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Covid 19 Part XXV-44,159 ROI (1,830 deaths) 21,898 NI (598 deaths) (13/10) Read OP

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    #242
    Wolf359f
    Registered Users Posts: 5,743 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    begbysback wrote: »
    There was a diagram on the tv earlier, think the max was in the 50s

    Eh... In the 150's yeah... 155 at the peak in ICU with covid.


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    #243
    polesheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭polesheep


    speckle wrote: »
    That's why I noted on the top of the post that they did not employ more staff but reallocated them. There is an interview with the guy in charge talking to the royal college of surgeons covid response team I can post later if you like. We need to stop finding excuses just do things. Not including you in that beacase asking questions always the right thing.

    And if we need more ICU beds they'll be reallocating staff. They are already asking nurses to volunteer for ICU. What this would mean, of course, is other procedures and treatments being cancelled.


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    #244
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users Posts: 12,459 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Stheno wrote: »
    one word - unions

    Two words ..cutbacks and taxcuts


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    #245
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,592 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Leo V due on Claire Byrne tonight.

    To talk about Bressie
    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #246
    tom1ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,167 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    Goldengirl wrote: »
    Interesting podcast last night Soeckle , thanks .
    Reinforces what I have been saying all along .
    Staff will be taken from areas like theatre and recovery to staff ICU beds if necessary , but the down shot of this is a reduction in general medical and elective surgery .
    There are, simply put , as I and other in the area have said , not enough specially trained and experienced nurses to run extra ICU beds .
    Nurses from other areas will have to work supervised for quite a while to be able to perform with any level of autonomy, and in situations like this there is little time to train or supervise .
    Last year when I said this on the Nurses strike thread that specialist nurses were leaving Ireland to work in Australia , UAE and Canada because they were not adequately paid for their qualifications and experience , I was told by some who are shouting on this thread for " more beds , more ICU beds , now ! " that there were enough nurses in Ireland , and that they were better paid than anywhere else .
    These nurses some of whom tried to come back initially when the crisis began should be offered flights home , and re registration in Ireland asap along with a compensatory bonus for coming home to help in what is, after all , a national emergency.
    Present re registration is taking at least 3 months btw , which is ridiculous as most of the qualifications are standardised internationally and have been for years .

    I’m sorry if this is too simple a question, but how many nurses and docs does it take to staff an icu bed? (This isn’t the start of a joke btw)


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    #247
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,696 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Eod100 wrote: »
    I don't get who would be doing it so. Donnelly?

    Varadkar on Clare Byrne apparently https://twitter.com/PTHosford/status/1313177211558662147

    Donnelly, Ryan and Donohue. They must have pulled the short straw. While Varadkar is on tv and Martin is nowhere to be seen. Some leadership


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    #248
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,639 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    I'm actually quite surprised with how well the Donald has coped with COVID. I was convinced he'd be dead, to be honest. Meets all the criteria.
    That's if he actually had it though, of course.


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    #249
    Thomas..
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭Thomas..


    Goldengirl wrote: »
    Two words ..cutbacks and taxcuts

    Ah come on seriously


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    #250
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users Posts: 12,459 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    drunkmonkey wrote: »
    If everyone is going to level 3 how about the county's that quality for Level 2, can they just go back, how's this work.

    No we're all in this together ;)


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    #251
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 15,202 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1313201129736503297?s=19


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    #252
    screamer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,134 ✭✭✭screamer


    lillycakes2 wrote: »
    If they are afriad public Hospitals wont cope with a peak in cases, why not make a plan for private Hospitals to help their collegues with capacity, instead of blanket restrictions

    Because they went out of the traps too soon last spring and spent all that money and got 0 use or value out of the private hospitals. I don’t think we can afford to do that again


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    #253
    Thomas..
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 141 ✭✭Thomas..


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I'm actually quite surprised with how well the Donald has coped with COVID. I was convinced he'd be dead, to be honest. Meets all the criteria.
    That's if he actually had it though, of course.

    He can't get any more brain damage

    He's already maxxed out


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    #254
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,696 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I'm actually quite surprised with how well the Donald has coped with COVID. I was convinced he'd be dead, to be honest. Meets all the criteria.
    That's if he actually had it though, of course.

    Access to best doctors and drugs. Early days yet too.


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    #255
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users Posts: 11,639 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    Donnelly's gonna be ****ing unbearable at the press conference. An absolute bluffer.


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    #256
    screamer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,134 ✭✭✭screamer


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    Donnelly's gonna be ****ing unbearable at the press conference. An absolute bluffer.

    Better than mmmmmmmehole though


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    #257
    rob316
    Registered Users Posts: 17,997 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    Mental Mickey wrote: »
    No he isn't. He's the leader of the supposed free world. He's a self-obsessed idiot

    Na he's comedy gold, the hate for him is bizarre. Wishing him dead etc


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    #258
    begbysback
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭begbysback


    Wolf359f wrote: »
    Eh... In the 150's yeah... 155 at the peak in ICU with covid.

    Yea I just caught a glimpse, you could be right


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    #259
    majcos
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭majcos


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Can anyone recall how many covid patients were in ICU during the spring peak? TIA.
    I think 166 was the peak number of patients in ICU with confirmed Covid (mid April).


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    #260
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    You can clearly see how it has spread to the older at risk cohort as predicted.
    You can start to understand the dramatic recommendation if hospitalisation trend continues.

    528403.png


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    #261
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users Posts: 12,459 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    titan18 wrote: »
    We pay plenty in tax in comparison to most countries. Throwing more money at the problem isnt the solution. We spend plenty on the HSE as it is

    Should be spending more to keep doctors and nurses and less on HSE clipboard people.


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    #262
    Boggles
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    CruelSummer wrote: »
    I’m not sure if it’s because NPHET want to dictate all policy during this emergency or if the government want to hide behind them

    NPHET don't dictate policy, they take their remit from the government.

    The remit is, which Tony reminded us of again this evening.
    Our core priorities have to be protected. We must work together to keep our non-COVID health services open, keep our children in education and protect the lives of the most vulnerable to this disease

    If the core priorities have changed, then NPHET need to be given a new remit and the public need to be told what it is.

    Are schools and the health service now less of a priority?

    Because we can't have it all.


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    #263
    polesheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭polesheep


    majcos wrote: »
    It’s alright for some comes to mind when Donald Trump tweets ‘Don’t be afraid of Covid’. He got treatments and a level of medical care that very very few will get.

    Nonsense, if you are admitted to an Irish hospital you will get an excellent level of care.


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    #264
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users Posts: 5,185 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I'm actually quite surprised with how well the Donald has coped with COVID. I was convinced he'd be dead, to be honest. Meets all the criteria.
    That's if he actually had it though, of course.

    He had his results quicker than most would have been able to ring their gp, dosed with steroids etc and he had a great chance. Survival rates are up as the doctors have learned what works to treat it.


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    #265
    begbysback
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    majcos wrote: »
    It’s alright for some comes to mind when Donald Trump tweets ‘Don’t be afraid of Covid’. He got treatments and a level of medical care that very very few will get.

    He’s clearly asymptomatic or very mild symptoms, so no special treatment required.


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    #266
    [Deleted User]
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    tom1ie wrote: »
    I’m sorry if this is too simple a question, but how many nurses and docs does it take to staff an icu bed? (This isn’t the start of a joke btw)

    HDU is 1 nurse per 2 patients, ICU is 1:1 nursing


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    #267
    niallo27
    Registered Users Posts: 16,010 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    You can clearly see how it has spread to the older at risk cohort as predicted.
    You can start to understand the dramatic recommendation if hospitalisation trend continues.

    528403.png

    According to your heatmap, the numbers over 65 are decreasing the last few weeks.


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    #268
    Eod100
    Registered Users Posts: 11,696 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1313201129736503297?s=19

    Is Taoiseach address at 9 and press conference at 9:30?


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    #269
    Lundstram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Lundstram


    https://twitter.com/ShaneBeattyNews/status/1313200909288169479?s=20

    Cowards.


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    #270
    Renjit
    Registered Users Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Renjit


    Darwin wrote: »
    Ireland collects one of the lowest amounts of tax as a proportion of GDP in the OECD.

    Do you have a link for that? Interesting.


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    #271
    polesheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭polesheep


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    I'm actually quite surprised with how well the Donald has coped with COVID. I was convinced he'd be dead, to be honest. Meets all the criteria.
    That's if he actually had it though, of course.[/QUOTE]

    Ah, don't fall for that old guff. The man is reasonably healthy. He doesn't fall into the category of likely to die.


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