If in doubt - get tested!

What if you had Covid symptons?

At the very least, whatever about a full PCR test, if people have symptoms at all, they should get an over the counter antigen test.

I probably still wouldn’t get tested. I’d just stay at home like I normally would with any other illness. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve went for a test three times in the past, but I’m recovered and vaccinated now, all of my friends/family are vaccinated. Everyone is vaccinated. Time to move on. If someone wanted to meet me for a coffee or whatever outdoors I’d have no problem doing so, as long as I felt up for it and they were okay with me having symptoms. Likewise I would have no problem with meeting someone who had symptoms as long as it was outdoors. Obviously in the past I would never have done this, but the situation is different now.

I agree, I had sore throat and head ache last week. Rang sick into work and went for test. I am fully vaccinated but I don't know everyone's circumstances that I work with. They might have family who are vulnerable or not vaccinated. I certainly work with one guy with very sick children who aren't vaxed yet. I am completely aware of the fact that a lot of others wouldn't have bothered...but that's my moral standard for myself. BTW I don't get paid while I'm out sick.

I predict that we will be under 1,000 a day within in the next week.

yes, again, vaccines have indeed been and continue to be, extremely effective, as your data shows, and as does irelands data also show, but the reality is, theres still deep unknowns with this thing. we still dont truly know how its going to cope with further mutations, this isnt over yet, and the fact we re heading into that time of year again.....

wiping out his electorate.

They're €7 in Apple Green garages

Genuine question, if someone in your family had the cold or flu, and you had no symptoms, would you self isolate and take sick leave from work? Or would you go about your daily life as normal?

Everyone is vaccinated. Covid is of no threat to the vast majority of the population. Its time to stop hiding under our beds and get back to living like normal. Covid is going no where.

I have just scanned that doc. I would suggest you are over simplifying the findings.

As I said previously, if asymptomatic people posed such little risk, the numbers would not blow up like they have done in the past and the whole control mechanism introduced would make no sense.

I'd suggest the 0.7 percent relates to the risk of infecting any given household contact.

If there were 7 people in the house, that's a 1 in 25 chance of passing it to someone while showing no symptoms.

A symptomatic spouse was something like 30 percent likely to pass it on. I didn't see the figure for asymptomatic spouse but I imagine it would be higher than 0.7 percent. The report also said that older are more susceptible so that percentage would increase there again and add in higher than normal household contacts and the figures will increase again.

If 3 kids come in from school with asymp. Covid, 0.7 percent would suggest an 8.5 percent chance of one of them giving it to someone in the house. That's danger territory.

That was a quick tot up while half asleep but something like this:

House of 7 with 3 kids coming in asym.

4 remaining susceptible people.

Each kid has a 0.7 percent chance of giving it to each remaining susceptible person.

So each kid has a 2.8 percent chance of giving it to someone in the house.

3 kids so 3 x 2.8 is 8.4 percent chance of some kid giving it to some one person in the house.

May not be entirely 100 percent correct but that's where I got it from.