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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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  • #3692
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Both Varadkar and Martin on about cases plateauing

    Also seems most we can look forward to in March is schools and construction open

    Maybe level 4

    Level 4 is stay in own county but I doubt they would allow that

    https://m.independent.ie/news/tanais...Cjf_l_levNcr68


  • #3693
    frozen3
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 111 ✭✭frozen3


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Both Varadkar and Martin on about cases plateauing

    https://m.independent.ie/news/tanais...Cjf_l_levNcr68

    They'd infuriate you wouldn't they

    We are testing close contacts again and no symptoms

    Eejits shouldnt be comparing


  • #3694
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    frozen3 wrote: »
    They'd infuriate you wouldn't they

    We are testing close contacts again and no symptoms

    Eejits shouldnt be comparing

    They're definitely killing any expectations people have for the year and downplaying any positives


  • #3695
    DraftDodger
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 284 ✭✭DraftDodger


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    They're definitely killing any expectations people have for the year and downplaying any positives

    They are rightly being realistic


  • #3696
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    DraftDodger wrote: »
    They are rightly being realistic

    Fine you call it realistic

    There's downplaying expectations and not giving people anything good to look forward to

    Depressing every time they speak

    They'll get away with slow slow up to Easter

    After 4 months of restrictions the pressure will start to come on them

    People will start getting sick of not seeing friends, family, partners and having zero social outlets


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  • #3697
    Del Griffith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,234 ✭✭✭Del Griffith


    DraftDodger wrote: »
    They are rightly being realistic

    They're showing that they have no exit plan whatsoever and that they're too politically cowardly to consider getting the country up and running again.

    Its pathetic. Almost guarantee most of Europe and the UK will be either normal or well on the way to normal this summer. Only Feb and Ireland already talking about 2022. Pathetic.


  • #3698
    Just Saying
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭Just Saying


    Deleted User wrote: »
    45-minute boring Nolan lecture with self-assessment questions on the Maynooth student portal.

    I'm sure another of those much appreciated e mails will rectify that.


  • #3699
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,138 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Jesus lads I'm missing a big of socialising, I seem to have no existence lately, work all day, see nobody in the evening or the weekend. It's getting a bit overwhelming tbh, feels like no way out. Bit of sport keeping me going, what's the point anymore.


  • #3700
    eigrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,110 ✭✭✭eigrod


    Hospitalisations down to 1,300. ICU down to 198.

    https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/covid-19-daily-operations-update-03-february-2021.pdf


  • #3701
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,086 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    eigrod wrote: »
    Hospitalisations down to 1,300. ICU down to 198.

    https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/newsfeatures/covid19-updates/covid-19-daily-operations-update-03-february-2021.pdf

    Great stuff


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  • #3702
    DraftDodger
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 284 ✭✭DraftDodger


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Jesus lads I'm missing a big of socialising, I seem to have no existence lately, work all day, see nobody in the evening or the weekend. It's getting a bit overwhelming tbh, feels like no way out. Bit of sport keeping me going, what's the point anymore.

    Yeah it ain't easy but take solace in the fact you are playing your part.


  • #3703
    optogirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,044 ✭✭✭optogirl


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Jesus lads I'm missing a big of socialising, I seem to have no existence lately, work all day, see nobody in the evening or the weekend. It's getting a bit overwhelming tbh, feels like no way out. Bit of sport keeping me going, what's the point anymore.

    It's very hard this time around. At least Spring is incoming. Try to reduce the amount of Covid related stuff you read/watch (yes I do realise I'm in a Covid thread). Keep the head. Allowing it to dampen your spirits does nobody any good especially yourself. I feel very trapped at the moment too but life will get better and soon.


  • #3704
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,138 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    optogirl wrote: »
    It's very hard this time around. At least Spring is incoming. Try to reduce the amount of Covid related stuff you read/watch (yes I do realise I'm in a Covid thread). Keep the head. Allowing it to dampen your spirits does nobody any good especially yourself. I feel very trapped at the moment too but life will get better and soon.

    I don't know, last March seems an eternity away and if we are being realistic it's going be near the end of year before any bit of normality. I'm just a bit low tonight.


  • #3705
    vienne86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭vienne86


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Jesus lads I'm missing a big of socialising, I seem to have no existence lately, work all day, see nobody in the evening or the weekend. It's getting a bit overwhelming tbh, feels like no way out. Bit of sport keeping me going, what's the point anymore.

    It's really hard going, and it just seems endless. I'm retired, but live on my own, so hardly get to talk to anyone now.....I'm bubbled with someone, but we decided to cut down on our meetings .....'to do our bit'. Definitely time to cut down on media stuff on this, and focus on the approach of spring and the vaccine getting us out of this hole eventually. And I too would be lost without the sport on TV. You're doing well, and you're doing the right thing.


  • #3706
    Happydays2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,677 ✭✭✭Happydays2020


    niallo27 wrote: »
    I don't know, last March seems an eternity away and if we are being realistic it's going be near the end of year before any bit of normality. I'm just a bit low tonight.

    You have played a stormer here with bringing a realism and a general optimism. January is gone. The virus is under control. Brighter evenings. Vaccinations on the way. While Tony and co want to keep us down, the narrative in the next few weeks will start to shift. And if need be, meet a friend outside somewhere and have a beer and a takeaway.


  • #3707
    XsApollo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭XsApollo


    Yup sick of it myself, this time is worse and I like my peace and quiet and I would consider myself fairly hardy to emotional stuff or issues the best of times.
    I can only imagine how many people are fairing a lot worse.
    There is a massive cohort ( I got that word off some ****e government communication ) of people in this country that are getting ignored.
    Health issues , mental health issues , jobs , lively hoods, homes, mortgages.

    And there is a lot of stuff that doesn’t bare thinking about.

    Such as Kids locked in homes in not great environments where issues can sometimes be picked up in schools who now have no outlet of escape, the list goes on and on.
    If 20-40 year old adults feel trapped or sick of it , imagine how elderly or kids in certain environments are feeling.

    The language from government is depressing, it’s ridiculous to be honest.
    They are protecting one thing and not giving a sh*te about the rest.
    Can’t lockdown forever , at the end of day I think everybody in the world knows the risk, vulnerable people can protect themselves by doing what the whole country is doing now, except the whole country doesn’t need to be doing it.


  • #3708
    mcburns07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    Interesting segment on the Tonight Show about the lack of emphasis on mental health, boredom and a pointlessness of life leading to destructive behaviours and dark places.


  • #3709
    marno21
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,703 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Predictions 2 weeks ago for hospital numbers at the end of Feb were 800-1300. Looks like we should be at the lower end of that bracket with declining case numbers, declining community transmission etc.


  • #3710
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,173 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    mcburns07 wrote: »
    Interesting segment on the Tonight Show about the lack of emphasis on mental health, boredom and a pointlessness of life leading to destructive behaviours and dark places.

    Great other points are being put forward about this while lockdown.


  • #3711
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,138 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    marno21 wrote: »
    Predictions 2 weeks ago for hospital numbers at the end of Feb were 800-1300. Looks like we should be at the lower end of that bracket with declining case numbers, declining community transmission etc.

    Yes but how do we handle it. Genuine question how do we handle if things are a lot better than we expected.


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  • #3712
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,595 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    niallo27 wrote: »
    Yes but how do we handle it. Genuine question how do we handle if things are a lot better than we expected.

    Exactly why opening dates etc cannot be definite, once the politicians announced them earlier is not possible, only later.


  • #3713
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,039 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    marno21 wrote: »
    Where on earth did he get this from?

    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1357059151281745921?s=21

    The R0 at the minute in Ireland is around 0.5, in total.
    Is it possible that the new variant has an R 0.5 higher than the original, and that he unsurprisingly garbled the message?
    As in, if CovidA has R of X and CovidB has R of x+0.5, but CovidB is present in much smaller numbers, then overall Covid's R will only be slightly above CovidA's.


  • #3714
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,173 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    If we open schools etc again we need to realise it won't be a repeat of the case numbers we saw after Xmas.

    Xmas was a whole different kettle of fish for obvious reasons with the country near fully open and a huge amount of mixing that happens once a year.

    Schools, outdoor sports, retail etc need to be opened now.

    This is gone full ridiculous at this stage.


  • #3715
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Happydays2020 wrote: »
    You have played a stormer here with bringing a realism and a general optimism. January is gone. The virus is under control. Brighter evenings. Vaccinations on the way. While Tony and co want to keep us down, the narrative in the next few weeks will start to shift. And if need be, meet a friend outside somewhere and have a beer and a takeaway.

    You wouldn't think it to listen to Govt. though.

    Remember, nearly a year ago, it was about flattening the curve? To 'live with covid' iirc? Now they aren't telling anyone what the goal is. Is it stamping out hospitalisations? Stamping out all deaths? News today says Astra vaccine even stops transmission effectively. All the other vaccines coming on stream. Yet we can't even get a sense that it will be alright by the 2nd half of the year. Why not!


  • #3716
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,039 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    You wouldn't think it to listen to Govt. though.

    Remember, nearly a year ago, it was about flattening the curve? To 'live with covid' iirc? Now they aren't telling anyone what the goal is. Is it stamping out hospitalisations? Stamping out all deaths? News today says Astra vaccine even stops transmission effectively. All the other vaccines coming on stream. Yet we can't even get a sense that it will be alright by the 2nd half of the year. Why not!
    I'm pretty sure flattening the curve at the current ~thousand cases a day isn't what anyone wants.


  • #3717
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Ficheall wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure flattening the curve at the current ~thousand cases a day isn't what anyone wants.

    Who said it was?


  • #3718
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,595 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    Ficheall wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure flattening the curve at the current ~thousand cases a day isn't what anyone wants.

    No, but a thousand cases a day being found, when it looks like we were at 6k a day found and 10k not found a month ago is serious progress. People need something positive to look forward to, it was the vaccine but that is stumbling at the moment.


  • #3719
    spookwoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,059 ✭✭✭✭spookwoman


    We had christmas to be positive about and look what happened.


  • #3720
    Widdensushi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,595 ✭✭✭Widdensushi


    spookwoman wrote: »
    We had christmas to be positive about and look what happened.

    How much of that was people coming home from abroad?


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  • #3721
    Always_Running
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,843 ✭✭✭Always_Running


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Both Varadkar and Martin on about cases plateauing

    Also seems most we can look forward to in March is schools and construction open

    Maybe level 4

    Level 4 is stay in own county but I doubt they would allow that

    https://m.independent.ie/news/tanais...Cjf_l_levNcr68


    3567 less cases this week compared to last, someone should tell both what plateauing means.

    Cases and hospital numbers continue to fall then I'll expect us to move into level 4 on March 5th.


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