Chuck Noland wrote: » The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said that the reproduction rate at which Covid-19 is transmitted has now dropped to below 1 to between 0.7 and 0.9. It is time too accelerate opening the country back up
fin12 wrote: » Basically level 3 was working, was no need for a level 5.
Cape Clear wrote: » So we can be back on lockdown again before December 1st?
H8GHOTI wrote: » For most counties it would appear so. For us (& Dublin), not so sure. It was a delayed reaction at least. Towards the end of October we were still at 100+ most days. This drop yesterday is almost 2 weeks into level 5 though.
Be right back wrote: » 48 in Cork today.
whatever76 wrote: » Great to see numbers on the decline - read today these national figures ... 25 hospitalizations in 24 hr is not a good sign ? 25 additional hospitalizations in the last 24 hours. 41 in ICU. 310 in hospital.
H8GHOTI wrote: » 20 cases in a place as big as Cork is nothing. 300 or so countrywide is also small. Even Dublin was under 100 yesterday. If that trend continues, government will be under pressure to open up early. They said they were going to review after 4 weeks anyway but they should bring that forward for retail. If we stay in low double digits for a full week, they can’t justify having 1000s out of work. I’d love to see the data for retail transmission, the risk can’t be big if protocols are being followed. They should open up on a regional basis too if needs be. Some counties are better than others.
H8GHOTI wrote: » Well it depends on what we open & when. Opening retail next week would probably be safe enough. Pubs - they should open on the 23th Dec, let us go wild for a week :-)
JP Liz V1 wrote: » I don't think pubs will be open for Christmas unless for food
questionmark? wrote: » Michael Martin said at FF PP meeting tonight that lockdown will last for 6 weeks. Hmmmm
H8GHOTI wrote: » Hmmm indeed! Is he just saying that so people don’t get complacent? He doesn’t know what the situation will be come the middle of this month. How can he make that decision today? If cases nationally drop to 100 by then & the R0 is at 0.5, how the fûck can they keep everything closed. Nonsense. Imagine if the case numbers in Cork are down around 10 daily by then & we’re expected to stay within 5km etc... We’ll see.
TheDriver wrote: » Public support is already poor but compliant. There's not much left in people for this, especially with little evidence.
Augeo wrote: » With levels below 100 cases/day nationwide I'd imagine L3 restrictions would keep that under control but only if house parties and lots of house visits was kept to a minimum. No one was catching it in retail environments and very few in restaurants IMO.
seefin wrote: » I always felt that there must be significant spread in restaurants etc. Anyone i know who was at a pub or restaurant went with friends as opposed to household only so would have been sitting directly next to or across from people outside house. Surely was spread there as much as within peoples homes?
Augeo wrote: » I only went with with my household. Also more people go home then go to restaurants so I doubt there was as much spread there as within peoples homes. House parties and all other gatherings that weren't allowed were more often in private homes then in restaurants also.
Please see COVID-19 Update below Total number of positive cases of COVID-19 identified in CUH in the past 24 hours - 0 Total number of inpatient cases of COVID-19 currently in CUH – 15 Total number of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID -19 discharged from CUH in the last 24 hours. – 0 Total number of COVID-19 patients receiving ventilator support in CUH – 2
440Hertz wrote: » That’s why Level 5 was introduced with a 4 week review scheduled.
KrustyUCC wrote: » That review is pretty much decided already NPHET will get their 6 weeks minimum Micheal & Co won't lift the restrictions early no matter how low the cases are in 2 weeks time They won't be low enough
JP Liz V1 wrote: » I thought there was clusters linked to a cafe and bar in Cork
