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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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  • #8072
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,215 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    SuperRabbit wrote: »
    We've all had to go to work sick during this pandemic, right? that's just how employers are? who on earth was allowed stay home without a positive test and can I get a job there?

    No one has been forced to come into work sick, for any reason, where I am.


  • #8073
    SuperRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭SuperRabbit


    Deleted User wrote: »
    *confused face*

    No that's not the case at all.




    well that's how it is in my work, the boss said you can't stay home with a cough or half the staff would be out on any given day. they read our temperature when we go in and when mine came out high they told me the thermometer was broken


  • #8074
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    SuperRabbit wrote: »
    We've all had to go to work sick during this pandemic, right? that's just how employers are? who on earth was allowed stay home without a positive test and can I get a job there?

    in my work if you have any symptoms at all or are a close contact you stay home and get tested. i would have hoped this was the case nationwide but your post is worrying to say the least.


  • #8075
    SuperRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭SuperRabbit


    yeah i was a big ball of stress, i didn't feel safe at work at all knowing that we all had to come in if sick and that the temperature reading was just a box tick


  • #8076
    y2k2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭y2k2020


    froog wrote: »
    in my work if you have any symptoms at all or are a close contact you stay home and get tested. i would have hoped this was the case nationwide but your post is worrying to say the least.

    You can imagine

    Not everyone works for Dell and some people don't even believe in the virus and may of them run businesses.


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  • #8077
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Turtwig wrote: »
    Headline says Retail Sector could stay closed until End of February. Can't really consider that misleading.

    Agree with your overall point though. Problem existed long before social media though. Social media and click bait just exacerbated it. Tabloids were always popular for a reason. It was even acceptable in secondary school to teach us how to write articles in both styles.

    That headline was originally May but was later changed to February

    You could say its a simple mistake but even if that's the case its incompetent from RTE


  • #8078
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    SuperRabbit wrote: »
    well that's how it is in my work, the boss said you can't stay home with a cough or half the staff would be out on any given day. they read our temperature when we go in and when mine came out high they told me the thermometer was broken

    I wonder would you have a legal case there given that if we have symptoms we must stay at home.


  • #8079
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    SuperRabbit wrote: »
    yeah i was a big ball of stress, i didn't feel safe at work at all knowing that we all had to come in if sick and that the temperature reading was just a box tick

    https://www.hsa.ie/eng/customer_service/make_a_complaint/


  • #8080
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,215 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    SuperRabbit wrote: »
    well that's how it is in my work, the boss said you can't stay home with a cough or half the staff would be out on any given day. they read our temperature when we go in and when mine came out high they told me the thermometer was broken

    I'm sure there are situations like yours being repeated up and down the country.

    So far, for all their faults, there isn't much of an effort from my guys made to pressurise people to come into work if they are feeling off, reporting symptoms etc. I'm a bit surprised by it to be honest - because the culture previously would have been a cross examination over the phone every time a person called in sick.
    That could change again if staff levels become dangerously low, but, so far they've behaved relatively decently towards the staff.

    But, anecdotally, yes I've heard of people being issued ultimatums to come to work or else and that kind of behaviour is often par for the course in retail/factory work unfortunately.


  • #8081
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,182 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    is_that_so wrote: »
    ICU total including COVID is now at 341, very close to the maximum 350 the HSE has alluded to.

    Think I misread that actually. Is that capacity as opposed to occupied beds?


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  • #8082
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    It's people at work, isn't it. The plateau.

    No point in appealing for people to minimise contacts. People are.

    Time to protect workers financially. Lots of non essential business open (maybe I'm wrong there, please correct me).


  • #8083
    seamie78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 900 ✭✭✭seamie78


    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Irish people don't protest. The Irish Water protesters were hammered by the establishment even though they had very valid reasons to protest e.g. privatisation.

    so that's why I pay water charges.....oh wait a minute


  • #8084
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    I've taken a closer look at Kent, the origin of the UK variant, to try to get a handle on what happened at various levels of restrictions.
    I think it's pretty clear from this why the new variant is troubling governments all over the world.

    For a bit of context, Kent kept their schools open until they recently shut for Christmas holidays. However nobody has seen the inside of a pub or restaurant since early November. And non-essential retail has been shutdown more often than open. They've had fairly strict household rules in place, though I've no way of telling how well they were adhered to.

    The four weeks following the national lockdown in November are the most worrying for me. The restrictions they were under are similar enough to our level 5 in October, and they were ostensibly well followed.
    But the infection grew regardless.

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  • #8085
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    It's people at work, isn't it. The plateau.

    No point in appealing for people to minimise contacts. People are.

    Time to protect workers financially. Lots of non essential business open (maybe I'm wrong there, please correct me).

    So back to a last March lockdown?

    Close down the likes of Woodies and all construction?

    2km exercise limit?


  • #8086
    HansKroenke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭HansKroenke


    Purple Papillon wrote: »
    Protesting the restrictions will get you nowhere except possibly sick, diseased or dead.

    Not necessarily true at all; if they were outdoor protests and people wore masks and socially distanced. If the age profile was of a younger generation they might be infected but unlikely to even be "sick" with covid.

    The bigger issue with protesting is trying to not be lazily targeted by a fairly under the thumb media and also having to associate with the typical protesting dregs. Holding on to the unhappiness until the next election and showing dissatisfaction with voting is the way to protest the government's restrictions where an impact can be felt.


  • #8087
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,469 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    So back to a last March lockdown?

    Close down the likes of Woodies and all construction?

    2km exercise limit?

    Yes, at least.


  • #8088
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    It's people at work, isn't it. The plateau.

    No point in appealing for people to minimise contacts. People are.

    Time to protect workers financially. Lots of non essential business open (maybe I'm wrong there, please correct me).

    well it's a bit early to say we've plateaued. there was single day of an increase yesterday. aside from that the numbers have come down dramatically.


  • #8089
    alentejo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 962 ✭✭✭alentejo


    So a 5km to 2 km exercise rule is the difference between 2k cases per day or 1k cases per day!


  • #8090
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    It's people at work, isn't it. The plateau.
    What plateau?


  • #8091
    rob316
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,686 ✭✭✭✭rob316


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    It's people at work, isn't it. The plateau.

    No point in appealing for people to minimise contacts. People are.

    Time to protect workers financially. Lots of non essential business open (maybe I'm wrong there, please correct me).

    Plateau?

    Our 7 day average vs last week is down about 3000 cases a day.

    What are ya talking about


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  • #8092
    y2k2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭y2k2020


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    So back to a last March lockdown?

    Close down the likes of Woodies and all construction?

    2km exercise limit?

    It's not the low hanging fruit anymore

    It's the office's

    So many people are coming into office's that can WFH it's ridiculous

    Look at the HSE, they have a **** load of admin staff on site

    If our own government won't do it for own staff, why would private care?

    Have HSE ever heard of virtual machines or remote desktop?


  • #8093
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Eod100 wrote: »
    Think I misread that actually. Is that capacity as opposed to occupied beds?
    341 occupied, 350 is that safe limit the HSE heave mentioned.


  • #8094
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    5,000 trained up to be vaccinators.


  • #8095
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,182 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    is_that_so wrote: »
    ICU total including COVID is now at 341, very close to the maximum 350 the HSE has alluded to.

    Is that maybe 344 total beds available? Seems total in ICU is 320

    https://twitter.com/PaulQuinnNews/status/1352257239436976128


  • #8096
    bennyl10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Irish people don't protest. The Irish Water protesters were hammered by the establishment even though they had very valid reasons to protest e.g. privatisation.

    with a respiratory virus that's rampant and loves congregation, you genuinely think people should be marching in large groups?

    Considering what we've seen happen over the past 6 weeks?

    Or does that not actually matter once the government are getting a shoeing?


  • #8097
    CrabRevolution
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,961 ✭✭✭CrabRevolution


    rob316 wrote: »
    Plateau?

    Our 7 day average vs last week is down about 3000 cases a day.

    What are ya talking about

    Comparing our current 7-day average to the previous 7 day average is pointless since the previous 7 day average included the backlog. We effectively had 14 days worth of cases declared over 7 days.

    The 7 day average of positive swabs is declining, but at a slower rate- it's only down by 1500 compared to last week.


  • #8098
    landofthetree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,464 ✭✭✭landofthetree


    Cluedo Monopoly wrote: »
    Irish people don't protest. The Irish Water protesters were hammered by the establishment even though they had very valid reasons to protest e.g. privatisation.

    The establishment cancelled charges.

    Now we have raw sewage entering our lakes and rivers.


  • #8099
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Does the 350 ICU bed number include the private hospitals?


  • #8100
    alexonhisown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭alexonhisown


    SuperRabbit wrote: »
    well that's how it is in my work, the boss said you can't stay home with a cough or half the staff would be out on any given day. they read our temperature when we go in and when mine came out high they told me the thermometer was broken

    God, i wish i could say i was surprised by this but I’m not, and it’s probably a lot more common than people think.


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  • #8101
    mcsean2163
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭mcsean2163


    Don't know why but the covid19 origin thread I srarted was merged into this. It's a bit too busy here so if anyone wants to discuss the origin, I setup this.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/covid19Origin


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