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Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

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  • #1832
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,902 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    stephenjmcd wrote: »
    Every cloud has a sliver lining

    I took that to be the official meetings , but not the briefings?


  • #1833
    spakman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭spakman


    TomSweeney wrote: »
    New scariant could basically put us back to square one - it's bollocks of course, but they want people to believe this and be petrified and stay at home and curtain twitch for another decade at least...

    Why would they want that?


  • #1834
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,902 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    harr wrote: »
    This is a problem now when you have people listening to this crap and they will turn around and say sure what’s the point in the vaccine if it’s not working or proven to work against different strains.
    Constant fear even after we were told the vaccine should be affective in this case.
    A lot of people listening to him only want to hear the bad news , what have they against the hospitality industry when you can see already they are looking or thinking of ways to keep them closed.
    They are increasingly sounding like they couldn’t care less if hotels , restaurants and pubs remained permanently closed which is a very strange stance for any government to take.

    That quote is inaccurate and misleading.
    If people read or listened to what was actually said instead of reading a fxxxing headline and jumping on a bandwagon ....

    He specifically said that there was data from PHE regarding a dip in protection after the FIRST dose of the vaccine at 10 weeks , but that 2 doses were shown to be fine .
    This is only really applicable until people get their 2nd dose or are fully vaccinated with a one dose vaxx.
    England has these results because they have spaced out their Pfizer vaccines doses to 12 weeks , and are now bringing them back to 8 weeks to combat this dip .
    It will probably only mean that they will be watching any further increases in this or any variant while the vaccine rollout is going through .
    It really is just hysteria and clickbait being drummed up by the usual suspects ...sxxx reporters !


  • #1835
    dubdaymo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭dubdaymo


    crossman47 wrote: »
    Some people now just want to complain about Holohan.
    Yes because he's a control freak ("you'll do it my way") and upset at the likelihood of beginning to lose that control soon so any negatives he can dredge up could delay that happening. He probably has his fortune teller, Nolan, working on his variant crystal ball.


  • #1836
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91,099 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1395775894447341574
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  • #1837
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,902 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Back on to the emotional rollercoaster I go. Today's feeling is fear.

    Seriously Diamonds ,the only fear is that which is being spread by a few here who love to quote rubbish from reporters that they have said in the past are doom mongers .
    Why even quote George Lee or that other one from the Indo at this stage ?
    It's all just winding people up unnecessarily .
    The only dark clouds are the rain clouds which is set to clear a bit tomorrow.
    Enjoy your weekend and it'll all be gone next week :)


  • #1838
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    The UK variant was concerning . The Brazil variant was concerning ,the South African variant was concerning . The Danish mink were concerning
    We survived them all without a vaccine and with a vaccine will survive the Indian one .
    The negativity is seriously draining at this stage to be honest . RTE thrive on it for some inexplicable reason


  • #1839
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,278 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    The negativity is seriously draining at this stage to be honest . RTE thrive on it for some inexplicable reason
    I honestly don't know why people bother watching/reading RTE if they find the negativity draining - there are loads of other reliable, factual, sources.

    RTE is the state broadcaster, of course it's going to tow the uberconservative party line.


  • #1840
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,624 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    is_that_so wrote: »
    9 new billionaires out of all this vaccine development!

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/21/business/covid-vaccine-billionaires/index.html

    Great money in this saving lives craic


  • #1841
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,902 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    Lumen wrote: »
    I honestly don't know why people bother watching/reading RTE if they find the negativity draining - there are loads of other reliable, factual, sources.

    RTE is the state broadcaster, of course it's going to tow the uberconservative party line.

    Prefer to watch the HSE and Nphet briefings myself as reporting so biased and poor .
    Otherwise , take it with a grain of salt .


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  • #1842
    [Deleted User]
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    Goldengirl wrote: »
    Seriously Diamonds ,the only fear is that which is being spread by a few here who love to quote rubbish from reporters that they have said in the past are doom mongers .
    Why even quote George Lee or that other one from the Indo at this stage ?
    It's all just winding people up unnecessarily .
    The only dark clouds are the rain clouds which is set to clear a bit tomorrow.
    Enjoy your weekend and it'll all be gone next week :)

    Yes. I have since gotten a hold of myself :)


  • #1843
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,902 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Great money in this saving lives craic

    Yeah , be great if we could save the world for nothing :rolleyes:


  • #1844
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    Am i i right in saying no deaths reported from Covid the last couple of days?


  • #1845
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Klonker wrote: »
    I know a lot of people who actually don't want to answer the phone to their parents anymore because the first thing they'll hear is did you see the numbers today or did you hear about this new variant resistant to the vaccines etc.
    Sweet Jesus. In case anyone was somehow still under the illusion that there weren't people who really didn't give a f*ck about the older generation...


  • #1846
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    Am i i right in saying no deaths reported from Covid the last couple of days?
    I think so, but will give it another few days for the HSE website hack stuff to right itself. Though the case numbers were definitely low and the more vulnerable vaccinated, so multiple days without deaths are to be expected around now anyway :)


  • #1847
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,624 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    Goldengirl wrote: »
    Yeah , be great if we could save the world for nothing :rolleyes:

    Haha, save the world

    The world wasn’t ending at any stage because of covid :pac:


  • #1848
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    The UK variant was concerning . The Brazil variant was concerning ,the South African variant was concerning . The Danish mink were concerning
    We survived them all without a vaccine and with a vaccine will survive the Indian one .
    The negativity is seriously draining at this stage to be honest . RTE thrive on it for some inexplicable reason
    You forgot "Covid was concerning."


  • #1849
    klose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,190 ✭✭✭✭klose


    That dark cloud comment by hoolahan is complete scaremongering fcuking hell.


  • #1850
    podgeandrodge
    Site Banned Posts: 5,975 ✭✭✭podgeandrodge


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    The UK variant was concerning . The Brazil variant was concerning ,the South African variant was concerning . The Danish mink were concerning
    We survived them all without a vaccine and with a vaccine will survive the Indian one .
    The negativity is seriously draining at this stage to be honest . RTE thrive on it for some inexplicable reason

    But he's "genuinely" concerned today. So all the previous was lies!


  • #1851
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    But he's "genuinely" concerned today. So all the previous was lies!

    Ah yes ! So he is !


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  • #1852
    CIARAN_BOYLE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,599 ✭✭✭✭CIARAN_BOYLE


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    The UK variant was concerning . The Brazil variant was concerning ,the South African variant was concerning . The Danish mink were concerning
    We survived them all without a vaccine and with a vaccine will survive the Indian one .
    The negativity is seriously draining at this stage to be honest . RTE thrive on it for some inexplicable reason

    Where is the prevalence of this Indian variant high? Add those countries to our mandatory hotel quarantine list.

    That's the step when concerned. Don't just talk about concern.


  • #1853
    harr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,512 ✭✭✭harr


    A lot of older people don’t read beyond a headline and watch RTÉ exclusively for news so what a lot are hearing is scaremongering .
    A lot of older people were nearly locked up for a year and only getting back to some normality now .. so when they hear a Doctor say “ a black cloud on the Horizon “ it frightens them.
    Not everyone has the capability of going looking for facts and figures in the appropriate place and only have George Lee to listen to.


  • #1854
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    podgeandrodge wrote: »
    But he's "genuinely" concerned today. So all the previous was lies!
    He's thrown Genuinely in to it id say he's serious this time.


  • #1855
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,158 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1395812031379431434


  • #1856
    Goldengirl
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    FintanMcluskey wrote: »
    Haha, save the world

    The world wasn’t ending at any stage because of covid :pac:

    Maybe not but without a vaccine we were n't exactly thriving .

    Anyway do you work for nothing , and if you had a great product would you be getting all altruistic on us and giving it away for diddley squat?
    I seem to remember you talking a lot last year about the economy and markets ?


  • #1857
    FintanMcluskey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,624 ✭✭✭FintanMcluskey


    Goldengirl wrote: »
    Maybe not but without a vaccine we were n't exactly thriving .

    Anyway do you work for nothing , and if you had a great product would you be getting all altruistic on us and giving it away for diddley squat?
    I seem to remember you talking a lot last year about the economy and markets ?

    No of course I wouldn’t, and I never said otherwise

    If anything, you are now supporting the point I made all along, without vast sums of money there is no healthcare

    Yourself and a few others forgot that along the way, I just like to remind you every now and again

    Sometimes, virtue signalling alone won’t cut the mustard


  • #1858
    PmMeUrDogs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭PmMeUrDogs


    Eod100 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1395812031379431434

    Gutted by this.

    Was really, really hoping to see family in the UK in July. I can't get enough time off to self isolate and apparently being fully vaccinated doesn't exclude me from having to isolate and do a negative test


  • #1859
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    iamwhoiam wrote: »
    The UK variant was concerning . The Brazil variant was concerning ,the South African variant was concerning . The Danish mink were concerning
    We survived them all without a vaccine and with a vaccine will survive the Indian one .
    The negativity is seriously draining at this stage to be honest . RTE thrive on it for some inexplicable reason

    I had forgotten about the Danish mink.... That was gonna end us all for sure


  • #1860
    Polar101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭Polar101


    harr wrote: »
    A lot of older people don’t read beyond a headline and watch RTÉ exclusively for news so what a lot are hearing is scaremongering .

    I think that's ridiculous. If someone is scared by RTE or the news, they shouldn't watch it. Or maybe someone can start a news channel that only sugarcoats stories, so people won't get worried. These aren't the best of times, so a lot of the news isn't going to be good. But there's no need for news to be condescending.

    "Some bombs landed on Gaza, but it was a lovely, sunny day out there."


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  • #1861
    JP Liz V1
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    https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1395820677178007556
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