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

stephenjmcd · 23-04-2021 03:16PM

seamus wrote: »

"Transient". Philip Nolan might regret using that word by Monday :pac:

I actually do feel it is a blip; exactly the same as we saw when the schools went back last time. Lots of people with sniffles and coughs, go see a doctor, get tested; lots of tests == lots of results.

In terms of the actual positivity rates we're not seeing any major shift. We can probably expect this pattern to continue - high tests, high numbers, stable positivity - for the next 7-10 days and then settle down again.

Yeah the testing levels are way up on last week but the positivity rate isn't really moving either way.

23-04-2021 03:17PM

Ficheall wrote: »

Whatever about people desperately needing haircuts and pints, complaining about a football match being cancelled seems to verge on forgetting there is actually a pandemic going on..

I'm sure you are aware that it's about more than getting haircuts and having football matches. It is the natural way of life, th ability to have choice, freedom to move, that is what the desperation is about.

We are certainly aware that there is a pandemic but most of us don't enjoy it.

is_that_so · 23-04-2021 03:18PM

JP100 wrote: »

I don't care what spin merchants like Paul Reid selectively say for one day in a week. The fact of the matter is that over the past 7 days, we've vaccinated 31% less people than our EU colleagues.

That spin merchant has access to far more up to date data than this 31% of whatever you keep posting. I doubt there is any universe where what we are doing would please you.

Tyrone212 · 23-04-2021 03:19PM

Roughly 1 in 16 people in Donegal have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. With asymptomatic cases and people not going for tests I wonder what the true figure is. Closer to 1 in 10 than 1 in 16 perhaps?

MerlinSouthDub · 23-04-2021 03:20PM

seamus wrote: »

"Transient". Philip Nolan might regret using that word by Monday :pac:

I actually do feel it is a blip; exactly the same as we saw when the schools went back last time. Lots of people with sniffles and coughs, go see a doctor, get tested; lots of tests == lots of results.

In terms of the actual positivity rates we're not seeing any major shift. We can probably expect this pattern to continue - high tests, high numbers, stable positivity - for the next 7-10 days and then settle down again.

Hopefully a blip alright. The Intel construction workers (plus their close contacts, families etc) will also have had an impact over the last couple of days.

GP referral data looks fine this week too:

https://www.gpcommunitytracker.com/results

landofthetree · 23-04-2021 03:23PM

https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385599470134611973

More good news from the UK.

Can't wait till we catch up.

kleiner feigling · 23-04-2021 03:25PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I’ve already done the opposite. To get these up and running as quickly as is possible

Maybe that’s the idea here. I reckon you’re playing some kind of mind trick on us, to try to get people lobbying for the introduction of green certs

Just out interest, why would you like to see these come in?
It just seems like more bureacracy and red tape to me, with no scientific basis for implementation?

Cork2021 · 23-04-2021 03:27PM

landofthetree wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385599470134611973

More good news from the UK.

Can't wait till we catch up.

The dream!!! Wearing masks for 50 plus hours a week in a stuffy environment and now coming into summer!! Can’t wait to ditch them!

stephenjmcd · 23-04-2021 03:29PM

blowitupref wrote: »

Highest testing figure since March 31st

Compared to last Friday. 168 more positive swabs from 4153 extra tests carried out.

450 to 500 cases reported tonight?

You'd think so, the little backlog which had been there was cleared last night so should be around that

jhegarty · 23-04-2021 03:29PM

NH2013 wrote: »

Wonder what's caused the relative spike in swabs over the past 3 days?

Perhaps the return to schools post Easter? Intel construction spike or just a general let up and people socialising indoors? Or is there a mass testing campaign going on at the minute does anyone know?

It's more testing. The percentage coming back positive hasn't changed.

wadacrack · 23-04-2021 03:53PM

The award for the most Random Covid vaccine related tweet goes to...

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1385605343326216194

JP100 · 23-04-2021 04:00PM

is_that_so wrote: »

That spin merchant has access to far more up to date data than this 31% of whatever you keep posting. I doubt there is any universe where what we are doing would please you.

He's a total spin merchant and you're equally as bad on here. The fact of the matter is that Ireland vaccinated 31% less people than the EU average over the course of the last 7 days and all the spinning in the world will not change that data.

seamus · 23-04-2021 04:14PM

landofthetree wrote: »

https://mobile.twitter.com/PoliticsForAlI/status/1385599470134611973

More good news from the UK.

Can't wait till we catch up.

PFA and the Telegraph are the media arm of the Tory party, take whatever is said with a pinch of salt.

The article in fact doesn't say that face masks can be ditched in the summer. What it says is..

Asked about mask-wearing in the coming months, one source said that vaccines are working so well, and there is such good vaccine uptake among members of the public, that things will return to much more like normal life over the summer months, with cases dropping very low, particularly in May.

However, masks and possibly other measures may be needed next autumn and winter if cases surge, they said.

Messi19 · 23-04-2021 04:17PM

kleiner feigling wrote: »

Just out interest, why would you like to see these come in?
It just seems like more bureacracy and red tape to me, with no scientific basis for implementation?

Are you a vegan?

TheDoctor · 23-04-2021 04:47PM

wadacrack wrote: »

The award for the most Random Covid vaccine related tweet goes to...

https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1385605343326216194

I wonder can the vaccine stop all the boos

CalamariFritti · 23-04-2021 04:50PM

seamus wrote: »

PFA and the Telegraph are the media arm of the Tory party, take whatever is said with a pinch of salt.

The article in fact doesn't say that face masks can be ditched in the summer. What it says is..

As long as we have to do this nonsensical maskerade we will not be back to normal.
Or do we envisage people going to a pub, concert, nightclub masked now or what?

Its the first thing that has to go. it was total bollixology to begin with.

DOCARCH · 23-04-2021 05:42PM

434 new cases/1 additional death.

TheDoctor · 23-04-2021 05:44PM

DOCARCH wrote: »

434 new cases/1 additional death.

Another wave survived

Congrats everyone

thejuggler · 23-04-2021 05:46PM

30 in Cork today - higher than usual.

funnydoggy · 23-04-2021 05:50PM

thejuggler wrote: »

30 in Cork today - higher than usual.

We don't do half measures kid :pac:

landofthetree · 23-04-2021 05:56PM

https://twitter.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/1385633987985563649

kleiner feigling · 23-04-2021 06:03PM

Messi19 wrote: »

Are you a vegan?

Nope.

Jim_Hodge · 23-04-2021 06:08PM

landofthetree wrote: »

https://twitter.com/RMcGreevy1301/status/1385633987985563649

Maybe because they want to keep the figures in our favour? I don't know but, I'll be honest, it's not a priority for me.

Atlantic Dawn · 23-04-2021 06:09PM

Any day now the government leaders will be riding in on horseback to hijack the press conferences and take credit for fixing this, even they can see it's all over.

23-04-2021 06:09PM

CalamariFritti wrote: »

As long as we have to do this nonsensical maskerade we will not be back to normal.
Or do we envisage people going to a pub, concert, nightclub masked now or what?

Its the first thing that has to go. it was total bollixology to begin with.

+1

There are some professional contortionists on this thread, desperately keen to justify NPHET's excessively cautious approach and the Irish government's mindless inertia. Better knock the Tories wherever possible seeing as the UK months ahead in their phased reopening. Such pettiness would be laughable if the situation we're in wasn't so serious.

is_that_so · 23-04-2021 06:14PM

JP100 wrote: »

He's a total spin merchant and you're equally as bad on here. The fact of the matter is that Ireland vaccinated 31% less people than the EU average over the course of the last 7 days and all the spinning in the world will not change that data.

And yet you're using old data to prove a dubious point. Are you accusing him of lying?

Wolf359f · 23-04-2021 06:28PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Any day now the government leaders will be riding in on horseback to hijack the press conferences and take credit for fixing this, even they can see it's all over.

I remember Nicola Sturgeon, being asked recently, with the elections coming up, would it not be a better idea to have the medical officer give the press conferences so it won't be political.

But no doubt we'll have FG saying they would have done things differently if they held the Taoiseach position this time around. I'm sure most will see through that bull****!

JP100 · 23-04-2021 06:29PM

is_that_so wrote: »

And yet you're using old data to prove a dubious point. Are you accusing him of lying?

Here, I'll spell it out for you again. In the past 7 days, Ireland vaccinated 31% less people than the EU average. That is the reality and no spin whatsoever can deflect from that reality.

TheDoctor · 23-04-2021 06:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

+1

There are some professional contortionists on this thread, desperately keen to justify NPHET's excessively cautious approach and the Irish government's mindless inertia. Better knock the Tories wherever possible seeing as the UK months ahead in their phased reopening. Such pettiness would be laughable if the situation we're in wasn't so serious.

May 17th, assuming the current UK roadmap continues as planned with the reopening of indoor hospitality, is going to be a very interesting day.

23-04-2021 06:30PM

Jim_Hodge wrote: »

Maybe because they want to keep the figures in our favour? I don't know but, I'll be honest, it's not a priority for me.

It’s not really an either or. Everyone has there own priority. I’ve no interest in bars/nightclubs/retail etc. But if we all start saying this one thing doesn’t matter to us, then the game is gone.

It’s an indictment of our ultra conservative plans (or lack of). This time it’s the euros, in May it will be something else, in June it’ll be the GAA championships etc. We seem to have no ambition to improve lives for people. Because it doesn’t matter to one person doesn’t mean it’s not important in the grand scheme of things.

(Fwiw, I wouldn’t have wanted fans travelling in. But what’s the issue with 12,000 domestic fans either vaccinated or negative tested).

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

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