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Covid 19 Part XXVIII- 71,942 ROI(2,050 deaths) 51,824 NI (983 deaths) (28/11) Read OP

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  • #632
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Treepole wrote: »
    All the epidemiology experts are now US political experts for a few days.
    It's tough at the top.

    Amazing coincidence that so many posters on boards are experts in many different topics.


  • #633
    speckle
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    wadacrack wrote: »
    Amazing coincidence that so many posters on boards are experts in many different topics.

    Well funnily enough even though considering one part of my family tree... I dont really have a clue about US politics. Had to go find out what gop was the other day. haha.


  • #634
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Disapointing numbers' in NI. Lockdown does not seem to be having same impact as ROI. Earlier interventions with level 3 and other restrictions probably the reason why

    https://twitter.com/vincekearney/status/1323989216087412739


  • #635
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Disapointing numbers' in NI. Lockdown does not seem to be having same impact as ROI. Earlier interventions with level 3 and other restrictions probably the reason why

    https://twitter.com/vincekearney/status/1323989216087412739

    Because they don't have a lockdown.... they are still in our level 3.5


  • #636
    speckle
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    wadacrack wrote: »
    Disapointing numbers' in NI. Lockdown does not seem to be having same impact as ROI. Earlier interventions with level 3 and other restrictions probably the reason why

    https://twitter.com/vincekearney/status/1323989216087412739

    Have their ICU numbers increased much? Someone posted the other day that the have more beds and ICU per population then us. So they can deal with covid along with other illness better than us./not saying the should have too. Hopefully that still is the case?


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  • #637
    MerlinSouthDub
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    mloc123 wrote: »
    Because they don't have a lockdown.... they are still in our level 3.5

    Closing the schools doesn't seem to have done them any good.


  • #638
    Eod100
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    https://twitter.com/GavinLeeBBC/status/1324010169303506944


  • #639
    Jim_Hodge
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    speckle wrote: »
    Have their ICU numbers increased much? Someone posted the other day that the have more beds and ICU per population then us. So they can deal with covid along with other illness better than us./not saying the should have too. Hopefully that still is the case?
    Only 15 icu beds available this morning and 6 of those are in pediatrics.
    More then half their hospitals are now operating over capacity.


  • #640
    mcburns07
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    Treepole wrote: »
    All the epidemiology experts are now US political experts for a few days.
    It's tough at the top.

    There's one fella on here in particular that considers himself an expert on numerous topics. Quite bizarre.


  • #641
    Renjit
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    Eod100 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GavinLeeBBC/status/1324010169303506944

    Will it be another Danish flu now :D


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  • #642
    speckle
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    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    Only 15 icu beds available this morning and 6 of those are in pediatrics.
    More then half their hospitals are now operating over capacity.

    I really wish we had their ICU capacity.. if their positive numbers are starting on the way down, they should make it. Tight call. Heres hoping and as always my thoughts to the families of those who have died of covid and other causes.


  • #643
    speckle
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    Eod100 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GavinLeeBBC/status/1324010169303506944
    That is such a sad human made annililation for another species. When will humans learn.


  • #644
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,173 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    speckle wrote: »
    I really wish we had their ICU capacity.. if their positive numbers are starting on the way down, they should make it. Tight call. Heres hoping and as always my thoughts to the families of those who have died of covid and other causes.

    Plenty of media reports today that their hospitals are experiencing a surge in patients. Their case numbers are extremely high still and there's also a lag before the impact on hospitals.


  • #645
    Widdensushi
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    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    Plenty of media reports today that their hospitals are experiencing a surge in patients. Their case numbers are extremely high still and there's also a lag before the impact on hospitals.

    Surprised our hospital figures seem to have stabilised, even with lower numbers thought they would keep rising for a couple of weeks


  • #646
    seamus
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    12,502 swabs, 617 positive, 4.94%. 7-day is now 4.62%.

    Still good numbers, but be nice to see a sharper drop from today on.

    Edit: The daily positive rate today exceeded the 7-day. But it also did that last Wednesday too. May or may not be coincidence.


  • #647
    Jim_Hodge
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    speckle wrote: »
    I really wish we had their ICU capacity.

    They have 5.3 per 100000 while we have 6.5.


  • #648
    Renjit
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    speckle wrote: »
    That is such a sad human made annililation for another species. When will humans learn.

    They can cook them and package meat to feed us :D


  • #649
    polesheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭polesheep


    normanoffside wrote: »
    Personally I am just getting on with my life and work and ignoring everything (including restrictions). Just going to the office every day with my essential letter (written by myself) although I haven't been asked for it.

    Obviously retail is closed but that doesn't affect me much. The city seems to be as busy as in level 3 so I think most people are doing the same.

    Me too. Living in Dublin I don't see any lockdown. Yes, there are businesses closed, but people seem to be going about as normal, busy streets and lots of activity in general. And yet the numbers are dropping. It makes me wonder if there is some big unknown in how the virus spreads.


  • #650
    MerlinSouthDub
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    seamus wrote: »
    12,502 swabs, 617 positive, 4.94%. 7-day is now 4.62%.

    Still good numbers, but be nice to see a sharper drop from today on.

    Bit disappointing alright. Still, there's always going to be a few ups and downs along the way.


  • #651
    Cunning Stunt
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    An living in DK, just saw the press conference. DK is the worlds biggest contributor to the mink farm market. We have 17million mink to be culled apparantly. Theyve been culling some farms already for a few mnths now, but this new mutation means curtains for the industry.
    Some people have been claiming that it is birds -seagulls etc that hang around the farms, that are the reason for the spread. They found covid on a seagulls foot apparantly. Now the state wants samples of birds ftom affected areas to be tested. Theyre enlisting the hunting association to help.
    They said worst case scenario its a new pandemic but its up to international biologists to make the decision on whether its a new "Covid20".


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  • #652
    speckle
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    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    Plenty of media reports today that their hospitals are experiencing a surge in patients. Their case numbers are extremely high still and there's also a lag before the impact on hospitals.

    Thats not so good then. I had heard Uk numbers levelling off recently. What are they up to up there? Though possible good thing is if they have higher immunity going foward that will hopefully help with numbers spillover to other countys nearby. Must go have a look .. a bit out if the loop at moment organising hospital apts. Thanks


  • #653
    stephenjmcd
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    speckle wrote: »
    I really wish we had their ICU capacity.. if their positive numbers are starting on the way down, they should make it. Tight call. Heres hoping and as always my thoughts to the families of those who have died of covid and other causes.

    Eh our health system has better capacity than theirs currently.

    Sure why else would the need have been last week to float the idea of paitents being transferred North to South.

    They're general bed capacity is maxed out, at 101% capacity. 5 hospitals currently over capacity


  • #654
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    polesheep wrote: »
    Me too. Living in Dublin I don't see any lockdown. Yes, there are businesses closed, but people seem to be going about as normal, busy streets and lots of activity in general. And yet the numbers are dropping. It makes me wonder if there is some big unknown in how the virus spreads.

    People walking around the streets isn't spreading it. Household visits are banned, restaurants and bars are closed. That's huge. Most people are only in contact with people within their own households for prolonged periods.


  • #655
    DOCARCH
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    Knocking on the door of 500 deaths in the UK in the past 24 hours (492 deaths)!

    Whether people agree/disagree what we have done here (in Ireland), I think we are doing o.k.


  • #656
    polesheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭polesheep


    AdamD wrote: »
    People walking around the streets isn't spreading it. Household visits are banned, restaurants and bars are closed. That's huge. Most people are only in contact with people within their own households for prolonged periods.

    I don't think so. Lots of people visiting family and friends. People interacting with childminders, tradesmen working in people's homes, etc. Lots of normal activity. From what I'm seeing cases should be rising not decreasing. Maybe the pubs are a big factor.


  • #657
    893bet
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    speckle wrote: »
    That is such a sad human made annililation for another species. When will humans learn.

    They are mink farms. Farmed for their fur I assume.

    They were annihilated every day before Covid.


  • #658
    speckle
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    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Eh our health system has better capacity than theirs currently.

    Sure why else would the need have been last week to float the idea of paitents being transferred North to South.

    They're general bed capacity is maxed out, at 101% capacity. 5 hospitals currently over capacity
    Would that tie in with this post from the end of the last thread then?


    'More. Roughly twice icu capacity iirc though that may include surge capacity. Due to NHS rather than history '


  • #659
    Cunning Stunt
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    893bet wrote: »
    They are mink farms. Farmed for their fur I assume.

    They were annihilated every day before Covid.

    yes, I have to say Im not sorry to see the mink industry here stopped in its tracks. Some farmers had bern resisting / blockading their farms and authorities were having to get police involved.
    Given this new mutation development and that there is agreed full compensation for farmers, hopefully they will just let them in this time...


  • #660
    mloc123
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    Eod100 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/GavinLeeBBC/status/1324010169303506944

    Positive news story... with any luck the farms will be banned now


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  • #661
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,450 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    speckle wrote: »
    Would that tie in with this post from the end of the last thread then?


    'More. Roughly twice icu capacity iirc though that may include surge capacity. Due to NHS rather than history '

    Not that I can see. We've more per 100k than they do. That's excluding our own surge capacity which isn't included in the HSE report, also not sure if NI include surge capacity in their report.


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