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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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  • #6842
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    Jesus lads, it's looking pretty grim .... :(

    I just hope death rate remains low and most cases are with young + healthy.

    Time to really ramp up the vaccination programme - to the max.


  • #6843
    splashuum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 519 ✭✭✭splashuum


    CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »
    Because they shut down a lot harder than we did and closed the borders.

    That argument doesn’t make any sense. Covid is currently present in China. 1 Covid case will become thousands over time. They are not locked down and carrying on as normal. A severe lockdown and shutting the borders will not do anything if the virus remains present.


  • #6844
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,447 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Absolutely nobody should be blamed for the relaxation of restrictions.

    The case rate of about 200-300 per day, coupled with low hospitalisation and ICU admissions indicated a reasonable prospect of opening up certain activities to give the economy a bit of a boost and allow some family socialising, with caution.

    What is clear, is that the Irish people were personally very responsible in the First Wave of this pandemic in March to May, but that when it came to Christmas, basically nobody gave a flying **** about any of the advice (time limiting, number of visitors limiting, use of masks and sanitisation ation in the home, ventilation of homes etc) and that for these wildfire numbers, likely to peak at under 10,000 per day in the next while, hundreds of thousands if not millions of homes just said **** it and did what they do every Christmas.

    Its not the fault of Micheal Martin or Varadkar or Donnelly or Tony Holohan or journalists or academics or Michael O'Leary or anyone else.

    This is 90% original variant transmission. Its OUR fault as a people. OURS. And we now pay the consequences with a lost 6 weeks as we enter 2021. Its as simple as that.


  • #6845
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,155 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Lollipop95 wrote: »
    They can’t be serious about pushing ahead with the schools reopening. Poor teachers

    I think they will bring in further restrictions before they will seriously consider closing schools, at least in the media.

    I'm sure behind closed doors those in charge of deciding these things know that schools opening a week from now is looking unlikely, but it can take a while to acknowledge it in public. If a politician even gives a sniff to the media that they are thinking of doing it than the story gains legs immediately.


  • #6846
    9db3xj7z41fs5u
    Closed Accounts Posts: 172 ✭✭9db3xj7z41fs5u


    wadacrack wrote: »
    We are going to have 200 hospital admissions per day at this rate and it could get higher. People still don't realise how much of a tragedy this will be. Maybe 300 in one day. We need to set up field hospitals now

    The other aspect is fatigue amongst our healthcare workers. The work is stressful, necessitating full concentration. It is traumatic for them dealing with the fall-out from the huge catastrophe. And there will be no break for them. They will have to then catch up on the huge backlog of the delayed cases.


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  • #6847
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,137 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    pjohnson wrote: »
    "Hindsight"


    People were fùcking warned for weeks in advance ffs.

    Your right, nphet should be disbanded straight away for not seeing this. I agree with you for once.


  • #6848
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    It's will be like a bomb going off when hundreds of thousands go back into their workplaces in the morning


  • #6849
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,390 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Could you explain what you think is happening? Might give the rest of us some insight.

    Could you explain why you choose my post out of the thousands here to question


  • #6850
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    What the f*ck are people actually doing? Licking each other's faces or what? I haven't been adhering that strictly, but as much as I can, I don't know any friends or family who got it, except my brother but he's in another country.

    Anecdotally, I know of many people who were going to restaurants or visiting different houses practically every night of the week in the weeks before Christmas.

    Lots of people seemed to have decided the didn't care anymore, or took the easing of restrictions as a carte blanche to do as much as possible.


  • #6851
    duffman13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,247 ✭✭✭duffman13


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    What the f*ck are people actually doing? Licking each other's faces or what? I haven't been adhering that strictly, but as much as I can, I don't know any friends or family who got it, except my brother but he's in another country.

    People are ****ing idiots! My sisters OH, his mother and sister went for test last week and tested positive on Thursday. Just found out the brother and father were out working Friday and Saturday in peoples homes and said they don't need to self isolate cause "we are essential and feel grand"

    Absolute idiocy of some people and he they should be ****ing locked up


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  • #6852
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    What's going on in Limerick? . Seems to be a large percentage coming from that county.


  • #6853
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,052 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    What the f*ck are people actually doing? Licking each other's faces or what? I haven't been adhering that strictly, but as much as I can, I don't know any friends or family who got it, except my brother but he's in another country.

    Lots of UK home comers not isolating I think, we need to get bloody stricter at sea ports with ferries, NI border and airports

    I think the schools and creches need to stay closed while in level 5
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #6854
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,150 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Your right, nphet should be disbanded straight away for not seeing this. I agree with you for once.

    Lol accused of scaremongering by loads and then they somehow should have been able to predict how bad things would go and so even be more conservative in their advice? Talk about moving the goalposts


  • #6855
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,277 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    What restrictions can they add to the mix at this stage? a 2km limit?


  • #6856
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,853 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I think restrictions will be in place past Patricks Day.

    Yes, maybe not 6 + but pretty much . Hardly going to open for Valentine's, at this rate , and then less than 4 weeks later Paddy's Day .


  • #6857
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,015 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Your right, nphet should be disbanded straight away for not seeing this. I agree with you for once.

    NPHET were trying to warn people. Trying to tell them to be responsible.

    But when Holohan said he was concerned at peoples behaviour you had the gombeens trying to turn it into a meme and believing Jim Corr that Hospitals are really empty.


  • #6858
    Father Hernandez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,385 ✭✭✭✭Father Hernandez


    Denmark with a similar population to ourselves yet we're way behind.

    Surely with high numbers it should be a cause for urgency?

    Announcements of high daily covid numbers cause panic and folks to feel down following the end of Christmas, no wonder they're not announcing daily numbers of vaccinations.

    https://twitter.com/OprosUK/status/1345781545097973763?s=20


  • #6859
    Crocodile Booze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭Crocodile Booze


    6 wrote: »
    What's going on in Limerick? . Seems to be a large percentage coming from that county.

    GAA and tarmac.


  • #6860
    Tucker tunsel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33 ✭Tucker tunsel


    duffman13 wrote: »
    People are ****ing idiots! My sisters OH, his mother and sister went for test last week and tested positive on Thursday. Just found out the brother and father were out working Friday and Saturday in peoples homes and said they don't need to self isolate cause "we are essential and feel grand"

    Absolute idiocy of some people and he they should be ****ing locked up

    Total not give a **** attitude.
    Fines fines fines for this


  • #6861
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,366 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    Monaghan and Louth people have really given up altogether.


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  • #6862
    BobbyMalone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 324 ✭✭BobbyMalone


    TomSweeney wrote: »
    Jesus lads, it's looking pretty grim .... :(

    I just hope death rate remains low and most cases are with young + healthy.

    Time to really ramp up the vaccination programme - to the max.


    Yeah, might be an issue with that:


    https://twitter.com/POLITICOEurope/status/1345777442535993347

    niallo27 wrote: »
    Your right, nphet should be disbanded straight away for not seeing this. I agree with you for once.


    Were Nphet not in favour of locking down over Christmas?


  • #6863
    Allinall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,270 ✭✭✭Allinall


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Your right, nphet should be disbanded straight away for not seeing this. I agree with you for once.

    +1.

    Put randomers on boards in charge of public health policy.


  • #6864
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    What restrictions can they add to the mix at this stage? a 2km limit?


    Curfew I suppose.


  • #6865
    9db3xj7z41fs5u
    Closed Accounts Posts: 172 ✭✭9db3xj7z41fs5u


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    What restrictions can they add to the mix at this stage? a 2km limit?

    I think enforcement is the key. I think that they need to give the Gardaí more power.


  • #6866
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    This government will be remembered for ignoring public health advice and allowing one of the most social nations in the world to basically do what they want at Christmas during a global pandemic.

    We are at the moment, the shame of Europe, pissing around with the vaccination (9 to 5 and starting three days late).


  • #6867
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Polar101


    Vinnie222 wrote: »
    How much of these cases are backlog cases. Cases yesterday and day before v low compared to previous days.

    We'll find out tomorrow when the swab numbers update again.

    Hopefully there was at least some backlog included in today's numbers.


  • #6868
    MOR316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,243 ✭✭✭MOR316


    Arghus wrote: »
    I think they will bring in further restrictions before they will seriously consider closing schools, at least in the media.

    I'm sure behind closed doors those in charge of deciding these things know that schools opening a week from now is looking unlikely, but it can take a while to acknowledge it in public. If a politician even gives a sniff to the media that they are thinking of doing it than the story gains legs immediately.

    Philip Nolan has said these restrictions should suffice so NPHET aren't thinking of any further restrictions.

    I personally don't see what else they can shut down, expect maybe Schools and Construction


  • #6869
    xhomelezz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,911 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    Arghus wrote: »
    I think they will bring in further restrictions before they will seriously consider closing schools, at least in the media.

    I'm sure behind closed doors those in charge of deciding these things know that schools opening a week from now is looking unlikely, but it can take a while to acknowledge it in public. If a politician even gives a sniff to the media that they are thinking of doing it than the story gains legs immediately.

    Agree, schools are the only thing they have at the moment, they will push opening on 11th at any cost imo.


  • #6870
    C__MC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭C__MC


    Daphne Mushy Searcher wrote: »
    I think enforcement is the key. I think that they need to give the Gardaí more power.

    Seriously locking people up in cells wont work
    Gardai can do little


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  • #6871
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Rathkeale?

    Surprise, surprise


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