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

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1353401108820062209

Eod100 wrote: »

You'd want to be some lowlife to try that. Presume they're trying to get a list of people who live alone to burgle later. Scumbags

I doubt they'd take on anything as high risk as that. Visiting people's home would leave them very vulnerable to being physically caught. Particularly by a scam bait. They just want secure personal details. Id wager the calls are coming from the usual call centres outside of Ireland.

StevenToast wrote: »

Very bad figures for a Sunday....cant read too much into them...will have to wait until Tuesday to get a better idea of how its going.

Last Sunday was 2946, Sunday before was 6886...
1378 is heading in the right direction.

Be interesting to see the swab figures, hard to know is it good or not until we see those.

Cody montana wrote: »

I’m taking the figures as a positive.

Be gone.

Well, they did test positive......















I'll get my coat

Good numbers today. As you'd expect to see after 3 weeks I guess. The trends looks very positive.
I also think the snow has lifted people's spirits.

UK considering bringing in mandatory hotel quarantine for 10 days.

https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1353403534855856129

I might sound crazy but I detect an air of disappointment with figures being so low today. A disingenuous urge to caution and understated response. It confirms my suspicions that a cohort of Irish people enjoy the misery and would happily like some form of lockdown forever as everyone's lives ascend/descend to the mean.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was there hotel parties, gatherings with UK returnees too there?

Yes . Huge emigrant return for the all Ireland and xmas. Party in the hotel on 26th, etc etc look at yesterdays Irish Times article, or recent Mayo News issues.

manofwisdom wrote: »

7 day average is 2125 case per day. 10335 less cases this week than last.

Great to see

Whiplash85 wrote: »

I might sound crazy but I detect an air of disappointment with figures being so low today. A disingenuous urge to caution and understated response. It confirms my suspicions that a cohort of Irish people enjoy the misery and would happily like some form of lockdown forever as everyone's lives ascend/descend to the mean.

Cr@p! You're projecting what you want to see.

No sane person would be happy with 23 deaths and over 1300 new cases.

Catch yourself on. Where do you think you've detected this? The media are all over the serious state we're in and emphasised that being Sunday the could would be lower.

gmisk wrote: »

Last Sunday was 2946, Sunday before was 6886...
1378 is heading in the right direction.

I think its great news. We are finally starting to get a handle on it.

That means people are taking Level 5 seriously.

Of course we would like less deaths but always knew that unfortunately they will remain high as people can pass away weeks after they first got Covid.

Stheno wrote: »

Don't see it tbh

Schools back and construction open is probably likely but not much else imo by end Februaey

If the case numbers are in the low hundreds by them how can level 5 be justified

Summer2020 wrote: »

100% nail on head. A lot of people are enjoying the misery of it all. Plus you have the couch potato crowd on PUP watching Netflix all day who would do anything to avoid returning to work. And why shouldn’t they when they can get close to their old wages for sitting at home.

i think those are good points actually and someone below mentions people prefer misery to anxiety. its very interesting actually - comparing the anxiety of modern day life with the misery of lockdown. if anyone fancies some research - well here you go. its worth exploring.