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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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  • #3662
    alentejo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭alentejo


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    And as we speak, shopping malls are packed

    They will not be for long. People are buying things before shops close for 4/6/8/12 weeks or what ever!


  • #3663
    Away With The Fairies
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Away With The Fairies


    UrbanFret wrote: »
    No she wont be tested. A mates wife and 3 kids are positive,He requested a test and was told to assume he has it and isolate fore 14 days. They are only testing those with symptoms now.

    But what kind of symptoms? Is it HSE list which is absolutely rubbish. It doesn't even include headache as a symptom which it very much is. Also alot of people don't have a fever. A poster here said yesterday they had a runny nose. Are they all symptoms? Or are we back to March again and you have to have a fever and a cough?


  • #3664
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    i fear most people do not realise how serious the situation is now.


  • #3665
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    And as we speak, shopping malls are packed

    In an hour and fifty they won’t be.


  • #3666
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    froog wrote: »
    i fear most people do not realise how serious the situation is now.

    Most don’t until they or a loved one is in triage.


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  • #3667
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,187 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Time to board the lifeboats.


  • #3668
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Will be lockdown until April, best case scenario is now late March tbh. Short term gain for long term pain.


  • #3669
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    So how many have been given doses of the vaccine?

    Deleted post, was wrong.


  • #3670
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,666 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    froog wrote: »
    i fear most people do not realise how serious the situation is now.

    I can see curfews being imposed if this trend continues, tbh.


  • #3671
    ElJeffe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 725 ✭✭✭ElJeffe


    Sleety_Rain wrote: »
    And as we speak, shopping malls are packed

    Don't know about right now but my daughter works down in Dundrum SC and her particular shop had their second busiest day ever yesterday.


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  • #3672
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    That's it yeah. Just out of curiosity, have you tried working from home while simultaneously caring for and educating multiple children?

    Your kid will be just fine missing 4 to 6 education.

    You’re just proving a point that you need the school to act as a baby sitter while you work from home.


  • #3673
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Mark Coughlan asking some very good questions. Fair play to him


  • #3674
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    You kid will be just fine missing 4 to 6 education.

    You’re just proving a point that you need the school to act as a baby sitter while you work from home.

    Answer my question. Thanks.


  • #3675
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    They all shifted uncomfortably in their seats when the variant was mentioned


  • #3676
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,187 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Time to get the Navy back with popup test centres.


  • #3677
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Why cant they just be honest.

    It will be level 5 till March.

    Then it will be level 3,2,1 in April,May and June. Then eventually back to normal if the vaccine works as expected.


  • #3678
    Mwengwe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Mwengwe


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Will be lockdown until April, best case scenario is now late March tbh. Short term gain for long term pain.

    Absolute nonsense, if it's done properly it'll be mid-February at the latest.

    The virus can't spread when people stay at home, that's the whole idea.


  • #3679
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Martina1991 wrote: »
    Believe it or not, medical personnel are entitled to time off, and post whatever opinions they want on social media.

    These accounts post insight into the real, escalating situation in hospitals that you otherwise wouldn't know about.

    People may be more inclined to listen to actual doctors than politicians or the media.

    Believe it or not, I never said they weren't entitled to time off, or not entitled to post whatever opinions they want on social media. Personally I don't need this doctors tweets to inform me of the general situation in hospitals but I'm sure its of use to some people.

    It's good that her time off allows her to post every single hour every single day from what I can see. Though she (like a lot of politicians) might want to remember that it's probably only 20% of the population actually on twitter and, arguably, 90% of them are nuts!


  • #3680
    alentejo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭alentejo


    I suspect we are heading in to the worst of the pandemic over the next 2 weeks.

    Late December and January are always the worst time of year for hospitals and this year will be no different all be it during a pandemic.

    Hospitals will have a large reduction with standard influenza and flu to deal with this year, however Covid will be the main driver of chronic illness. Deaths will happen as they always do at this time of year and we must protect people!

    Things are bleak and will remain so for another few weeks. We will get thru this.
    The current restrictions will really only commence tomorrow, however I suspect general contacts with people have been declining since just after Xmas and these are not showing up as yet.

    People seem to be stating that Xmas was some kind of carnival this year. For me and just noticing traffic etc , it was very quiet this year compared to previous years.


  • #3681
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    NH2013 wrote: »
    Backlog must be massive at this stage, ~3,000 from today, ~2,000 yesterday and the historic backlog of ~1,400, are we looking at over 10,000 cases tomorrow if they get the swabs processed?

    Also if a swab is positive but a case not announced, has the person that tested positive also not been informed that they're positive? Which could lead to even further spread?

    The swabs are already processed. Positive swabs have already been through the lab and results released. Those patients would also be contacted in a timely manner to maintain the quick turnaround time.

    Where the "backlog" comes in is the reporting of cases by the HPSC to the DOH. Maybe they are struggling to authorise and verify all these cases. Clerical staff likely not working 24/7 or maybe not enough of them to keep up with the service.


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  • #3682
    pm1977x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭pm1977x


    Not sure why people are fixated on how many have had the (partial) vaccine, we know how laughably few doses we have and even if they've all been used it's the tiniest drop in the ocean. All this vaccine talk has lulled some into a false sense of security and although it's a ray of light it shouldn't be overhyped.


  • #3683
    blowitupref
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,121 ✭✭✭blowitupref


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Will be lockdown until April, best case scenario is now late March tbh. Short term gain for long term pain.
    We'll see where we stand on January 31st. Most should expect level 5 restrictions well into February anyway.


  • #3684
    Duke of Url
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭Duke of Url


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    Answer my question. Thanks.

    I don’t have kids

    I work for a global multinational and colleagues in Germany , China, France all say the same.

    They need the schools open to send their kids so they can work from home in peace.

    You are pretending it’s about education lol

    At least be honest with yourself that it’s nothing to do with education. You require a babysitting service so your conference calls are not interrupted.


  • #3685
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,666 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    https://twitter.com/jackpowerIT/status/1344690227802222593


  • #3686
    The_Brood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 838 ✭✭✭The_Brood


    Still waiting for someone to explain Europe's cowardice and why we did not just close everything down bar actually life-essential necessities for 3 weeks to completely eliminate the virus and return life back to normal? What was required was men with guns outside doors, men with guns on the borders. Complain and cry to me all you want about your rights for 3 weeks, when the alternative is this year-long hell of lockdowns and restrictions? Whoever prefers 1 year+ of lockdowns over 3 weeks of house arrest is completely off their heads and hasn't seen the true suffering of these restrictions. Yet Europe has firmly chosen the former. I do not get it. I really do not.


  • #3687
    Mwengwe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Mwengwe


    walshtipp wrote: »
    Close schools, curfew, 2km limit, who knows?

    By the looks of things half the country would need to be dropping dead before the schools are closed.


  • #3688
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    The_Brood wrote: »
    Still waiting for someone to explain Europe's cowardice and why we did not just close everything down bar actually life-essential necessities for 3 weeks to completely eliminate the virus and return life back to normal? What was required was men with guns outside doors, men with guns on the borders. Complain and cry to me all you want about your rights for 3 weeks, when the alternative is this year-long hell of lockdowns and restrictions? Whoever prefers 1 year+ of lockdowns over 3 weeks of house arrest is completely off their heads and hasn't seen the true suffering of these restrictions. Yet Europe has firmly chosen the former. I do not get it. I really do not.

    Very sexist comment


  • #3689
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    I don’t have kids

    I work for a global multinational and colleagues in Germany , China, France all say the same.

    They need the schools open to send their kids so they can work from home in peace.

    You are pretending it’s about education lol

    At least be honest with yourself that it’s nothing to do with education. You require a babysitting service so your conference calls are not interrupted.

    As I expected. When you have experience of kids at home and working from home at the same time, then feel free to comment on my situation. Thanks.


  • #3690
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    Duke of Url wrote: »
    I don’t have kids

    I work for a global multinational and colleagues in Germany , China, France all say the same.

    They need the schools open to send their kids so they can work from home in peace.

    You are pretending it’s about education lol

    At least be honest with yourself that it’s nothing to do with education. You require a babysitting service so your conference calls are not interrupted.
    You don’t have kids. So you’re talking absolute horse**** with no frame of reference. Sit the **** down.


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  • #3691
    MarkY91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,071 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    My auntie was in close contact with a confirmi positive case. She doesn't know what to do in terms of getting a test. She said the only option she has is to pay €250 at the beacon hospital?

    She said the HSE are uncontactable all day.


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