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

kilkenny31 wrote: »

This is different. We have one big spike caused by 2-3 weeks of free for all over Christmas. Hospital figures will peak by the weekend.

It's never different. There's always a tail.

Here's a recent and similar example of a short sharp spike followed by a long tail from our long suffering friends in Belgium.
This is best case scenario where cases continued to fall for the duration of the tail.

Eod100 wrote: »

Ah only a day on county by county basis though no?

A day behind on announced cases. But announced cases themselves are up to 2 days behind the swab data.

So we already know that things are improving very well, but we don't have visibility yet on which counties are improving fastest.

A little advice please?

A friend works for an "essential" company. Their colleague tested positive for covid, and the friend is deemed a close contact - worked together in close proximity 48 hours before the colleague developed symptoms. Friend is still waiting to be called by the tracing team.

The company are aware, and have told all close contacts (approximately 5) that all of them MUST work because they are short staffed, and that it doesn't matter because they have no symptoms.


Wtf should my friend do? I've advised them to ring the hse covid line to be confirmed as a close contact, and walk out (they were in work when they received the information about being a close contact), but they're new to the job so afraid to assert themselves.

The_Brood wrote: »

It is beyond astonishing what is happening, even the international news media are critisising the government's handling of Covid here, but not a peep from the local news, everything is simply bowing heads and obeying blindly to Meehoe and Leo's nonsense (other than the anti mask crazies), no pushback, no questioning, no seeking of facts and logic and reason and a plan....just total submission. 'yes my lord and master, you know best' type of thing.

What has happened to this country?

Have you written a press release for them to publish?

The_Brood wrote: »

It is beyond astonishing what is happening, even the international news media are critisising the government's handling of Covid here, but not a peep from the local news, everything is simply bowing heads and obeying blindly to Meehoe and Leo's nonsense (other than the anti mask crazies), no pushback, no questioning, no seeking of facts and logic and reason and a plan....just total submission. 'yes my lord and master, you know best' type of thing.

What has happened to this country?

I won't say the government are faultless, but I get the impression people are staying quiet because they know this spike is undeniably down to the lack of care taken by the public at large. Even listening to the radio a lot of soft "acceptable" anti-lockdown proponents have gone silent as they've no straws to grasp.

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

I think all the local media have had their turn saying you shouldn't have opened up for christmas against NPHET advice. You messed up.

What else do you want?
They are now moving on.

To be honest I want more of the Irish media call out people who had massive christmas gatherings as idiots. They are why we are where we are.

Unfortunately media dont want to insult their readership.

There was a lot of pushback about wanting to be open for Christmas? See where that got us?

Sure Ryan Tubridy was the biggest cheerleader of all for the christmas knees up...

His first show back (afters weeks off)...

"Im surprised at how many cases there are"..."I didnt see this coming"

He should be removed from our radios and TV screen...

SpacialNeeds wrote: »

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0113/1189371-coronavirus-ireland/
Ilona Duffy is talking about this on radio 1.

They're down 7000 staff countrywide and have to ask asymptomatic close contacts in the HSE to come in for a test and get back to work.

My uncle had an accident in his driveway on the ice last week and had to go to the Bons because he split himself open. Now he also has covid.

Please be extraordinarily careful.

And this is why we dont want people driving 10miles to go for a hike on their own using the "its the safest place to be" nonsense.

StevenToast wrote: »

Stephen Donnelly couldnt have said it better.


You are correct, RTE have been doom mongers for this whole pandemic...

HOWEVER, since Ireland became the worst country in the world at handling Covid...they have begun to soften the language...vaccines are coming, numbers will go down etc etc...

Bit of perspective, Ireland has one of the lower COVID death rates in EUrope as things stand, 3x times less deaths per capita than Slovenia or Belgium

CrabRevolution wrote: »

I won't say the government are faultless, but I get the impression people are staying quiet because they know this spike is undeniably down to the lack of care taken by the public at large. Even listening to the radio a lot of soft "acceptable" anti-lockdown proponents have gone silent as they've no straws to grasp.

Let's be honest people were gonna still meet up regardless of level 5 or level 1000.

The government knew it and everyone knew it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-55640352
London's nightingale hospital has also now reopened in order to accommodate non-COVID hospital patients displaced by the surge.

zinfandel wrote: »

and now a parent or granny or family member are very ill or dead, I lost count of the number of people who said NOTHING will stop me having my usual christmas and seeing all my family.....

oh goodness

I know quite a few parents and grandparents that implored their children to visit and bring the grandchildren etc..

There are people of all sorts and hues.

Elderly people aren't all hiding behind the curtains trembling in fear of every caller..

zinfandel wrote: »

and now a parent or granny or family member are very ill or dead, I lost count of the number of people who said NOTHING will stop me having my usual christmas and seeing all my family.....

Yeah, I know of two people now who went through the "we're going to have a normal Xmas, fvck it" thing and now at least one grand/parent is dead.

I have no schadenfreude about it, I genuinely feel very sorry for anyone who has ended up in this situation. They made what seemed like a relatively low-risk decision at the time and it's had the worst ending, which will live with them for the rest of their days.

seamus wrote: »

Yeah, I know of two people now who went through the "we're going to have a normal Xmas, fvck it" thing and now at least one grand/parent is dead.

I have no schadenfreude about it, I genuinely feel very sorry for anyone who has ended up in this situation. They made what seemed like a relatively low-risk decision at the time and it's had the worst ending, which will live with them for the rest of their days.

yeah taking the opportunity to exercise the moral high ground over people's grief is not of much help to anyone

mcburns07 wrote: »

Give an inch take a mile and all that. Telling people it was ok to meet up was more or less an invitation to do so. I find it very hard to believe that we would have had anywhere near the same amount of household mixing if it was restricted.

there wouldn't have been anywhere near it

mcburns07 wrote: »

Is it ok to drive 10 miles to be on your own if it's not for a hike?

No