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lulu1

Just read that the St Patricks day parade is cancelled in Letterkenny.

Im wondering will any other events be cancelled

Have tickets for highland radio 30th birthday bash on 18th

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Tyrone212

Millbrea surgery in Stranorlar is offering Pfizer vaccines next Thursday to anyone who is 25+ and is registered to that practice.

On their Facebook page there's a portal to book. If you're not registered as a patient at that practice they will turn you away. No point chancing your arm if you're not.

muffler

Got a text earlier to say I will get my second dose of AZ next Thursday which will be exactly 9 weeks since getting the first. Cant wait!

Only little downside is the AZ vaccine provides the least protection out of all the available vaccines.

CastorTroy

It's 2 or 4 weeks after the second dose that you're classed as fully vaccinated?

I should hopefully get the text for my 2nd appointment for Moderna next weekend

muffler

2 weeks as far as I know.

CastorTroy

Noticed some places serving food/drink in like tents or whatever and they look to be enclosed. I know they're outside the premises but how come they're allowed? Or is this like how when the smoking ban came in pubs just had smoking areas that had the minimum amount of open air?
I'm happy businesses have found a way to open and keep busy but just curious if it's a loophole or I'm just missing something.

redt0m

Donegal apparently has highest incidence rate of cases in country again. Not surprised if Brewery at weekend was anything to go by. Met up with a couple of work crowd for someone leaving, thought it was going to be all masked and socially distanced, etc. It was packed to the rafters in the beer garden area out the back, not a mask in sight, just like any other chaotic crowd on a night out before all this carry on started, including stupid moronic fighting out the front too. Felt uncomfortable and left soon as I could.

lc180

redt0m wrote: »

Felt uncomfortable and left soon as I could.

I saw a video from the Bewery last week and it looked waaaaay too hectic for my liking. I'm meeting someone later for a quick catch-up. Did you find somewhere in town that wasn't mad busy?

ednwireland

redt0m wrote: »

Donegal apparently has highest incidence rate of cases in country again. Not surprised if Brewery at weekend was anything to go by. Met up with a couple of work crowd for someone leaving, thought it was going to be all masked and socially distanced, etc. It was packed to the rafters in the beer garden area out the back, not a mask in sight, just like any other chaotic crowd on a night out before all this carry on started, including stupid moronic fighting out the front too. Felt uncomfortable and left soon as I could.

still about half what it was in may though !

Tyrone212

Figures today show Letterkenny has the highest positivity return rate per test at 11%.

Donegal Storm

redt0m wrote: »

Donegal apparently has highest incidence rate of cases in country again. Not surprised if Brewery at weekend was anything to go by. Met up with a couple of work crowd for someone leaving, thought it was going to be all masked and socially distanced, etc. It was packed to the rafters in the beer garden area out the back, not a mask in sight, just like any other chaotic crowd on a night out before all this carry on started, including stupid moronic fighting out the front too. Felt uncomfortable and left soon as I could.

Same story at The Orchard, was there all Saturday evening and 'table service only' quickly turned into ordering at the bar with everyone crammed together queueing and mostly maskless.

We booked a table in advance but more and more people showed up as the evening went on and were crammed in anywhere with an inch of space

Furze99

Hear that Covid cases have risen again in North Donegal - two weeks after the bused protest to Dublin. Who knows if there is a strong link but it seems likely at least to be a contributory factor.

timmyntc

Furze99 wrote: »

Hear that Covid cases have risen again in North Donegal - two weeks after the bused protest to Dublin. Who knows if there is a strong link but it seems likely at least to be a contributory factor.

Far more likely that "delta variant" and northern pubs being fully open are more of a factor than the protest.

Also average time from infection to symptoms is much less than 2 weeks, we would have seen the impact much sooner (if there was one)

[Deleted User]

If it is mainly coming from people hopping over the border to have indoor food and pints that makes the decision to hold off on that here sound like a better decision.

muffler

All 3 posts above moved from Mica thread to here. No idea why they were posted there

NIMAN

muffler wrote: »

All 3 posts above moved from Mica thread to here. No idea why they were posted there

To vilify the protesters?

Tyrone212

timmyntc wrote: »

Far more likely that "delta variant" and northern pubs being fully open are more of a factor than the protest.

Also average time from infection to symptoms is much less than 2 weeks, we would have seen the impact much sooner (if there was one)

I support the protests obviously but it takes a while for cases to seed and spread, two weeks after it would be spot on regarding that. Would just be small increases before that so it could go unnoticed. 4/5 hours on packed buses up and down would be easy to spread. RTE news showed a bus packed, barely anyone wearing a mask and a woman singing with a guitar on the day of the protest which had left from Donegal. Wouldn't be hard for it to spread in that scenario.

The North being open and delta being more widespread there obviously has an impact but you can't discount the protests as having a detrimental impact as well just because we support the cause. Its not blaming anyone either, its just a reality.

ednwireland

electoral area data backup on https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/

SW Donegal 49.1 per 100k
Glenties 87.8 per 100k
milford 116.2 per 100k
lifford stanolar 189.3 per 100k
letterkenny 231.6 per 100k
carndonagh 489.3 per 100k
buncrana 608.1 per 100k

babybuilder

ednwireland wrote: »

electoral area data backup on https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/

SW Donegal 49.1 per 100k
Glenties 87.8 per 100k
milford 116.2 per 100k
lifford stanolar 189.3 per 100k
letterkenny 231.6 per 100k
carndonagh 489.3 per 100k
buncrana 608.1 per 100k

The mica trip to Dublin must be a contributing factor to these numbers not withstanding the cross border element. I'd say over two thirds of the attendees outside the Dept of an Taoiseach building had no masks on by the end of the event. Add in the good old sing song.

malinheader

babybuilder wrote: »

The mica trip to Dublin must be a contributing factor to these numbers not withstanding the cross border element. I'd say over two thirds of the attendees outside the Dept of an Taoiseach building had no masks on by the end of the event. Add in the good old sing song.

Just think if some of the politicians and even our own local agriculture minister had come to meet the people properly and listen to them seriously and really fight for them in Dublin there would of been no need for a March.

babybuilder

malinheader wrote: »

Just think if some of the politicians and even our own local agriculture minister had come to meet the people properly and listen to them seriously and really fight for them in Dublin there would of been no need for a March.

Absolutely. Just pointing out the obvious. I was there myself. I didn't take my mask off and tried to keep my distance. Unfortunately while distance etiquette couldn't be maintained people should have kept their masks on.

muffler

It might be safe to post here again

CastorTroy

Yep, I got my second jab on Tuesday so they were able to reopen the site to me again

lulu1

Neighbours both got their second jab 2 weeks ago tested positive for covid after been in contact with their son who had it

Moragle

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616106#Comment_117616106

Most of the vaccines bar Pfizer take 14 days to give you immunity, 7 days for Pfizer. So you're still at risk until the 14 days pass

kathleen37

Yes, it's unfortunate. But the fact they have had their vaccines should hopefully protect them from reacting very badly and ending up in hospital.

Nollog

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117616106#Comment_117616106

Did they have bad symptoms?

I've had one vaccination so far myself.

lulu1

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117618785#Comment_117618785

No very mild symptoms

Nollog

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117619399#Comment_117619399

The vaccine worked great for them then.

Tyrone212

North Inishowen now has the highest Covid 19 incidence rate in the country at almost 2,000 cases per 100,000 people.

South Inishowen is the second highest with a rate of just over 1,200.

muffler

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117648666#Comment_117648666

and did I read that Donegal has the highest incidence rate?