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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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  • #5522
    Sanjuro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭Sanjuro


    redt0m wrote: »
    Did someone tell Richard Chambers to stop tweeting numbers? He used to be all over them, but hasn't posted any recently.

    I'd imagine since Gavan Reilly is doing it with graphs and all, he probably felt he didn't need to


  • #5523
    boring accountant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭boring accountant


    MrMusician18 wrote: »
    There is no one under house arrest you clown.


    Begging your pardon, but virtually everyone is under house arrest. Are you aware that when someone is sentenced to house arrest they are usually allowed to leave the house during working hours? We are only allowed to leave our houses for work or exercise. That is how court ordered house arrest generally works in most jurisdictions.


  • #5524
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,927 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    boring accountant wrote: »
    Begging your pardon, but virtually everyone is under house arrest. Are you aware that when someone is sentenced to house arrest they are usually allowed to leave the house during working hours? We are only allowed to leave our houses for work or exercise. That is how court ordered house arrest generally works in most jurisdictions.

    Unless your house is 5 kilometres long. :):D:pac:

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #5525
    h2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭h2005


    niallo27 wrote: »
    The problem is he thinks he is the manager when in fact he should only be an advisor. He should not be the certain of attention.

    I don’t get this take. He is only an advisor. It is the government who set policy not him. He advises and they decide whether to heed it or not. That we all don’t like the advice isn’t his fault.


  • #5526
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,626 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    CrabRevolution wrote: »
    I'm not sure if they drew lots to decide on a few token sites to close, but I'm wondering what sectors of construction did stop because I pass huge amounts of building activity on my way to and from work. There's a pub on a busy road nearby, where the other morning there were workmen next to the road building a low wall around a beer garden. Now no stretch of the imagination could call that "essential", but considering how visible it is there really must be no enforcement of that rule.


    Agreed alot of what i thought was non essential building work going , i delivered to a shop on a main last week, shop closed but builders in totally gutting it out, easy to see on main st but working away.


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  • #5527
    boring accountant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 335 ✭✭boring accountant


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Unless your house is 5 kilometres long. :):D:pac:


    Did you even read my post? People sentenced to house arrest are generally allowed out for short periods of time within the vicinity of their home.


  • #5528
    mcburns07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    h2005 wrote: »
    I don’t get this take. He is only an advisor. It is the government who set policy not him. He advises and they decide whether to heed it or not. That we all don’t like the advice isn’t his fault.

    And the government don't make up the advice they just take so it's not their fault either :pac:


  • #5529
    enricoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,373 ✭✭✭enricoh


    There's over 600 hookers in Ireland advertising on one website today. How is this being tolerated n not a peep about it out of the media afaik.
    Legit businesses have no opening date in sight while a blind eye is turned to this, it has to be a big source of infections. Absolute lunacy.


  • #5530
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    https://www.businessinsider.co.za/excess-death-rates-show-eastern-cape-worst-covid-2021-2

    Why would South Africa be hit so much harder by COVID than most of the rest of the continent? PArts of South Africa have seen almost 5000 excess deaths per million, about 60% higher than New York City or Lombardy. Could it seriously be indicative of how the rest of Africa is doing, it seems difficult to believe the rest of Africa could be experiencing such dramatic rise in mortality rate so 'quietly' but then again there's no reason why it would only happen in SA.


  • #5531
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,138 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    h2005 wrote: »
    I don’t get this take. He is only an advisor. It is the government who set policy not him. He advises and they decide whether to heed it or not. That we all don’t like the advice isn’t his fault.

    Come on, your not that nieve are you.


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  • #5532
    marno21
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,706 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    https://www.businessinsider.co.za/excess-death-rates-show-eastern-cape-worst-covid-2021-2

    Why would South Africa be hit so much harder by COVID than most of the rest of the continent? PArts of South Africa have seen almost 5000 excess deaths per million, about 60% higher than New York City or Lombardy. Could it seriously be indicative of how the rest of Africa is doing, it seems difficult to believe the rest of Africa could be experiencing such dramatic rise in mortality rate so 'quietly' but then again there's no reason why it would only happen in SA.

    Could HIV/AIDS be playing a part there?


  • #5533
    TonyMaloney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,150 ✭✭✭TonyMaloney


    marno21 wrote: »
    Could HIV/AIDS be playing a part there?

    I thought "it's just a flu" was bad enough, but "it's only a bit of AIDS" is really beyond the pale.

    ;)


  • #5534
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    enricoh wrote: »
    There's over 600 hookers in Ireland advertising on one website today. How is this being tolerated n not a peep about it out of the media afaik.
    Legit businesses have no opening date in sight while a blind eye is turned to this, it has to be a big source of infections. Absolute lunacy.

    Where did you see that?


  • #5535
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,700 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    This week has been the worst i've felt i any of the lockdowns


  • #5536
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,138 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    In fairness if anyone has been or seen these areas of South Africa, covid is the least of their worries.


  • #5537
    monkeybutter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,145 ✭✭✭monkeybutter


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Where did you see that?

    Do you want a link?


  • #5538
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    monkeybutter wrote: »
    Do you want a link?

    Yeah


  • #5539
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Yeah

    Enrioch has the link. Even took the time during his/her outrage to count how many were available Might even be able to give you a recommendation.


  • #5540
    h2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭h2005


    Explain where I am being naive, please.


  • #5541
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,836 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    https://www.businessinsider.co.za/excess-death-rates-show-eastern-cape-worst-covid-2021-2

    Why would South Africa be hit so much harder by COVID than most of the rest of the continent? PArts of South Africa have seen almost 5000 excess deaths per million, about 60% higher than New York City or Lombardy. Could it seriously be indicative of how the rest of Africa is doing, it seems difficult to believe the rest of Africa could be experiencing such dramatic rise in mortality rate so 'quietly' but then again there's no reason why it would only happen in SA.

    Are other African countries testing as much? If not then they just aren't comparable.

    Parts of South Africa have large slums which would be awful for the spread of Covid


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  • #5542
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    Question - if you receive one vaccine, say Astra, could another one of them be given to you without ill effects or would they contradict each other in some way.


  • #5543
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    AdamD wrote: »
    Are other African countries testing as much? If not then they just aren't comparable.

    Parts of South Africa have large slums which would be awful for the spread of Covid

    Could be similar to what's happening in India, it's being suggested India may have heard immunity as reported by the Times. I posted the link here earlier.


  • #5544
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/

    Sometimes I'm stunned by just how few young people die from this but in USA this is just unbelievable when put side by side with the death toll among older groups, 658 deaths under 25 years old out of 359,000 deaths in the US (as of late January). USA could well see less 1,000 deaths under 25 in the entire pandemic! And globally probably only a few thousand deaths under 25 out of what will probably be 3-4 million deaths by the end of the pandemic


  • #5545
    enricoh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,373 ✭✭✭enricoh


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    Enrioch has the link. Even took the time during his/her outrage to count how many were available Might even be able to give you a recommendation.

    Yup, escort Ireland, the number comes up on the homepage so didn't take long, ta.
    Outrage, recommendation- good man yourself


  • #5546
    hotmail.com
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,435 ✭✭✭✭hotmail.com


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    This week has been the worst i've felt i any of the lockdowns

    A really dreadful time to be on this island.

    The vaccine slowness is the main source of this despondency.


  • #5547
    normanoffside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,234 ✭✭✭✭normanoffside


    niallo27 wrote: »
    In fairness if anyone has been or seen these areas of South Africa, covid is the least of their worries.

    That's it in a nutshell. This is a first world problem. Poor countries have much more important things to worry about like infant mortality and starvation, yet people who think like me or you are considered right wing nutters and racists....


  • #5548
    hotmail.com
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    enricoh wrote: »
    Yup, escort Ireland, the number comes up on the homepage so didn't take long, ta.
    Outrage, recommendation- good man yourself

    One hopes they are washing their hands.


  • #5549
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭Elessar


    PTH2009 wrote: »
    This week has been the worst i've felt i any of the lockdowns

    Same tbh. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Endless bad news after bad news this week, a longer lockdown, longer stripping of my human rights, without it seems, a care in the world. COVID is all that matters and to hell with anyone or anything else. No one fighting the other corner in government or the media. No balance at all. I never thought I'd see it in the Republic of Ireland.


  • #5550
    nj27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 467 ✭✭nj27


    mcburns07 wrote: »

    I know people keep saying this but I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if compliance really started to slip when an extension to April is officially announced, it’s like going on a strict diet, maintaining it for a while is possible but eventually most people revert to old habits.

    The diet analogy is a good one regarding the likelihood of the populace giving up. It’s like people have been eating celery and working out every day for a month then when they weigh in it’s sorry dickhead you put on a stone and a half, get back to it. People will just say balls to this.


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  • #5551
    niallo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,138 ✭✭✭✭niallo27


    Elessar wrote: »
    Same tbh. I'm glad I'm not the only one. Endless bad news after bad news this week, a longer lockdown, longer stripping of my human rights, without it seems, a care in the world. COVID is all that matters and to hell with anyone or anything else. No one fighting the other corner in government or the media. No balance at all. I never thought I'd see it in the Republic of Ireland.

    Looking at the states, 25k at the super bowl, bars open. Why isn't their hospital system collapsing.


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