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

C__MC · 02-01-2021 07:39PM

Said this previously a 6 week lock down from October to December was needed followed by proper implementations of a vaccine roll out
Government seemed to be lost on all this right now
Donnelly no where to be seen nor mehole

Crocodile Booze · 02-01-2021 07:40PM

Polar101 wrote: »

Yeah, Dublin has exactly 5000 cases in the last 14 days, which sounds more like a "the excel sheet is full" kind of number, rather than the number of actual cases. Backlog is more likely to be in the counties with higher numbers, too.

Need to wait a few days to get all the numbers (for all counties).

If they can't keep up, the backlog will keep growing. Bit of a mess.

Sofa King Great · 02-01-2021 07:40PM

SpacialNeeds wrote: »

They gave their granny a lift to Dublin to spend Christmas day there with family and collected her to bring her home.

I thought people had moved on from covid being a "Dublin disease"

whisky_galore · 02-01-2021 07:40PM

GreeBo wrote: »

My problem is people continually posting lies and nonsense and inflaming others, leading to the continued fallacy that this is just the flu.

You could have worded your post a multitude of other ways yet chose not to.

Oh **** off, where did I say anything about a flu?

I said i made a mistake. Hope the air isn't so thin for you up there on that high horse. Going on ignore now, you're welcome. Some of the cnuts on here would pick a fight with St Peter.

_Kaiser_ · 02-01-2021 07:41PM

majcos wrote: »

Very few, if any, will be going for routine procedures with this number of Covid cases around!

Meh.. I have a cataract operation scheduled for mid-January up North and assuming it still goes ahead, I'll be there.

My eyesight is more important to me than worrying about something that I probably wouldn't even realise I had/have.

Cluedo Monopoly · 02-01-2021 07:41PM

Polar101 wrote: »

Yeah, Dublin has exactly 5000 cases in the last 14 days, which sounds more like a "the excel sheet is full" kind of number, rather than the number of actual cases. Backlog is more likely to be in the counties with higher numbers, too.

Need to wait a few days to get all the numbers (for all counties).

It's hard to take any number seriously when the HSE/government say stuff like this...

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0101/1187177-covid-19/

The large volume of positive tests means there is a delay in formal reporting, which is how an estimated 9,000 cases have not yet been reported.

The computer system for notifying infectious diseases is old and was designed to report sporadic cases on a weekly basis - not for the kind of numbers that are now being seen.

Sounds very amateurish.

Ace2007 · 02-01-2021 07:41PM

What happens when someone takes a private test?

if they are positive - are these numbers feeding through to the HSE?
if they are positive - does any close contact get a notification?
if they are positive - are they obliged to tell their doctor or the HSE?

GreeBo · 02-01-2021 07:42PM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Meh.. I have a cataract operation scheduled for mid-January up North and assuming it still goes ahead, I'll be there.

My eyesight is more important to me than worrying about something that I probably wouldn't even realise I had/have.

Will 14 days of self isolation not be a royal pita when you come back?

lawred2 · 02-01-2021 07:42PM

SpacialNeeds wrote: »

They gave their granny a lift to Dublin to spend Christmas day there with family and collected her to bring her home.

Sure that could be meaningless

Dublin is no better or worse than anywhere else really

ziggyman17 · 02-01-2021 07:42PM

crazy numbers, this half arsed lockdown will not work in my opinion, the government should announce a full lockdown starting Monday, for the whole month of January, construction work, etc all closed for the month, today I have heard of 8 family members that have covid, I have had no contact with them for years, but still frightening the way things are going,

Steve012 · 02-01-2021 07:43PM

GreeBo wrote: »

How do you spray it into your eyes, throat and nostrils though?

Not too sure how it works, here's the link, this was ready back in August/Sept I think.

https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/could-nasal-spray-prevent-coronavirus-transmission

_Kaiser_ · 02-01-2021 07:43PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

It's hard to take any number seriously when the HSE/government say stuff like this...

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0101/1187177-covid-19/

Sounds very amateurish.

Nah, the IT infrastructure just hasn't been invested in and so is massively out of date and not up to modern standards or requirements

You see the same in banks and that industry as well.

Gael23 · 02-01-2021 07:43PM

Sleety_Rain wrote: »

Is the woman who had the first baby of 2021 and also happened to have COVID without knowing, counted as Covid hospitalization?

She knew she was positive but you can’t very well tell a woman in labour not to attend hospital

Marty1983 · 02-01-2021 07:43PM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Meh.. I have a cataract operation scheduled for mid-January up North and assuming it still goes ahead, I'll be there.

My eyesight is more important to me than worrying about something that I probably wouldn't even realise I had/have.

Are you going on Healy Rea’s bus?!

02-01-2021 07:43PM

People are even more confused now, they think todays announced cases are only high because of the backlog and that things are not as bad. The media really need to make it clear how bad things really are.

ElJeffe · 02-01-2021 07:44PM

Has anyone been out and about driving today? Have you come across any checkpoints etc..

quartz1 · 02-01-2021 07:44PM

No Politician braving the Airways ...notable by their absence. Surely these numbers are going to drive Hospital admissions sky high over the coming week.

_Kaiser_ · 02-01-2021 07:44PM

GreeBo wrote: »

Will 14 days of self isolation not be a royal pita when you come back?

I'm sure it would be - but I'll be tested before the operation, and I live alone and work from home so again, meh.

majcos · 02-01-2021 07:45PM

quokula wrote: »

The newspaper headlines exaggerated it somewhat too. She was diagnosed with covid two weeks before having the baby, not when she was having it.

She was tested on the 22nd of December but it sounds like she was almost asymptomatic so she was very close to the end of her quarantine period on 31st December. That wouldn’t make the story very interesting though.

Funsterdelux · 02-01-2021 07:45PM

Gruffalux wrote: »

Doubt it. The CIF have Micheál's ear.

Especially with their lemon freshness, they have his ear and nose

Cluedo Monopoly · 02-01-2021 07:45PM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Nah, the IT infrastructure just hasn't been invested in and so is massively out of date and not up to modern standards or requirements

You see the same in banks and that industry as well.

What? they cannot count to 10,000?

PsychoPete · 02-01-2021 07:45PM

ElJeffe wrote: »

Has anyone been out and about driving today? Have you come across any checkpoints etc..

Not one checkpoint but roads and towns were pretty busy

_Kaiser_ · 02-01-2021 07:45PM

Marty1983 wrote: »

Are you going on Healy Rea’s bus?!

I actually heard about that one recently but nope, will be driving up.

Tucker tunsel · 02-01-2021 07:45PM

Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »

It's hard to take any number seriously when the HSE/government say stuff like this...

https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0101/1187177-covid-19/

Sounds very amateurish.

Like it's something you would read on Waterford whispers.

Cluedo Monopoly · 02-01-2021 07:46PM

ElJeffe wrote: »

Has anyone been out and about driving today? Have you come across any checkpoints etc..

I have been across County Galway for the last few days and I haven't seen one Garda car.
Someone told me they were struggling with overtime budgets but we are in a new year now so that might change.
The checkpoints were always meaningless anyway: "I am going shopping", "Go on so".

Humberto Salazar · 02-01-2021 07:47PM

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

Is anyone worried about going back to work at all? It takes one eejit to come in when they shouldn't.

Yup. Have to go in Monday, 15 in the office. I wanted to work from home. And could do it. Told no, I am required in office. There is no way of knowing what the others in the office did over Christmas and New Year.

ElJeffe · 02-01-2021 07:48PM

ziggyman17 wrote: »

crazy numbers, this half arsed lockdown will not work in my opinion, the government should announce a full lockdown starting Monday, for the whole month of January, construction work, etc all closed for the month, today I have heard of 8 family members that have covid, I have had no contact with them for years, but still frightening the way things are going,

Lockdown will not be enough without enforcement and border controls. Curfew is needed also with massive fines for breaking of same. I've lost all faith the government will do the necessary I'm afraid.

Marty1983 · 02-01-2021 07:48PM

ElJeffe wrote: »

Has anyone been out and about driving today? Have you come across any checkpoints etc..

Came across one yesterday morning at 10am in Limerick City.

Crocodile Booze · 02-01-2021 07:48PM

Humberto Salazar wrote: »

Yup. Have to go in Monday, 15 in the office. I wanted to work from home. And could do it. Told no, I am required in office. There is no way of knowing what the others in the office did over Christmas and New Year.

This is going to be repeated countrywide. A real problem with no easy solution. Look after yourself as best you can.

coastwatch · 02-01-2021 07:48PM

majcos wrote: »

Very few, if any, will be going for routine procedures with this number of Covid cases around!

Anyone admitted in the last few months for a routine procedure was tested prior to admission. If positive Covid test, elective admission was cancelled. Person would stay at home to isolate. Only admitted if symptomatic enough from Covid to need hospitalisation for Covid and then would be counted at that point if it occurred as a Covid admission.

Given that this time of year is usually a peak for admissions for all illnesses, what percentage of the current admissions would be for covid symptoms and complications?

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

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