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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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  • #7112
    Happydays2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


    Doctors room ghost wrote: »
    It’s not just migrant workers keeping our health service functioning either by the way.
    Manys the Irish man and woman who have spent their lives working in it and having to strike on normal years in order for a fair wage.

    Great. Well let’s say a graduated bonus of up to 5000 euro per worker at whatever level depending on days served on the Covid period? Plus citizenship for our migrant health workers who we will still need and deserve certainty.


  • #7113
    tom1ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,082 ✭✭✭✭tom1ie


    Turtwig wrote: »
    What exactly is your point? Asking questions is great but I'm unsure what you are asking and why you are asking it.

    First off this a public forum, I’m fairly sure I don’t need your permission.
    Secondly when did you commence your mod training?
    Third, to explain why, (which I have in my previous posts if you bothered to look) I thought the article I read had attributed the Norwegian deaths to the vaccine.
    Rte today reported that the ema have said there’s been no deaths attributed to the vaccine.
    I wondered had the ema got this wrong or were the Norwegian deaths not included as they’re not in the Eu.

    Now is that ok with you?


  • #7114
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Was just off the phone with an uncle who works in Letterkenny General

    He tells me the whole things has been blown out of proportion.

    He says that the only issue is that staff are isolating and thus numbers are down.

    As regards patient number, there is no increase on last year and the COVID is a bad respiratory illness but akin to a bad flu.

    It's mostly killing the old and ailing and of course some people die young just like the normal flu.

    He told me that it is the usual types looking for attention going to the press and moaning as usual


  • #7115
    Lucas Hood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,206 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    People over the age of 80 have a 1 in 10 or 12 chance of dying this year regardless of covid.


  • #7116
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Just as an aside,

    I know 3 colleagues/friends, in their 50s who have been diagnosed with stage3/4 cancers in last 6 months.

    People need to wake up and the COVID obsession must end soon.


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  • #7117
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Lucas Hood wrote: »
    People over the age of 80 have a 1 in 10 or 12 chance of dying this year regardless of covid.

    Presume it's a lot less if your in a nursing home.


  • #7118
    Always_Running
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭Always_Running


    22185 less reported cases this week compared to the previous week.

    13390 less positive tests this week compared to last.

    7 day positivity stands at 13.5% it was 19.6% a week ago.

    A long way to go yet but good to see progress made and all going well those figures will continue to fall in the weeks ahead.


  • #7119
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    Posted this on the vaccine thread too, but feeling quite good about it, have been minding a child with (very mild) covid for the past 2 weeks. Child too young to isolate so I’ve been sneezed on around 50 times in the 2 weeks. Have had one dose of Pfizer vaccine and negative swab and no symptoms after 14 days. Have had covid last March but still quite positive news imo.


  • #7120
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Just as an aside,

    I know 3 colleagues/friends, in their 50s who have been diagnosed with stage3/4 cancers in last 6 months.

    People need to wake up and the COVID obsession must end soon.

    Only one show in town, **** everything else.


  • #7121
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Just as an aside,

    I know 3 colleagues/friends, in their 50s who have been diagnosed with stage3/4 cancers in last 6 months.

    People need to wake up and the COVID obsession must end soon.

    At the moment there's little to no ICU beds available for post op cancer surgeries...


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  • #7122
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Was just off the phone with an uncle who works in Letterkenny General

    He tells me the whole things has been blown out of proportion.

    He says that the only issue is that staff are isolating and thus numbers are down.

    As regards patient number, there is no increase on last year and the COVID is a bad respiratory illness but akin to a bad flu.

    It's mostly killing the old and ailing and of course some people die young just like the normal flu.

    He told me that it is the usual types looking for attention going to the press and moaning as usual

    Uncle Intel. The best kind of intel.


  • #7123
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Turtwig wrote: »
    At the moment there's little to no ICU beds available for post op cancer surgeries...

    Maybe if we were not so obsessed with covid they could have been diagnosed earlier.


  • #7124
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Just as an aside,

    I know 3 colleagues/friends, in their 50s who have been diagnosed with stage3/4 cancers in last 6 months.

    People need to wake up and the COVID obsession must end soon.

    Where I work now we have no ICU beds, vast majority in ICU are admissions with covid that deteriorated and needed ICU. No ICU beds available for post op patients. Not even close. I’ve just left a meeting about it and its not great at all.


  • #7125
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Only one show in town, **** everything else.

    And when our health care pathways were still largely functioning you were cribbing about there being no issues and things should open I up. Now, there's been major curtailment you peddle this sh1t about nobody caring about everything else. They do actually care problem is there's too much covid.


  • #7126
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Turtwig wrote: »
    At the moment there's little to no ICU beds available for post op cancer surgeries...

    There rarely is capacity in our hospitals. People seem to act as if we used to have some stellar health system in the past, every winter in the last decade we have hundreds to thousands on trollies.

    It was always tough going, to get agressive cancer surgery in this country you need to fight tooth and nail. They are too happy to throw everyone on what is basically palliative chemo due to our weak system

    Thank god the Beacon are standing up for their patients


  • #7127
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Presume it's a lot less if your in a nursing home.

    According to this, the average stay in a nursing home is 2 years. One would imagine that, sadly, the only way you leave a nursing home is by passing away. This would mean that 50% of nursing home residents die every year.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.independent.ie/irish-news/health/fewer-older-people-opt-for-nursing-home-care-37534589.html


  • #7128
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Where I work now we have no ICU beds, vast majority in ICU are admissions with covid that deteriorated and needed ICU. No ICU beds available for post op patients. Not even close. I’ve just left a meeting about it and its not great at all.

    Did your hospital have ICU capacity this time last year? Most hospitals can turn critical wards into the equiv of ICU . Staffing is an issue though but that is a different topic


  • #7129
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Nonoperational wrote: »
    Where I work now we have no ICU beds, vast majority in ICU are admissions with covid that deteriorated and needed ICU. No ICU beds available for post op patients. Not even close. I’ve just left a meeting about it and its not great at all.

    I hope the management in the hospital work things out, I am sure they will. Best of luck with it.


  • #7130
    h2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭h2005


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Was just off the phone with an uncle who works in Letterkenny General

    He tells me the whole things has been blown out of proportion.

    He says that the only issue is that staff are isolating and thus numbers are down.

    As regards patient number, there is no increase on last year and the COVID is a bad respiratory illness but akin to a bad flu.

    It's mostly killing the old and ailing and of course some people die young just like the normal flu.

    He told me that it is the usual types looking for attention going to the press and moaning as usual

    Is your uncle a doctor or nurse?


  • #7131
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Maybe if we were not so obsessed with covid they could have been diagnosed earlier.

    Wtf does this even mean? Screening was impacted but not to the level you seem to be implying. Now that covid has run amok you have no choice but to be obsessed with it. It's like pointing out the dangers of burns when the building is on the fire. Get the fire under control first!


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  • #7132
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Was just off the phone with an uncle who works in Letterkenny General

    He tells me the whole things has been blown out of proportion.

    He says that the only issue is that staff are isolating and thus numbers are down.

    As regards patient number, there is no increase on last year and the COVID is a bad respiratory illness but akin to a bad flu.

    It's mostly killing the old and ailing and of course some people die young just like the normal flu.

    He told me that it is the usual types looking for attention going to the press and moaning as usual

    As of last night, letterkenny had 8 general beds available, and zero ICU.
    They've currently got 113 covid patients on site, 5 of which are in ICU.

    They were treating people from ambulances a few days ago in letterkenny.


  • #7133
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Gruffalux wrote: »
    Uncle Intel. The best kind of intel.

    In fairness he is only a Porter but has worked there for almost 20years and knows more about the workings of the hospital than most of the doctors and nurses id be sure


  • #7134
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Just as an aside,

    I know 3 colleagues/friends, in their 50s who have been diagnosed with stage3/4 cancers in last 6 months.

    People need to wake up and the COVID obsession must end soon.
    What is this "just an aside" to? It seems on topic and pretty in keeping with your agendum throughout?


  • #7135
    h2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,400 ✭✭✭h2005


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    In fairness he is only a Porter but has worked there for almost 20years and knows more about the workings of the hospital than most of the doctors and nurses id be sure

    It's a wonder they don't have him in doing operations so...


  • #7136
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    In fairness he is only a Porter but has worked there for almost 20years and knows more about the workings of the hospital than most of the doctors and nurses id be sure

    He knows SFA. They have more in ICU and in separate special respiratory care than any time in the past 5+ years at least. These ,and all covid serious cases, require more care and staff than usual and over a longer period. The medical staff are pinned to their collars.

    Uncle porter will be quiet as other routine functions slow down.


  • #7137
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Ficheall wrote: »
    What is this "just an aside" to? It seems on topic and pretty in keeping with your agendum throughout?

    It is a wake up call.

    The COVID obsession must end.

    People are mortal, we all will have our day and perpetuating this misery for any longer is not fair on our people

    We need to re-brand this virus and stop the fear

    It is a damned awful thing but retweeting on twitter about a 26yr old succombing to the virus and telling us all to stay in our rooms because that could be us is just sickening..

    why not retweet every unfortunate case that got a bad bit of luck and got a terrible disease, life would be bloody miserable focusing on the bad stuff.


  • #7138
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    As of last night, letterkenny had 8 general beds available, and zero ICU.
    They've currently got 113 covid patients on site, 5 of which are in ICU.

    They were treating people from ambulances a few days ago in letterkenny.

    It just suits his long touted agenda to play it all down.

    Pay it no heed.


  • #7139
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    It is a wake up call.

    The COVID obsession must end.

    People are mortal, we all will have our day and perpetuating this misery for any longer is not fair on our people

    We need to re-brand this virus and stop the fear

    Roh kay. Sounds like we have an exit plan, guys!


  • #7140
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    BringBackMick wrote: »
    Was just off the phone with an uncle who works in Letterkenny General

    He tells me the whole things has been blown out of proportion.

    He says that the only issue is that staff are isolating and thus numbers are down.

    As regards patient number, there is no increase on last year and the COVID is a bad respiratory illness but akin to a bad flu.

    It's mostly killing the old and ailing and of course some people die young just like the normal flu.

    He told me that it is the usual types looking for attention going to the press and moaning as usual

    Well that’s it then, your uncle for CMO. Or maybe head of the WHO?


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  • #7141
    BringBackMick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭BringBackMick


    Gruffalux wrote: »
    Roh kay. Sounds like we have an exit plan, guys!

    Oh sorry, let's get back to scoldng our fellow men and women for wanting to meet their friends over Christmas.

    The whole thing is bonkers and history will not look well on those who implemented draconian measures on their people


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