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Covid 19 Part XXXIV-249,437 ROI(4,906 deaths) 120,195 NI (2,145 deaths)(01/05)Read OP

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#2492 31-03-2021 03:18PM

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6 deaths, 411 cases.

For a Wednesday, that bodes well for swab numbers.

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#2493 31-03-2021 03:18PM

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6 deaths, 411 cases.

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#2494 31-03-2021 03:18PM

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411 cases, 6 deaths

First day we’ve ever got cases before swabs by my reckoning.

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#2495 31-03-2021 03:18PM

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Why so early with the numbers today?

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#2496 31-03-2021 03:19PM

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Why is it so early today?

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#2497 31-03-2021 03:19PM

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Sanjuro wrote: »

Why so early with the numbers today?

Lads heading off on their Easter holidays.

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#2498 31-03-2021 03:19PM

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So what if none them end up in hospital. The 10% will have minor illness only.

Also, the strong data on the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing spread means that the R0 will also be suppressed meaning the virus wont spread either.

And all the evidence to date shows none of them (from any variant) do end up in hospital. I think the person we are quoting is saying even asymptomatic cases are a problem.....

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#2499 31-03-2021 03:21PM

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Gael23 wrote: »

Why is it so early today?

They knew the residents of the restrictions thread would be waiting for them outside with pitchforks once they saw the swab numbers, so got them in early to get out of dodge

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#2500 31-03-2021 03:22PM

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TheDoctor wrote: »

Lads heading off on their Easter holidays.

Have to watch online Easter ceremonies I suppose🙏

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#2501 31-03-2021 03:22PM

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TheDoctor wrote: »

Lads heading off on their Easter holidays.

Cynical much? You can be sure Ronan Glynn will be working right through Easter.

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#2502 31-03-2021 03:23PM

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WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Children's shoes to be added to essential retail list.
https://www.thejournal.ie/new-announcement-sale-of-childrens-shoes-5397166-Mar2021/

but you need to make an appointment! To buy your kid a new pair of shoes

While the rest of us can go in and buy essential wine, vodka, beer, Easter Eggs, cigarettes, Hello magazine, candles and diffusers in a crowded supermarket !! :D

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#2503 31-03-2021 03:23PM

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OwenM wrote: »

And all the evidence to date shows none of them (from any variant) do end up in hospital. I think the person we are quoting is saying even asymptomatic cases are a problem.....

The IFR of asymptomatic covid is 100%. For many, they will continue to live as normal for decades, but they will die.

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#2504 31-03-2021 03:24PM

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411 is good for a Wednesday.

Nearly there lads.

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#2505 31-03-2021 03:24PM

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So what if none them end up in hospital. The 10% will have minor illness only.

Also, the strong data on the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing spread means that the R0 will also be suppressed meaning the virus wont spread either.

yes and with a max of circa 2.5% ending up in hospital(thats 25% of the 10%/getting lower with new treatments) and not all at the same time...

presently lets not forget over 70s have c. 95% survival rate at the moment.with it being higher in the healthy and lower in others eg some of those in nursing homes/community/serious comorbidtys/hospitals/pallative care etc.

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#2506 31-03-2021 03:24PM

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seamus wrote: »

6 deaths, 411 cases.

For a Wednesday, that bodes well for swab numbers.

That's a marked improvement on the last 3 or 4 Wednesdays. If tomorrow shows a similar improvement on the higher Thursday case numbers we've had of late, it will be very good news.

No reason to suspect today's swabs will be any higher than cases, this hasn't been common recently.

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#2507 31-03-2021 03:26PM

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crossman47 wrote: »

Cynical much? You can be sure Ronan Glynn will be working right through Easter.

You’d swear Ronan Glynn does nothing if you read the nonsense on here.

He had one bit of extended leave for about 4-5 weeks when Tony came back, but other than that he’s been on the go since January last year.

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#2508 31-03-2021 03:26PM

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but you need to make an appointment! To buy your kid a new pair of shoes

:D

You do because this isn't a simple matter of breezing in, taking them off the shelf and paying for them. It involves close interaction with the sales person. That is why SNA s are upset about the vaccine roll out. I don't know any currently but they are one group at considerable risk.

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#2509 31-03-2021 03:28PM

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but you need to make an appointment! To buy your kid a new pair of shoes

While the rest of us can go in and buy essential wine, vodka, beer, Easter Eggs, cigarettes, Hello magazine, candles and diffusers in a crowded supermarket !! :D

No, you need an appointment to get your kid measured for shoes, which can't be done online.

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#2510 31-03-2021 03:33PM

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“Stable but precarious”

- Prof Philip Nolan describes Ireland’s epidemiological situation saying “things aren’t getting worse, but they aren’t getting better”

R number now standing between 1.0-1.3

ah good to hear the old favourites

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#2511 31-03-2021 03:34PM

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ednwireland wrote: »

ah good to hear the old favourites

Try watching the briefing where he gave a lot of detail on the impact of the vaccine.

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#2512 31-03-2021 03:42PM

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Will be interesting to see where today's cases tally with swabs. If the swab count is in the 400s from a large number of tests then it'll be excellent.

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#2513 31-03-2021 03:42PM

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“Stable but precarious..... R number now standing between 1.0-1.3”

ednwireland wrote: »

ah good to hear the old favourites

Did Nolan actually state that again? It's a f**king ridiculous statement, basically saying it's not growing at all or it's growing rapidly - we haven't a clue really.......

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#2514 31-03-2021 03:42PM

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6 new walk in test centers announced

Finglas
Crumlin
Balbriggan
Athlone
Ballinasloe
Navan

One more in works for Kildare.

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#2515 31-03-2021 03:43PM

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Any way to get cases up again for RTE

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#2516 31-03-2021 03:44PM

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Will vaccine numbers be damn all over the Easter?

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#2517 31-03-2021 03:45PM

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OwenM wrote: »

Did Nolan actually state that again? It's a f**king ridiculous statement, basically saying it's not growing at all or it's growing rapidly - we haven't a clue really.......

In their most recent letter they state the same thing. There is a large uncertainty over the R number at present. It's minimum estimate though is 1 which is concerning.

The letter actually goes into the details as why the current estimate is so varied. Worth a read imo.

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#2518 31-03-2021 03:48PM

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I thought Nolan was unnecessarily negative today. I understand he has to be cautious but he was fixed on the 500-600 a day cases when we've had two days of 300 and 400 cases with higher testing and low swabbing positivity percentage amounts.

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pauldry wrote: »

Any way to get cases up again for RTE

Except cases have fallen since the mass vaccination centres opened.

What does that tell us - there really aren't legions of asymptomatic infections walking around, and symptomatic testing and contact tracing really is detecting most of the outbreaks

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#2520 31-03-2021 03:52PM

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Will we get swabs now or just numbers?

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#2521 31-03-2021 03:53PM

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stephenjmcd wrote: »

Will be interesting to see where today's cases tally with swabs. If the swab count is in the 400s from a large number of tests then it'll be excellent.

As of the past month they've tallied around 90% of the time.

'Stagnant March' was a bit of a disappointment but there seem to be real signs of a trend of progress emerging. Yesterday's positivity rate etc. We need about 3 more days to see the decline in cases has speeded up again.

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