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

muddypuppy wrote: »

I would love to see what is the definition of "symptoms" in this case. It's one thing to have difficulty breathing or no sense of smell/taste, it's another to have a bit of a dry throat, the sniffles or feeling a bit off. Easy to overlook the second.

I expect they ask everyone who walks in, do you have any of these symptoms?

They also had to know that this was going to happen. Many people just don't want to ring the GP. Many people may not even have a GP. A walk-in test centre lets you go anonymously. Nobody needs to know you're getting tested, nobody needs to know you have symptoms. Nobody needs to know your result.

If you ring up the GP and they refer you, they will also instruct you to self-isolate until you get called for your test, and until you get your result. And that opens up a whole can of worms that you have to tell people you can't go out with them, you can't go to work, etc etc.

You can argue that someone should just do this anyway, but there's a psychological difference. If nobody has formally told you to self-isolate, then you can convince yourself you don't have to. "I just did a walk-in test, I'm sure I'm grand, don't have to self-isolate".

On balance it's a good thing because these people would just never have been tested. They still wouldn't have called their GP, they'd have just gone about their business until the illness passed.

Corholio wrote: »

50% of people who tested positive in the walk ins had symptoms. Strange, people were told not to go to the walk ins if they had symptoms.

3 of us went to the D15 one as we were close contacts. 2/3 tested positive & the 3rd person went back 2 days later & the second test was positive. Our close contact was a child & I had to take her to the Cloghran test centre the day after. When I arrived there they said she should have been tested at the Walk in Centre even with symptoms as the criteria were only guidelines & in our case the child in question has very compromising health issues

CalamariFritti wrote: »

Spike? Pubs?

An outbreak in a school caused quite a lot of positive cases, there was far more affected than was announced.

Knine wrote: »

An outbreak in a school caused quite a lot of positive cases, there was far more affected than was announced.

Schools were closed for two months but the numbers of cases were still not low enough to let businesses re-open. That proves that the closures of schools was ineffective.

shinzon wrote: »

First Astrazeneca blood clot in Ireland under investigation

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/medicines-regulator-investigates-first-irish-blood-clot-case-after-astrazeneca-jab-1.4532265



Shin

A good outcome expected for the paitent thankfully.

"She is in recovery and is expected to be discharged from the Mater in the coming days after spending a week in a stroke ward in the hospital."

On the link between vaccine and illness,

“We are following up on this report to obtain additional details and to evaluate if it is consistent with the profile of rare blood clotting events that were the focus of the recently concluded EMA safety review,” said a spokeswoman for the HPRA.

“This report will be notified to the EU’s safety database and will be considered in the context of continuous monitoring co-ordinated by the EMA.”

Banana Republic 1 wrote: »

No they also eat babies.

I'm serious I have look at worldometer every few days. I havent seen any spikes anywhere. When was that 'spike' supposed to have been?

JP100 wrote: »

1. We were told that no such cases had occurred in Ireland but this happened over a week ago and we're only hearing about it now and only because her sister has put it into the public domain.

2. A new up to date age restriction needs to be immediately adopted for the Astrazeneca vaccine. NIAC really need to do their job, stop wasting time and move with the real time data.

Still under investigation, blood clots happen every day it could be still a coincidence. Possibility of one case out of how many administered.

JP100 wrote: »

1. We were told that no such cases had occurred in Ireland but this happened over a week ago and we're only hearing about it now and only because her sister has put it into the public domain.

2. A new up to date age restriction needs to be immediately adopted for the Astrazeneca vaccine. NIAC really need to do their job, stop wasting time and move with the real time data.

1. Its still under investigation for the cause to see if it is indeed matching the characteristics of the cases reported so far.

2. NIAC have already commented if you read the article

Gael23 wrote: »

400 cases 7 deaths.
Deaths stubbornly high still

I read that first as Dublin still stubbornly high.

Whsts hospital and ICU like today.

Gael23 wrote: »

400 cases 7 deaths.
Deaths stubbornly high still

Would love to see when these were considering deaths can be reported up to 3 months after the fact.

cjyid wrote: »

#LATEST

Prof Philip Nolan: Situation 'stable', perhaps improving.

Nolan says analysis shows school remain a "low risk setting"

5-day average declining "rapidly" says Nolan.

Ooh this I like to read.

I think they said 10 cases out of 429 swabs at airport quarantine so far since March 26th....Would make you think ‘how many other cases came in through the airports’.....

Gael23 wrote: »

400 cases 7 deaths.
Deaths stubbornly high still

2 in April, 2 in March and 3 in February.
Deaths look a lot nicer (RIP to all of those, of course) when you adjust by date of death, not date of notification.

funnydoggy wrote: »

Would love to see when these were considering deaths can be reported up to 3 months after the fact.

Of the 7 deaths reported today, 2 occurred in April, 2 in March, and 3 in February.