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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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  • #9152
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,749 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    Sorry if I sounded snappy but a member of my family caught it through no fault of her own or indeed of her contact
    She was very sick but thankfully recovered well at home . It irks me to think she would be blamed for being ill
    I know another friend who had it , she is a teacher and extremely careful , also very ill for 10 days and still breathless . It certainly wasn’t her fault either

    Sorry to hear about those, and I am sure those people thought they were doing everything by the book.

    Who's to say I won't catch it? I don't know, but I can only do what I've been doing since March last year and hope for the best, as I do visit my elderly mother and I don't want to be giving it to her.

    One of the biggest spreading events up here in Donegal were wakes. People simply acted like it was the old days. Wakes were packed and there was plenty of hugging and hand shaking going on at them. I also witnessed 2 funerals locally myself where there was multiples of the allowed numbers at them, with unmasked mourners standing chatting to each other.


  • #9153
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Sorry to hear about those, and I am sure those people thought they were doing everything by the book.

    Who's to say I won't catch it? I don't know, but I can only do what I've been doing since March last year and hope for the best, as I do visit my elderly mother and I don't want to be giving it to her.

    One of the biggest spreading events up here in Donegal were wakes. People simply acted like it was the old days. Wakes were packed and there was plenty of hugging and hand shaking going on at them. I also witnessed 2 funerals locally myself where there was multiples of the allowed numbers at them, with unmasked mourners standing chatting to each other.

    Thats awful and all complete eejits. But don’t forget they spread it to someone completely innocent and on it goes


  • #9154
    Renjit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭Renjit


    Deleted User wrote: »

    I am thinking it would be level 1/2 as best case scenario by then?

    I know nobody here has a crystal ball.

    Levels will depend on the number of cases. Same level 5 could happen again.


  • #9155
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    Thats awful and all complete eejits. But don’t forget they spread it to someone completely innocent and on it goes

    That’s harsh. They’re not necessarily eejits. My partners uncle passed away in his sleep last week. Was completely healthy but it seems his heart just stopped. My ‘aunt in law’ woke up in the morning expecting a normal day to find her husband lying cold beside her

    My mother in law and her 6 siblings and various others going to the funeral next week. They are ALL going to be hugging each other. Don’t f****ng tell me that they are eejits for doing that.

    Some things are bigger than COVID....and many on these forums are just losing all sense of reasonableness and empathy. Makes me sad for how people have become..,.much being the fault of the doomfest and the blaming that the press are in love with


  • #9156
    spookwoman
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  • #9157
    prunudo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,111 ✭✭✭prunudo


    political analyst wrote: »
    Is there anything to corroborate that story?

    Apart from the fact I trust the person who told me, no I don't have any links or articles to corroborate it. So as I posted last week, its an anonymous forum, you can either choose to take people's posts as face value or not.


  • #9158
    Stheno
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    That’s harsh. They’re not necessarily eejits. My partners uncle passed away in his sleep last week. Was completely healthy but it seems his heart just stopped. My ‘aunt in law’ woke up in the morning expecting a normal day to find her husband lying cold beside her

    My mother in law and her 6 siblings and various others going to the funeral next week. They are ALL going to be hugging each other. Don’t f****ng tell me that they are eejits for doing that.

    Sorry but they are idiots if they are going to behave like that


  • #9159
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    That’s harsh. They’re not necessarily eejits. My partners uncle passed away in his sleep last week. Was completely healthy but it seems his heart just stopped. My ‘aunt in law’ woke up in the morning expecting a normal day to find her husband lying cold beside her

    My mother in law and her 6 siblings and various others going to the funeral next week. They are ALL going to be hugging each other. Don’t f****ng tell me that they are eejits for doing that.

    Some things are bigger than COVID....and many on these forums are just losing all sense of reasonableness and empathy. Makes me sad for how people have become..,.much being the fault of the doomfest and the blaming that the press are in love with

    I was speaking of huggers and hand shaking at wakes when I referred to eejits
    Not to people who caught covid
    Sorry for any offence caused


  • #9160
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Stheno wrote: »
    Sorry but they are idiots if they are going to behave like that

    You know the words that I think of you and I won’t type them here


  • #9161
    Gradius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    Getting that sinking feeling about this vaccine strategy.

    If we were to struggle all the way to Christmas and find ourselves in the same boat...I wouldn't be surprised. Big questions coming, bigger than anything ever seen.

    Meanwhile our lovely friends who gifted this to the world are refusing to let any investigation go unhindered, have yet another potential pandemic in the oven with two new SARS strains, and God knows what else.

    A complete re-shape of the how the world operates is in order.


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  • #9162
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


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  • #9163
    DraftDodger
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 284 ✭✭DraftDodger


    Gradius wrote: »
    Getting that sinking feeling about this vaccine strategy.

    If we were to struggle all the way to Christmas and find ourselves in the same boat...I wouldn't be surprised. Big questions coming, bigger than anything ever seen.

    Meanwhile our lovely friends who gifted this to the world are refusing to let any investigation go unhindered, have yet another potential pandemic in the oven with two new SARS strains, and God knows what else.

    A complete re-shape of the how the world operates is in order.

    Yeah absolutely. Gas the way all the focus has been on Trump as the big bad guy for months now whilst the Chinese stand back and as you say hinder the investigation as societies struggle throughout the world.


  • #9164
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    I was speaking of huggers and hand shaking at wakes when I referred to eejits
    Not to people who caught covid
    Sorry for any offence caused

    Appreciated. You note I said “not NECESSARILY” eejits, implying that I know that some funeral goers are. But to label as an eejit everyone who seeks solace in a relative’s arms at that time, especially if unexpectedly painful or sudden, smacks to me of such a deep, almost sociopathic, disregard of what it means to be human

    (I mean the other poster who replied back to me, not you)


  • #9165
    Gradius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    DraftDodger wrote: »
    Yeah absolutely. Gas the way all the focus has been on Trump as the big bad guy for months now whilst the Chinese stand back and as you say hinder the investigation as societies struggle throughout the world.

    As a bare minimum, people need to stop buying stuff from China. It's just got to happen.

    They are without a shadow of doubt the world's disease incubator and enriching them is like pressing fast-forward on new pandemics.


  • #9166
    peasant
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    Deleted User wrote: »

    Some things are bigger than COVID....and many on these forums are just losing all sense of reasonableness and empathy.

    Giving solace with a handshake or a hug potentially filled with an extra dose of covid is neither reasonable nor empathetic.

    It's stupid and very selfish.


  • #9167
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
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    Gradius wrote: »
    As a bare minimum, people need to stop buying stuff from China. It's just got to happen.

    They are without a shadow of doubt the world's disease incubator and enriching them is like pressing fast-forward on new pandemics.

    How has there not been much more condemnation of China? We should have the biggest most expensive investigation to make sure this ****e doesn't happen again. Pretty tasteless that they celebrated NY while the rest of the world is dealing with the **** they started.


  • #9168
    [Deleted User]
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    peasant wrote: »
    Giving solace with a handshake or a hug potentially filled with an extra dose of covid is neither reasonable nor empathetic.

    It's stupid and very selfish.

    Some people here really are gorging on too much RTÉ and too many NPHET briefings. This board isn’t for me any more.

    Bye everyone. Good luck


  • #9169
    Eivor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭Eivor


    Stheno wrote: »
    Sorry but they are idiots if they are going to behave like that

    No they aren’t. The poster is right. Some things are bigger than Covid. My friends granny has a few weeks to live and has chosen to die in her own home. I can guarantee her whole family will be at that house over the coming weeks and will be crying, hugging and kissing eachother.


  • #9170
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    tom1ie wrote: »
    Waves are caused by lockdowns. It would be a continuous increase in infections and deaths etc if there was no lockdown.
    On the plus side that would mean herd immunity is reached quicker- as long as the virus didn’t mutate quick enough to negate any immunity gained in the population.
    On the negative side, ya know, deaths and cases etc.

    That is only your opinion and not a fact. There are countries with very few lockdowns or none and they experience similar patterns or ups and downs with cases and deaths. It is because it is believed covid is a seasonal virus.
    I do not know what you understand lockdown is - because from what I understand it is just harder to buy certain things yet not much else changed. Every second house in my estate does have a person who works somewhere even during "lockdown" and then they come home potentially exposing their families who meet neighbors in local shop or supermarket.
    According to some scientists who look at data from many countries lockdowns and stay-at-home policies actually accelerated spread because they confined a lot of people in small places.


  • #9171
    Gradius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    MattS1 wrote: »
    How has there not been much more condemnation of China? We should have the biggest most expensive investigation to make sure this ****e doesn't happen again. Pretty tasteless that they celebrated NY while the rest of the world is dealing with the **** they started.

    It's like this...

    Your neighbour from across the road comes over and sets your house on fire. So, your first priority is to put out the flames before retaliation.

    If there's any justice in the world, there better be a collective hammering of China after this. That's if we don't get fooked with something else from them in the meantime, which is looking more and more likely.


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  • #9172
    Stheno
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    Eivor wrote: »
    No they aren’t. The poster is right. Some things are bigger than Covid. My friends granny has a few weeks to live and has chosen to die in her own home. I can guarantee her whole family will be at that house over the coming weeks and will be crying, hugging and kissing eachother.

    And when one or more of them end up with Covid, that's ok?


  • #9173
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,139 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    A new low tonight with posters talking about family members hugging at a funeral. Absolutely obsessed with covid and the **** with everything else in life. I think we are in trouble when all this is over, it's really bringing out some disgusting traits in people.


  • #9174
    Eivor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 168 ✭✭Eivor


    Stheno wrote: »
    And when one or more of them end up with Covid, that's ok?

    They’re young and healthy enough. They’ll most likely be grand. As I said, some things are greater than Covid


  • #9175
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Some people here really are gorging on too much RTÉ and too many NPHET briefings. This board isn’t for me any more.

    Bye everyone. Good luck

    Some people here are very much able to make up their own minds and assess risks without the help of RTE or NPHET even.

    We're not all dependent on somebody else to tell us what is right.

    I'm sure there are quite a few people here that have given going to funerals of loved ones a miss in order not to endanger other attendants and cause even more grief.


  • #9176
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    Stheno wrote: »
    And when one or more of them end up with Covid, that's ok?

    More than likely yes. If they think they are in vulnerable category and should protect themselves like being over 60-65 and having several other serious health issues they should probably steer clear. Other people - the absolute majority will not even know they have it.


  • #9177
    patnor1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,301 ✭✭✭patnor1011


    peasant wrote: »
    Giving solace with a handshake or a hug potentially filled with an extra dose of covid is neither reasonable nor empathetic.

    It's stupid and very selfish.

    Yeah. If it is "potentially" catching it then it is also potentially stupid and potentially selfish.


  • #9178
    Beasty
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    Gradius wrote: »
    As a bare minimum, people need to stop buying stuff from China. It's just got to happen.

    They are without a shadow of doubt the world's disease incubator and enriching them is like pressing fast-forward on new pandemics.
    And are people prepared to pay more for that "stuff"?

    The world is too globalised to roll back the supply chains that have developed without significant additional cost (which could well outweigh the financial costs of the pandemic).

    Then of course the poor in China get even poorer. The wet markets then possibly harbour more of this kind of thing. And like it or not, some will continue to seek products at minimal cost, ultimately much of it emanating from China.

    We need to work through solutions that look to keep changes in the way the world operates to a minimum, certainly in the short term. Any major changes are likely to result in unexpected consequences. It's taken decades to build the global economy, and would probably take longer to dismantle it.


  • #9179
    majcos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭majcos


    HSE operations report 23/1.

    Covid cases hospitalised as of 8pm 1893 - increase from 1846.
    7 hospitals with over 100 cases.

    ICU confirmed Covid cases as of 6.30pm 214 - decrease from 215.
    5 deaths in ICU 24 hours up to 8am.
    Confirmed Covid cases ventilated 131 as of 6.30pm - decrease from 137.

    Available ICU beds 24 as of 6.30pm.
    10 ICUs with no available beds.
    Total open and staffed ICU beds 343.


  • #9180
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    niallo27 wrote: »
    A new low tonight with posters talking about family members hugging at a funeral. Absolutely obsessed with covid and the **** with everything else in life. I think we are in trouble when all this is over, it's really bringing out some disgusting traits in people.

    You do know I presume that there were many clusters of positive cases attributed to funerals ?


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  • #9181
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,052 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    majcos wrote: »
    HSE operations report 23/1.

    Covid cases hospitalised as of 8pm 1893 - decrease from 1846.
    7 hospitals with over 100 cases.

    ICU confirmed Covid cases as of 6.30pm 214 - decrease from 215.
    5 deaths in ICU 24 hours up to 8am.
    Confirmed Covid cases ventilated 131 as of 6.30pm - decrease from 137.

    Available ICU beds 24 as of 6.30pm.
    10 ICUs with no available beds.
    Total open and staffed ICU beds 343.

    1893 is an increase from 1846, no?


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