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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

JP Liz V1

It has hit the rebel city, CUH on lockdown with restrictions (talk the carrier is a med student who was not abroad), wash hands and take care

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fin12

I suppose Patrick street is going to become something out of a zombie film again, I remember being in there during the last lockdown as I was going to marks n Spenser’s food section and could t get off the street fast enough, was scary and creepy and some scumbag nutcases were the only ones around...

opus

Pen Rua wrote: »

I would agreed that the walkway I raised it not exactly the safest (plenty of places for people to gather / hide etc) so I can see why it's locked after dark. However, it still leaves a lot of us city dwellers without any pleasant amenity for a walk in the evening within 5km for this Lockdown 2.0

One thing to watch out for there is something that happened to me last Winter. I was cycling home from the Mardyke Arena & headed in to the walkway to get to the North Mall. When I got to the other end, the gate was locked. Bit annoying but no big deal so I cycled back the way I came to find the gate at the Mardyke end was now locked as well trapping me nicely! Luckily I work for UCC so knew the phone number of the security desk in the North Mall campus & one of the security guys came & opened the gate into there for me.

Not a nice situation to be in. I emailed the council about it & they apologised saying it should haven't happened etc.

ACitizenErased

CUH Update

Total number of positive cases of COVID-19 identified in CUH in the past 24 hours = 1

· Total number of inpatient cases of COVID-19 currently in CUH = 29

· Total number of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 discharged from CUH in the last 24 hours = 1

· Total number of COVID-19 patients receiving ventilator support in CUH = 1

Dr. Gerard O’Callaghan,
Interim Chief Executive Officer .

ACitizenErased

137 today

Ludo

jackrussel wrote: »

So they've made a second entrance to that site on south Douglas road and now have canopy’s between the containers. Safe to say it will be a test site?

They were working this site at half one this afternoon when I passed and just now when I passed again a couple of hours later, it is fully open and tests being performed with a queue of cars.

Pen Rua

Chuck Noland wrote: »

Council staff who open and close the parks can often be alone when doing so. I wouldn’t like to walk in/drive into a park alone at night and potentially have to tell a group your locking the gates

Good point, and one I had not considered when I floated the idea.

Chuck Noland

Council staff who open and close the parks can often be alone when doing so. I wouldn’t like to walk in/drive into a park alone at night and potentially have to tell a group your locking the gates

Pen Rua

I would agreed that the walkway I raised it not exactly the safest (plenty of places for people to gather / hide etc) so I can see why it's locked after dark. However, it still leaves a lot of us city dwellers without any pleasant amenity for a walk in the evening within 5km for this Lockdown 2.0

TheChizler

Icantthinkof1 wrote: »

I couldn’t see the council agreeing to keeping public parks open later as it would encourage gatherings and anti social behaviour.
I wouldn’t walk in any park in the city in the dark

If the parks didn't have gates and railings arguably some would be much safer: better sight lines and access, less places to hide. Might be something to pursue long term but can't see anything changing in the near future.

Icantthinkof1

I couldn’t see the council agreeing to keeping public parks open later as it would encourage gatherings and anti social behaviour.
I wouldn’t walk in any park in the city in the dark

titan18

cantalach wrote: »

Surely grown-ups should be allowed to decide for themselves if it is safe to go into the park after dark?

I'm sure some of those grown ups will sue the Council for having the parks open if anything happens to them.

Hence, rest of us can't have nice things

Pen Rua

cantalach wrote: »

Surely grown-ups should be allowed to decide for themselves if it is safe to go into the park after dark?

Agreed - but I'm more asking will the Council still allow it to be open late? Surely there is a reason in place for it being closed in the evenings?

PreCocious

Zardoz wrote: »

I spoke with a friend of mine at the weekend, she is a manager in a hospital .
She said that the Garda vetting process for new nurses can take months and there was some other cruelty to patients training to be passed too.
Red tape galore.

The Garda vetting process has been significantly accelerated over the past year.

I'd hardly call making sure that someone caring for vulnerable people isn't an abuser is "Red Tape".

H8GHOTI

Zardoz wrote: »

Alot of grown ups simply can't be trusted.
Look at the queues outside Penneys in Cork today, staff said it was mental in there.
People are back stocking up on toilet roll too it seems.

I think they’re staying open late too. Were asking staff to do 12 hour shifts.

Government:
Look this virus is VERY dangerous and is out of control. We have to move to level 5 for our safety. Shops need to close. You can’t travel more than 5km. It’s super important you follow these rules. But Tuesday & Wednesday are safe, go wild! It’s only dangerous from Thursday on.

Zardoz

cantalach wrote: »

Surely grown-ups should be allowed to decide for themselves if it is safe to go into the park after dark?

Alot of grown ups simply can't be trusted.
Look at the queues outside Penneys in Cork today, staff said it was mental in there.
People are back stocking up on toilet roll too it seems.

cantalach

Pen Rua wrote: »

I said it to Mrs Pen Rua, and she queried whether these areas would be safe at dark. Would the Council risk it?

Surely grown-ups should be allowed to decide for themselves if it is safe to go into the park after dark?

Pen Rua

RINO87 wrote: »

^^^this is a good idea. We should contact city council and request that the parks open later. They will all close at six once the clocks go back. We really need them open.

I said it to Mrs Pen Rua, and she queried whether these areas would be safe at dark. Would the Council risk it?

rino87

^^^this is a good idea. We should contact city council and request that the parks open later. They will all close at six once the clocks go back. We really need them open.

Pen Rua

The Banks of the River Lee Walk (at the top of North Mall, before going up the hill to Sunday's Well) closes at 6pm in October and (I think) closes at 5pm from November.

There's no place near us (Sunday's Well) to take a pleasant walk in the evenings now. During Lockdown 1, we would walk the Banks of the River Lee Walk, then up to the Mardyke Areana, Lee Fields and back.

Now, the only have decent route is to go around by the Pres school and back round via Sunday's Well Road. During the height of winter (dark), I'm not keen on walking along Sunday's Well Road...

Is there anyone to contact about potentially extending opening hours during Lockdown 2?

Zardoz

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Will Irish healthcare workers abroad fall for that one again? Alot of healthcare workers answered Ireland's call and came home earlier in the year and they wouldn't even give them work.

I spoke with a friend of mine at the weekend, she is a manager in a hospital .
She said that the Garda vetting process for new nurses can take months and there was some other cruelty to patients training to be passed too.
Red tape galore.

Widdensushi

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Will Irish healthcare workers abroad fall for that one again? Alot of healthcare workers answered Ireland's call and came home earlier in the year and they wouldn't even give them work.

The reality we face longer term is balancing an older population who need physical and financial support and a decent quality of life for those that provide it, either physically or financially, we can't have reasonable retirement ages and reasonable tax rates, one or the other unfortunately . At the moment the plan seems to be an ever increasing population but that is a pyramid scheme that means there are more older people in need of support. At some stage it will be unsustainable but the older people in power seem intent on it continuing till they 'get out'.

Away With The Fairies

cantalach wrote: »

Increasing the number of ICU beds doesn’t literally mean increasing the number of beds. The limiting factor is that that the nurses and doctors who work in ICU need highly specialised training. Like all medical specialties, that’s not a question of weeks or even months. Incentivising Irish medical people to come back from Australia is probably the only way to increase ICU capacity quickly.

Will Irish healthcare workers abroad fall for that one again? Alot of healthcare workers answered Ireland's call and came home earlier in the year and they wouldn't even give them work.

cantalach

Zardoz wrote: »

What I expected the Govt to do was to address the crux of the matter, the lack of ICU beds in our health system.
Instead they did hardly anything, 17 extra beds was their unprecedented plan.

Increasing the number of ICU beds doesn’t literally mean increasing the number of beds. The limiting factor is that that the nurses and doctors who work in ICU need highly specialised training. Like all medical specialties, that’s not a question of weeks or even months. Incentivising Irish medical people to come back from Australia is probably the only way to increase ICU capacity quickly.

who_me

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

13 deaths today and they recent according to Richard Chambers

RIP

We need the rate down to 1.5 or 1 or under yes?

Yeah, below 1 (ideally, well below 1). R is the average number of people that will be infected by one person. As long as it's below 1, the number of those suffering from the virus will be diminishing.

TheChizler

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

13 deaths today and they recent according to Richard Chambers

RIP

We need the rate down to 1.5 or 1 or under yes?

Positivity rate is different to R number. R number needs to be under 1 for it to go away. If you have little testing capability like in April and only test people showing multiple symptoms you'll have a high rate, if you open up the testing like the last few months it'll be lower

mean gene

jackrussel wrote: »

So they've made a second entrance to that site on south Douglas road and now have canopy’s between the containers. Safe to say it will be a test site?

definitley looks that way badly needed too

ACitizenErased

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

13 deaths today and they recent according to Richard Chambers

RIP

We need the rate down to 1.5 or 1 or under yes?

13 deaths reported today. They could have happened any time over the past 14 days. (In terms of 'recent')
We need r under 1 yes. Positivity rate dropped today for the second day in a row, and 350 backlogged cases were included in today's case number.

JP Liz V1

ACitizenErased wrote: »

There's 3 times less people in hospital now than in March, April, May. We've a positivity rate of circa 6.5%, compared to almost 20% in March, April, May. We're seeing considerably less deaths and 4 times less people in ICU.
It's not all bad....

13 deaths today and they recent according to Richard Chambers

RIP

We need the rate down to 1.5 or 1 or under yes?

ACitizenErased

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think I am more worried and more anxious now than when it first hit hard here in March April and May

Take care everyone and stay safe

There's 3 times less people in hospital now than in March, April, May. We've a positivity rate of circa 6.5%, compared to almost 20% in March, April, May. We're seeing considerably less deaths and 4 times less people in ICU.
It's not all bad....

jackrussel

So they've made a second entrance to that site on south Douglas road and now have canopy’s between the containers. Safe to say it will be a test site?