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

TheDoctor wrote: »

Funnily enough last year we went from 105 to 75 cases in hospital on June 10th.
Great date for a drop in numbers.

59 is some number.

Remember when it was north of 2,000 in Jan

Still can’t get over the rate it’s dropping has kept up, really expected it to slow with smaller numbers. Obviously people do longer stints in ICU so that number drops slower, but we’re not far off ICU being more than general hospital inpatients. Add in the news of St James today and it’s very very positive.

Ficheall wrote: »

You couldn't show the auld calculations there, could ya?

With 113,064 hospital admissions in the UK in January if you take the June average so far (1st to 6th is available on gov.uk) of a 2.85% hospitalisation rate to cases it equals 3.9 million new cases needed to get to that January number of hospital admissions.

Over a month that’s about 130,000 cases per day, the daily average in January was about 43,000.

I don’t see why that rate would increase now, it’s been on a downtrend since January, which makes sense because the older are vaccinated and the younger generally don’t need hospital care when they get the virus.

If that rate starts to increase then obviously it is concerning, but there are plenty of cases now and it hasn’t increased so signs are very promising. It looks like the hospitals are safe and the “freedom day” can go ahead, people can do their own risk assessment, they can sit in their home until they get both doses or they can choose not to because it shouldn’t effect the hospitals.

They’ll probably leave the decision until end of next week to see where that rate is at. If it’s still hovering around 2-3% all systems are go I would think.

Edit: just seen the announcement is Monday

All figures https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

With 113,064 hospital admissions in the UK in January if you take the June average so far (1st to 6th is available on gov.uk) of a 2.85% hospitalisation rate to cases it equals 3.9 million new cases needed to get to that January number of hospital admissions.

Over a month that’s about 130,000 cases per day, the daily average in January was about 43,000.

I don’t see why that rate would increase now, it’s been on a downtrend since January, which makes sense because the older are vaccinated and the younger generally don’t need hospital care when they get the virus.

If that rate starts to increase then obviously it is concerning, but there are plenty of cases now and it hasn’t increased so signs are very promising. It looks like the hospitals are safe and the “freedom day” can go ahead, people can do their own risk assessment, they can sit in their home until they get both doses or they can choose not to because it shouldn’t effect the hospitals.

They’ll probably leave the decision until end of next week to see where that rate is at. If it’s still hovering around 2-3% all systems are go I would think.

Edit: just seen the announcement is Monday

All figures https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

Ah, sorry - thought you were talking about Ireland. Thanks for taking the time anyway!

First Up wrote: »

It sounds like you would prefer the bus driver was blind and had no licence but kept the passengers cheered up with a sing song .

I know which bus I'd take.

I just want the ****er to stop and let us off the bus.

Stormyteacup wrote:

I’d like an option where the bus driver is qualified but just drives the bus to a destination and schedule not mostly decided by him.

We all want to get to the destination but the schedule (and route) is decided by the virus. People blocking the road by acting the eejit just causes delays and detours.

Maybe Holohan is right https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/543484341/stop-using-innova-sars-cov-2-antigen-rapid-qualitative-test-fda-safety-communication.

A Dáil committee took advice this week from "an international authority on antigen testing" Dr Michael Mina. He disputed CMO's view. Within 24 hours of his testimony FDA issued a warning letter about this device!

Eod100 wrote: »

More good trends https://twitter.com/paulreiddublin/status/1403277721837387778?s=19

June 10 2020: 10 Confirmed cases, 75 in hospital, 29 ICU
June 10 2021: 398 Confirmed cases, 59 in hospital, 23 ICU

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Are we still in a Level at the moment, or have the levels been abandoned?

Completely abandoned.

Stheno wrote: »

That's one test that is not even FDA approved?

There are many different versions of these tests that are FDA or in our case ECDC approved

That one test is the one the UK have spent billions on.
It wasn't approved by the FDA because they found it didn't reach their required sensitivity of 80% for approval.

When you look at the literature of the tests that have approval, they have been tested on people with covid symptoms suspected as having the disease in controlled environments. There is very little and poor evidence for self testing at home. These findings are often from statistical models rather than real life findings.

Cases and hospitalisations are rising in the UK. Its putting their 21st of June reopening in jeopardy. Even though these tests are so widely available.

It's the restrictions and vaccine rollout that keep cases and hospitalisations down, not antigen tests.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.eu/article/uk-rapid-coronavirus-community-test/amp/

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-57417802

Silentcorner wrote: »

They were abandoned as quick as they were rolled out...

Remember level 3 and a half!!!

No metrics were issued that would guide the progress from one level to the next.

The thing was torn up a few weeks into it...pathetic.

The level we are at is a few months behind the rest of Europe

Continuing as Europe’s most suppressed

Not a title nPHEt plan to relinquish anytime soon

It’s hard not to feel like they are taking the biscuit here now with this nonsense. You learn absolutely nothing from what they’ve done there.


https://twitter.com/tommy20times/status/1403283350928887809?s=21

https://twitter.com/fremansolutions/status/1376165323456528387?s=21

Limerick @ 4x the national average, and 2.6x the next on the list, Donegal. 60x more than Sligo
https://twitter.com/andrewflood/status/1403349170740662279?s=20


So.... They've taken the targeted approach to close their vaccination centre tomorrow to host a race meet.

https://twitter.com/Independent_ie/status/1403347552628523016?s=20

TefalBrain wrote: »

They look like they are getting desperate now.

Yesterday's news of zero patients in Saint James's with Covid also would have hit RTE bad here. I wonder if they know the scare game is up?

Today they are leading with the 8 hospitals without COVID patients!