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Covid 19 Part XXXI-187,554 ROI (2,970 deaths) 100,319 NI (1,730 deaths)(24/01)Read OP

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  • #542
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Surely remote learning works better with Leaving Cert students. Everything should be remote learning until end of month and then reassess. Foley is trying to play Russian Roulette with this 'compromise'. Also surely other solutions could be rolled out, e.g. Continuous Assessments.


  • #543
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Weekends, summers off. It's a decent gig. I currently have only been able to have 11 days A/L since last March whilst working at least 1 weekend a month and numerous on-calls in between.

    Oh it was the backlash I was worried about. :pac:


  • #544
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Ah New Zealand an island nation several hours away from its nearest neighbours. Yeah I can see the comparison between Europe and NZ .........

    It really is the most tedious, braindead comparison. No matter how many times it's explained you still have people on here pushing it. People just want to kick the government because they need a scapegoat.

    Sometimes **** happens that you can't do much about. This is a pain in hole but it's not anyone's fault.


  • #545
    Real Life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Real Life


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Ah New Zealand an island nation several hours away from its nearest neighbours. Yeah I can see the comparison between Europe and NZ .........

    Australia is in a good place too, so I don't think its crazy to think what was done with those 2 countries wouldn't have been possible for the UK and Ireland.


  • #546
    ginoginelli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭ginoginelli


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Weekends, summers off. It's a decent gig. I currently have only been able to have 11 days A/L since last March whilst working at least 1 weekend a month and numerous on-calls in between.

    I'm not trying to have a pop but I would love to have those conditions

    You really dont have a clue. Stop before you make an ever bigger fool of yourself.


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  • #547
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I think its a given that there will be a U Turn on the Leaving Certs at some stage, problem is how many will have got sick or lost their lives in between.


  • #548
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,647 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ginoginelli wrote: »
    You really dont have a clue. Stop before you make an ever bigger fool of yourself.

    Is it not a 22 hour contract? I understand some in the profession threw their junior colleagues under the bus to protect their own payscale.


  • #549
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Teachers should refuse.

    I don't see many kids turning up in these conditions,

    It's either safe for all or it isnt.

    This is not a game of absolutes. The government isn't looking to eliminate every activity that could spread the virus. They are looking at what the cost is in restricting activities against the benefit of allowing them to continue.

    For probably obvious reasons, they think it best to have Leaving Cert students attending school. They know that increases the risk of spread but, presumably, think that risk is minimal enough that the benefit to LC students outweighs it.


  • #550
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Busi_Girl08 wrote: »
    My fiance's parents got tested Sunday, they paid an amount - either €20 or €50, and got the results (negative) 20 minutes later.
    This is a rapid antigen test. They claim 98%+ accuracy, but they're really only indicative tests.

    Neither the HSE nor airlines will accept these as proof of a negative test, PCR is the gold standard.


  • #551
    Martina1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭Martina1991


    CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »
    I thought the median was 5 days and the median was 7.

    Anyway the real problem is lag between symptoms and result.

    Symptoms day 5
    Say I'll give it a day
    Call doctor day 6
    Doctor books phone consult day 7
    Doctor refers for a test
    Test contacts you on day 8 to make an appointment
    You get a test on day 9
    You get results on day 10
    Its reported as a case on day 11

    Sometimes you can go through the process quicker and sometimes it can take longer. It takes long enough in general though that if the average time to symptoms is 7 days it's usually day 14 before you are fully through the system.

    The time it takes from start to finish can vary by location or by how busy GPs are but I think most people get referred, an swab appointment text and appointment in the same day or within 24 hours.


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  • #552
    JP100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭JP100


    Live press conference coming up on Virgin News now.


  • #553
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    Real Life wrote: »
    Australia is in a good place too, so I don't think its crazy to think what was done with those 2 countries wouldn't have been possible for the UK and Ireland.

    Even if what you're saying is right, and I'd dispute it, the UK repeatedly demonstrated that they weren't going to go down that route under any circumstances. Our government was never going to be able to persuade them otherwise.


  • #554
    Le Bruise
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,353 ✭✭✭Le Bruise


    Sweet.Science wrote: »
    Really ? Most pay by week no ? Our creche is a weekly fee anyway

    Monthly for our creche too. Thought that was standard?!

    Can't see them giving us back a refund if closed unfortunately!


  • #555
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    JP100 wrote: »
    Live press conference coming up on Virgin News now.

    Rte news now to be 10 seconds behind


  • #556
    Lashes28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭Lashes28


    JP100 wrote: »
    Live press conference coming up on Virgin News now.

    It's just 40 minutes late. Has a press conference ever been on time?


  • #557
    JP100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭JP100


    Lashes28 wrote: »
    It's just 40 minutes late. Has a press conference ever been on time?

    Nope, it seems to be a very Irish thing!! The UK ones always tend to kick-off on time.


  • #558
    Funsterdelux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Funsterdelux


    Lashes28 wrote: »
    It's just 40 minutes late. Has a press conference ever been on time?

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  • #559
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Lashes28 wrote: »
    It's just 40 minutes late. Has a press conference ever been on time?

    They're working on French Time, hence the confusion.


  • #560
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    At a virus control level, I'm not overly concerned about 6th years going back; there aren't enough of them to make a significant difference.

    On a social level though, I predict Foley to get a right kicking in a couple of months time when it's revealed how many students and teachers picked up covid as a result. And if someone dies, she may as well hang up her career (both of them) and go home.


  • #561
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,182 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Briefing on now


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  • #562
    Busi_Girl08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,528 ✭✭✭✭Busi_Girl08


    Live now on RTENewsNow.


  • #563
    Tpcl20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 293 ✭✭Tpcl20


    Opened with a quote and he ballsed it up. Our Ttttaoiseach.


  • #564
    Real Life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Real Life


    DeanAustin wrote: »
    Even if what you're saying is right, and I'd dispute it, the UK repeatedly demonstrated that they weren't going to go down that route under any circumstances. Our government was never going to be able to persuade them otherwise.

    What would you dispute about what I said? The point about the UK is fair enough, it would have been hard to get them on board with us. Im not even having a go at our Government really, its been a difficult thing to manage and a lot of countries people would generally look up to got it even more wrong.


  • #565
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,308 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    When the presser starts out with a Yeats quote you know it's going to be level 9+ coming.


  • #566
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    It's still very high. Will probably take a while to turn.

    What you are looking for to say its peaked is when the 7 day positive rate goes above the daily rate. In October this preceded the case peak by 4 days

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  • #567
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,509 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    titan18 wrote: »
    I'm guessing our testing capacity must be close to 30k, but not sure we know what exactly it is. Tbh, our testing system seems relatively excellent, we're testing great numbers really considering our population.
    28k a day I believe is testing capacity
    Anything above that and it probably doesn't really matter!


  • #568
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    seamus wrote: »
    At a virus control level, I'm not overly concerned about 6th years going back; there aren't enough of them to make a significant difference.

    On a social level though, I predict Foley to get a right kicking in a couple of months time when it's revealed how many students and teachers picked up covid as a result. And if someone dies, she may as well hang up her career (both of them) and go home.

    At a time when hospitals are buckling as hospitalisations and ICU admissions increase, why take the risk.. we have very little wiggle room at the moment, delay this decision as a matter of common sense.


  • #569
    Tpcl20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 293 ✭✭Tpcl20


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    When the presser starts out with a Yates quote you know it's going to be level 9+ coming.

    *Yeats

    Sorry I hate Ivan Yates.


  • #570
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Looks like this government are determined to keep the virus spreading.

    Its 60,000 people


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  • #571
    Tpcl20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 293 ✭✭Tpcl20


    I reckon they're only doing the thing where LCs have to go to school because they wanted to do what Boris did.

    I give it one day.


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