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Covid 19 Part XXIII-33,444 in ROI(1,792 deaths) 9,541 in NI(577 deaths)(22/09)Read OP

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  • #2912
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,188 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    I think the lynch mob needs to relax a little.

    We don't know how Stephen Donelley felt this morning or when he went to work - he probably felt as tired and wrecked as everyone else. When he felt unwell he told someone about it and has been tested and is isolating as a result - as are the rest of the cabinet as a precaution. They are human beings like all the rest of us and a situation exactly like this could happen to any group of people in the country at the moment. It isn't great, but I don't think he needs to be summarily hung, drawn and quartered in the court of public opinion.


  • #2913
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,959 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    I demand 20 special advisors and a team of PR advisors

    And you'll ignore them all:pac:


  • #2914
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    He must be positive. The Govt would have done everything to avoid this much egg on their face.

    It makes them look even more out of sorts considering how the day has gone.

    Why? He has kids in school. So it's not like he could avoid it.


  • #2915
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,215 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    I heard he contracted it at at private gathering of over six people, and there was a trampoline involved.


  • #2916
    BobbyMalone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 325 ✭✭BobbyMalone


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    He must be positive. The Govt would have done everything to avoid this much egg on their face.

    It makes them look even more out of sorts considering how the day has gone.


    Can you be tested and get the result between the press conference and now, though?


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  • #2917
    ForestFire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭ForestFire


    Is there not a 15min Covid test that can be done via a finger prick blood sample??

    Its no being used for generally test (To date at least), but maybe they have it available for "emergency" cases??


  • #2918
    shinzon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,463 ✭✭✭shinzon


    Sky has changed the headline to say hes reportedly had a test and is self isolating

    https://news.sky.com/story/stephen-donnelly-irelands-cabinet-self-isolates-after-health-minister-tests-positive-for-covid-19-12072721. Still havent changed the weblink as you can see though.

    Shin


  • #2919
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Arghus wrote: »
    I think the lynch mob needs to relax a little.

    We don't know how Stephen Donelley felt this morning or when he went to work - he probably felt as tired and wrecked as everyone else. When he felt unwell he told someone about it and has been tested and is isolating as a result - as are the rest of the cabinet as a precaution. They are human beings like all the rest of us and a situation exactly like this could happen to any group of people in the country at the moment. It isn't great, but I don't think he needs to be summarily hung, drawn and quartered in the court of public opinion.

    He was badly coughing on the radio at 920am this morning.


  • #2920
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    Getting closer to your 500, have you the lube and champagne ready......

    I get no satisfaction with the misery. I've grand parents living in fear, I've family members that work in the Healthcare sector risking their lives. Every plan the government try implement is a huge farce that most punters can see it will fail. And we'll see shortly that living with the virus isn't an option either.


  • #2921
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,169 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Jinglejangle69 wrote: »
    I heard him this morning on the radio and I said to someone in work he sounds like he's coughing a good bit.

    That was 920am
    Arghus wrote: »
    I think the lynch mob needs to relax a little.

    We don't know how Stephen Donelley felt this morning or when he went to work - he probably felt as tired and wrecked as everyone else. When he felt unwell he told someone about it and has been tested and is isolating as a result - as are the rest of the cabinet as a precaution. They are human beings like all the rest of us and a situation exactly like this could happen to any group of people in the country at the moment. It isn't great, but I don't think he needs to be summarily hung, drawn and quartered in the court of public opinion.

    It sounds like SD should have stayed at home today if unwell

    What radio show was he on, isolation for them now too
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  • #2922
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    BobbyMalone wrote: »
    Can you be tested and get the result between the press conference and now, though?

    I don't know but I'd be sure a Govt minister takes priority over other tests and jumps the queue.


  • #2923
    SusanC10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭SusanC10


    BobbyMalone wrote: »
    Can you be tested and get the result between the press conference and now, though?

    Any chance he was tested before the Cabinet meeting and didn't tell anyone ?


  • #2924
    speckle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭speckle


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    There's not a chance Donnelly has his result by now


    unless it is those new rapid saliva antigen tests,:P hope he recovers well , the silly billy.


  • #2925
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    rovers_runner wrote: »
    I'm as much against lockdown etc as anyone but the way our health system crashes from Oct-Feb we will be in awful bother with an excess of even 50 in ICU due to covid.

    Who gets priority at that stage?

    Do HSE still publish the combination of non covid and covid Icu totals?
    Yeah they do separate them out. HSE report on those totals daily anyway.


  • #2926
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,446 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Goldengirl wrote: »
    And you'll ignore them all:pac:

    Yes in turn we shall commission a PR company to handle the mess


  • #2927
    lukas8888
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 527 ✭✭✭lukas8888


    Jinglejangle69 wrote: »
    I heard him this morning on the radio and I said to someone in work he sounds like he's coughing a good bit.

    That was 920am

    Fair enough,but if we all stayed home with the odd cough and no other symptoms a lot of work places would be empty.


  • #2928
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,892 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Time to let Mary Lou take over.

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



  • #2929
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    It sounds like SD should have stayed at home today if unwell

    What radio show was he on, isolation for them now too

    It was a couple of snippets from an earlier morning interview.


  • #2930
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    BobbyMalone wrote: »
    Can you be tested and get the result between the press conference and now, though?

    I reckon a member of the Dáil will have their test fast tracked. Why would it take long if a swab is brought straight to lab for a PCR, they can get the result in real time.


  • #2931
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,959 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Will €9 meals be provided. Deal if so

    I want to be paid in claps and boxes of choccies!

    Khalessi and Sl1ppy for Education , paid in candles and aftershave !:pac:


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  • #2932
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,128 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    Mantis Toboggan wrote: »
    Time to let Mary Lou take over.

    She just said its a metaphor for the day that's in it.


  • #2933
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Gadgetman496 wrote: »
    It doesn't mention he's positive
    is_that_so wrote: »
    It doesn't say that he is!

    Initially they said he was positive, until Twitter corrected them.


  • #2934
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    donnelly and co. will get tested and results as fast as humanly possible. i'm not sure how fast that is though.


  • #2935
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Mantis Toboggan wrote: »
    Time to let Mary Lou take over.
    Sure just to make it a perfect day!


  • #2936
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,049 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Jinglejangle69 wrote: »
    He was badly coughing on the radio at 920am this morning.

    Please tell me it was Pat Kenny, sooner that Mugabe gets off the air the better.


  • #2937
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,282 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Surely our government has a few boxes of 30 minute tests they can use for occasions like this, passengers flying in to Rome have access to them.

    https://twitter.com/RichardEGrant/status/1305894192359641089?s=19


  • #2938
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,463 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Mantis Toboggan wrote: »
    Time to let Mary Lou take over.

    Nothing stopping her bar the lack of seats her party has in the Dail. :)


  • #2939
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    I don't know but I'd be sure a Govt minister takes priority over other tests and jumps the queue.

    He absolutely should jump the queue. He has important work to do. Much more important than anyone on here


  • #2940
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,751 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Surely our government has a few boxes of 30 minute tests they can use for occasions like this, passengers flying in to Rome have access to them.

    https://twitter.com/RichardEGrant/status/1305894192359641089?s=19
    You could fly to Rome, get tested, have your results, and fly back, before you get an appointment in some places here


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  • #2941
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,049 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    froog wrote: »
    donnelly and co. will get tested and results as fast as humanly possible. i'm not sure how fast that is though.

    Were all in this together, why special treatment for some.

    Am I the only one who studied animal farm in school:confused:


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