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

332 positive swabs from 12,640 tests. 2.6% positivity.

Appears to be heading in the right direction again and that we had a small blip around or not long after Halloween weekend & in the following week

7-day rate down now to 3.74%

Excellent numbers today, there is no way the 2, 3, 5, 7, 14 or 31 day average can increase. Even the 1-day average is down :pac:

seamus wrote: »

7-day rate down now to 3.74%

Excellent numbers today, there is no way the 2, 3, 5, 7, 14 or 31 day average can increase. Even the 1-day average is down :pac:

Great numbers, good to see us making progress again - pity about the blip last week.

seamus wrote: »

7-day rate down now to 3.74%

Excellent numbers today, there is no way the 2, 3, 5, 7, 14 or 31 day average can increase. Even the 1-day average is down :pac:

Just a quick look, 10 day figure could have increased. If so, that's what will be the headline rate!

Hector Savage wrote: »

Great ... and then what ?

What about Christmas ? or whenever they lift restrictions ?

That should be fairly obvious........

Loosen lockdown restrictions, numbers creep up over a few weeks/months till hospitals look in bother, Increase lockdown restrictions at the right time till numbers go down again, loosen lockdown restrictions again until numbers go up and hospitals in bother, rinse and repeat till:
Widescale vaccinations/Widescale immunity (if proven)

The only way that works "better" is if the majority of the populace do more when the restrictions are loosened to avoid close physical contact/meeting in groups etc etc......and we have longer and/or no need to increase the restrictions.

robbiezero wrote: »

Tony will be going with the yearly average so in his next briefing.

Case numbers way higher than last year. Very concerned.

The next 2-3 years are CRITICAL!!

mloc123 wrote: »

The next 2-3 years are CRITICAL!!

Decades more like

Hector Savage wrote: »

Believe me people are, some people were jobless losers before this.
Now they are given a high vis yellow vest with COVID 19 COMPLIANCE OFFICER or COVID19 INFECTION BLOCKER SPECIALIST on the back and can walk around feeling vindicated and helpful.

Throwing their little bit of authority about - it is in their interest for this to never end.

Types that failed to be police or security guards in donaghmede shopping centre - dangerous dangerous people.

I think this is an incredibly naive and narrow minded standpoint. Maybe it helps to tell yourself that to understand other people's point of view. Everyone wants this over. Some people believe if we follow every rule to the T, we can be out of it sooner, and therefore react by getting upset by those breaking the rules. You refer to them as "dangerous, dangerous people" when they'll see those breaking the guidelines as the same.

Everyone has different perspectives on the rules, the reaction, the entire situation. If this pandemic has taught me anything, it's that there are a serious amount of people out there that are completely unable to see things from others' perspective, apply a little critical thinking, or see the situation from high level.

If you say you think the restrictions are apt, you're accused of wanting to kill the economy. If you say the restrictions are bull****, you're killing your granny. If you're on either side, you're told that "without an economy, you have no health service" or "health service gets over run you have no economy".

It's all so absolute and binary, when the real world situation is full of many variables and nuances.

stephenjmcd wrote: »

332 positive swabs from 12,640 tests. 2.6% positivity.

Appears to be heading in the right direction again and that we had a small blip around or not long after Halloween weekend & in the following week

Good numbers considering the reports of outbreaks among staff in some of the hospitals around the country.

A lot of people spout rubbish here on this thread that people are going to die with or without COVID and that its no worse than the flu in terms of numbers. And then a dozen other morons thank them for their post. Here is the true ratio of COVID vs flu for deaths based on current USA statistics.

Wolf359f wrote: »

True, but the massive difference was in October the positivity rate was increasing, it's now decreasing.
It's the trends to follow. Taking the rate one day without context means nothing, it's the trend.

Yes, and one would hope that would continue as the less that are out there with covid, the less that it will be spread to, particularily once they are restricting their movements.

Denny61 wrote: »

When we allowed to move more freely. Expect cases to rise .simple as..and by god will they rise after the holiday period.we are only fooling ourselves..people on here with the stupid cliché..Great news ...its heading in the right direction..wake up..its nothing got to do with ridding this virus from our community

There's very few asleep.
It's heading in the right direction for a loosening of restrictions and move into another phase.

Denny61 wrote: »

When we allowed to move more freely. Expect cases to rise .simple as..and by god will they rise after the holiday period.we are only fooling ourselves..people on here with the stupid cliché..Great news ...its heading in the right direction..wake up..its nothing got to do with ridding this virus from our community

So what exactly is your point ?

I fully expect numbers to get down to a manageable level in a couple of weeks, then we can have a responsible Christmas.

I would also expect numbers to go up again in January with possibly further lockdown.

But all of the above is OK with me TBH, January is always a crap month.

I think people like would only be happy if we were in Level 5 lockdown until the vaccine rollout. I don't understand your point of view, please explain in your opinion what we should do ?

alentejo wrote:

meanwhile in the safe supermarket!

Well it's the only place you can't avoid the idiot.