Red Silurian wrote: » Hospital cases up today 47 in hospital today up 12 from yesterday 15 in ICU up 2 on yesterday's figures I know most hospitals don't release people from hospitals on weekends so tomorrow and Tuesdays figures will show a more accurate picture
Nozebleed wrote: » do you want this to be the new way of living? it aint gona happen.
Ficheall wrote: » I thought people wanted to take antigen tests so they could go to the pub/whatever like in other countries in Europe?
Nozebleed wrote: » so if i wake up in the morning with a sniffle..i should take an antigen test to see if its safe to go for a pint or shopping? are you serious? do you want this to be the new way of living? it aint gona happen.
alibab wrote: » Residential and nursing home staff are still being tested every 2 weeks that is and will be ongoing . Also if anyone is worried about there runny nose they don’t have to make a song and dance about it now . Plenty of walk in centers if people want to put there mind at rest etc and all you need is ID . Also antigen tests if done right work very well so if you wake up with a head cold and want to head out that evening a antigen test will give a result . All other countries are using them and when I used it on my son it was instantly positive the pcr then confirmed
Nozebleed wrote: » completely agree. id love to know who exactly is getting tested. the most vulnerable are fully vaccinated,no reason for them to be tested. the 50 year olds are more or less there too. 40 year olds have a single dose at this stage. im nt sure why they'd bother being tested..so is NEPHET saying all the 20-30 year olds are queueing up for tests? i doubt it because they're all out having pints in town without fear..and rightly so. the fear mongering has gone beyond ridiculous at this point. open up the country.
beaz2018 wrote: » Runny nose? Quick, run and get tested. What a complete farce we have become.
beaz2018 wrote: » Our testing strategy has been such a success. We havent been the most restricted country for such a prolonged period, we havent killed thousands through nursing homes and hospital infections. Quick, get that 2 year old a test for that runny nose, he might kill someone.
WoollyRedHat wrote: » I have a bad headache and a runny nose, anyone else have these symptoms and test positive for Covid recently?
Ficheall wrote: » Those are the delta variant symptoms (plus sore throat). Would suggest isolating and getting tested asap.
alibab wrote: » Seems he was very very unlucky. But he still caught it , for balance my older 17 year old unvaccinated son living in the same house is negative still and I also thankfully remain negative but I am fully vaccinated, we are lucky in that have space to isolate from each other including separate bathrooms but I did expect my older unvaccinated teenager to become positive
TefalBrain wrote: » Seems he was unlucky. Get well soon
Tenger wrote: » Exactly. No point comparing to the Alpha variant when the current worry is Delta. Ireland mostly stamped out the original virus last year, then the Alpha variant arrived in droves at Xmas. Funny how he leaves out any of the UK studies showing that the Delta variant seems to be more transmissible but doesnt seem to be any more deadly. Edit; as I used the wrong term for the Kent variant
So far, just over 3% of the adult population have been fully vaccinated and about 25% of Australians have received a first dose. Government critics have argued that cities will not need to endure lockdowns again if a majority of the population is vaccinated.
The Australian city of Sydney has gone into a two-week lockdown after a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. More than one million people in central and eastern suburbs were already under restrictions imposed on Friday following a jump in cases. The lockdown now covers the whole city and some surrounding areas, and is extended from one week to two. More than 80 cases of the highly infectious Delta variant were confirmed in the city in recent days. "When you have a contagious variant, like the Delta virus, a three-day lockdown doesn't work - if we're going to do this we need to do it properly," she said. "We do need to brace ourselves for a potentially large number of cases in the following days." The outbreak of new infections emerged a week ago in Bondi, the famous beach suburb, and spread first into the city centre and then to its western fringes. It has been linked to a driver who transported international arrivals from the airport. State Health Minister Brad Hazzard described the Delta variant - which first emerged in India - as a "very formidable foe". "No matter what defensive steps we're taking at the moment, the virus seems to understand how to counter-attack," he said.
The cluster began last week when a Sydney airport limousine driver tested positive. He was not vaccinated and is suspected to have been infected while transporting a foreign air crew.
beaz2018 wrote: » Doesn’t matter. The 30% number has been planted by RTÉ and that has stuck. It’s more dangerous.
StupidLikeAFox wrote: » https://twitter.com/KarlBrophy/status/1408732275186049028?s=19 Not sure if it's been posted yet - sorry in advance if it has!
Micky 32 wrote: » And they were all asymptomatic. Vaccines work.
