do we not just have drive through testing centers like in the UK. No referral needed, just rock up and get a test and a result by text within 24 hours. Surely that is not rocket science

Pitch n Putt · 01-09-2020 11:49AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I missing something here? Why do we not just have drive through testing centers like in the UK. No referral needed, just rock up and get a test and a result by text within 24 hours. Surely that is not rocket science

Handy €€€ for all our Gp’s. Everyone has to get a slice of the pie in this country.

drunkmonkey · 01-09-2020 11:50AM

Polar101 wrote: »

If someone gets referred to a test and tests negative, that's a good thing, not a failure of the GP system.

Getting it wrong 99 out of 100 times is not good by any stretch of the imagination, to me it says GP's are either milking the system as there getting paid to do nothing or they have close to 0 understanding of symptoms. There is something wrong somewhere.
If they were picking up 10/20% I'd say very good.

Pitch n Putt · 01-09-2020 11:50AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I missing something here? Why do we not just have drive through testing centers like in the UK. No referral needed, just rock up and get a test and a result by text within 24 hours. Surely that is not rocket science

Our GP’s love referrals and writing out prescriptions

Handy €€€ for all our Gp’s.

Everyone has to get a slice of the pie in this country.

maebee · 01-09-2020 11:53AM

According to Claire Byrne there's been an outbreak in. Dublin school and it has closed.

Away With The Fairies · 01-09-2020 11:57AM

maebee wrote: »

According to Claire Byrne there's been an outbreak in. Dublin school and it has closed.

Already?

DebDynamite · 01-09-2020 11:59AM

maebee wrote: »

According to Claire Byrne there's been an outbreak in. Dublin school and it has closed.

An outbreak or just one confirmed case?

smurfjed · 01-09-2020 11:59AM

You could even set it up to start charging for a test for anyone who tries to book more than two a month. Make them go through their GP if they want more free tests.

Oops that’s me in trouble then as I’m presently doing 6 tests per month, and nope I’m definitely not a hypochondriac.

podgeandrodge · 01-09-2020 12:00PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Already?

Bunker down quickly!

Hawthorn Tree · 01-09-2020 12:00PM

maebee wrote: »

According to Claire Byrne there's been an outbreak in. Dublin school and it has closed.

is_that_so · 01-09-2020 12:00PM

maebee wrote: »

According to Claire Byrne there's been an outbreak in. Dublin school and it has closed.

It's been well flagged that cases are expected anyway in that setting but you would have expected a few weeks to go by first.

Hawthorn Tree · 01-09-2020 12:02PM

is_that_so wrote: »

It's been well flagged that cases are expected anyway in that setting but you would have expected a few weeks to go by first.

You monster!

PowerToWait · 01-09-2020 12:03PM

maebee wrote: »

According to Claire Byrne there's been an outbreak in. Dublin school and it has closed.

How is this possible? We were told it magically ceases to be contagious in schools.

A real head scratcher that one.

What Username Guidelines · 01-09-2020 12:04PM

Reported by RTE news https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2020/0901/1162526-coronavirus-school/

A primary school in Dublin has sent home a class of students as a result of a positive case of Covid-19 in one of their pupils.

The principal of the school confirmed to RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne that they have a positive case and the class has been sent home as a precautionary measure, based on public health advice.

The school in question returned from their summer holidays last Wednesday.

The child did not contract Covid-19 through transmission in the school, the principal has said.

PowerToWait wrote: »

How is this possible? We were told it magically ceases to be contagious in schools.

A real head scratcher that one.

No one ever said that.

Gael23 · 01-09-2020 12:05PM

Didn’t take long https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2020/0901/1162526-coronavirus-school/

seamus · 01-09-2020 12:05PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I missing something here? Why do we not just have drive through testing centers like in the UK. No referral needed, just rock up and get a test and a result by text within 24 hours. Surely that is not rocket science

Yeah, that's seems to working really well...
https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/antigen/name

We are experiencing very high demand for testing at the moment. Please try again tomorrow.

This is your issue. People with symptoms will see that and think "fvck it, can't be arsed, I'll just see how it goes".

At least with our system you will get a test if you have symptoms.

ACitizenErased · 01-09-2020 12:06PM

Class sent home, which means the pods are working as planned, no? This is exactly what should happen. Says nothing about the school closing.

is_that_so · 01-09-2020 12:06PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Didn’t take long https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2020/0901/1162526-coronavirus-school/

Ah just the class, not the whole school. That's how it's supposed to work!

seamus · 01-09-2020 12:06PM

Gael23 wrote: »

Didn’t take long https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2020/0901/1162526-coronavirus-school/

I'd put a decent sum of money on the family having arrived back from Spain on Sunday or Monday and not isolating for 14 days.

ACitizenErased · 01-09-2020 12:09PM

If people are gonna be posting every single thing about schools now and saying “i told you so” there’s literally no point for this thread anymore

eigrod · 01-09-2020 12:09PM

DebDynamite wrote: »

An outbreak or just one confirmed case?

One confirmed case and the Principal of the school said it wasn’t contracted in the school. The school reopened last Wednesday.

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