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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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  • #1472
    Akesh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 315 ✭✭Akesh


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Free speech good. A member of government Independent politician actively undermining a scientific ADVISOR in a pandemic in pursuit of likes on Twitter is not. It’s stupid and reminiscent of a certain orange president.

    edit: thought he was FF sorry.

    Deleted


  • #1473
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »
    It's definitely NOT the schools, definitely.

    Next week or so should tell us really...... they might not tell us the truth, but it’ll be obvious to see.
    If the numbers dip lower, I’d be sceptical whether the numbers will be kept artificially low to stop scrutiny of the schools or not. As the saying goes, statistics don’t lie but liars use statistics.


  • #1474
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Progress showing early signs of slowing

    Dunno if it represents increased risk or not, but over last 2 weeks there is clearly a dramatic increase in people drinking take aways near enough to where they have got their pints from local pubs (not breaking any law), queuing outside coffee shops (not 2m apart) and shopping in 'essential' retail such as Harvey Norman etc (I was in Harveys today - it was like a normal pre-Covid Sunday in the computers/electrical dept.).

    I don't know if it impacts much or not on figures but we certainly didn't have as much congregation back in the original lockdowns, I remember Harvey Norman would bring people in one by one directly to the product they needed, there was no browsing.

    As for the drinking outside, if you're having a few scoops in groups of 8/9 as I've seen, I presume it's likely in some respect that some transmission could occur, even outside.


  • #1475
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,237 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    As of 2pm today, 283 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU. There have been 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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  • #1476
    Beasty
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    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    I was "reliably" informed by the anti-school mob on this thread that cases would fall a lot this week due to the schools being closed last week (infections this week arise from contacts the previous week). Hasn't happened. Backs up that schools aren't a big factor

    Do you really think there is a 7 day "turnaround" between getting infected and getting the results of a test?

    I personally would not consider schools being a major issue, but there is nothing conclusive either way at this stage. Indeed if you accept a lot of kids who get this are likely to be asymptomatic it may well take the disease passing "through" a child and onto an adult before we see a material impact on reported figures, and that could involve a timelag of 3-4 weeks


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  • #1477
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,450 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    Any idea of the 7 day average vs the previous 7 days.
    Gav Reilly just after posting it
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1325499982070378498?s=19


  • #1478
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,450 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    As of 2pm today, 283 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 39 are in ICU. There have been 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.

    Increase of 2 since last night


  • #1479
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    screamer wrote: »
    Next week or so should tell us really...... they might not tell us the truth, but it’ll be obvious to see.
    If the numbers dip lower, I’d be sceptical whether the numbers will be kept artificially low to stop scrutiny of the schools or not. As the saying goes, statistics don’t lie but liars use statistics.

    Jesus.... I think this is what 4 years of Trump had led to...


  • #1480
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    mloc123 wrote: »
    Jesus.... I think this is what 4 years of Trump had led to...

    Nothing to do with Trump, I just don’t blindly believe NPhet, look who is running it, and google the cervical check scandal. Then come back to me.


  • #1481
    alentejo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭alentejo


    3 weeks of level 5 remaining. Not a chance of average daily figures falling lower than 50 per day or even 100 per day


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  • #1482
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    alentejo wrote: »
    3 weeks of level 5 remaining. Not a chance of average daily figures falling lower than 50 per day or even 100 per day

    Agreed :(

    I


  • #1483
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    alentejo wrote: »
    3 weeks of level 5 remaining. Not a chance of average daily figures falling lower than 50 per day or even 100 per day

    Regardless of what restrictions are in place, people will do as they please for Christmas.

    They simply won't be able to shut retail for Christmas either there'll simply be too much industry pressure as well as societal pressure.

    It'll definitely be a Christmas without pubs though.


  • #1484
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,216 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Rob A. Bank wrote: »
    Playing politics with public health advice has worked out really, really well for the USA and Brazil !

    :rolleyes:

    Mr McNamara should cop on and shut up.

    McNamara is a dope playing to the gallery and spreading misinformation, so I have no problem with Nolan condescending to him with facts.


  • #1485
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,450 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    alentejo wrote: »
    3 weeks of level 5 remaining. Not a chance of average daily figures falling lower than 50 per day or even 100 per day

    Personally it was never actually attainable I feel, many others said it at the time as well when the figure of 50 was mentioned.

    R being close to .5 looks possible but daily cases does not.


  • #1486
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    screamer wrote: »
    Nothing to do with Trump, I just don’t blindly believe NPhet, look who is running it, and google the cervical check scandal. Then come back to me.

    The cervical scandal was negligence. Your post implies you think they are deliberately going to hide cases to suit their agenda.

    Between the people who believe it is all fake and being used to control the population, and the others who think the government are hiding the "real" number of cases to keep schools open....


  • #1487
    holdyerhorses
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 220 ✭✭holdyerhorses


    Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »
    It's definitely NOT the schools, definitely.

    I'm not sure if these posts are satire, but either way, isnt it completly obvious that schools drive infection? I mean the stats for hospitilisarions of under 24s is 6%, while they represent 36% of cases (0 deaths, 0 icu)... which is great.

    This is the decision as a society we have made, that schools are the priority, I really dont understand why the cases are a surprise and people are assumig nobody realises it's not going to transmit in schools?


  • #1488
    holdyerhorses
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 220 ✭✭holdyerhorses


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Regardless of what restrictions are in place, people will do as they please for Christmas.

    They simply won't be able to shut retail for Christmas either there'll simply be too much industry pressure as well as societal pressure.

    It'll definitely be a Christmas without pubs though.


    NPHET will not reccomend reduction in restriciton level, govt will agree, there will be announcements of vaccine or treatment in first week of December if not earlier, and everyone will sacrifice this Xmas with that knowledge. If a or multiple vaccines fail to be effective, then society will end the lockdowns


  • #1489
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    mloc123 wrote: »
    The cervical scandal was negligence. Your post implies you think they are deliberately going to hide cases to suit their agenda.

    Between the people who believe it is all fake and being used to control the population, and the others who think the government are hiding the "real" number of cases to keep schools open....

    Off you go, knock yourself out slurping up bowls of NPHET number spaghetti, if you just want to believe that, that’s your look out. Governments can suppress and manipulate things any time to suit their own narrative. There are those of us who are more sceptical, and who don’t just take what we are fed.


  • #1490
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    screamer wrote: »
    Off you go, knock yourself out slurping up bowls of NPHET number spaghetti, if you just want to believe that, that’s your look out. Governments can suppress and manipulate things any time to suit their own narrative. There are those of us who are more sceptical, and who don’t just take what we are fed.

    :Facepalm:


  • #1491
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,193 ✭✭✭screamer


    mloc123 wrote: »
    :Facepalm:

    Talk to the hand....


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  • #1492
    Thelonious Monk
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    Who's the hottie that sits beside Tony?


  • #1493
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,101 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    mloc123 wrote: »
    The cervical scandal was negligence. Your post implies you think they are deliberately going to hide cases to suit their agenda.

    Between the people who believe it is all fake and being used to control the population, and the others who think the government are hiding the "real" number of cases to keep schools open....

    Conspiracy theorists were given their biggest platform ever and now more people than ever are lapping up these "alternative"/"critical thinkers"/"sceptics" and whatever doesnt suit their new idea is just "fake news".


    It'll take a while for that sorta rubbish to go back underground again.


  • #1494
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


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  • #1495
    Funsterdelux
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    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    Who's the hottie that sits beside Tony?

    Prof Phil Nolan, the beard is very becoming


  • #1496
    Rob A. Bank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Rob A. Bank


    thelad95 wrote: »
    Regardless of what restrictions are in place, people will do as they please for Christmas.

    They simply won't be able to shut retail for Christmas either there'll simply be too much industry pressure as well as societal pressure.

    It'll definitely be a Christmas without pubs though.

    Your ability to foretell the future is most impressive... :rolleyes:

    Was it the stars, spirits, tea leaves or casting entrails that told you this ?

    BTW I am un-reliably informed if you cast the entrail organs in alphabetical order… it will yield far more accurate predictions !

    ;)


  • #1497
    Ten of Swords
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,439 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    Paddygreen do not post in this thread again

    Moderator: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender, Vegan & Vegetarian

    Category Moderator: Social & Fun



  • #1498
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    thelad95 wrote: »

    It'll definitely be a Christmas without pubs though.

    It shouldn't be. They should let pubs open in a responsible fashion, subject to very limited groups (even if that's 2 or 3 per table or from 2 families only etc.). There has to be some element of "living with covid" and opening them under circumstances where at least people can go and have a couple of jars, without allowing parties, would seem a resonable middle ground, and provide pubs with some income at this time of year.


  • #1499
    D.Q
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    Ten of Swords wrote: »
    Paddygreen do not post in this thread again

    End of an era


  • #1500
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    D.Q wrote: »
    End of an era

    Will miss him.


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  • #1501
    CIARAN_BOYLE
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    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Personally it was never actually attainable I feel, many others said it at the time as well when the figure of 50 was mentioned.

    R being close to .5 looks possible but daily cases does not.

    If we are 500 a day atm and r being 0.5 we should be halting our case number every 2 weeks we won't come close to 50 a day.

    Imo there's too much of a cross border effect in some border counties and things aren't going down fast enough in Dublin. Too much travel in and out and too many offices staying open.


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