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

duffman13 · 07-01-2021 03:34PM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1347187494153031682?s=20

15,000 is poor enough, 35k by the end of the week would be a huge turn around for them

Goldengirl · 07-01-2021 03:35PM

titan18 wrote: »

Got to love the government

Government - It's too unsafe for us to do more than 12 hours a week in the convention centre

Government - It is safe enough for 18 year olds and teachers to spend 20 hours or so in much less space in classrooms

And they can't attend Oireachtais committees either , poor things .
Rest of the country doing meetings by zoom , but not tds .

pc7 · 07-01-2021 03:36PM

Amirani wrote: »

The notion that we'd redirect all our clinical health staff towards vaccinations is moronic. That's before getting into the fact that the reason for slowness is a supply issue, not a rollout issue.

Yeah I felt they'd be better off focusing on Pharmacy's (when Oxford one approved), they could get through a lot. Just like the flu vaccine. Either way lets just hope we get a decent plan and rollout. If it was like Israel I'd be parked at the 24 hour one for my turn if any spare!

TonyMaloney · 07-01-2021 03:37PM

https://twitter.com/peterdonaghy/status/1347190153333383168?s=20

LowOdour · 07-01-2021 03:37PM

Are the ages (median/avg) of people in hospital beds/icu reported any more?

Is it similar to before, where people with underlying condition are those that are occupying the beds?

Goldengirl · 07-01-2021 03:38PM

is_that_so wrote: »

The HSE's weekly briefing on Covid-19 is due to start shortly

Is there a public health briefing today ?

Eod100 · 07-01-2021 03:39PM

duffman13 wrote: »

That 1.9m figure is pulled from where I wonder, total procurement or vaccines was supposed to be double last year but ended out being 1.4m. Supply was pretty poor with pharmacies getting updated criteria near the end to prioritise certain cohorts.

Moderna and hopefully Astrazeneca (pending approval) are ideal to be given by pharmacists in Ireland and there's enough of them. The real issue is supply and consistent supply at that

1.4 adult doses afaik so perhaps counting children's nasal swaps in it, think there were about 600k of those off the top of my head.

Not sure are private pharmacies supply outside of the free vaccine criteria included in that but probably not as not HSE supply

pc7 · 07-01-2021 03:40PM

Eod100 wrote: »

1.4 adult doses afaik so perhaps counting children's nasal swaps in it, think there were about 600k of those off the top of my head.

Not sure are private pharmacies supply outside of the free vaccine criteria included in that but probably not as not HSE supply

I got my flu vaccine in Boots (first year I didn't have to pay as have asthma, usually pay myself). The GP did the kids, very well run in both in fairness.

titan18 · 07-01-2021 03:40PM

What Username Guidelines wrote: »

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1347187494153031682?s=20

Is delivered like delivered to the hospitals/care homes? I'll assume the other 40k is the ones they're keeping for the moment to be safe with the second dose part.

Eod100 · 07-01-2021 03:42PM

pc7 wrote: »

I got my flu vaccine in Boots (first year I didn't have to pay as have asthma, usually pay myself). The GP did the kids, very well run in both in fairness.

Yeah I think the category for people were covered by state increased a lot to get people vaccinated with impact of covid. Mine was free this year too in pharmacy and usually have to pay.

is_that_so · 07-01-2021 03:42PM

Goldengirl wrote: »

Is there a public health briefing today ?

There may be but this one is far more useful and informative.

Eod100 · 07-01-2021 03:43PM

titan18 wrote: »

Is delivered like delivered to the hospitals/care homes? I'll assume the other 40k is the ones they're keeping for the moment to be safe with the second dose part.

I think that's it, to make sure they have supply for 2nd dose. Easier to delay 1st doses unless they follow UK's experiment

Eod100 · 07-01-2021 03:45PM

Goldengirl wrote: »

Is there a public health briefing today ?

Sounds like it alright, Colm Henry said there should be an update on R number in briefing this evening if I heard him right. Usual one with Nolan I'd say.

07-01-2021 03:48PM

seamus wrote: »

The ratio of hospitalised to ICU varies. It was about 6:1 back in April, 8:1 in October, and is currently just over 10:1. Obviously it depends on who gets hospitalised. And that criteria might change depending on the availability of beds.

Under any of those ratios, 3,000 in hospital means we're fvcked.

you'd expect the ratio not to go back to towards the lower April ratio which would have obviously been more skewed due to the care homes outbreaks and less awareness amongst older people/ other at-risk groups to protect themselves.

pauldry · 07-01-2021 03:49PM

Goldengirl wrote: »

Is there a public health briefing today ?

probably...telling all of us to stay at home...daily

titan18 · 07-01-2021 03:50PM

Eod100 wrote: »

I think that's it, to make sure they have supply for 2nd dose. Easier to delay 1st doses unless they follow UK's experiment

Ya, that's fair enough. Would be nice if they had more than 15k vaccinated though by now.

is_that_so · 07-01-2021 03:52PM

Referrals this week - 25K, 18K and 14K.

is_that_so · 07-01-2021 03:53PM

titan18 wrote: »

Ya, that's fair enough. Would be nice if they had more than 15k vaccinated though by now.

15,314!

MerlinSouthDub · 07-01-2021 03:54PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Referrals this week - 25K, 18K and 14K.

Is that referrals for a Covid test? Encouraging trend if so.

Goldengirl · 07-01-2021 03:54PM

Ger Roe wrote: »

Normal service is not happening here either.

I am listening to adverts on the radio saying that non covid services are operating and to be sure to attend appointments... and I have had three scheduled hospital appointments cancelled since covid started.

All have been rescheduled several times with the earliest two currently scheduled for April and June, both will be a year late by that time. The appointments are for long term conditions that require regular monitoring and I have been advised to attend A&E if conditions require. The intention of the appointments was to avoid the possibility for things to get worse and to manage conditions in a non emergency capacity.

There are many others in the same situation, so why are they running the adverts saying otherwise? I can understand the pressures the system is under, but don't insult my intelligence by lying to me on the hour with expensive radio advert campaigns.

I have had many family appointments changed to virtual this year unfortunately.
I can't say it has affected us adversely .
Most things are ok done over the phone when the patient is clued in , as in long term conditions .
However first cancer check up post surgery or new patients really need to be seen .
This is an essential service that is being downgraded directly due to the lack of staff and availability of teams to do clinics , and quite understandable wish not to cause unnecessary traffic to and from hospitals, or worst of all spread of infection.
However in my experience , personally and professionally , most people that contact the nurses in the clinics if they need to be seen as opposed to virtual appointment , are being accomodated .
So if you feel your situation is deteriorating contact the team sooner rather than later .

We have decided to go with this appointment depending on results as all appears well atm , but any change will be straight on to request a face to face appointment. That is what any health care professional would recommend to be fair as nobody wants any unwell person sitting at home worrying about being a bother

pc7 · 07-01-2021 03:55PM

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

Is that referrals for a Covid test? Encouraging trend if so.

Are close contacts back being tested yet?

Eod100 · 07-01-2021 03:55PM

titan18 wrote: »

Ya, that's fair enough. Would be nice if they had more than 15k vaccinated though by now.

Yeah hopefully they can get more supply and distribute it asap

stephenjmcd · 07-01-2021 03:55PM

pc7 wrote: »

Are close contacts back being tested yet?

Officially no but a quick call to the GP and say they've symptoms will get them a test

is_that_so · 07-01-2021 03:56PM

MerlinSouthDub wrote: »

Is that referrals for a Covid test? Encouraging trend if so.

Yep - Colm Henry. I'll go with cautiously optimistic!

MerlinSouthDub · 07-01-2021 03:59PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Yep - Colm Henry. I'll go with cautiously optimistic!

It's consistent with the GP data, so it's good news.

We really really need case numbers to fall and quickly to avoid complete overload of the hospitals

Sweet.Science · 07-01-2021 03:59PM

They should have outsourced the vaccination rollout to a private company

This is a sh!tshow. They couldn't run a bath

Arduach · 07-01-2021 03:59PM

is_that_so wrote: »

Yep - Colm Henry. I'll go with cautiously optimistic!

There were over 28,300 swabs reported yesterday..figures don't make sense, or am I missing something?

Stateofyou · 07-01-2021 04:00PM

Sweet.Science wrote: »

They couldn't run a bath

Ha, I'm going to have to steal that one. Sick of using the "piss up in a brewery" analogy. :pac:

titan18 · 07-01-2021 04:00PM

Eod100 wrote: »

Yeah hopefully they can get more supply and distribute it asap

Ya, but even with the supply they have, they need to get moving faster. I know it'll pick up and it's new but if we're getting 40k a week atm and they're sending 20k out to the hospitals and care homes, it'd be better if that 20k was into people in a day or two rather than over 7 days as more time for the vaccine to take effect and help slow the spread. Imagine being told you're getting a vaccine Friday and it's sitting there on Tuesday and you get covid on Wednesday.

Stateofyou · 07-01-2021 04:00PM

Arduach wrote: »

There were over 28,300 swabs reported yesterday..figures don't make sense, or am I missing something?

Positive swabs? Where do you get swab info from?

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