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Covid 19 Part XXXII-215,743 ROI (4,137 deaths)111,166 NI (2,036 deaths)(22/02)Read OP

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  • #2942
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Galwayhurl wrote: »
    I see there's a webinar on today called "We Can Be Zero", attended by the zero covid supporters.

    Has anyone heard any of them explain how we can get to zero covid with an open border with the North or are they asking for the border to be closed? I haven't heard any of them explain it.

    Expect it to be splashed all over the front page of the Indo tomorrow


  • #2943
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1356259308107915270

    Nice to see our closest neighbours getting back to complete normalcy already, taste of things to come for us eventually


  • #2944
    ZX7R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    All this reveals is journalism looking create news that is not there, trying to make tensions between both groups when it isn't really any.
    I suppose if they can't create more fear they may as well make up some tensions.


  • #2945
    MerlinSouthDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭MerlinSouthDub


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    Oddly the csv data from geohive differs for Sunday

    I make it 1,187 positive from 17649 tests. 6.7% pos rate.

    I don't think so - I'm seeing 1153 in the raw data on geohub for Sunday.


  • #2946
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    It's looking increasingly likely that we're headed for some severe weather soon.

    While some snow might be good for getting the numbers down, it could wreak havoc for our testing and vaccination programs.


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  • #2947
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Kunta Kinte wrote: »
    Why do you think this will be slow?
    Based on our past experience.

    There is a floor to the positivity rate. We don't know what that is, but like a plane coming into land, it can be a long slow decline to that point.

    We've locked down slightly harder than October, but not nearly as hard as April/May.

    So we should be prepared for positivity rates to do a lot of bumping along the bottom as we approach the realistic minimum. The realistic minimum right now is probably in the region of 2-3%. Due to the fact that it's still winter for another month and there is a relatively large amount of economic activity taking place.


  • #2948
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,945 ✭✭✭0gac3yjefb5sv7


    MattS1 wrote: »
    Does this mean only 831 cases today (excluding backlog)?

    Anyone?


  • #2949
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    I don't think so - I'm seeing 1153 in the raw data on geohub for Sunday.

    My bad. Well, actually their bad.

    I copied and pasted in the latest data into an existing spreadsheet. Turns out they have also updated the figures for the previous day.

    Their bad, but still, sorry for wasting your time.


  • #2950
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    MattS1 wrote: »
    Anyone?

    excluding backlog, it should be less than 831 cases

    usually about 10% lower


  • #2951
    ThunbergsAreGo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭ThunbergsAreGo


    The current obsession with adding a thumbs up to Donnellys tweets is simply online bullying.

    Same morons will be tweeting #bekind within a year


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  • #2952
    muddypuppy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 322 ✭✭muddypuppy


    TonyMaloney wrote: »
    My bad. Well, actually their bad.

    I copied and pasted in the latest data into an existing spreadsheet. Turns out they have also updated the figures for the previous day.

    Their bad, but still, sorry for wasting your time.

    I don't know how new this is, but they've been updating the previous day data since I've been keeping track of it. Usually it's just a few positive/total swabs, but sometimes it's more substantial (Saturday saw +711 total swabs but only +7 positive ones).
    In January the data was slightly revised for 22 days out of 31.


  • #2953
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,039 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Galwayhurl wrote: »
    I see there's a webinar on today called "We Can Be Zero", attended by the zero covid supporters.

    Has anyone heard any of them explain how we can get to zero covid with an open border with the North or are they asking for the border to be closed? I haven't heard any of them explain it.
    If they don't have a catchy song to the tune of "We can be Heros", it's a complete waste of time.


  • #2954
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    MerlinSouthDub wrote: »
    A backlog of about 600 cases has built up since 27th January, so don't be surprised with higher than 1000 today

    That's a nice backlog alright

    Didn't realize it was that big


  • #2955
    doublejobbing 2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭doublejobbing 2


    Yawn.

    If Holohan put even a quarter of the effort into making the government crack down on travel in May/ June as he did in making them crack down on pubs, we would currently have between zero and 20 daily cases and we would have been drinking, albeit socially distanced, in pubs since the day wet pubs were meant to return last July.

    No ifs no buts. No waaah but the cross continent truckers, no but we need the North to play ball. We would not have reached NZ/ Australia levels but neither would we have spent, it is looking like, circa 7- 8 months in almost full lockdown by the end of it all.


  • #2956
    Malcomex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭Malcomex


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1356259308107915270

    Nice to see our closest neighbours getting back to complete normalcy already, taste of things to come for us eventually

    Have they scrapped masks and distancing?


  • #2957
    Storm 10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭Storm 10


    Malcomex wrote: »
    Have they scrapped masks and distancing?

    Everything is stood down no restrictions


  • #2958
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    UK numbers heading in the right direction too. I am genuinely starting to see some light. Still far off, but we should have a much better collective prognosis across these islands at the end of this month


  • #2959
    Malcomex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭Malcomex


    Storm 10 wrote: »
    Everything is stood down no restrictions

    Wow

    How have they done it?

    Zero covid and test trace isolate ?


  • #2960
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    Malcomex wrote: »
    Have they scrapped masks and distancing?

    Yes they have but worth noting the following:

    -borders are essentially fully closed even to mainland UK and Ireland
    - any essential entrants have a 21 day quarantine period or can pay for testing on day 1, 7 and 13
    - the isle of man has had a grand total of circa 450 cases since March
    - the Isle of Man essentially operates nearly completely independently of the UK save for foreign policy which obviously means nothing in context of COVID. They have taken a vastly different approach to the bumbling incompetence in Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland. This also allowed them to nearly completely shut off any non essential travel.
    -Isle of Man previously went from mid May to the start of September without a single case.

    If only we lived on an island and could have shut our borders completely save for absolutely essential entrants. Oh wait......


  • #2961
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    global cases continue to fall quite dramatically. what exactly is going on?


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  • #2962
    CapriciousOne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭CapriciousOne


    froog wrote: »
    global cases continue to fall quite dramatically. what exactly is going on?


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    Vaccination one would assume.


  • #2963
    thelad95
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,812 ✭✭✭thelad95


    froog wrote: »
    global cases continue to fall quite dramatically. what exactly is going on?


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    Most of Europe and North America are in quite severe lockdowns.

    Also, a lot of the world rather predictability saw catastrophic increases due to Thanksgiving and Christmas.


  • #2964
    JP100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭JP100


    john4321 wrote: »
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    The next two weeks are crucial!


  • #2965
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1356259308107915270

    Nice to see our closest neighbours getting back to complete normalcy already, taste of things to come for us eventually

    Hate to break it to you......Hardly comparable now is it?
    • The island's border has been closed to almost all non-residents since 23 March.
    • Residents returning to the Isle of Man will be asked to pay for a Covid-19 test on arrival to "shore up our defences" against a new strain of the virus, the chief minister has said.
    • Those who refuse to be tested will be required to self-isolate for 21 days.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55410547


  • #2966
    froog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭froog


    CapriciousOne wrote: »
    Vaccination one would assume.

    if that's the main driver even at early vaccination levels it's very very good news.


  • #2967
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,140 ✭✭✭sporina


    DraftDodger wrote: »
    It's an emoji of a thumbs up. Now maybe if he put his thumb up Holohan's backside it would be newsworthy.

    Nothing story.

    i see a meme in the making :P


  • #2968
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    froog wrote: »
    global cases continue to fall quite dramatically. what exactly is going on?


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    Dare we say it.....herd immunity :eek:

    https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210129/herd-immunity-in-sight-for-indias-capital


  • #2969
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Bambi wrote: »
    Dare we say it.....herd immunity :eek:

    https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210129/herd-immunity-in-sight-for-indias-capital
    Well, India do but there may be other factors, like the prevalence of typhoid and TB which might make immune systems more robust.


  • #2970
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,121 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Hate to break it to you......Hardly comparable now is it?



    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55410547

    There was that guy who kitesurfed there to meet his girlfriend a few months ago and I think was jailed


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  • #2971
    JoChervil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭JoChervil


    froog wrote: »
    global cases continue to fall quite dramatically. what exactly is going on?


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    I know I will be "eaten alive" after saying that, but astrologers all over the world believed that this pandemic was caused by Jupiter Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, sign of seniors. There were three conjunctions. On the 4th April, 29th June (but this time both planets were retrograde) and the last one on November 13th. So now it will all fizzle out without vaccine. Since January 12th both planets are in different signs now and more then 10 degrees apart, so this energy is fading.

    But the next Jupiter Pluto conjunction will be in 12 years but this time in Aquarius, sign of young people, mainly teenagers. So it would be good to figure out how to fight it then.


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