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Covid 19 Part XXIX-85,394 ROI(2,200 deaths) 62,723 NI (1,240 deaths) (26/12) Read OP

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  • #1262
    MOR316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭MOR316


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

    Prove me wrong

    I booked lunch and pints tomorrow at 12:30.
    I've never queued for Pennys in my life.

    Proved wrong!

    Next!!


  • #1263
    majcos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭majcos


    Latest influenza surveillance report from HPSC with data up to November 29th shows no confirmed influenza cases in Ireland yet this season. Less influenza testing done here than would be usual at this stage compared to previous years but it is good news nonetheless.

    Reports from UK showing influenza cases are at about a tenth of what would usually seen at this stage in the year.


  • #1264
    nocoverart
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    speckle wrote: »
    Seeing 5he 5hr3ad is a bit buzy...going to ask everyone even if you have not done it ever would you consider if on your eay to any of the now opened businesses including gastro pubs and restaurants consider donating to any busker you see or even buying Irish based musicians songs especialy the lesser well known ones.online or cds for this seasons presents. They are very hard hit this season. You can wait til a busjer has stopped playing or singing and you dont have to hang around if you feel uncomfortable. Maybe not sing but you can clap etc.
    Much appreciated

    I initially developed eye strain, then developed a headache and that was swiftly followed by utter confusion, just by reading this post... is it Covid?


  • #1265
    Thats me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Thats me


    majcos wrote: »
    Latest influenza surveillance report from HPSC with data up to November 29th shows no confirmed influenza cases in Ireland yet this season. Less influenza testing done here than would be usual at this stage compared to previous years but it is good news nonetheless.

    Reports from UK showing influenza cases are at about a tenth of what would usually seen at this stage in the year.

    If after pre-Christmas crowding we will have also an outbreak of influenza this can make complete mess given symptoms are similar to Covid - testing facilities will be overloaded, some flu patients will get into Covid depts in hospitalsa having high chances to catch Covid there in addendum to their flu.


  • #1266
    speckle
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    nocoverart wrote: »
    I initially developed eye strain, then developed a headache and that was swiftly followed by utter confusion, just by reading this post... is it Covid?

    haha I see what you mean.. basically please if you have money to spare support Irish buskers and musicians this season. thanks
    Covid... that would be a one in 5 billion chance or there abouts. ;)


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  • #1267
    nocoverart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭nocoverart


    speckle wrote: »
    haha I see what you mean.. basically please if you have money to spare support Irish buskers and musicians this season. thanks
    Covid... that would be a one in 5 billion chance or there abouts. ;)

    Yeah, only having a laugh. Great sentiment mate!


  • #1268
    [Deleted User]
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    ShyMets wrote: »
    Well I going to a pub serving food on Saturday to watch the All Ireland Semi Final but I've never bought anything in Penneys let alone queue outside it.

    Guess that's one person who's proved you wrong

    Pizza and pints in a brewery next week with some mates and I don’t even own a pair of pyjamas


  • #1269
    72sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 568 ✭✭✭72sheep


    HSE reports provide Covid data for # deaths, # cases and CFR % (and then cohort breakouts). But:
    # deaths is over-counted - as Covid is denoted as cause of death even if you are hit by a bus while infected
    # cases is under-counted - as we don't have comprehensive nationwide testing
    # reporting CFR in this scenario is, at best, an insult to our intelligence
    HSE report should be explaining the reasoning behind any data distortions.

    The data for # hospital/ICU admissions (and deaths) is also meaningless without a comparison against previous non-Covid years/periods - especially given those counting inaccuracies above. This should be compelling evidence but it's not provided in their report and there's no explanation as to why it is not relevant.

    Somehow though people are just blindly cheering along the HSE "scores" same they would for a local sports team.


  • #1270
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

    Prove me wrong

    Check out local restaurants and see if there are queues at 4:30am. Proven wrong.


  • #1271
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    I'll tell ye what, if you want to book a restaurant or gastropub between now and Xmas, you'd want to start calling now.
    They are booking up fast!

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



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  • #1272
    Russman
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    72sheep wrote: »
    But:
    # deaths is over-counted - as Covid is denoted as cause of death even if you are hit by a bus while infected
    .

    Just how many people out of the 2,000 dead have been hit by a bus while infected with COVID then ?

    Deaths that are found out to be from something other than COVID are de-notified anyway.


  • #1273
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    I'll tell ye what, if you want to book a restaurant or gastropub between now and Xmas, you'd want to start calling now.
    They are booking up fast!

    Great to see


  • #1274
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Great to see

    Yes but it's not easy to plan my 'Twelve 9 Euro Meals of Christmas'!

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #1275
    darced
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    majcos wrote: »
    All of the newly identified hospitalised positive cases in Letterkenny Hospital since 25/11 were positive on admission or within too short of a time period for them to have contracted it within hospital and turned positive. In other words, no hospital acquired infections identified there in last eight days. Hopefully that means it is coming under control again.

    68 staff in Letterkenny out due to positive Covid tests (from a workforce of about 2000) as per the last publicly available numbers. A considerable number of them are from a section of the staff who have absolutely no patient contact at all. Universal staff testing has started there this week with many staff saying it it their very first Covid test. It will find some asymptomatic positives and increase numbers of confirmed cases among staff again.

    Waterford Hospital has confirmed an outbreak in the last two or three days but thankfully numbers are not that high. (An outbreak requires just two linked cases.) Numbers increased from 2 to 7 Covid positive patients hospitalised there and down to 6 today.

    Kilkenny has experienced a jump in hospitalised numbers, going from 15 to 21 to 34 over three days. Tonight the number is at 33. Hopefully that is starting to be contained. Particularly hard on staff there as Kilkenny Hospital lost two members of staff in the same day in April, one in their 40s and the other aged 51.

    How many of the letterkenny number are still positive from last week? Wards were emptied last week because every single patient in the ward had contracted covid in the hospital.


  • #1276
    Mimon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,473 ✭✭✭Mimon


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

    Prove me wrong

    I've been all in favour of the various lockdowns but will be going to restaurants coming up to Christmas.

    The fact that I won't be meeting up with my parents for Christmas means I will not be in close contact with anyone vulnerable.

    Believe me I will not be queing outside Pennys at any time.


  • #1277
    growleaves
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  • #1278
    [Deleted User]
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    growleaves wrote: »

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  • #1279
    titan18
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    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Great to see

    Seems like a lot of them that I've seen are also closed a lot more days than usual this month. Guessing they're unable to get staff


  • #1280
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Yes but it's not easy to plan my 'Twelve 9 Euro Meals of Christmas'!

    Ambitious :D


  • #1281
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    titan18 wrote: »
    Seems like a lot of them that I've seen are also closed a lot more days than usual this month. Guessing they're unable to get staff

    Fair point

    It seems to be that way

    My favorite restaurant in Cork is closed 7 and 8 and 14 and 15

    I know Mondays and Tuesdays can be quiet but still they usually do a very good lunch trade at least


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  • #1282
    ElJeffe
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    993 Covid deaths in Italy yesterday. Situation is going to be very bleak in Europe after Xmas imo.


  • #1283
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    People who are in a hurry to go to busy restaurants are the same kind of people who queue outside pennies at 4.30 in the morning.

    Prove me wrong
    Pretty doubtful but this is indicative of a very fixed state of mind and completely lacking in any evidentiary links.


  • #1284
    titan18
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    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Fair point

    It seems to be that way

    My favorite restaurant in Cork is closed 7 and 8 and 14 and 15

    I know Mondays and Tuesdays can be quiet but still they usually do a very good lunch trade at least

    Ya, i've seen a few closed on the Mondays and Tuesdays, and a fair few also closed several days over Christmas break, including days like 27th and 28th which I'd imagine would be some of their busier days.


  • #1285
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Good to see, found it hard enough to get a booking myself for Saturday. Hopefully it will be a successful period for the hospitality trade and many can remain viable.

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/its-been-manic-restaurants-and-bars-struggle-with-avalanche-of-bookings-as-50m-expected-to-be-spent-this-weekend-39824790.html


  • #1286
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,749 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    We officially have movement:
    https://twitter.com/paulreiddublin/status/1334819782726742016?s=20


  • #1287
    ArthurDayne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭ArthurDayne


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Good to see, found it hard enough to get a booking myself for Saturday. Hopefully it will be a successful period for the hospitality trade and many can remain viable.

    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/its-been-manic-restaurants-and-bars-struggle-with-avalanche-of-bookings-as-50m-expected-to-be-spent-this-weekend-39824790.html

    Yeah, I got a lot of grief from the missus for leaving it to last night to get something booked. In the doghouse now — hope she still likes McDonalds.


  • #1288
    [Deleted User]
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    titan18 wrote: »
    Seems like a lot of them that I've seen are also closed a lot more days than usual this month. Guessing they're unable to get staff

    It is more to do with managing supplies. Restaurants and cafes are nervous about overstocking and finding that they are not as busy as they thought and are then closed again in Jan. And many will not have the working capital to go from nothing to full opening immediately (that is the case with one of my local restaurants). So it’s about finding a balance between maximising turnover within working capital restraints and concerns about having too much perishable stuff in the fridge and another closure hanging over them


  • #1289
    Mimon
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    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    We officially have movement:
    https://twitter.com/paulreiddublin/status/1334819782726742016?s=20

    Where's that poster who was moaning that we would not be able to distribute it effectively here?


  • #1290
    Theboinkmaster
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    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    We officially have movement:
    https://twitter.com/paulreiddublin/status/1334819782726742016?s=20

    9?! seems low?

    I'd like to see how many they can store, what expected turnover is and location ie determine if you just had those 9 how many jabs you can give out each week


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  • #1291
    What Username Guidelines
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    Theboinkmaster wrote: »
    9?! seems low?

    I'd like to see how many they can store, what expected turnover is and location ie determine if you just had those 9 how many jabs you can give out each week

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=115510576&postcount=8165
    Deleted User wrote: »
    Can hold 200,000 doses, so for our population and with regular supply should be fine. We should be aiming for 20,000 - 30,000 vaccines a day.


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