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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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  • #8492
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    https://www.thejournal.ie/coronavirus-latest-figures-26-april-5420369-Apr2021/

    +437 new cases
    +1 death
    Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer said: “As a country, we have now given a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 25% of eligible adults. In order to protect the vital work of the vaccination programme in offering us all protection from COVID-19, it is important we continue to remain vigilant and careful. Right now, we need to protect the progress we have made together.

    “While we should remain cautious, we can also be cautiously optimistic. Our vaccination programme, alongside the continued commendable adherence of the vast majority of people in Ireland to the public health advice, are the key to exiting this pandemic in the coming months. However, doing things like mixing indoors when disease is still circulating at a high level puts our progress at risk. Please continue to act in the best interests of one another and be safe when socialising.”


  • #8493
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,751 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Anyone else getting annoyed with RTE showing kids returning to training etc.Obviusly its good to see but hailing it like a great triumph. I mean adults still cant do much as it is or play Sport at all. If it was fully open I'd understand but its just training


    Golf is back too.


  • #8494
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1386728275213496320?s=20


  • #8495
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    No wonder they're horsing the vaccines into us.. we're so stable :cool:


  • #8496
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,305 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Anyone else getting annoyed with RTE showing kids returning to training etc.Obviusly its good to see but hailing it like a great triumph. I mean adults still cant do much as it is or play Sport at all. If it was fully open I'd understand but its just training

    Golf, tennis etc are back too.

    If they didn't show it we've have the complaints that RTE only show the negative news.

    You can't please everybody.


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  • #8497
    MrMusician18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,154 ✭✭✭MrMusician18


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Anyone else getting annoyed with RTE showing kids returning to training etc.Obviusly its good to see but hailing it like a great triumph. I mean adults still cant do much as it is or play Sport at all. If it was fully open I'd understand but its just training

    I just get annoyed with rte showing children on the news full stop. They're not cute, they're not interesting and it's not news.


  • #8498
    Gael23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,105 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Ferris_Bueller wrote: »


    If this summer is taken from us it will be a really sad time to be Irish. What makes us so different from the rest of the world?

    If this summer is taken from is people will just book foreign holidays


  • #8499
    sterz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭sterz


    Jim_Hodge wrote: »
    Golf, tennis etc are back too.

    If they didn't show it we've have the complaints that RTE only show the negative news.

    You can't please everybody.

    Not trying to be smart but what's the etc? All I see is outdoor sports facilities reopen, such as pitches, golf courses and tennis courts.


  • #8500
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,461 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    MrMusician18 wrote: »
    I just get annoyed with rte showing children on the news full stop. They're not cute, they're not interesting and it's not news.

    You can get apps for your phone that allow you to only show the news items you want to see.


  • #8501
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    I think most won't be happy until nephet recommend that the government open the pubs. Down with dog dirt etc. Is DNA dog dirt testing a bridge too far? Doesn't it make kids blind?


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  • #8502
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,785 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Anyone else getting annoyed with RTE showing kids returning to training etc.Obviusly its good to see but hailing it like a great triumph. I mean adults still cant do much as it is or play Sport at all. If it was fully open I'd understand but its just training

    No
    Busi_Girl08 wrote: »
    I know it's small, but seeing the kids on the news delighted to be back to sports and dancing classes put a big smile in my face.

    100%

    Should never have been taken away from them to begin with


  • #8503
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    lawred2 wrote: »
    No



    100%

    Should never have been taken away from them to begin with

    All age groups should be permitted to play. I'm envious of them tbh


  • #8504
    manofwisdom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭manofwisdom


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Anyone else getting annoyed with RTE showing kids returning to training etc.Obviusly its good to see but hailing it like a great triumph. I mean adults still cant do much as it is or play Sport at all. If it was fully open I'd understand but its just training

    Only annoyance is they should have returned to training at least a month ago and all adults should be back in training now.

    No great triumph, it's such a low risk activity to get up and running.


  • #8505
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,305 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    sterz wrote: »
    Not trying to be smart but what's the etc? All I see is outdoor sports facilities reopen, such as pitches, golf courses and tennis courts.

    Well, soccer pitches, hockey pitches....

    Pedantic much? The point is there is more open for sport than underage training; which was the point of the post.


  • #8506
    sterz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭sterz


    Not being pedantic at all. You say soccer pitches are open. Can myself and a bunch of friends head out and play a game so?

    Link I saw mentioned outdoor sports facilities and non-contact sports. So I don't see how opening soccer pitches helps anyone.


  • #8507
    Tyrone212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭Tyrone212


    62 cases in Donegal today. 3% of the population, 14.4% of todays cases. Highest incidence rate in the country by some way with 288.33. Kildare next at 209.88.

    The Hi Sir variant?


  • #8508
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Good news beyond the parish.

    https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1386734981741903872?s=20


  • #8509
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,629 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Good news beyond the parish.

    https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1386734981741903872?s=20

    Apparently its AZ only, which is useless to most of us here.


  • #8510
    funnydoggy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,065 ✭✭✭funnydoggy


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Good news beyond the parish.

    https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1386734981741903872?s=20

    Hope they send a majority of it to India tbh


  • #8511
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    Vicxas wrote: »
    Apparently its AZ only, which is useless to most of us here.

    Given what India are facing it'll be welcome. Very welcome.

    edit: the particular tweet about being proud is ambiguous.
    They banned export of raw materials which affected the serum institute i.e the largest producers of vaccines in the world who happen to be based in India.


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  • #8512
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 4,806 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Good news beyond the parish.

    https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1386734981741903872?s=20

    We won’t take them. Tiny chance of a blood clot


  • #8513
    Hulk Hands
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Tyrone212 wrote: »
    62 cases in Donegal today. 3% of the population, 14.4% of todays cases. Highest incidence rate in the country by some way with 288.33. Kildare next at 209.88.

    The Hi Sir variant?

    Being stuck next to your county has been the issue for a lot of it


  • #8514
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Good news beyond the parish.

    https://twitter.com/SamanthaJPower/status/1386734981741903872?s=20
    It's still not approved in the US. They haven't applied!


  • #8515
    marno21
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 14,709 Mod ✭✭✭✭marno21


    Tyrone212 wrote: »
    62 cases in Donegal today. 3% of the population, 14.4% of todays cases. Highest incidence rate in the country by some way with 288.33. Kildare next at 209.88.

    The Hi Sir variant?
    The "it's the border" theory getting debunked quite thoroughly there.


  • #8516
    caveat emptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,134 ✭✭✭caveat emptor


    is_that_so wrote: »
    It's still not approved in the US. They haven't applied!

    Really? Gotta protect that intellectual property y'all.


  • #8517
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,132 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    caveat emptor wrote: »
    Really? Gotta protect that intellectual property y'all.
    https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/astrazeneca-still-plans-to-apply-for-authorization-its-covid-19-vaccine-u-s


  • #8518
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭User1998


    sterz wrote: »
    Not being pedantic at all. You say soccer pitches are open. Can myself and a bunch of friends head out and play a game so?

    Link I saw mentioned outdoor sports facilities and non-contact sports. So I don't see how opening soccer pitches helps anyone.

    I’ve being going to pitches and playing a game for the past couple of months, not sure why you can’t


  • #8519
    sterz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭sterz


    Well the places where I usually play are closed. And as far as I know non-contact is still against, eh, the rules.

    I see good old Jim has thanked your post but failed to answer my question.


  • #8520
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭User1998


    Thats fair enough. Absolutely ridiculous that it’s ‘against the rules’. There is no danger in outdoor sports activities but the government are too afraid to act. Great to see adults having a bit of sense and breaking said rules


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  • #8521
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,305 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    sterz wrote: »
    Well the places where I usually play are closed. And as far as I know non-contact is still against, eh, the rules.

    I see good old Jim has thanked your post but failed to answer my question.

    What more do you want, good old sterz? The pitches are open. You can kick a ball about with a couple of mates. I left it at that because it's way off the topic being originally replied to.


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