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

Peter Flynt wrote: »

Just announced in France that current restrictions to go on until mid January.

There won't be much of a Christmas this year in Ireland either.

France has been open for months though, its easier for people to buy into it, we have had the longest restrictions in Europe and possibly worldwide, you can't keep telling people they are not doing enough.

Donnelly essentially throwing NPHETs 100 cases out the window

eagle eye wrote: »

Can they not just give it a chance? Close the schools now, see where we are at in the middle of December. If it's good then take us down to level 2:until after Christmas.

People talk about schools being important for children, Christmas is very important for them.

agree. can't they just stick on a few extra weeks in the summer? would be the smart move here.

36 cases denotified. That's a lot

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1328766968678191104

St.Spodo wrote: »

We could be in a bit of a pickle here if schools and the activity that takes place around them are keeping cases ticking along at a certain level. NPHET, in the job of their lives, have staked their reputation on the position that schools are a safe environment. To choose a different path now would be to give the impression that their previous conclusion was wrong and that they put people who go to schools at risk. I don't think we'll be seeing any change in their position for that reason and for that and other reasons I sincerely hope it is not the schools.

NPHET know the score on schools. They know the virus is spreading through there. The virus doesn't particularly have any preference for avoiding Irish schools as schools elsewhere in Europe are closing.

The situation on schools is this. . . that the public are fed ****e about them being "safe" with bogus stats. This is important so as to ensure public confidence as if parents start taking kids out of schools then they will have to close anyway.

However the virus ain't gonna play along with NPHET's BS on schools.

c.p.w.g.w wrote: »

Catriona isn't giving Stephen an easy time here...his an awful politician

RTE just itching to continue at level 5 alright

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Yep Donnelly saying its highly unlikely level 5 will be extended in 2 weeks.

I can hear some poster's hearts breaking from here.

Might actually have to venture out in the big bad world, to god forbid see a relative

Peter Flynt wrote: »

NPHET know the score on schools. They know the virus is spreading through there. The virus doesn't particularly have any preference for avoiding Irish schools as schools elsewhere in Europe are closing.

The situation on schools is this. . . that the public are fed ****e about them being "safe" with bogus stats. This is important so as to ensure public confidence as if parents start taking kids out of schools then they will have to close anyway.

However the virus ain't gonna play along with NPHET's BS on schools.

You are really the only teacher I know who should really just stay at home and not go to work.

The rest are getting on with it.

normanoffside wrote: »

36 cases denotified. That's a lot

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1328766968678191104

That's a lot of cases to get wrong

Full county breakdown

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1328769078501236749?s=19

statesaver wrote: »

Will need a source on that figure.

They had 9406 cases yesterday.

Oh god you're right, I pasted the wrong figure.

That's what a 3 hour maths lecture does to you

5-day average: 427.6. (yesterday it was 433.4)

7-day average: 413.6 (Previous 7 days: 421.6)

14-day cases/100k: 122.77 (7 days ago: 152.69)

In hospital: 274 In ICU: 31 ( 7 days ago in hospital 282 in ICU 40)


Any reason why the current restrictions aren't up for review?

The level 5 restrictions was applied until December 1st and was to reviewed after four weeks as stated gov.ie and 4 weeks into these current restrictions is this Thursday.

Ro probably above 1 in Limerick