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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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  • #2702
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    When I hear about bad strains coming out of Brazil and something to do with bats, i'll be worried then.

    bb1234567 wrote: »
    [/B]
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1347745227205971968
    :eek:


    That got me thinking. Do you know where else has bats? Central Africa and that's where ebola comes from. Surely it would be the thing of science fiction if the two virus' combined in a bat and then jumped back to humans :eek: I'm sure it's impossible.


  • #2703
    iguana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    mandrake04 wrote: »
    We been living normal enough since last June so are definitely in front rather than living like a rat,

    While, if given a choice of living as we are or you are, I'd choose your life in a heartbeat. I don't think describing how we are living as 'living like a rat' as especially helpful or even accurate. I got up this morning and had a nice coffee, strolled around the snow in the garden with my dog, came in and made a nice breakfast. Hung out in my warm house and used a massager on my hamstrings. In a little while I'm going to eat a pizza and do some weights followed by a fun bounce-barre workout while listening to some painfully cheesey but really good to bounce to music. Then I'm going to do some intense stretches as I've very, very nearly got a proper front splits (at 42!). I haven't decided if I'll have a hot shower or bath after that. I'll probably watch a movie in bed after that with either a hot chicken sandwich or a takeaway.

    The last 12 months haven't been the best of my life, especially as I was sick for months of spring/summer and have a few after-effects still. But I've learned to do 3 kinds of solid headstands, I'm on the road to a decent handstand, nearly got my aforementioned splits, I can hula-hoop standing on one leg while doing a dumbbell routine, hulahoop while rollerskating and my spins in rollerskates while still crap are better than they were. I researched and outlined a novel but I'm not sure I'll bother writing it when a career in the circus clearly awaits me.

    Not too long ago there was a rat in my attic. It ate some of an old shoe then tried to eat some bacon rind I put up there and it died a sudden death.


  • #2704
    SpacialNeeds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭SpacialNeeds


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
    Theres never been a forth wave and never will!
    Jesus said come forth and receive eternal life. I came fifth and got covid.


  • #2705
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    iguana wrote: »
    While, if given a choice of living as we are or you are, I'd choose your life in a heartbeat. I don't think describing how we are living as 'living like a rat' as especially helpful or even accurate. I got up this morning and had a nice coffee, strolled around the snow in the garden with my dog, came in and made a nice breakfast. Hung out in my warm house and used a massager on my hamstrings. In a little while I'm going to eat a pizza and do some weights followed by a fun bounce-barre workout while listening to some painfully cheesey but really good to bounce to music. Then I'm going to do some intense stretches as I've very, very nearly got a proper front splits (at 42!). I haven't decided if I'll have a hot shower or bath after that. I'll probably watch a movie in bed after that with either a hot chicken sandwich or a takeaway.

    The last 12 months haven't been the best of my life, especially as I was sick for months of spring/summer and have a few after-effects still. But I've learned to do 3 kinds of solid headstands, I'm on the road to a decent handstand, nearly got my aforementioned splits, I can hula-hoop standing on one leg while doing a dumbbell routine, and my spins in rollerskates while still crap are better than they were. I researched and outlined a novel but I'm not sure I'll bother writing it when a career in the circus clearly awaits me.

    Not too long ago there was a rat in my attic. It ate some of an old shoe then tried to eat some bacon rind I put up there and it died a sudden death.

    What the.. is this a pisstake? :pac: too tired to know the difference lol


  • #2706
    Lollipop95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,279 ✭✭✭Lollipop95


    It’s really difficult to feel optimistic at the moment. I’m 25, soon to be 26 and it just feels like I’m wasting what should be the prime years of my life. I know pretty much everyone else in their 20s feels this way too. It just seems like a lot of people have stopped caring and don’t realise how serious this is :(


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  • #2707
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,384 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    Mary Butler said the government is "throwing the kitchen sink" at vaccinations.


  • #2708
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    hotmail.com wrote: »
    Mary Butler said the government is "throwing the kitchen sink" at vaccinations.

    Ah jesus they'll break the vials!


  • #2709
    Derek Zoolander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 434 ✭✭Derek Zoolander


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    [/B]
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1347745227205971968
    :eek:

    That reinfection tracking site is great - also very reassuring that so far 32 reinfections out of 80+ million infections...
    Next 6 months will be really interesting as potentially natural immunity wears off after 6-9 months from first infection


  • #2710
    iguana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    funnydoggy wrote: »
    What the.. is this a pisstake? :pac:

    Nah, lockdown just coincided with my mid-life crisis. Having to stay home and detached from normal life is genuinely crap. Few people would choose this. But (if you are lucky enough to be able to stay home) you can make the most of it and use the time to learn stuff you wouldn't have had a chance to otherwise. Comparing it to 'living like a rat' isn't helpful or accurate.


  • #2711
    polesheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭polesheep


    Derek Zoolander wrote: »
    That reinfection tracking site is great - also very reassuring that so far 32 reinfections out of 80+ million infections...
    Next 6 months will be really interesting as potentially natural immunity wears off after 6-9 months from first infection

    T-cells.


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  • #2712
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    iguana wrote: »
    Nah, lockdown just coincided with my mid-life crisis. Having to stay home and detached from normal life is genuinely crap. Few people would choose this. But (if you are lucky enough to be able to stay home) you can make the most of it and use the time to learn stuff you wouldn't have had a chance to otherwise. Comparing it to 'living like a rat' isn't helpful or accurate.


    That sounds great if I'm honest!

    Damn depression keeping me lazy and apathetic. Only thing I gained from these lockdowns is weight :pac:


  • #2713
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    iguana wrote: »
    Nah, lockdown just coincided with my mid-life crisis. Having to stay home and detached from normal life is genuinely crap. Few people would choose this. But (if you are lucky enough to be able to stay home) you can make the most of it and use the time to learn stuff you wouldn't have had a chance to otherwise. Comparing it to 'living like a rat' isn't helpful or accurate.

    I agree , the term living like a rat was neither helpful or needed


  • #2714
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,384 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    Ryan Tubridy is better off shutting up with the Covid lectures, he seems to be irritating the public with his sermons.


  • #2715
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    iguana wrote: »
    Nah, lockdown just coincided with my mid-life crisis. Having to stay home and detached from normal life is genuinely crap. Few people would choose this. But (if you are lucky enough to be able to stay home) you can make the most of it and use the time to learn stuff you wouldn't have had a chance to otherwise. Comparing it to 'living like a rat' isn't helpful or accurate.

    I learned quite a bit about viruses and got better at excel.


  • #2716
    prunudo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,114 ✭✭✭prunudo


    tom1ie wrote: »
    Why do we not have informative adds on tv and radio about how the vaccine works, and how masks and SD will still be required after the you have received the vaccine.
    Also informing how the vaccine won’t stop you getting covid, it just primes your immune response reducing/eradicating your symptoms.
    I’m all for the vaccines but a bit of info to the public would help.
    The amount of people I’ve heard saying they won’t be SD or wearing masks the day they get the vaccine is shocking.

    They haven't got much right across the water, but I've been impressed with any of the Nhs ads I've seen on UK tv.
    Straight and to the point, our media messaging always comes arcoss as condescending or over complicated (not just for covid either)


  • #2717
    pm1977x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭pm1977x


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    Did he really say it wasn't fully clear? Wow, that's pretty extraordinary. The swab data is official published data, it's not like it's made up.


    Something like that, then said it seems that we've caught up and are now back to just counting the normal daily cases, I can't understand where 6k? 9k? cases went, they can't all have been duplicates.


  • #2718
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    [/B]
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1347745227205971968
    :eek:

    I read that study a few days ago. There is no evidence that the mutation played a role in the reinfection. We know reinfections happen. We know they are rare. There is no indication that this one is any different. Don't overthink it.


  • #2719
    ginoginelli
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭ginoginelli


    Cillian de gascun on radio 1 being questioned why travellers from south Africa and britain will not need a test after 5 days when entering country. He had no answer of course. Nphet and the irish people are being sabotaged by the power to be in the travel department.

    Inept isnt a strong enough word for their actions.


  • #2720
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    pm1977x wrote: »
    Something like that, then said it seems that we've caught up and are now back to just counting the normal daily cases, I can't understand where 6k? 9k? cases went, they can't all have been duplicates.

    Ah, there's definitely still a backlog of several thousand. I think they are trying to spin it positively and say they are more or less up to date, which actually means that are a day behind. Anyway, hopefully they'll get fully up to date over the next couple of days.


  • #2721
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    https://twitter.com/NaomiOhReally/status/1347870067829190656?s=19


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  • #2722
    Endintheclowns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 138 ✭✭Endintheclowns


    Lollipop95 wrote: »
    It’s really difficult to feel optimistic at the moment. I’m 25, soon to be 26 and it just feels like I’m wasting what should be the prime years of my life. I know pretty much everyone else in their 20s feels this way too. It just seems like a lot of people have stopped caring and don’t realise how serious this is :(

    Yeah the lack of appreciation over the seriousness of this is staggering but I'm at the same stage now in regards optimism. I'm looking after me and mine doing the right things and playing our part.

    The ones that don't care have to live with their choices.


  • #2723
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    Ah, there's definitely still a backlog of several thousand. I think they are trying to spin it positively and say they are more or less up to date, which actually means that are a day behind. Anyway, hopefully they'll get fully up to date over the next couple of days.

    The backlog would still be active cases, from days ago rather than weeks


  • #2724
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/NaomiOhReally/status/1347870067829190656?s=19

    **** that's damning. Micheal will need a lot of mental fortitude over the next few weeks when people will blame him solely for the deaths to come.


  • #2725
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


    Lollipop95 wrote: »
    It’s really difficult to feel optimistic at the moment. I’m 25, soon to be 26 and it just feels like I’m wasting what should be the prime years of my life. I know pretty much everyone else in their 20s feels this way too. It just seems like a lot of people have stopped caring and don’t realise how serious this is :(

    I have a teenage daughter, she doesn't bother getting up until it's dark in the evening, she's missing so much and theres nothing I can do about it


  • #2726
    JeffKenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,647 ✭✭✭JeffKenna


    RandomViewer wrote: »
    I have a teenage daughter, she doesn't bother getting up until it's dark in the evening, she's missing so much and theres nothing I can do about it

    That's worrying, you'd want to go to a GP about that.


  • #2727
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    De Gascun says they expect it to plateau over the next week.

    https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0109/1188663-covid19/


  • #2728
    BobbyMalone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 325 ✭✭BobbyMalone


    RandomViewer wrote: »
    The backlog would still be active cases, from days ago rather than weeks


    So the 9000+ cases have all been accounted for in the recent confirmed case announcements?


  • #2729
    marno21
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,650 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Lollipop95 wrote: »
    It’s really difficult to feel optimistic at the moment. I’m 25, soon to be 26 and it just feels like I’m wasting what should be the prime years of my life. I know pretty much everyone else in their 20s feels this way too. It just seems like a lot of people have stopped caring and don’t realise how serious this is :(
    I'm the same age as you and I feel like I have that conversation daily now with friends. Most people I know are getting quite lost in life, there's no certainty about anything and you can't plan for anything. It's really difficult to keep the head up at the minute after keeping it up for so long but the vaccines thread is wonderful for the bursts of news that bring with them hope. Fingers crossed we can manage to progressively return to normality when out of this lockdown and the Groundhog Day feelings begin to evaporate.


  • #2730
    firefish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭firefish


    Been lurking but first time post...does no-one else think a contributing factor to the situation was the Tier 5 lockdown called for by NPHET in October when the numbers didn’t justify it? As Leo said at the time - there was no exit strategy. For 2 reasons (1) it surpressed Covid in the community to the extent that there was little immunity to slowdown current spread (we saw that in some of the Eastern European countries) (2) psychologically, it meant people took the opportunity to socialise and meet friends and family when they could (particularly as they knew another lockdown was coming).There’s a limit to how long social creatures can stay apart, particularly a family focused society like Ireland. Anyone in Dublin with family outside had not legally been able to see them since mid-September. I admit I travelled home, I was so so desperate to see them and didn’t know when I would be able to again. We might have been better with a Tier 3 and higher numbers, rather than going from the quietest hospitals ever to being within days of being overwhelmed. Did NPHET/the Government get the strategy completely wrong? Should NPHET not face criticism for this?


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  • #2731
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    marno21 wrote: »
    I'm the same age as you and I feel like I have that conversation daily now with friends. Most people I know are getting quite lost in life, there's no certainty about anything and you can't plan for anything. It's really difficult to keep the head up at the minute after keeping it up for so long but the vaccines thread is wonderful for the bursts of news that bring with them hope. Fingers crossed we can manage to progressively return to normality when out of this lockdown and the Groundhog Day feelings begin to evaporate.

    I think many in the 25-35 age group feel the same. Especially if their were just trying to enhance their lives in some way through either relationships/education/jb etc. Have days myself were I think about what it was like before lockdown and where to go after etc. Many friends feel the same. The mental health impact will be their for many years with this generation . Important thing to do now is just take one day at a time and control what you can. Diet and a good lifestyle probably the main two.


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