Coronavirus Pandemic Information- Local and Worldwide

yosemitesam1 · 25-04-2021 10:39am

Deleted User wrote: »

No masks in shops, owners included.

Outside was outside cheek by jowl drinking in large groups, as close as in a packed pub before covid.

Haven't seen anyone not wearing a mask in a shop in 6 months+ .
Interesting that texas and some of the other states who've given up on mandatory masks havent seen any increases compared to states keeping on their masks

wrangler · 25-04-2021 10:39am

Deleted User wrote: »

No masks in shops, owners included.

Outside was outside cheek by jowl drinking in large groups, as close as in a packed pub before covid.

Galway Bay fm have a video of some beach on their facebook page and the people couldn't stand much closer......... why would anyone bother

https://fb.watch/54YtIG7tm9/

25-04-2021 10:42am

wrangler wrote: »

Galway Bay fm have a video of some beach on their facebook page and the people couldn't stand much closer......... why would anyone bother

https://fb.watch/54YtIG7tm9/

I saw that, I wasn't there but saw large tight groups elsewhere.

yosemitesam1 · 25-04-2021 10:47am

wrangler wrote: »

Galway Bay fm have a video of some beach on their facebook page and the people couldn't stand much closer......... why would anyone bother

https://fb.watch/54YtIG7tm9/

Covid is dropping the whole time in the population anyway, despite the likes of this and positives staying high.
We're doing about 120k tests a week for the last few weeks. This time last year we were lucky to be hitting 20k and that was focused entirely on nursing homes/hospitals.

Shadow Dancer · 25-04-2021 10:51am

wrangler wrote: »

Galway Bay fm have a video of some beach on their facebook page and the people couldn't stand much closer......... why would anyone bother

https://fb.watch/54YtIG7tm9/

Yeah. It was fantastic to see people out enjoying life. Huge protests in London yesterday. I can't wait for the protests here!
#no vaccine passports

Shadow Dancer · 25-04-2021 10:52am

_Brian wrote: »

Some disaster in India lads. They’d appeared to be getting bye using ivormectin but they have a massive problem now.
Sobering to see how out of control it can get.

That's mad.
Have they started rolling out the vaccines there???

wrangler · 25-04-2021 11:00am

Shadow Dancer wrote: »

That's mad.
Have they started rolling out the vaccines there???

I think so, that's part of the problem, they're so overrun that they can't work it out. The health care workers are being revaccinated so it's not working.
There's supposed to be 50% of the population vaccinated,

Gillespy · 25-04-2021 11:00am

America's refusal to help India with vaccine raw materials would be the main story a year ago. Like the kids in cages, not a beep out of the good and greats now regarding that anymore either.

wrangler · 25-04-2021 11:02am

Gillespy wrote: »

America's refusal to help India with vaccine raw materials would be the main story a year ago. Like the kids in cages, not a beep out of the good and greats now regarding that anymore either.

Charity begins at home, countries have to look after their own people first

Neddyusa · 25-04-2021 11:35am

wrangler wrote: »

I think so, that's part of the problem, they're so overrun that they can't work it out. The health care workers are being revaccinated so it's not working.
There's supposed to be 50% of the population vaccinated,

The problems in India don't relate to coronaviruses. Over three hundred million people starving/malnourished in that county and that's been the case for many years

Nekarsulm · 25-04-2021 11:55am

Neddyusa wrote: »

The problems in India don't relate to coronaviruses. Over three hundred million people starving/malnourished in that county and that's been the case for many years

True, and the religious practice of open air cremation of the dead on wood fires will need to end.
I saw a news report showing new mass cremation sites being opened, at least 20 bodies in a small area being burned on small bundles of sticks and smoke everywhere.

Remember Foot&Mouth in the UK?

They brought the army in, and they immediately began excavating mass burial pits, because the funeral pyres that had been in use were found to be the source of fresh infections downwind of the smoke plume.

wrangler · 25-04-2021 1:36pm

Neddyusa wrote: »

The problems in India don't relate to coronaviruses. Over three hundred million people starving/malnourished in that county and that's been the case for many years

Did you not see the news, a death from covid every four minutes and hundreds of people being treated with oxygen in their cars and on the streets.
Granted it's not as big a problem as malnutrition and hunger but it is still a big problem.
A month ago they were out celebrating the end of covid like those in Galway.

Neddyusa · 25-04-2021 1:55pm

wrangler wrote: »

Did you not see the news, a death from covid every four minutes and hundreds of people being treated with oxygen in their cars and on the streets.
Granted it's not as big a problem as malnutrition and hunger but it is still a big problem.
A month ago they were out celebrating the end of covid like those in Galway.

With 200 Million people starving - most of them children, a respiratory virus that affects rich overweight people is the least of their worries.

wrangler · 25-04-2021 2:13pm

Neddyusa wrote: »

With 200 Million people starving - most of them children, a respiratory virus that affects rich overweight people is the least of their worries.

How is it that those that can least afford it have the most children.... even in Ireland

patsy_mccabe · 25-04-2021 5:22pm

We are heading for another massive spike in cases. i was at a public gathering last week. Granted it was outside, but people were talking to each other up close. Over 20 people there and only one gobsh1te wearing a mask. Guess who that was?
I said it to one of the lads there later and his attitude was - "look, this is going to be around for years and we are all going to get it, so what's the point". This guy had a relative die from it.
I dunno. :mad:

_Brian · 25-04-2021 5:26pm

Neddyusa wrote: »

The problems in India don't relate to coronaviruses. Over three hundred million people starving/malnourished in that county and that's been the case for many years

OK

So the people turning up at hospitals with coronavirus wanting treatment but getting turned away because the hospitals are overrun with coronavirus patients is nothing to do with coronavirus.

Yea they have a serious social issue but it’s coronavirus that’s the tipping point.

patsy_mccabe · 25-04-2021 5:30pm

India has 462 people per km2. Australia has just 3 per km2.
The world population just can't keep growing. It's just not sustainable.

Nekarsulm · 25-04-2021 5:35pm

wrangler wrote: »

How is it that those that can least afford it have the most children.... even in Ireland

If you ever worked in Social Welfare ( unlikely, I admit!) you'd know the answer to this question...

_Brian · 25-04-2021 8:10pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

India has 462 people per km2. Australia has just 3 per km2.
The world population just can't keep growing. It's just not sustainable.

Projections are it will peak soon amd then start to decline, that was already on the cards pre covid.

jaymla627 · 26-04-2021 11:30am

Easily a 1000% increase in air traffic over us the last few days, hardly seen a plane the past year maybe 2-3 a day now it’s 2-3 in the sky anytime you look up in the sky

Morris Moss · 26-04-2021 12:53pm

jaymla627 wrote: »

Easily a 1000% increase in air traffic over us the last few days, hardly seen a plane the past year maybe 2-3 a day now it’s 2-3 in the sky anytime you look up in the sky

Yep noticed that myself today, the world moves on and we stay the same.

Water John · 29-04-2021 1:59pm

240K vaccinations next week, great. My target always was to get to around 250K per week. Delighted we're getting to that.
The opening up on May 10th is also good news. That's a bit earlier than I thought would happen.

_Brian · 29-04-2021 2:05pm

We’re finally making progress.

Vaccines rolling out at good pace and signs of things opening up again.

Evidence showing the effectiveness of vaccines to be very very high with negligible problems. Sooner we get J and J single shot going the better.

The lockdown was tough and expensive but looking to India and other places that lost containment it was more than worth it.

Nekarsulm · 29-04-2021 7:53pm

Yeah, booking system opening for the over 50's from next week.
That'll catch me, and not long ago I thought it'd be September before they got round to us..

Water John · 29-04-2021 7:57pm

Got notice for AZ next Thurs. I think, considering Wrangler's recent experience I'll be taking it very easy on Fri.
Nekar, you're only a garsun.

yosemitesam1 · 29-04-2021 8:03pm

_Brian wrote: »

We’re finally making progress.

Vaccines rolling out at good pace and signs of things opening up again.

Evidence showing the effectiveness of vaccines to be very very high with negligible problems. Sooner we get J and J single shot going the better.

The lockdown was tough and expensive but looking to India and other places that lost containment it was more than worth it.

We're an awful long way from the finish line, not even half ways there yet...

Water John · 29-04-2021 8:07pm

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

We're an awful long way from the finish line, not even half ways there yet...

It's like the 100m race. Athletes take the first half to get up to speed, then cover the second 50m much quicker.
I'm glad we didn't follow the Modi line in India.

yosemitesam1 · 29-04-2021 8:26pm

Water John wrote: »

It's like the 100m race. Athletes take the first half to get up to speed, then cover the second 50m much quicker.
I'm glad we didn't follow the Modi line in India.

Lol. That is a very optimistic view of what lies ahead of us. The real fun has yet to start

Dinzee Conlee · 29-04-2021 8:43pm

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

Lol. That is a very optimistic view of what lies ahead of us. The real fun has yet to start

How so?

Water John · 29-04-2021 8:45pm

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

How so?

Oh Dinzee, you do innocent, so well.

Base price · 29-04-2021 10:20pm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Yeah, booking system opening for the over 50's from next week.
That'll catch me, and not long ago I thought it'd be September before they got round to us..

I thought it would be at least October before myself and OH got the jab.

My Sister (prolific smoker) got the Oxford/Astra Zeneca jab on Tuesday and thankfully had no ill effects. Eldest brother (also over 60) is up next. He is asthmatic so fingers crossed he doesn't have any problems. I think he is going to get the jab next week.

I had a quick phone chat with our GP a few weeks ago to see if OH and I could stagger our vaccinations by a week or so in case both of us reacted badly to the vaccine. He understands that we have livestock to look after.

_Brian · 29-04-2021 10:25pm

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

We're an awful long way from the finish line, not even half ways there yet...

Yea yea every silver lining has a dark cloud.

We’re making great progress I said not were nearly done.

Vaccines are working well amd they are our way to recovering a normal society again.

paddysdream · 29-04-2021 11:06pm

Football training back tonight so at least things are starting to return to some level of sanity.
Juvenile club meeting a couple of weeks ago and one officer wanted to make parents wear masks whilst dropping and collecting kids from training and that parents not be allowed to stay in the grounds during training.
You would wonder what all this has done to some people .

giveitholly · 29-04-2021 11:25pm

paddysdream wrote: »

Football training back tonight so at least things are starting to return to some level of sanity.
Juvenile club meeting a couple of weeks ago and one officer wanted to make parents wear masks whilst dropping and collecting kids from training and that parents not be allowed to stay in the grounds during training.
You would wonder what all this has done to some people .

Rte have a lot to answer for,the scaremongering they have spouted the last year has been disgraceful,George Lee and Claire Byrne the chief culprits

wrangler · 30-04-2021 6:02am

paddysdream wrote: »

Football training back tonight so at least things are starting to return to some level of sanity.
Juvenile club meeting a couple of weeks ago and one officer wanted to make parents wear masks whilst dropping and collecting kids from training and that parents not be allowed to stay in the grounds during training.
You would wonder what all this has done to some people .

What's the GAA policy, organisations have to be beyond reproach, it's the society we live in now.
People standing around chatting without masks doesn't look great

whelan2 · 30-04-2021 6:16am

I've been to 4 trainings this week so far. The gaa was the worst. People standing around chatting. I'm the covid officer for our team and after I had my stuff done I went for a walk. There were 3 teams training at the same time and it was like non covid times the amount of people standing around chatting.

_Brian · 30-04-2021 8:13am

whelan2 wrote: »

I've been to 4 trainings this week so far. The gaa was the worst. People standing around chatting. I'm the covid officer for our team and after I had my stuff done I went for a walk. There were 3 teams training at the same time and it was like non covid times the amount of people standing around chatting.

Horse riding lessons back on from this evening, very small numbers, most parents just sit in their cars anyway and there’s only four in the lesson.

No swimming for a while yet. Lakes are still a bit cold too.

whelan2 · 30-04-2021 9:06am

_Brian wrote: »

Horse riding lessons back on from this evening, very small numbers, most parents just sit in their cars anyway and there’s only four in the lesson.

No swimming for a while yet. Lakes are still a bit cold too.

My niece got a bad di from lake swimming last summer. . Bad kidney infection and stomach bug. Feel sorry for them, at least with football or running you can be training away

carrollsno1 · 30-04-2021 9:55am

whelan2 wrote: »

My niece got a bad di from lake swimming last summer. . Bad kidney infection and stomach bug. Feel sorry for them, at least with football or running you can be training away

Heard of triathletes drinking a can of coke after the swims as whatever **** iscin that will kill whatever bugs youd have picked up while swimming.

wrangler · 30-04-2021 6:37pm

Look like donegal will slap us back into lockdown if they're not careful..

When sea swimming was all the go earlier in the the year on RTE, some one asked how do you know someone does sea swimming,
The answer was because they tell you all about it :rolleyes:

Lime Tree Farm · 06-05-2021 10:55am

Supermarket chain Lidl is to begin selling Covid-19 antigen tests in Ireland.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40282703.html

Water John · 10-05-2021 2:31pm

Got the AZ shot last Thurs, doing fine. I hear anyone with a bit of medical history are being bumped up by there GPs.
Overall, it's going well at this point.

whelan2 · 10-05-2021 6:02pm

Water John wrote: »

Got the AZ shot last Thurs, doing fine. I hear anyone with a bit of medical history are being bumped up by there GPs.
Overall, it's going well at this point.

Man who does milking for me an odd time got az on Thursday. Had the horrors that night. My mother is getting her second go on Thursday

wrangler · 10-05-2021 6:47pm

Water John wrote: »

Got the AZ shot last Thurs, doing fine. I hear anyone with a bit of medical history are being bumped up by there GPs.
Overall, it's going well at this point.

A 37yr old neighbour got it last week as well at the GPs

Base price · 15-05-2021 12:43am

I registered on the HSE website for the jab on Sunday (showing my age

) and I got a call on my phone on Tuesday afternoon from 039 813500. I didn't answer it as I didn't recognise the number and there wasn't a voice message left. My family and friends are the only ones that know my phone number. I presume it's a scam number ??

Nekarsulm · 15-05-2021 8:32am

Base price wrote: »

I registered on the HSE website for the jab on Sunday (showing my age ) and I got a call on my phone on Tuesday afternoon from 039 813500. I didn't answer it as I didn't recognise the number and there wasn't a voice message left. My family and friends are the only ones that know my phone number. I presume it's a scam number ??

039 isn't an Irish number, as far as I know.
39 is the dial code for Italy though....

Water John · 15-05-2021 3:45pm

Base price wrote: »

I registered on the HSE website for the jab on Sunday (showing my age ) and I got a call on my phone on Tuesday afternoon from 039 813500. I didn't answer it as I didn't recognise the number and there wasn't a voice message left. My family and friends are the only ones that know my phone number. I presume it's a scam number ??

The first round appointments in the vaccination centres are sent out by text TMK. The nurse told me they would ring me for the second AZ shot, but she might simply have been loose with her language and meant telephone contact, as in text.

15-05-2021 4:21pm

Got pfizer here 2 weeks ago,cohort 7 in the gp's
Appointment for 2nd shot ,june 2nd

whelan2 · 15-05-2021 5:06pm

My sister in law is a primary school teacher. She is a close contact due to cases in her class. My brother and the kids were tested today. He said the cyberhack has slowed the whole process down alot. They were in a similar situation last year

Lime Tree Farm · 04-06-2021 8:30pm

No lockdown for Limerick.

Now that all the Granny's have been vaccinated, could this be the new norm. The government getting sick and tired of the carry on?

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