SleetAndSnow wrote: » Know of a school in the city which has had multiple cases in students with even more students out now as close contacts and a few teachers were out as well due to being close contacts of a confirmed teacher case. Took a while and a bit of fighting for the HSE to agree that the teachers are close contacts however. With one student case the HSE refused to acknowledge that a few students were close contacts so they got tested on their own accord and were, shockingly, positive. Wasn't counted as a school outbreak though. Surprisingly I haven't seen the school on any of those lists that people are making of schools with confirmed cases. Would rather not say which school as I know people there but still, it is spreading within schools. Teacher friend in said school and another in a different school in the city said classrooms are fine, its when they leave the classroom is the problem and during lunch they line the halls, masks off etc. This whole "Children are safer in schools" is bs as we all know how fast viruses spread in schools.
Level 42 wrote: » Sh1t show in Cork all went to pot when the schools opened up and the students returned
ACitizenErased wrote: » Testing centre is in North Gate Business Park.
Ludo wrote: » Not good for Cork, but the striking thing to me is Dublin there. They have been under level 3 now for quite a while and it just isn't working really. As a result, no point in the rest of the country waiting to see if level 3 works. Just delaying the inevitable. Level 4.5 coming tomorrow I expect now.
lawrencesummers wrote: » Don’t wait. Go and get tested. Results back in 24-48 hours. If your worried about contact with others the best thing to do for them is to establish if you are positive or not.
lawrencesummers wrote: » Your right in a way that it’s stuff like this. Not people breaking the ‘guidelines’ but the guidelines being a steaming pile of turd in the first place. Max 15 people outside takes no account of individual places ability. Some places with an outside can Only accommodate 5 people safely. And others 55 people safely. The problem is the guidelines are stupid so people ignore them. Put proper feasible and reasoned rules in place with punishment for non conformance and then we will get somewhere. Put unfounded, unreasoned, unscientific arbitrary And often contradictory guidelines in place and people will ignore them.
s1ippy wrote: » Thanks for the phone numbers, I'm going to watch their condition and when they wake up talk to them about scheduling a test. Flu jab, we're booked in for next week But I would have thought you'd need to come into contact with someone to catch the flu!
s1ippy wrote: » Where are the test centres in Cork? I think my partner needs to get tested. They had a high grade fever (38.4), high heart rate (100+ bpm), headache and sore tummy since yesterday evening and all through the night. They were shivering all night and taking shallow breaths. The fever abated this morning but the accompanying migraine and stomach upset is vicious. A cooked breakfast which they ate earlier helped, they've been asleep all day since, fitfully enough but they're snoring in the last hour so I think it's good sleep. We go nowhere and do nothing, so we're hoping it's just a regular illness their body has conjured up all on its own but I'm absolutely terrified now because three days ago we were taking care of my relative who is high risk and lives with elderly people. Now, I'm optimistic it's not that serious as their tolerance for being unwell /threshold of discomfort is actually zero, so I wish I could actually determine how urgently they need help at any given time. Their regular body temp is back to 37.6 (that's what they usually are) and they had good blood oxygen levels as well as being able to blow 500 on the peak flow but they're still moaning and groaning in their sleep and seem to be in considerable pain. I wish I was sick instead. We quarantine and wash down everything coming into the house (including clothes worn outside), we have no close contacts except cocooning relatives. I have no idea where they could have picked it up if it is covid. We have a lot going on at the moment (just this month, evicted, moved, two dying relatives, life feels like constant barrage of incessant sh!t, mostly just want to be dead, all the time) so I'm just hoping their immune system is weakened from stress and misery and a rest will be enough. Are Southdoc the only place to call on a weekend? They said they wanted to wait and talk to GP tomorrow but if they deteriorate I'm going to ring someone tonight and ask what to do. I'm completely freaked.
newuser99999 wrote: » Stuff like this https://twitter.com/denis_cotter/status/1317484917941555202?s=21
JP Liz V1 wrote: » We could go to level 42 and those selfish idiots will still break the rules, we need strict actual enforcement
Ludo wrote: » And because of that stupid selfish attitude, we will end up at level 5. If we all actually followed level 3, I honestly believe we could supress this. But people now think they are above all this and we will end up paying for it.
Widdensushi wrote: » I doubt 30 people freezing their asses off for a drink is the reason for Cork's high cases, transmission seems to be quite rare outside
Away With The Fairies wrote: » What's causing such high case numbers?
