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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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  • Posts: 15,777 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Niamh Horan on Claire Byrne there :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭Santy2015


    What an absolute bulls**t poll!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,753 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Niamh Horan on Claire Byrne there :rolleyes:

    Shameful - old people stay in your house and cocoon til you die and let the young people party


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭stockshares


    Very worrying figures.

    Only the selfish will ignore how serious this is now getting.

    Does anyone know what our ICU capacity is now?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Hawthorn Tree


    The people of Ireland have stopped listening to the government and NPHET. I truly believe that the Clifden dinner had a major influence on that. I dont think I have ever seen the population so angry as it was after that event and Hogans mystery your. I am not sure how the government can get back hearts and minds.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,019 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Niamh Horan on Claire Byrne there :rolleyes:

    Thought she was superb. Finally putting a view across that doesn't toe the party line and actually describes a high percentage of people feelings on it. Let actions be statistic based and not hysteria based


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,145 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Very worrying figures.

    Only the selfish will ignore how serious this is now getting.

    You could say we are at a crossroads and the next 2 weeks are critical.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    The people of Ireland have stopped listening to the government and NPHET. I truly believe that the Clifden dinner had a major influence on that. I dont think I have ever seen the population so angry as it was after that event and Hogans mystery your. I am not sure how the government can get back hearts and minds.


    Without solid death figures of 40-50 people a day the virus has been demoted from any level of importance for a lot of people.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭Non solum non ambulabit


    Santy2015 wrote: »
    What an absolute bulls**t poll!!

    I actually don't think people have a clue what the rules are so they don't even know they are breaking them. Shows the message is completely lost.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 387 ✭✭Goldrickssan


    Does anyone know what our ICU capacity is now?

    It has barely increased since March because the Gov have been too busy fingering themselves


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Covid quiz

    Are RTE taking the p1ss?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,545 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    There should be a medical scientist reserve created.

    People with science qualifications could train to carry out these tests and be called on for future pandemics. Similarly people could be trained in track and trace etc.

    There's vacancies nationwide never mind a reserve.

    Science degrees are not the same as an accredited, registered qualification. The same as science degrees cant be used for other HSCP professions.

    And no one would want to work for less pay, poorer conditions and unsocable hours in the current state.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,411 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Niamh Horan on Claire Byrne there :rolleyes:

    The absolute cheek of her . Shut the vulnerable in so the young ones can party


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    niallo27 wrote: »
    You could say we are at a crossroads and the next 2 weeks are critical.

    I believe we have diverted form the crossroads and are at a critical juncture.


  • Posts: 15,777 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hulk Hands wrote: »
    Thought she was superb. Finally putting a view across that doesn't toe the party line and actually describes a high percentage of people feelings on it. Let actions be statistic based and not hysteria based

    I think I'll keep taking the advice of the experts there as opposed to Niamh's unqualified nonsense.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭Non solum non ambulabit


    Hulk Hands wrote: »
    Thought she was superb. Finally putting a view across that doesn't toe the party line and actually describes a high percentage of people feelings on it. Let actions be statistic based and not hysteria based

    Staines throwing out the scenes from Bergamo and dead bodies in trucks in NY. We are so far from that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,918 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Staines throwing out the scenes from Bergamo and dead bodies in trucks in NY. We are so far from that.
    It would be interesting for RTE to bring on an actual working doctor in one of the busiest COVID hospitals like Beaumont or the Mater to give an actual opinion on the way things are right now. We don't seem to be seeing news reports of armageddon ICUs from Spain/France, for example.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Pablo Escobar


    Does anyone know what our ICU capacity is now?

    Capacity is c.280 and current availability is c.45. Not a lot of runway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,961 ✭✭✭✭Ha Long Bay


    It would be interesting for RTE to bring on an actual working doctor in one of the busiest COVID hospitals like Beaumont or the Mater to give an actual opinion on the way things are right now. We don't seem to be seeing news reports of armageddon ICUs from Spain/France, for example.


    They did.

    https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2020/0617/1148025-rte-investigates-inside-irelands-covid-battle/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,918 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Capacity is c.280 and current availability is c.45. Not a lot of runway.
    There's a surge plan in place, same as during March. I know the CUH have an entire ward sealed off for backup, for example.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,918 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 704 ✭✭✭Pablo Escobar


    There's a surge plan in place, same as during March. I know the CUH have an entire ward sealed off for backup, for example.

    Yes, but you really don't want to have to go there.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    there was a bit there on the Claire Byrne show where the experts are hammering home the message of indoor, household gatherings being high risk for covid infection. Also one of them saying we are heading towards another lockdown by Christmas time or the new year of we don't act now.

    Basically we all have a part to play to follow the guidelines that are laid out.

    This is the message that many in the medical and science fields are hammering out. Why doesn't the government step in and make this happen? I heard on the news over the weekend that in England, people are faced with up to 10,000 pounds fine of they are caught breaking isolation rules. That's proper order imo. We really need our government to bring in large fines for people who are going to break the guidelines on masks and social distancing and isolation guidelines.

    There was a blond guest on the show by video call. Her name was Niamh. The tone she was speaking in displays she's very playe that her young generation is locked up. It's overly dramatic for crying out loud. You're talking about restricting your close contacts and social gatherings for the foreseeable future to hammer down on the virus. <snip>


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    We have had six months to increase ICU capacity


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,918 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Yes, but you really don't want to have to go there.
    You don't, and the CUH certainly doesn't need it atm (1 patient) but it's there if needed. I assume every other hospital is the same.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,918 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    owlbethere wrote: »
    there was a bit there on the Claire Byrne show where the experts are hammering home the message of indoor, household gatherings being high risk for covid infection. Also one of them saying we are heading towards another lockdown by Christmas time or the new year of we don't act now.

    Basically we all have a part to play to follow the guidelines that are laid out.

    This is the message that many in the medical and science fields are hammering out. Why doesn't the government step in and make this happen? I heard on the news over the weekend that in England, people are faced with up to 10,000 pounds fine of they are caught breaking isolation rules. That's proper order imo. We really need our government to bring in large fines for people who are going to break the guidelines on masks and social distancing and isolation guidelines.

    There was a blond guest on the show by video call. Her name was Niamh. The tone she was speaking in displays she's very playe that her young generation is locked up. It's overly dramatic for crying out loud. You're talking about restricting your close contacts and social gatherings for the foreseeable future to hammer down on the virus. A night out for a lot of young people is just a chance to dress up like dirty, cheap prostitutes and get drunk and behave like dirty disgraces.
    That's a bit uncalled for, to be fair?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭owlbethere


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    The absolute cheek of her . Shut the vulnerable in so the young ones can party

    My thoughts exactly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 18,961 ✭✭✭✭Ha Long Bay


    That's the 1st of July, I'm talking about right now.


    To serve what purpose?

    Does the original documentary not give a fairly good idea of what happens when hospital numbers increase?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,772 ✭✭✭stockshares


    Capacity is c.280 and current availability is c.45. Not a lot of runway.

    I was looking at an old spreadsheet and I think there is an extra 275 from private hospiat beds but I could be wrong on that.

    So somewhere between 500-569 in Total


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


    Lock the airport, shut down the border (army can police it) and full lockdown for 8 weeks.

    Then what?


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