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

MD1990 wrote: »

super market workers are more at risk. don't hear them going on strike

That's certainly not true. Teachers are in constant close contact with the same group of children for much of a day in a closed environment. I'm not a teacher but, after medical staff, they are the next most vulnerable front line workers. However, I agree with going by age as it is more efficient. If you decided on teachers, you would have all sorts of others (tutors, etc) looking for priority.

I'm a teacher and would not vote to be prioritised ahead of my parents. Infact if I was I'd send one of them in my place. However when teachers read about people who have somehow managed to get vaccinated ahead of people who are out working every day is it any wonder they are annoyed? The anger people are feeling should be directed at the government and their incompetence instead of at teachers. I will be attending Congress tomorrow and will vote against any strike motion. I am sure there are plenty of other teachers who feel the same as I do.

JP100 wrote: »

Your illogical ranting suggests otherwise. It also doesn't account for the fact that at primary schools run until the end of June and that many teachers/ SNAs/ school staff also work in schools in July as well. Ultimately, if school staff were good enough to be where they were previously in the vaccine allocation well they're good enough to be still there.

What illogical thinking?

If the first teacher doesn't get vaccinated until May 31st for argument sake based on a priority group based system. Which is probably the time line based on supply. Then they probably won't have any protection from the vaccine until near the end of June. So by your logic, because primary schools run to end of June they should revert back to an priority group based approach? So a su set of teachers may have a few days or a week max of vaccine protection?

And you're also waffling on about July? There's **** all comparison between July in a school and the middle of February. Schools are no more risk in July for a teacher than what my profession is and I come into close but limited contact.

The argument from my teacher mates has been to protect family members as the reason they didn't want to be in school during peaks. That's grand and makes sense. But now by the same token they want the vaccine ahead of these older family members who they wanted to protect, who won't have a vaccine before them? Makes zero sense.

Age based approach makes more sense now. Take my mate for example, 27 years old and a teacher in Finglas. Should he get a vaccine before his heavily overweight aul lad that is in his late 60s? From talking with him today he doesn't agree with his union ASTI and said he wouldn't take one before his parents. Seems like a very logical answer from a teacher in a school that has lots of scumbags in his classes who don't give a crap about masks or social distancing.

covidrelease wrote: »

What's your point? Those are a few random articles going back months. I don't hear Boris constantly going on about these variants or calling them a "new virus" etc.

One of those articles even plays down the UK variant as being 30% more transmissible.

The clowns here are still claiming there is a new virus 70% more transmissible.

My point is you are being selective with your outrage of the government mentioning variants.


Here is Boris:

"Boris Johnson says some evidence new Covid variant in the UK may be more deadly"

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/boris-johnson-evidence-new-covid-variant-associated-with-higher-mortality-.html


And the German leader:

"Germany is “in a new pandemic” in which the British Covid variant is dominant, Angela Merkel has said,"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/23/merkel-germany-covid-british-variant-easter-lockdown

Hạ Long Bay wrote: »

My point is you are being selective with your outrage of the government mentioning variants.


Here is Boris:

"Boris Johnson says some evidence new Covid variant in the UK may be more deadly"

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/22/boris-johnson-evidence-new-covid-variant-associated-with-higher-mortality-.html


And the German leader:

"Germany is “in a new pandemic” in which the British Covid variant is dominant, Angela Merkel has said,"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/23/merkel-germany-covid-british-variant-easter-lockdown

The Boris article is months old.

The Merkel article says they are having 5 quiet days over Easter and bars reopen April 18th.

Here is ireland we can't have any indication of when bars might open due to "new variants"

covidrelease wrote:

Here is ireland we can't have any indication of when bars might open due to "new variants"

Because we view people's lives as more important than alcohol.

covidrelease wrote: »

Rubbish. If that was the case we would restrict sales from off licences.

Bars are representative of people back in work, meeting friends, return to normality etc.

Much as I enjoyed a pint with friends and long for normality, I rank their health, getting to meet them, they being back at work etc. before the Pint in a pub comes into the equation.

JP100 wrote: »

Supermarket workers along with Gardai should be prioritised as well in a key worker category.

So where does An Post ,DHL ,DPD UPS delivery staff as well as Postmaster come in as a priority .

I'm hearing of increased cases there now

Good numbers. Not sure have they been that low for a while!

58 in ICU.
Varadkar previously stated that 50 was the number to allow easing of restrictions

Fantastic numbers

Eod100 wrote: »

Good numbers. Not sure have they been that low for a while!

Yes....Anyone confirm last time we were as low as 320?? I know it is Easter Monday and all the jazz but I’ll take it

Storm 10 wrote: »

Any county info

Couldn’t find any county info for last 2 days either.

covidrelease wrote: »

Precarious I think NPHET are describing the situation as.

Would you have a link to that statement today? Thanks.

Storm 10 wrote: »

Any county info

The Covid tracker app hasn't updated. When it updates we should get yesterday's county breakdown figures.

Edit: just updated.