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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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  • #2192
    corkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,394 ✭✭✭corkie


    @Wolf359f

    I updated my post with

    Updated COVID-19 case numbers for 15-26 May 2021
    ^^^ Cases where under reported in most days.

    ⓘ "At some point something inside me just clicked and I realized that I didn't have to deal with anyone's bullshit ever again."
    » “mundus sine caesaribus” «



  • #2193
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,443 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    To note updated case numbers are now available following further validation

    https://twitter.com/roinnslainte/status/1397593961246732294?s=19


  • #2194
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,855 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    corkie wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/roinnslainte/status/1397589213474926593

    As of midnight, Tuesday 25 May, we are reporting
    448* confirmed cases of #COVID19.

    41 in ICU. 99 in hospital.

    *Daily case numbers may change due to future data review, validation and update.



    Updated COVID-19 case numbers for 15-26 May 2021
    ^^^ Cases where under reported in most days.

    Why are the cases not under 200 by this stage, why are we still over 400 cases?

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • #2195
    Cork2021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭Cork2021


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Why are the cases not under 200 by this stage, why are we still over 400 cases?

    Because we’ve all been licking the faces off each other haha,
    Majority of cases are in people under 45. It’s the younger generation going back out and socialising and FairPlay to them!


  • #2196
    Cork2021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭Cork2021


    Just on about licking faces there,
    The amount of riding that’s going to go on once this over is over durex will have rubber shortages!


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  • #2197
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,248 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Hospital cases under 100 , great news !


  • #2198
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,277 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    I have an idea.

    Weekly poll on lockdown, open to the unvaccinated. They're the stakeholders here, right? The ones we're protecting?

    Register through the vaccine portal. Vote online or by SMS.

    Voting options:
    1. I grant my vote to Tony to use as he sees fit.
    2. Keep the status quo
    3. Open a bit faster please.
    4. Open everything, all health measures advisory.


  • #2199
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Why are the cases not under 200 by this stage, why are we still over 400 cases?

    We've opened up loads of things and people have started interacting much more.


  • #2200
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Think that's the most positive George Lee has been on the news in ages

    I'm getting worried about him lol


  • #2201
    kleiner feigling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭kleiner feigling


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Why are the cases not under 200 by this stage, why are we still over 400 cases?

    Because asymptomatic people keep getting tested. Doesn't mean there are 400 additional sick people every day.


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  • #2202
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,168 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    Amirani wrote: »
    We've opened up loads of things and people have started interacting much more.

    Indeed.

    Some elderly lady came up to me on the way back to my car to have a look at my dog after our walk on the beach. Had a nice little chat about how she loves dogs.

    Was definitely a noticeable increase in elderly people out and about too, which is fantastic to see.


  • #2203
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,277 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    kleiner feigling wrote: »
    Because asymptomatic people keep getting tested. Doesn't mean there are 400 additional sick people every day.

    The hospital admissions stats are fairly static and have been for some time, so I think you need to provide evidence that people aren't getting sick as it's not the most plausible explanation.


  • #2204
    Cork2021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭Cork2021


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    Think that's the most positive George Lee has been on the news in ages

    I'm getting worried about him lol

    He smiled and kept smiling, no bad news at all. His been to the doctor


  • #2205
    drkpower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,475 ✭✭✭drkpower


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Why are the cases not under 200 by this stage, why are we still over 400 cases?

    Because PCR @ 45 cycles picks up such minute amounts of virus, including from people long recovered. The hospital admissions is the only data worth looking at.


  • #2206
    PmMeUrDogs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭PmMeUrDogs


    bodhrandude wrote: »
    Why are the cases not under 200 by this stage, why are we still over 400 cases?

    Kent variant is more infectious and is our dominant strain I believe.

    More young people out socializing.

    More things open.

    We're allowed meet outdoors. Vaccinated can meet one unvaccinated indoors.

    Most age cohorts don't care anymore because either they're vaccinated or at little risk.

    Walk in testing is finding asymptomatic cases - which is GOOD because then they're not spreading it.

    Schools and creches obviously have some spread among children.


  • #2207
    Timmy O Toole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭Timmy O Toole


    Says it as it is. Unelected NEPHET calling the shots and refuse to answer any questions. A great man is Michael

    https://twitter.com/MlMcNamaraTD/status/1397615099154685955?s=19


  • #2208
    Wolf359f
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,399 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    drkpower wrote: »
    Because PCR @ 45 cycles picks up such minute amounts of virus, including from people long recovered. The hospital admissions is the only data worth looking at.
    Most, if not all results from a high CT count will not make a case number. They get retested again and there are guidelines there to prevent occurrences you mentioned.
    The high CT spiel has been repeated on here ad nauseum and disproven time and again.
    Even just quoting the CT as 45 means jack**** as every lab/machine/assays will vary.


  • #2209
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,240 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Timmy O Toole wrote: »
    Says it as it is. Unelected NEPHET calling the shots and refuse to answer any questions. A great man is Michael

    https://twitter.com/MlMcNamaraTD/status/1397615099154685955?s=19

    Very true


  • #2210
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,153 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/1397620334061395972?s=19


  • #2211
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,153 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Timmy O Toole wrote: »
    Says it as it is. Unelected NEPHET calling the shots and refuse to answer any questions. A great man is Michael

    https://twitter.com/MlMcNamaraTD/status/1397615099154685955?s=19

    Not sure significance of unelected here. Should only elected politicians be in charge of response to a global pandemic? Or should NPHET members be elected? Always hear the mantra that NPHET advise and government decide anyway so not sure also


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  • #2212
    Timmy O Toole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭Timmy O Toole


    This is why we are so slow to open international travel, even to vaccinated people. Nothing to do with science.






  • #2213
    Wolf359f
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,399 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    Eod100 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/1397620334061395972?s=19

    Interesting that J&J got in touch with the scientists for more information on how to tweak their vaccine. AZ/Oxford haven't been in touch yet.


  • #2214
    Dank Janniels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 685 ✭✭✭Dank Janniels


    What's that McNamara fella's plan for the virus? How is he helping his constituents? Hes all the time ranting and giving out about lockdown but what exactly would he do if he was in charge.
    Most of them rural Independents are the same, all outraged at NEPHET and the Government but no viable alternative on how to deal with it. Mattie McGrath comparing lockdown to Nazi Germany. Michael Fitzmaurice fighting for rural Ireland day and night and has played no role in the relief effort since the 1st outbreak.

    I'd say the next crisis that comes our way we should let them be in charge and see how they fare out!


  • #2215
    Timmy O Toole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭Timmy O Toole


    Dank Janniels wrote: »
    What's that McNamara fella's plan for the virus? How is he helping his constituents? Hes all the time ranting and giving out about lockdown but what exactly would he do if he was in charge.
    Most of them rural Independents are the same, all outraged at NEPHET and the Government but no viable alternative on how to deal with it. Mattie McGrath comparing lockdown to Nazi Germany. Michael Fitzmaurice fighting for rural Ireland day and night and has played no role in the relief effort since the 1st outbreak.

    I'd say the next crisis that comes our way we should let them be in charge and see how they fare out!

    The next crisis is how to pay back the billions upon billions we've borrowed to lockdown. We are in for decades of misery


  • #2216
    Eod100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,153 ✭✭✭✭Eod100


    Timmy O Toole wrote: »
    The next crisis is how to pay back the billions upon billions we've borrowed to lockdown. We are in for decades of misery

    What was the alternative? Sweden's economy didn't fare much better.


  • #2217
    Timmy O Toole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭Timmy O Toole


    Eod100 wrote: »
    What was the alternative? Sweden's economy didn't fare much better.

    Ireland has borrowed more per capita than any other country in the world, never mind Sweden

    We have the youngest population in Europe, yet the longest and harshest lockdown in Europe.


  • #2218
    speckle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭speckle


    Just thinking lateraly here..maybe we should have a lock in pub wise...you choose your pub for the night...be there by 8pm and you get to stay til closing...you can leave earlier even after 15 minutes if you choose...would probably work better down the country though...the city pubs could keep there bord failte...land of the many welcomes rules...potentially limits potential number of contacts and it is kind of an Irish like solution :D


  • #2219
    Wolf359f
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,399 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    Timmy O Toole wrote: »
    Ireland has borrowed more per capita than any other country in the world, never mind Sweden

    We have the youngest population in Europe, yet the longest and harshest lockdown in Europe.

    I'd be more interested in borrowing compared to GDP/GNP, not per capita. How have we faired on that for pandemic borrowing? Throw into the mix some countries GDP has dropped more than others, some have even increased during the pandemic.


  • #2220
    Timmy O Toole
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭Timmy O Toole


    Wolf359f wrote: »
    I'd be more interested in borrowing compared to GDP/GNP, not per capita. How have we faired on that for pandemic borrowing? Throw into the mix some countries GDP has dropped more than others, some have even increased during the pandemic.

    Per capita is the only one relevant here. Our GDP is massively inflated by multinational tech companies using Ireland as an address. You know this though.


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  • #2221
    normanoffside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,229 ✭✭✭✭normanoffside


    Timmy O Toole wrote: »
    Says it as it is. Unelected NEPHET calling the shots and refuse to answer any questions. A great man is Michael

    https://twitter.com/MlMcNamaraTD/status/1397615099154685955?s=19

    With several FF TDs now calling for NPHET to be disbanded, I think their time is up.


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