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Covid 19 Part XXX-113,332 ROI(2,282 deaths) 81,251 NI (1,384 deaths) (05/01) Read OP

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  • #3512
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,188 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    IrishStuff09 wrote: »
    4363 positive swabs, 16.63% positivity on 26,238 swabs.

    Yikes, and there's a backlog on top of that too


    The positivity rates in the north are over 40%, they must have stricter criteria to getting a test or poorer tracing system...


    According to the latest figures, there have also been 1,929 new positive cases, out of 4,772 individuals tested.


    https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2020-12-31/eleven-further-covid-19-deaths-recorded-in-northern-ireland


  • #3513
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    is_that_so wrote: »
    And yet that letter has no real recommendations apart from a full Level 5, which we are very close to and hitting tonight anyway. What is it you imagine they want the government to do?

    I think they're preparing them for shutting the schools for an extended period


  • #3514
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Van.Bosch wrote: »
    So are we expecting 3000 plus cases?
    Quite probably.


  • #3515
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Van.Bosch wrote: »
    So are we expecting 3000 plus cases?

    Possibly more


  • #3516
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    christ


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  • #3517
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    NPHET warns Level 5 may not be enough to curb virus

    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1231/1187136-nphet-letter-covid/

    Bar closing schools and other childcare there isn't that much left to close.

    Not sure exactly what else they want


  • #3518
    Happydays2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Quite probably.

    Unless the backlog is all added today, in which case we could be in excess of 5k.


  • #3519
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,052 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    IrishStuff09 wrote: »
    4363 positive swabs, 16.63% positivity on 26,238 swabs.

    Yikes, and there's a backlog on top of that too

    Fcuk. Was not expecting it to get high at all


  • #3520
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,532 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Bar closing schools and other childcare there isn't that much left to close.

    Not sure exactly what else they want

    And in the same breath they say the believe schools will open as expected


  • #3521
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    Unless the backlog is all added today, in which case we could be in excess of 5k.
    Better on the board now than leaking its way into the middle of next week.


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  • #3522
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    Well I guess that puts paid to the theory that the bigger numbers coming up to Christmas were due to extra testing. And also shows that this is a virus that very much thrives in social situations. It's a bit yikes.


  • #3523
    khalessi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,216 ✭✭✭khalessi


    Icyseanfitz wrote: »
    And in the same breath they say the believe schools will open as expected

    Paul Reid said the other day the virus was lost in the community they couldn't trace it anymore. We have lost this thing for the moment so its batten down the hatches time.


  • #3524
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Anyway that's me for 2020 on this so I wish all my fellow travellers a safe and very hopeful 2021!


  • #3525
    Dr. Em
    Closed Accounts Posts: 320 ✭✭Dr. Em


    Reading this thread earlier in the day, you would come away thinking that the government is the arbitrary enemy, not the virus. This is has been a ****e year for all of us, and the government has certainly made serious mistakes, but the government can announce restrictions until it they are all blue in the face and it won't make a whit of difference unless each and every one of us alter our behaviour. If everyone is complaining about the restrictions and not staying away from people we will be in lockdown for months, but with a bit of sense and peer pressure we could actually get these numbers down. Cop on.
    A close family member is currently in the hospital with pneumonia from Covid. It is the virus that is the enemy here.


  • #3526
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Anyway that's me for 2020 on this so I wish all my fellow travellers a safe and very hopeful 2021!

    And to you :)


  • #3527
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Van.Bosch wrote: »
    So are we expecting 3000 plus cases?
    There or thereabouts. Today and tomorrow at least.

    We have at least another seven days of worsening numbers, so we're better off preparing ourselves for that rather than being shocked or appalled when it is. Every single day from now to 8th January is likely to be worse than the one before.

    At 16% positivity we've effectively started to lose a sense of where we are. Rates may top out here even though the actual number of infections is way higher.

    Testing and tracing has collapsed.

    The only thing we can do now is sit and wait.

    Stay at home, fastidiously, at least until the middle of the month. You've done it a number of times in the last year. You now know that 3 weeks in the house and a walk every day is not that difficult, and goes by pretty quickly. If your boss tells you to come into the office and you don't need to be there, tell him to fvck off.


  • #3528
    growleaves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,978 ✭✭✭growleaves


    is_that_so wrote: »
    Anyway that's me for 2020 on this so I wish all my fellow travellers a safe and very hopeful 2021!

    Happy New Year to everyone here


  • #3529
    UrbanFret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    khalessi wrote: »
    Paul Reid said the other day the virus was lost in the community they couldn't trace it anymore. We have lost this thing for the moment so its batten down the hatches time.


    100% correct,
    I live in a small town, population around 1200,
    Theres been approx 80 cases in the last 3 days with plenty more to come,
    This is no longer a wave it's a fkn tsunami.
    The next couple of weeks is going to be a complete ****show.


  • #3530
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    Oh boy

    4,363


  • #3531
    the corpo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭the corpo


    Did anyone who wanted and enjoyed a "meaningful Christmas" genuinely believe this wouldn't be the trade off? The inevitable closure of schools and far more draconian measures?
    Was it worth it?

    I would have much preferred prolonged mid level restrictions til we get to the end of this, so I could see friends and family in outdoor settings farther away than bleedin' 5KM, and keep the kids in school and business open. It baffles me that a couple of days of seeing people indoors has been considered worth this avoidable misery we've been left with....


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  • #3532
    ninebeanrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,780 ✭✭✭✭ninebeanrows


    A really big amount of testing carried out there though, equivelent of 2 days in many ways but pretty shocking numbers all the same.


  • #3533
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    So, we went from shur we're doing great to holy fock in so little time!


  • #3534
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,977 ✭✭✭Russman


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Bar closing schools and other childcare there isn't that much left to close.

    Not sure exactly what else they want

    I guess if things got really dire we’d be looking at redefining what “essential” mean for retailing and stuff around take away and click & collect. Not so much because they’re dangerous in and of themselves, but just to stop people mixing in the short term. Plus also schools and construction - basically March all over again.
    If public buy in isn’t there they’ll have to remove the easy opportunities for mingling. They’ll never stop house parties but that’s true no matter what and there’s only a certain percentage who do that anyway.


  • #3535
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    seamus wrote: »
    There or thereabouts. Today and tomorrow at least.

    We have at least another seven days of worsening numbers, so we're better off preparing ourselves for that rather than being shocked or appalled when it is. Every single day from now to 8th January is likely to be worse than the one before.

    At 16% positivity we've effectively started to lose a sense of where we are. Rates may top out here even though the actual number of infections is way higher.

    Testing and tracing has collapsed.

    The only thing we can do now is sit and wait.

    Stay at home, fastidiously, at least until the middle of the month. You've done it a number of times in the last year. You now know that 3 weeks in the house and a walk every day is not that difficult, and goes by pretty quickly. If your boss tells you to come into the office and you don't need to be there, tell him to fvck off.

    That's not possible for the ''safe'' outdoor workers who have a filthy portaloo between every 10 people.


  • #3536
    elynam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16 ✭elynam


    Need to stop the panic and hysteria here. Testing now is up to 10x what was being done in March/ April time. Also largely only symptomatic people being tested back then. So when we had say 1,000 cases in March you can reasonably assume it was actually closer to 10k. It’s ok to calm down a bit - there is no zombie apocalypse. Hospitals are not overwhelmed and are well capable of managing any surge which may materialise and in fact happens this time of year every year. Appreciate hospitalisations are on the rise and ICU will continue to follow too, but we can be reasonably confident the system can manage. The end is not nigh - at least not yet anyway!


  • #3537
    [Deleted User]
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    the corpo wrote: »
    Did anyone who wanted and enjoyed a "meaningful Christmas" genuinely believe this wouldn't be the trade off? The inevitable closure of schools and far more draconian measures?
    Was it worth it?

    I would have much preferred prolonged mid level restrictions til we get to the end of this, so I could see friends and family in outdoor settings farther away than bleedin' 5KM, and keep the kids in school and business open. It baffles me that a couple of days of seeing people indoors has been considered worth this avoidable misery we've been left with....
    There's more than just Christmas going on here. The new variant must be having a sizeable impact.


  • #3538
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,599 ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    Supposed to be a press briefing atm isn't there? Late as usual?


  • #3539
    rovers_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,720 ✭✭✭rovers_runner


    Testing and tracing has completely collapsed.
    I have first hand evidence of this. They had local health professionals call up to clear their backlog after 8 days(including Christmas day).
    That would have included another 2 day wait before actually being tested.
    So it's worse than when it failed in April.

    A joke of a country, Paul Reid is as about as honest as a used car salesman.


  • #3540
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    People need to start showing some empathy for people working in healthcare and hospitals. Because of so many selfish acts now they are probably going to have to deal with what is likely to be the toughest few months of their lives


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  • #3541
    Reckless Abandonment
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Reckless Abandonment


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    So, we went from shur we're doing great to holy fock in so little time!

    Just shows how fast this thing can move. Impressive if you like to study viruses.


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