Wolf359f wrote: » Just you mentioning 4 underlying conditions, I'm curious as to how group 7 would be rolled out, will it be up to GP's to vaccinate based on their judgement on whose more at risk (regardless of age) I'm sure there's plenty of younger people in group 7 with far more serious underlying conditions than an older person with a single one.
NeuralNetwork wrote: » They were like that long before the pandemic. Just an extremely busy practice.
NeuralNetwork wrote: » I'll try her GP again on Monday. They are extremely difficult to reach most of the time. You could be trying the phone for maybe an hour or more. It just keeps going to voicemail and they never return the calls - you just get a message saying "you've reached .... clinic. Our lines are busy. Please try later or leave a message."
Dressoutlet wrote: » I actually spoke to my GP the other day about this. She said she thinks it will be an online portal registration where the patient selects their underlying issue(s) and we will be categorised by priority. Where a 21 year old with Cystic Fibrosis would be of higher priority than a 50 year old with a high BMI. But she was unsure as to how the priority would actually be set.
NeuralNetwork wrote: » They were like that long before the pandemic. Just an extremely busy practice. I can't understand though in this day and age, with widely available VoIP services, why they can't operate a call queuing system instead of dumping people to voicemail. I've come across that at two GPs in two different cities and it's pretty obvious that there's going to be a huge amount of extra phone demand during this pandemic, which is now rolling on for almost a year. It's literally just an eir landline voicemail box that's permanently answering because the line is always busy.
Sconsey wrote: » I know at one point they say 1 Million people but I would guess it actually doses...which would be half a million per month, so roughly 10 months (or September) to get everyone.
doublejobbing 2 wrote: » Therein lies the confusion. The IT article claims 1 million people per month from April (whether that's 1m in April, or starting at a rate of speed that means 1m in May, June, July is unclear) That scenario would equate to all adults getting vaccinated by around June or July. Mehole says 1.2 million vaccines, not doses, which would equate to only 600,000 people. Maybe he is referring to a one shot vaccine. Or maybe as per usual he hasn't a clue what he's on about. It s very irresponsible having such confusion out there.
Goldengirl wrote: » UK delivery will probably be different from next month as they will have to think about 2nd doses for those that got their first doses in December ..unless they are planning to push the doses out further than 12 weeks ?
dominatinMC wrote: » It's becoming a bit of a recurring theme on here, and maybe slightly off-topic given the thread, but there's been some truly pathetic reporting by our media this morning. I was listening to the radio just now and had to pull over to type this, such is my anger. George Lee reporting on the Brazilian variant (their new flavour of the month) and that it has been detected here - which is a genuine concern. He then goes on to misinform and scaremonger by stating that the variant MIGHT evade vaccine induced antibodies. To the ill-informed, that equates to the vaccine not working, and RTE know that. I think it's reasonable to assume most people aren't reading what we're seeing on this thread, but RTEs control of the narrative is truly sickening. Where are the reports on the evidence that vaccines work (by preventing severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths) against all known variants? What about the latest studies suggesting the vaccine reduce transmission? But no, they will focus on any slight defect in vaccine performance. Shower of pricks!
hmmm wrote: » Interesting article:https://twitter.com/YaleSPH/status/1362901032947302400
Apogee wrote: » Today's update:
Apogee wrote: » Wednesday's numbers - increase of 17,148
Deathofcool wrote: » 1k over 85s getting first dose in DCU todayhttps://twitter.com/LauraHoganTV/status/1363077094469750784?s=19
Sanjuro wrote: » Cut to the Irish government installing a massive sun blocker and telling us there are no summers any longer and we all must be welded into our homes.
dominatinMC wrote: » I think it's reasonable to assume most people aren't reading what we're seeing on this thread, but RTEs control of the narrative is truly sickening. Where are the reports on the evidence that vaccines work (by preventing severe illness, hospitalisations and deaths) against all known variants? What about the latest studies suggesting the vaccine reduce transmission? But no, they will focus on any slight defect in vaccine performance. Shower of pricks!
Donald Trump wrote: » Would you prefer that they promote the boards.ie resident experts' view that, as only 0.5% of cases are caused by travel, that those arriving to Ireland who have been in Brazil recently don't need to bother doing anything? And anyway, even if the variant gets in, "ah shure, you know yourself, the vaccine might be grand anyways" And we should also stop running and advertising annual flu vaccination programs? With the sickening narrative that people could catch it this year even if they got vaccinated last year?
Cork2021 wrote: » This variants crap has to stop! Can’t keep going with the same line!!!https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0220/1198280-taoiseach-restrictions/
Micky 32 wrote: » It gives the impression that we must stay in permanent lockdown just incase a new variant comes along.
VG31 wrote: » The way they're talking about it we could have 100% of the country vaccinated but still have lockdown-like restrictions because of "variants". Midsummer before hospitality opens? That's complete bull****. It's like they're trying to prove the conspiracy theorists right by coming out with crap like this.
