Covid 19 Part XXXIII-231,484 ROI(4,610 deaths)116,197 NI (2,107 deaths)(23/03)Read OP

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2021 06:41PM

HSE saying community transmission is high, GP referrals also high again, close contacts high etc.,

Larbre34 · 21-03-2021 06:41PM

Open construction.
Open all retail.
Open hospitality for outdoor and strict indoor dining.
Let people travel wherever they like.

Let them do all that with strict on premises enforcement of hand washing and masks. Because at this stage Lockdown is being ignored. I'd much rather have people in public in controlled environments where they can be seen, rather than at home anymore where obviously people have stopped giving two ****s.

niallo27 · 21-03-2021 06:41PM

We are back. Does any really give a **** about the numbers anymore. We are going be stuck in lockdown anyway so makes no difference.

Str8outtaWuhan · 21-03-2021 06:42PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

If we don’t vaccinate 3rd world countries this will be around for years with worse variants than we have now

Firstly most of the various "bad " variants are all showing the same basic spike mutations which is good as it indicates the virus is responding to the environment the same way no matter where in the world. In lay mans terms it hasn't anymore options if this is its ACE card (no pun intended)

Ideally it would mutate into a more deadly version, thus symptoms would appear quicker , kill quicker and thus be easier to stamp out like MERS or Sars 1

FintanMcluskey · 21-03-2021 06:43PM

Larbre34 wrote: »

Open construction.
Open all retail.
Open hospitality for outdoor and strict indoor dining.
Let people travel wherever they like.

Let them do all that with strict on premises enforcement of hand washing and masks. Because at this stage Lockdown is being ignored. I'd much rather have people in public in controlled environments where they can be seen, rather than at home anymore where obviously people have stop giving two ****s.

Social distancing, hand washing and mask wearing.

The only 3 cost effective measures.

The other measure’s like business closures and stay at home orders are likely causing more harm. It’s just we haven’t seen the full effects yet.

Str8outtaWuhan · 21-03-2021 06:43PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

HSE saying community transmission is high, GP referrals also high again, close contacts high etc.,

But what strange synchronised event could have happened to allow this to happen?

darced · 21-03-2021 06:44PM

Saving a few cases for the next announcement, get the fear going.

Deeper Blue · 21-03-2021 06:44PM

Surely the most prudent thing for the government to do would be to allow and encourage outdoor activities?

If they did that less people would gather indoors and we wouldn't have as many outbreaks

FintanMcluskey · 21-03-2021 06:45PM

niallo27 wrote: »

We are back. Does any really give a **** about the numbers anymore. We are going be stuck in lockdown anyway so makes no difference.

If we had 1.5 million vaccines administered as of today I don’t think we would have any less suppression measures imposed.

Tyrone212 · 21-03-2021 06:45PM

67 in Donegal. Wtf is going on

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2021 06:45PM

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

328 yesterday. What happened? I know there's very few discharges over weekend but this is something else.

82 in ICU

NPHET says 75% of the 769 cases reported today are in people under 45 and half under 32

Natterjack from Kerry · 21-03-2021 06:46PM

Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »

But what strange synchronised event could have happened to allow this to happen?

De skewels.

Str8outtaWuhan · 21-03-2021 06:46PM

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Social distancing, hand washing and mask wearing.

The only 3 cost effective measures.

The other measure’s like business closures and stay at home orders are likely causing more harm. It’s just we haven’t seen the full effects yet.

Over on the teaching forum they are discussing the irony that over 70000 students will be doing their oral exams without masks over the easter holidays in rooms with their teachers, protection via a plastic screen. :rolleyes:

Deeper Blue · 21-03-2021 06:47PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

82 in ICU

NPHET says 75% of the 769 cases reported today are in people under 45 and half under 32

That's probably a positive as it shouldn't lead to that many hospitalisations

Always_Running · 21-03-2021 06:47PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

769 new cases, 2 deaths.

Not unexpected. Was an under reporting of around 200+ in the last few days

Backlog more or less cleared now. Hopefully next week brings a decrease but it looks unlikely.

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2021 06:47PM

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Breakdown by County

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1373690187709046790?s=19

Donegal and Leinster still bad and now schools are back, large funerals being linked to many clusters

Natterjack from Kerry · 21-03-2021 06:48PM

Deeper Blue wrote: »

Surely the most prudent thing for the government to do would be to allow and encourage outdoor activities?

If they did that less people would gather indoors and we wouldn't have as many outbreaks

No way ! Granted, out doors is safer than indoors IF you have to mix. But staying indoors to avoid mixing in the first place is much more effective at suppression.
Thats it. There's no way there any relaxation from Apr 5th at all now.

thegreengoblin · 21-03-2021 06:49PM

Natterjack from Kerry wrote: »

No way ! Granted, out doors is safer than indoors IF you have to mix. But staying indoors to avoid mixing in the first place is much more effective at suppression.
Thats it. There's no way there any relaxation from Apr 5th at all now.

And you know this how?

landofthetree · 21-03-2021 06:50PM

That's pretty much level 5 till July.

No vaccines and no hope.

stephenjmcd · 21-03-2021 06:50PM

Always_Running wrote: »

Backlog more or less cleared now. Hopefully next week brings a decrease but it looks unlikely.

Yup just looking at rough numbers it looks pretty even to me now. Suspected today would see it all filter through. Will be interesting to see what the swab number is for today when it's reported tomorrow.

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2021 06:50PM

Deeper Blue wrote: »

That's probably a positive as it shouldn't lead to that many hospitalisations

Some young with no underlying conditions are being hospitalised too with it

JP Liz V1 · 21-03-2021 06:52PM

Always_Running wrote: »

Backlog more or less cleared now. Hopefully next week brings a decrease but it looks unlikely.

How after a year have we still backlogs in testing and resulting

titan18 · 21-03-2021 06:52PM

Just build a wall around Offaly at this stage. Do they just go around licking each other up there or what.

is_that_so · 21-03-2021 06:52PM

Str8outtaWuhan wrote: »

Over on the teaching forum they are discussing the irony that over 70000 students will be doing their oral exams without masks over the easter holidays in rooms with their teachers, protection via a plastic screen. :rolleyes:

I know a number of people who do other oral exams and have done for months, with this setup and no reported issues. 2m+ and a screen and mostly under 15 minutes for an oral exam.

MD1990 · 21-03-2021 06:54PM

schools re openings the cause for the rise,

wont be said though.
Same happened last September.

They need to move to opening just outdoor events.
Just except this school year is gone & go again next september when more are vaccinated.

FintanMcluskey · 21-03-2021 06:55PM

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Some young with no underlying conditions are being hospitalised too with it

They are being hospitalised in incredibly low numbers.

They are multiple times more likely to not even know they have Covid than actually end up in hospital

Locotastic · 21-03-2021 06:56PM

MD1990 wrote: »

schools re openings the cause for the rise,

wont be said though.
Same happened last September.

They need to move to opening just outdoor events.
Just except this school year is gone & go again next september when more are vaccinated.

I've though it was large gatherings and funerals leading to outbreaks rather than schools?

thegreengoblin · 21-03-2021 06:58PM

MD1990 wrote: »

schools re openings the cause for the rise,

wont be said though.
Same happened last September.

They need to move to opening just outdoor events.
Just except this school year is gone & go again next september when more are vaccinated.

No chance. Children deserve and need a proper education, home schooling is a disaster.

hmmm · 21-03-2021 06:59PM

MD1990 wrote: »

schools re openings the cause for the rise,

wont be said though.
Same happened last September.

I seem to remember that cases were declining late last year even with schools open?

That was before the new UK variant admittedly.

blade1 · 21-03-2021 06:59PM

thegreengoblin wrote: »

And you know this how?

It's not looking good though is it?

Covid 19 Part XXXIII-231,484 ROI(4,610 deaths)116,197 NI (2,107 deaths)(23/03)Read OP

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