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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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  • #3002
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Yeah it's a big ploy by NPHET to keep us all inside because that makes loads of sense, they're mad to have the case numbers increase, sure why not..

    Or.. maybe we're finally on a road to better testing, tracing and surge control, meaning no more lockdowns and better understanding of the virus.

    But yeah, it's a big mysterious plot by NPHET, even though other countries successfully containing this virus have been doing it for the guts of a year.

    People are all mad to get out of lockdown and then they're mad at measures that help us out of lockdown, it's hilariously sad.

    Someone on an Irish times facebook article on testing reckons the guys in NPHET are personally benefitting from testing.:)


  • #3003
    shinzon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,463 ✭✭✭shinzon


    Gael23 wrote: »
    I’m not in favour if these walk in centres. I think it’s a ploy by NPHET to keep case numbers high

    Heres the NPHETS the shadowy Cabal wanting to keep case numbers high and us in lockdown tin foil hat theory, rather than what it actually is which is to catch cases and understand why certain counties have higher incidence rates.

    I cant wait for the vaccination program to complete and this thread dies the death it so fully deserves with comments like that

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Shin


  • #3004
    Faugheen
    Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    Gael23 wrote: »
    I’m not in favour if these walk in centres. I think it’s a ploy by NPHET to keep case numbers high

    This bollocks again.

    NPHET want to keep cases high so they can keep hold of their non-existent power.


  • #3005
    timsey tiger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭timsey tiger


    shinzon wrote: »
    Heres the NPHETS the shadowy Cabal wanting to keep case numbers high and us in lockdown tin foil hat theory, rather than what it actually is which is to catch cases and understand why certain counties have higher incidence rates.

    I cant wait for the vaccination program to complete and this thread dies the death it so fully deserves with comments like that

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Shin

    ... they won't go away you know, just on to the next thing to rail against.


  • #3006
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    shinzon wrote: »
    Heres the NPHETS the shadowy Cabal wanting to keep case numbers high and us in lockdown tin foil hat theory, rather than what it actually is which is to catch cases and understand why certain counties have higher incidence rates.

    I cant wait for the vaccination program to complete and this thread dies the death it so fully deserves with comments like that

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    Shin

    Yeah, the Orwellian circle jerking among some in here is the saddest thing I've seen. It's the main reason I'm looking forward to things opening up again, so they can look back and see how thick they were.


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  • #3007
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Faugheen wrote: »
    This bollocks again.

    NPHET want to keep cases high so they can keep hold of their non-existent power.

    Many feel that they de facto run the country.


  • #3008
    Qrt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭Qrt


    Nqp15hhu wrote: »
    Why are you questioning me?

    Why are you getting defensive? I just want to know like! 🙄


  • #3009
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,861 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    blowitupref wrote: »
    7-day average in cases 557 it was 580 last Friday.

    Not a big decrease but still a decrease

    8 further deaths RIP 591 new confirmed cases

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



  • #3010
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Gael23 wrote: »
    I’m not in favour if these walk in centres. I think it’s a ploy by NPHET to keep case numbers high
    That would be a ploy by the HSE who are running them! NPHET just advise and generally get on people's nerves!


  • #3011
    Jimi H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 374 ✭✭Jimi H


    I’ve heard from quite a few family and friends who have got their first or second jab over the last week or so. Although the daily numbers are high, I think we’ll see a big decrease in hospital/ICU numbers over the next month. If we get some nice weather we’ll have more people mixing outdoors too and for the first time in a while I’m starting to feel positive.


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  • #3012
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    Rambling Man wrote: »
    RTE:
    At least 14,000 asymptomatic people were tested over the past week at other walk-in centres and 3% tested positive for the virus.

    Higher than I would have imagined.


    I heard that on the radio earlier. It is a pretty high %. It means that there were 420 people walking around last week allegedly with no symptoms. It shows how difficult this virus is to stop and how easily it spreads without some people even knowing they have it. One good thing is that many more people will have contracted and got over it with no adverse impact on their health meaning that there will be a larger cohort of immune people.


  • #3013
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    cameramonkey wrote: »
    I heard that on the radio earlier. It is a pretty high %. It means that there were 420 people walking around last week allegedly with no symptoms. It shows how difficult this virus is to stop and how easily it spreads without some people even knowing they have it. One good thing is that many more people will have contracted and got over it with no adverse impact on their health meaning that there will be a larger cohort of immune people.
    It also suggests this is a valuable new tool. Rapid testing needs a role as well.


  • #3014
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    VUI is variant under investigation, haven't heard of vuc but it's definitely not variant "of" anything considering the U.

    It's VOC: Varient of Concern


  • #3015
    Faugheen
    Site Banned Posts: 12,341 ✭✭✭✭Faugheen


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Many feel that they de facto run the country.

    Many can feel whatever they want but they’re wrong. Like, very wrong.

    It just suits the government to hide behind them so they don’t have to take responsibility for ignoring them for over a year.

    ‘Many people’ fall right into the government’s trap.


  • #3016
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,842 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    George Lee with the daily NPHET fear


  • #3017
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,765 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    Jimi H wrote: »
    I’ve heard from quite a few family and friends who have got their first or second jab over the last week or so. Although the daily numbers are high, I think we’ll see a big decrease in hospital/ICU numbers over the next month. If we get some nice weather we’ll have more people mixing outdoors too and for the first time in a while I’m starting to feel positive.

    We already have seen a massive decrease over the last month.

    We’re in a better position than we realise


  • #3018
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,100 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Apparently the new variant is up to 90% more transmissible
    According to George

    I've never heard that high a figure


  • #3019
    Wolf359f
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,592 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    We already have seen a massive decrease over the last month.

    We’re in a better position than we realise

    Hospital patients reduced by nearly half in a month.
    From 494 down to 255. Bloody good drop!


  • #3020
    Icyseanfitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,538 ✭✭✭Icyseanfitz


    .42. wrote: »
    The teacher’s unions are going nuts with the changes of vaccine priorities. :pac:

    Funny how being promised something as part of an agreement and said promise then getting reneged a few short months later causes problems isn't it.


  • #3021
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,842 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Apparently the new variant is up to 90% more transmissible
    According to George

    I've never heard that high a figure

    This is getting so frustrating

    No wonder people are fed up of this


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  • #3022
    cameramonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭cameramonkey


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Apparently the new variant is up to 90% more transmissible
    According to George

    I've never heard that high a figure


    I heard him on the radio today and it dawned on me that he really does not understand what is going on or have a good handle on the intricacies of the pandemic. He is a bit bit like a parrot just repeating inanities. Like his general reporting and his political career he seems self obsessed, unaware and a little stupid.


  • #3023
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    Icyseanfitz wrote: »
    Funny how being promised something as part of an agreement and said promise then getting reneged a few short months later causes problems isn't it.
    The deal has been superseded by newer scientific advice and we are following the science.


  • #3024
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,325 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Apparently the new variant is up to 90% more transmissible
    According to George

    I've never heard that high a figure

    I walked out of the room and waited and came back in and RTÉ were doing a depressing tour of the European continent. Can they stop for even a day ?


  • #3025
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,765 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    Yeah it's a big ploy by NPHET to keep us all inside because that makes loads of sense, they're mad to have the case numbers increase, sure why not..

    Or.. maybe we're finally on a road to better testing, tracing and surge control, meaning no more lockdowns and better understanding of the virus.

    But yeah, it's a big mysterious plot by NPHET, even though other countries successfully containing this virus have been doing it for the guts of a year.

    People are all mad to get out of lockdown and then they're mad at measures that help us out of lockdown, it's hilariously sad.

    How will higher case numbers get Ireland out of lockdown?

    Knowing it’s case numbers that are a metric used to justify lockdown?


  • #3026
    Sweet.Science
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,106 ✭✭✭Sweet.Science


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Apparently the new variant is up to 90% more transmissible
    According to George

    I've never heard that high a figure

    I'm in a house of 6 . Me and my daughter have it . Rest of the house came back negative today .


  • #3027
    Normal One
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 355 ✭✭Normal One


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Apparently the new variant is up to 90% more transmissible
    According to George

    I've never heard that high a figure

    That's because he just made it up :p


  • #3028
    Deeper Blue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,506 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Apparently the new variant is up to 90% more transmissible
    According to George

    I've never heard that high a figure

    Blatant lies like that will just piss people off even more than they are already.

    I can see a lot of parallels between George's performance as a journalist and as a politician, in the sense that he's completely ****ing useless at both.


  • #3029
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Normal One wrote: »
    That's because he just made it up :p

    There was actually a UK study that put it as between 40% to 90% more transmissible.

    George likes the extremes.


  • #3030
    Nqp15hhu
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭Nqp15hhu


    Qrt wrote: »
    Why are you getting defensive? I just want to know like! 🙄

    https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZGYxNjYzNmUtOTlmZS00ODAxLWE1YTEtMjA0NjZhMzlmN2JmIiwidCI6IjljOWEzMGRlLWQ4ZDctNGFhNC05NjAwLTRiZTc2MjVmZjZjNSIsImMiOjh9


    https://mobile.twitter.com/DarranMarshall/status/1377970094026932225


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  • #3031
    Nqp15hhu
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,254 ✭✭✭Nqp15hhu


    Case rate per capita in Northern Ireland is now 46% below the south’s case rate per capita:

    https://mobile.twitter.com/illustratethis/status/1378007490013622276


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