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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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  • #8852
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,449 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    landofthetree wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0123/1191570-coronavirus-ireland/

    Covid-19 vaccinations for people over the age of 70 may be delayed due to issues with the supply of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the Taoiseach has said.

    Lockdown at level 5 till June now after this EU **** up.

    EU too slow and too bureaucratic.


  • #8853
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Kunta Kinte wrote: »
    Evidence for this claim ?

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40204493.html


  • #8854
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,308 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Funsterdelux wrote: »
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    The people ripping into me for my OP. Dont be silly.


  • #8855
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    landofthetree wrote: »
    https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0123/1191570-coronavirus-ireland/

    Covid-19 vaccinations for people over the age of 70 may be delayed due to issues with the supply of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the Taoiseach has said.

    Lockdown at level 5 till June now after this EU **** up.


    Where are you reading this.
    Gael23 wrote: »
    Also case numbers have to go under 200 to get out of level 5. Seems like an impossible target


  • #8856
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,308 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    You're perfectly entitled to your viewpoint, but from what i can see, you haven't posted any alternative strategies or given any hint of what could or should have been done differently. Unless i missed earlier posts. Should we have closed borders like NZ? Shielded the vulnerable and let everybody else get on as normal? Spent another billion on test and trace? Completely cancelled christmas? Etc. What other options were on the table that could have better mitigated the effects of this disease?

    I haven't posted a strategy. Are you kidding me?

    I posted some truths in order to put last night's doom fest into perspective. Am I no longer allowed to do that unless I have 'a strategy'?


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  • #8857
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,449 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Where are you reading this.
    Its very wishy washy interview, listening to it here now.

    Theres alot of maybes, ifs and buts in his statements.

    Restrictions in some form until say June, did anyone expect all restrictions gone completely by June ?? Hardly.

    https://twitter.com/MichealLehane/status/1352939521030184960?s=19


  • #8858
    fly_agaric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,332 ✭✭✭fly_agaric


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Maybe we should hire a public health team that could advise the government on different available strategies.

    I think this forum's brains trust could be a prime recruiting ground esp. the "Restrictions" thread. Alot of knowledge and talent is not being utilised properly.:(

    We need some level heads like Dr. CalamariFritti in charge of public health in Ireland.


  • #8859
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,308 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    fly_agaric wrote: »
    I think this forum's brains trust could be a prime recruiting ground esp. the "Restrictions" thread. Alot of knowledge and talent is not being utilised properly.:(

    We need some level heads like Dr. CalamariFritti in charge of public health in Ireland.

    So let me ask this.

    It is now dangerous to post facts is it?

    Just want to clear this up so we can move on.


  • #8860
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    Gael23 wrote: »
    Also case numbers have to go under 200 to get out of level 5. Seems like an impossible target

    Did they specify where the cases must be? 200 community trasmissions maybe? Or will the public suffer the price for a completely unrelated outbreak outside the community in closed facilities like nursing homes and hospitals that are outside of the control of people in the people in lockdown.


  • #8861
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,308 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    pjohnson wrote: »
    You dont understand the facts you are posting. Or what "cause and effect" is. Ask a grown up.

    Engage with the OP and then I will engage with you.

    Otherwise you are only proving my point.


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  • #8862
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Its very wishy washy interview, listening to it here now.

    Theres alot of maybes, ifs and buts in his statements.

    Restrictions in some form until say June, did anyone expect all restrictions gone completely by June ?? Hardly.

    https://twitter.com/MichealLehane/status/1352939521030184960?s=19

    No of course not, but big difference between restrictions and level 5 restrictions


  • #8863
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Donnelly and Martin have been going on solo runs all week, throwing out random conjecture and figures all over the place.

    You'll notice Varadkar throws a much more even-handed message; Be prepared for things to be **** but we hope they won't be.

    The Astrazeneca thing isn't the enormous deal the media are on about. It will affect the rollout schedules a bit, possibly stretch it out by a couple of weeks. It's not the, "we're all fvcked till September lads" doom predictions that are going around.

    There will still be a huge ramp-up in vaccinations come April, and open access to vaccination come the end of June.


  • #8864
    fly_agaric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,332 ✭✭✭fly_agaric


    CalamariFritti wrote: »
    So let me ask this.

    It is now dangerous to post facts is it?

    Just want to clear this up so we can move on.

    You posted some facts - I can't be arsed to check if you got everything right. You did not cite sources (edit: but easy to check in fairness).

    You made a bad argument (that government/media are overreacting) which doesn't really seem to have a connection to these facts.

    The only thing I'd agree with you on is that hysteria or panic or despair (which can be observed on this thread sometimes, and also in the media) is dangerous and unhelpful.


  • #8865
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    Lol my next door neighbour called to our door for a chat, 'listen I won't stand to close to ye I'm actually waiting on a test I've a few symptoms so I'll keep some distance just in case until I get the result, probably won't be positive.'

    :o:pac:

    Can see her out my living room window on the path chatting ****e with group of of local aul ones!

    Said yesterday evening her result would be back in 48 hours :pac:

    Lol dis bitch.. Calling everyone up !


  • #8866
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,449 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    seamus wrote: »
    Donnelly and Martin have been going on solo runs all week, throwing out random conjecture and figures all over the place.

    You'll notice Varadkar throws a much more even-handed message; Be prepared for things to be **** but we hope they won't be.

    The Astrazeneca thing isn't the enormous deal the media are on about. It will affect the rollout schedules a bit, possibly stretch it out by a couple of weeks. It's not the, "we're all fvcked till September lads" doom predictions that are going around.

    There will still be a huge ramp-up in vaccinations come April, and open access to vaccination come the end of June.

    Absolutely, April, May & June have always been earmarked as the months for supply to be in big numbers with mass vaccination centres.

    The message still is looks its going to be a crap few months but things should look different come May & June


  • #8867
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Blazer wrote: »
    And it’s getting worse.
    And it’s all by people of lower iq who believe that crap they read on Facebook from some nutcase and then suddenly think they’re the smart ones.
    I have zero hesitation in calling these morons out.
    My own brother make a similar statement this week and I savaged him on Facebook for it.
    I have other people on my friends list who make the same claim and I do likewise.
    We should all do the same..anyone that repeats or regurgitates this fake nonsense or flu similarity etc should be called out ASAP and ridiculed.
    GpXuDLg.jpg


  • #8868
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    Blazer wrote: »
    And it’s getting worse.
    And it’s all by people of lower iq who believe that crap they read on Facebook from some nutcase and then suddenly think they’re the smart ones.
    I have zero hesitation in calling these morons out.
    My own brother make a similar statement this week and I savaged him on Facebook for it.
    I have other people on my friends list who make the same claim and I do likewise.
    We should all do the same..anyone that repeats or regurgitates this fake nonsense or flu similarity etc should be called out ASAP and ridiculed.

    How do they respond/react?


  • #8869
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,151 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    Did they specify where the cases must be? 200 community trasmissions maybe? Or will the public suffer the price for a completely unrelated outbreak outside the community in closed facilities like nursing homes and hospitals that are outside of the control of people in the people in lockdown.

    No but I’m assuming 200 reported cases


  • #8870
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,308 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    fly_agaric wrote: »
    You posted some facts - I can't be arsed to check if you got everything right. You did not cite sources (edit: but easy to check in fairness).

    You made a bad argument (that government/media are overreacting) which doesn't really seem to have a connection to these facts.

    The only thing I'd agree with you on is that hysteria or panic or despair (which can be observed on this thread sometimes, and also in the media) is dangerous and unhelpful.

    And that is more or less all I wanted to say. And yes I accused government and media of stirring. That may be the one slightly controversial bit of my OP. Well the government bit. No doubt the media are stirring.


  • #8871
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,052 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    I think restrictions in some form til June seems realistic. I can't see indoor hospitality opening til at least May.

    I'd hope itd go mid Feb schools/construction (assuming we're regularly sub 800-1k a day by then and hospitals are under control), then hopefully by mid march gyms, non essential retail and hairdressers are reopened, and outdoor dining by mid April


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  • #8872
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Blazer wrote: »
    And it’s getting worse.
    And it’s all by people of lower iq who believe that crap they read on Facebook from some nutcase and then suddenly think they’re the smart ones.
    I have zero hesitation in calling these morons out.
    My own brother make a similar statement this week and I savaged him on Facebook for it.
    I have other people on my friends list who make the same claim and I do likewise.
    We should all do the same..anyone that repeats or regurgitates this fake nonsense or flu similarity etc should be called out ASAP and ridiculed.
    AdamD wrote: »
    GpXuDLg.jpg

    Ahh now in fairness, there are a lot of people, some lacking intelligence, and some just in denial, spouting stuff that Covid isn't a problem at all.

    We have to accept that the argument that there's "only 3000 dead" is because we've had a fúcked up year beyond belief, and it's reasonable to assume it would be seriously higher had we 'let it rip'.

    So going around saying it's grand cos of lower deaths and ignoring that this is resulting from restrictions needs to be called out. And in fairness, I'd imagine it isn't easy calling a family member out on social media, so I would say fair play tbh.


  • #8873
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,178 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    https://twitter.com/DonnellyStephen/status/1352947513540665346?s=19


  • #8874
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    CalamariFritti wrote: »
    And that is more or less all I wanted to say. And yes I accused government and media of stirring. That may be the one slightly controversial bit of my OP. Well the government bit. No doubt the media are stirring.

    The one controversial bit?

    You effectively implied covid was nothing just an annoying bug on the windshield.


  • #8875
    Qwertyminger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭Qwertyminger


    seamus wrote: »
    Donnelly and Martin have been going on solo runs all week, throwing out random conjecture and figures all over the place.

    You'll notice Varadkar throws a much more even-handed message; Be prepared for things to be **** but we hope they won't be.

    The Astrazeneca thing isn't the enormous deal the media are on about. It will affect the rollout schedules a bit, possibly stretch it out by a couple of weeks. It's not the, "we're all fvcked till September lads" doom predictions that are going around.

    There will still be a huge ramp-up in vaccinations come April, and open access to vaccination come the end of June.

    Wow amazing more great pandemic news. Tune in next week when we're still all fucked.


  • #8876
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Eod100 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/DonnellyStephen/status/1352947513540665346?s=19

    so the vaccination by September plan looks to have stumbled at the first hurdle?


  • #8877
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Its very wishy washy interview, listening to it here now.

    Theres alot of maybes, ifs and buts in his statements.

    Restrictions in some form until say June, did anyone expect all restrictions gone completely by June ?? Hardly.

    https://twitter.com/MichealLehane/status/1352939521030184960?s=19

    Good luck to him trying to keep people on board for waiting until 100 - 200 cases


  • #8878
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,308 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Turtwig wrote: »
    The one controversial bit?

    You effectively implied covid was nothing just an annoying bug on the windshield.

    You must have read that into my post. I only posted facts.

    If that is now equal to belittling covid then we really are down a rabbit hole.


  • #8879
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,755 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Good luck to him trying to keep people on board for waiting until 100 - 200 cases

    same pillock who wanted a "meaningful Christmas"


  • #8880
    jackboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,030 ✭✭✭jackboy


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Good luck to him trying to keep people on board for waiting until 100 - 200 cases

    No choice. Realistically we will need to get well below 100 cases to have any length of time before next lockdown.


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  • #8881
    Kunta Kinte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭Kunta Kinte


    titan18 wrote: »
    I think restrictions in some form til June seems realistic. I can't see indoor hospitality opening til at least May.

    I'd hope itd go mid Feb schools/construction (assuming we're regularly sub 800-1k a day by then and hospitals are under control), then hopefully by mid march gyms, non essential retail and hairdressers are reopened, and outdoor dining by mid April

    Whatever about schools and construction there is no chance of any other sectors that you mentioned in your post reopening before Easter at the earliest.


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