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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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  • #3302
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,953 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    ACitizenErased wrote: »
    best wishes hope all works out

    Fingers crossed
    Timing of it os dreadful the missus comes out of isolation on Christmas eve so if anyone else testes positive they'll be sitting in there room Christmas day,

    Im actually at the point of not worrying to much about the result more of how sick we get, Iv resigned myself to the fact that surely iv caught it off her


  • #3303
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    yourdeadwright wrote: »
    Im actually at the point of not worrying to much about the result more of how sick we get, Iv resigned myself to the fact that surely iv caught it off her
    Neighbour of mine equally tested positive as a close contact, no symptoms. His wife and ten-year-old son both tested negative. So I wouldn't be so certain, especially if she feels fine.


  • #3304
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,953 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    seamus wrote: »
    Neighbour of mine equally tested positive as a close contact, no symptoms. His wife and ten-year-old son both tested negative. So I wouldn't be so certain, especially if she feels fine.

    Really thats good to know
    Sounds silly but the fact one of ours is still in his early months means we have been sleeping in spare rooms because im up so early for work so im hoping that goes on my favour here


  • #3305
    ax530
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 499 ✭✭ax530


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Not sure if this is being repeated across the country but personally I know a few people who rang their GP looking for tests. No symptoms or anything just purely to have a negative result and plan to have family over. Seems silly to me personally as the test is only a moment in time
    pointless I know someone who had a test on a Tuesday which came back as negative.
    By Thu\Friday not feeling great but not 'covid' symptoms however a close contact from previous Sunday then notified them they had covid. Following Tuesday he tested again this time as a close contact it was positive.
    First test was in advance of a hospital procedure which thankfully was cancelled and luckily he had only 2 close contacts him self in that week.


  • #3306
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,293 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    Mimon wrote: »
    Exactly, their choice. My parents aren't taking the risk which is also their choice.

    One other thing to lessen the risk is for you and your immediate family limit contacts as much as possible coming up to Christmas. know that's impossible for the kids being at school but probably more doable for yourselves.


    Yeah I work from home, met friends for lunch last Thursday and that's me done, husband is working solo at the minute so is the same. All we can do, doesn't sit totally easy with me as I'm nervous for them, but they won't take no at this stage.


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  • #3307
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,293 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    daydorunrun wrote: »

    I have a vision of myself in the not too distant future feeling terrible regret that I didn't argue the merits of holding firm for just one Christmas till the vaccine arrives.

    .


    I know, I'm the same, but I'll just try my best to keep it as limited touch wise (smallies) and that as possible. I hope I can actually relax and not worry that day!


  • #3308
    hynesie08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,466 ✭✭✭✭hynesie08


    pc7 wrote: »
    I know, I'm the same, but I'll just try my best to keep it as limited touch wise (smallies) and that as possible. I hope I can actually relax and not worry that day!
    daydorunrun wrote: »
    My parents are the same. I can't help feeling a niggling in the back of my mind of how we will feel in 4 months time if one of them does pick up covid from us or the kids and things don't go well.

    I have a vision of myself in the not too distant future feeling terrible regret that I didn't argue the merits of holding firm for just one Christmas till the vaccine arrives.

    It's a bit like the stat on road crashes were a large percentage happen close to home where people relax just a little too soon.

    I completely understand and agree with your point, but would you feel worse if you spent Christmas day waving through a window and something happened anyway? Every Christmas could be the final one, might as well make sure it's a good one.....


  • #3309
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    I posted a link to Google's Mobility Data yesterday - it's data they've gathered on our movement in the last year via Android phones.
    It turns out that you can access the data in CSV and do as you wish with it.

    So here's Ireland's entire pandemic for instance

    536217.png


    It's a bit cleaner without park data

    536218.png


    And here you can see the impact of restrictions. Nice to have no lag for a change.

    536219.png

    Google also have the same data on county level. So next time someone asks "what the hell is going on in Donegal" we might just be able to answer them (assuming they have phones up there).
    I'm interested to see if it's possible to predict outbreaks/declines with this.


  • #3310
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,358 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    There's some odd people out there https://twitter.com/CMacCoille/status/1338869321838153729?s=19


  • #3311
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    356 positive swabs from 10,775. 3.30%

    :/


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  • #3312
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    seamus wrote: »
    356 positive swabs from 10,775. 3.30%

    :/

    I think we have ourselves a trend


  • #3313
    Benimar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,799 ✭✭✭Benimar


    Swab numbers starting to creep up. Thats 4 of the last 5 days over 300 (the other was 292) after only exceeding 300 swabs twice in the previous 11 days.

    Also the 6th day in a row they are higher than the corresponding day last week.

    No major uptick as yet, but the trend has been set I fear.


  • #3314
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,358 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    I think we have ourselves a trend

    Think it's a bit early to see trend but guess it wouldn't be too surprising with the opening up since the 4th


  • #3315
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Benimar wrote: »
    Swab numbers starting to creep up. Thats 4 of the last 5 days over 300 (the other was 292) after only exceeding 300 swabs twice in the previous 11 days.

    Also the 6th day in a row they are higher than the corresponding day last week.

    No major uptick as yet, but the trend has been set I fear.
    With a lot more activity this is expected anyway so nothing unusual to fear! It will be interesting to see where it eventually holds. If it's below 1,000 a day that will be good.


  • #3316
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    hynesie08 wrote: »
    They're going to approve it christmas morning aren't they.........

    Crafty bastards......

    They need to just approve it already. That’s another week away. There is zero chance that it won’t be approved. Literally zero. So why not just do it and get some at risk vaccinations done this side of Christmas. Bureaucracy costing lives


  • #3317
    blowitupref
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭blowitupref


    seamus wrote: »
    356 positive swabs from 10,775. 3.30%

    :/

    The difference from yesterday 555 extra tests has resulted in 64 more positive swabs.


  • #3318
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    is_that_so wrote: »
    With a lot more activity this is expected anyway so nothing unusual to fear! It will be interesting to see where it eventually holds. If it's below 1,000 a day that will be good.

    No chance that will happen. Will stay rising. The Ro is above 1 and unlikely to get below that without strict compliance . This is the first time that many pubs/restaurants are open since March with schools open.


  • #3319
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    I think we have ourselves a trend
    We need a few more days now to see if it plateaus a little bit at this point, or just keeps growing. The trend for the last week has been poor, and if extrapolated out to 6th January is grim. But it's too small a dataset to run decent projections on.

    The next 3-4 days will tell us more.

    It might be worth the Government signalling this as an issue now and pleading with people to plan their Xmas socialising properly; If you're planning on mixing households over Xmas, don't go to restaurants. And vice-versa.


  • #3320
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,103 ✭✭✭Polar101


    Eod100 wrote: »
    There's some odd people out there ]

    Looks like the same crowd who parked that screen outside a GP clinic in Blanchardstown, that was 1-2 weeks ago.

    Makes me wonder who funded all that.


  • #3321
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,630 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    is_that_so wrote: »
    With a lot more activity this is expected anyway so nothing unusual to fear! It will be interesting to see where it eventually holds. If it's below 1,000 a day that will be good.

    Maybe it's just me, but I normally do a lot of stuff in the run-up to Christmas (meeting friends etc), but then very little post Christmas Eve. Dublin certainly is very quiet between Christmas and New Years. I'd be optimistic that case numbers will stabilise again early in the new year.


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  • #3322
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    A good few itching for when they can use "exponential".


  • #3323
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    Maybe it's just me, but I normally do a lot of stuff in the run-up to Christmas (meeting friends etc), but then very little post Christmas Eve. Dublin certainly is very quiet between Christmas and New Years. I'd be optimistic that case numbers will stabilise again early in the new year.
    Once we have got through the main day and a few days afterwards it is usually quiet enough. I wonder how shops will deal with sales this year?


  • #3324
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,100 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    seamus wrote: »
    356 positive swabs from 10,775. 3.30%

    :/

    Crap

    We're still doing ok 2 weeks after opening though


  • #3325
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,358 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Polar101 wrote: »
    Looks like the same crowd who parked that screen outside a GP clinic in Blanchardstown, that was 1-2 weeks ago.

    Makes me wonder who funded all that.

    Apparently in Cork too. You'd wonder alright where they're getting funding!


  • #3326
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,053 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Widdensushi wrote: »
    A good few itching for when they can use "exponential".
    I'd like to be able to use "exponential decay", tbph.


  • #3327
    manofwisdom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭manofwisdom


    307 or more reported cases tonight will give us 7 day average of over 300 cases per day for the first time in 3 weeks. George Lee will freak out on RTÉ news if that happens...


  • #3328
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 10,049 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    manofwisdom wrote: »
    307 or more reported cases tonight will give us 7 day average of over 300 cases per day for the first time in 3 weeks. George Lee will freak on RTÉ news if that happens...

    Growth rate is low. We are 2 weeks in now so very soon should see the impact of the easing more clearly. If the growth rate remains slow we have time to have a reasonable Christmas


  • #3329
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,176 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    I posted a link to Google's Mobility Data yesterday - it's data they've gathered on our movement in the last year via Android phones.
    It turns out that you can access the data in CSV and do as you wish with it.

    So here's Ireland's entire pandemic for instance

    [IMG.]https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=536217&stc=1&d=1608046472[/IMG]


    It's a bit cleaner without park data

    [IMG.]https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=536218&stc=1&d=1608046527[/IMG]


    And here you can see the impact of restrictions. Nice to have no lag for a change.

    [IMG.]https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=536219&stc=1&d=1608046687[/IMG]

    Google also have the same data on county level. So next time someone asks "what the hell is going on in Donegal" we might just be able to answer them (assuming they have phones up there).
    I'm interested to see if it's possible to predict outbreaks/declines with this.

    I wonder how the rat lickers who prattle on about Bill Gates's microchips would react to those charts. :pac:


  • #3330
    Renjit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Renjit


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Growth rate is low. We are 2 weeks in now so very soon should see the impact of the easing more clearly. If the growth rate remains slow we have time to have a reasonable Christmas

    Post Christmas, except more cases. But overall we are relatively better.


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  • #3331
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,285 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Widdensushi wrote: »
    A good few itching for when they can use "exponential".

    I will be the first to admit I never heard the word exponential befor this Covid attack


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