Covid in Limerick - Mod Warning in Post #1

munstergirl · 29-12-2020 7:22pm

87 cases today in Limerick.

722 cases 15th-28th December

370.4 14 day incidence per 100,000 15th-28th December Limerick.
245.6 14 day incidence per 100,000 Ireland

Source Zara King virgin media news.

Red Silurian · 29-12-2020 7:44pm

munstergirl wrote: »

87 cases today in Limerick.

722 cases 15th-28th December

370.4 14 day incidence per 100,000 15th-28th December Limerick.
245.6 14 day incidence per 100,000 Ireland

Source Zara King virgin media news.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40198290.html

715 people missed their appointments in Limerick test centres between December 24 and December 28

At a positivity rate of ~10% we can assume limericks figures should be about 70 higher

Red Silurian · 29-12-2020 7:45pm

banie01 wrote: »

I know of a case in a secondary school that was notified to the school on the 23rd.
Parents were informed that evening and close contacts were invited to testing.

To date (just informed today) 3 of the close contacts have tested positive, 16/17 y.o boys many of whom are heavily involved in local sports clubs too.

I know of a case in a primary school notified to the parents on the 23rd was always bound to happen

breezy1985 · 29-12-2020 8:12pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40198290.html

715 people missed their appointments in Limerick test centres between December 24 and December 28

At a positivity rate of ~10% we can assume limericks figures should be about 70 higher

Is this a Midwest phenomenon. I don't see anything about other areas ?

Ridiculous to put off or miss a test. Do people think the Covid waits until you get the positive test

ger664 · 29-12-2020 8:26pm

Jaliyah Cool Transience wrote: »

Just drove past the testing area on the Ballysimon Road. I've never seen it so full. Lines of cars stretching around the car park...

For what ever reason but its seems to be taking cases from Ennis/Clare. I tested +EV on Christmas Eve and my Wife and two kids were tested today and yesterday in Ballysimon when we reside in Ennis.

Bicyclette · 29-12-2020 8:39pm

ger664 wrote: »

For what ever reason but its seems to be taking cases from Ennis/Clare. I tested +EV on Christmas Eve and my Wife and two kids were tested today and yesterday in Ballysimon when we reside in Ennis.

Stupid question, but will those people who are from Co Clare but tested in Ballysimon be counted as a Co Clare statistic or a Co Limerick statistic?

Clareman · 29-12-2020 8:42pm

Test results are down to the persons home address rather than the test center.

md323 · 29-12-2020 8:58pm

I live in Limerick and had a test in nenagh last week

breezy1985 · 29-12-2020 9:15pm

md323 wrote: »

I live in Limerick and had a test in nenagh last week

I was offered one in Galway before despite living in Limerick

Clareman · 29-12-2020 9:17pm

I was just speaking to someone and they were saying that they are looking to spread the tests around all the centers rather than having 1 or 2 busy and other quiet, better to have them all at 70% rather than 2 at 100% and 1 at 50%

md323 · 29-12-2020 9:35pm

Clareman wrote: »

I was just speaking to someone and they were saying that they are looking to spread the tests around all the centers rather than having 1 or 2 busy and other quiet, better to have them all at 70% rather than 2 at 100% and 1 at 50%

That's fair enough. I didn't mind travelling out.

Jofspring · 29-12-2020 9:49pm

Just talking to someone there and he said a colleague of his received 6 texts for different appointments. Two were after they had been tested. A few more people received multiple appointments too and obviously only went to one of them. Those numbers of no shows are probably a bit skewed if that is a regular occurrence.

Mc Love · 29-12-2020 10:23pm

Listening to a doc on morning Ireland, if you're a close contact, only get the test if after 5 days but remain in self isolation before and after you're notified.

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 1:31am

Mc Love wrote: »

Listening to a doc on morning Ireland, if you're a close contact, only get the test if after 5 days but remain in self isolation before and after you're notified.

I think it's clear to say that the politicians - and by extension the HSE - don't have a clue what to do

OfTheMarsWongs · 30-12-2020 9:21am

I can't find the link this morning to where I saw this last night hut St. Josephs has re-opened as a pop up testing site.

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 1:16pm

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

I can't find the link this morning to where I saw this last night hut St. Josephs has re-opened as a pop up testing site.

It's in the examiner link I posted above

mitresize5 · 30-12-2020 2:29pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

I think it's clear to say that the politicians - and by extension the HSE - don't have a clue what to do

consistently bottom three in Europe in number of deaths, hospitalizations and number in ICU per 100,000

I think its fair to say its not the HSE or politicians that don't have a clue

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 4:00pm

mitresize5 wrote: »

consistently bottom three in Europe in number of deaths, hospitalizations and number in ICU per 100,000

And yet our HSE hospitals are under constant threat of being overwhelmed....

Taoiseach (Micheal Martin) to address the nation tonight. He's likely to announce the closure of non-essential retail, a ban on household visits and a 5km limit on travel.

The latter 2 will be enforced and followed by the same people - nobody at all

breezy1985 · 30-12-2020 4:13pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

And yet our HSE hospitals are under constant threat of being overwhelmed....

Taoiseach (Micheal Martin) to address the nation tonight. He's likely to announce the closure of non-essential retail, a ban on household visits and a 5km limit on travel.

The latter 2 will be enforced and followed by the same people - nobody at all

So tell us what would you do?
What is your suggestion for alleviating the overwhelmed hospitals in a pandemic

Bicyclette · 30-12-2020 4:43pm

Compare and contrast the number of outbreaks associated with bookshops, garden centres, knitting shops and shoe shops with the number of outbreaks in schools.

And then look at what is being closed and what is left open.

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 4:59pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

So tell us what would you do?
What is your suggestion for alleviating the overwhelmed hospitals in a pandemic

I'd probably go down the route that New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam went down, lock down and close borders early then run clear information campaigns until we get to zero covid, then open up

banie01 · 30-12-2020 5:04pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

I'd probably go down the route that New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam went down, lock down and close borders early then run clear information campaigns

That's not an option available to us though.
Whilst we can certainly lock down ports and airports, we still have a land border with zero infrastructure.
It is open to anyone within the UK to travel to N.I and cross unhindered.

Zero Covid is a valid strategy for a country that has the capability and the wherewithal to close its borders.
That isn't something that Ireland has currently capacity or ability to do.

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 6:06pm

banie01 wrote: »

That's not an option available to us though.
Whilst we can certainly lock down ports and airports, we still have a land border with zero infrastructure.
It is open to anyone within the UK to travel to N.I and cross unhindered.

Zero Covid is a valid strategy for a country that has the capability and the wherewithal to close its borders.
That isn't something that Ireland has currently capacity or ability to do.

We have the capability, what we lacked was the political will, I'm sure if FG were willing to talk to their stormount counterparts we could have achieved zero covid on both sides of the border... Of course there's no political will to talk to the shinners so now we must all suffer

banie01 · 30-12-2020 6:16pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

We have the capability, what we lacked was the political will, I'm sure if FG were willing to talk to their stormount counterparts we could have achieved zero covid on both sides of the border... Of course there's no political will to talk to the shinners so now we must all suffer

The border couldn't be effectively locked down when it was actually militarised and had controlled crossing points.
The British Army, the R.U.C and the Irish Army couldn't do it for 25yrs of the troubles, but somehow it's within our capability now?
Locking down the land border is not possible in even the medium (5yr term).

As for the politics of the issue.
The N.I executive are not going to halt travel within the UK as a matter of principle on the part of the Unionists.
It doesn't matter how nicely we ask and has feck all to do with the shinners, they'd be only too happy to throw a spanner in the works of the United Kingdom and make it a little more disunited.

breezy1985 · 30-12-2020 6:23pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

I'd probably go down the route that New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam went down, lock down and close borders early then run clear information campaigns until we get to zero covid, then open up

That has nothing got to do with the HSE

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 7:26pm

banie01 wrote: »

The border couldn't be effectively locked down when it was actually militarised and had controlled crossing points.
The British Army, the R.U.C and the Irish Army couldn't do it for 25yrs of the troubles, but somehow it's within our capability now?
Locking down the land border is not possible in even the medium (5yr term).

As for the politics of the issue.
The N.I executive are not going to halt travel within the UK as a matter of principle on the part of the Unionists.
It doesn't matter how nicely we ask and has feck all to do with the shinners, they'd be only too happy to throw a spanner in the works of the United Kingdom and make it a little more disunited.

What about a situation whereby if we made a deal with the executive to have all who enter our ports and airports on both sides of the border go into mandatory quarantine for 14 days? Would need a deal with the same politicians no?

breezy1985 wrote: »

That has nothing got to do with the HSE

Correct, the government made a plan to live with covid using the HSE through measures such as the contact tracing system which completely buckled in November

LuasSimon · 30-12-2020 7:29pm

The DUP would prefer if people died rather than work with the Southern Government

Cookiemunster · 30-12-2020 7:32pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

What about a situation whereby if we made a deal with the executive to have all who enter our ports and airports on both sides of the border go into mandatory quarantine for 14 days? Would need a deal with the same politicians no?

Have you never heard of the DUP? They wouldn't even agree to restrictions up North until they had no choice. There's not a hope in hell of them agreeing to doing anything in cooperation with the 'South', that means any restrictions to travel from the rest of the UK.

RocketRaccoon · 30-12-2020 7:41pm

Has anyone else seen the videos doing the rounds of parties that took place in parts of Limerick in the last few days?

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 8:12pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Have you never heard of the DUP? They wouldn't even agree to restrictions up North until they had no choice. There's not a hope in hell of them agreeing to doing anything in cooperation with the 'South', that means any restrictions to travel from the rest of the UK.

Well they are buddies with FG so they might listen to them, especially with the prospect of orange parades coming back I'd imagine... My point is they didn't try but if they tried and stormont refused I'd say fair enough!

breezy1985 · 30-12-2020 8:19pm

colmtheperson wrote: »

Well they are buddies with FG so they might listen to them, especially with the prospect of orange parades coming back I'd imagine... My point is they didn't try but if they tried and stormont refused I'd say fair enough!

God I love how privvy you are to the inner workings of state and the HSE.

StevenToast · 30-12-2020 8:28pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Has anyone else seen the videos doing the rounds of parties that took place in parts of Limerick in the last few days?

I dont think the mods want to go down the route of discussing those involved in those parties....

We are banned from talking about that "ethnicity"...

RocketRaccoon · 30-12-2020 8:57pm

StevenToast wrote: »

I dont think the mods want to go down the route of discussing those involved in those parties....

We are banned from talking about that "ethnicity"...

Didn't mention anything like that, just asked if anyone had seen videos that are circulating.

Clareman · 30-12-2020 9:39pm

Couple of points to hopefully bring things back on track....

Mods have no problem with any discussions once those discussions are within the rules of boards.ie
This is a regional forum, if you want to discuss international or national issues, this isn't the place.
If you want to discuss things on other social media platforms feel free to share links, once everyone is able to have an open discussion that's fine but having vague references to "parties around Limerick" just isn't good enough, for example I got a lovely video of some relations in a park with their children, I know this isn't what is being referenced but alluding to something isn't good enough either. Remember however that if you choose to share something on boards.ie that you a responsible for adhering to the rules of boards.ie

RocketRaccoon · 30-12-2020 9:43pm

Clareman wrote: »

Couple of points to hopefully bring things back on track....

Mods have no problem with any discussions once those discussions are within the rules of boards.ie
This is a regional forum, if you want to discuss international or national issues, this isn't the place.
If you want to discuss things on other social media platforms feel free to share links, once everyone is able to have an open discussion that's fine but having vague references to "parties around Limerick" just isn't good enough, for example I got a lovely video of some relations in a park with their children, I know this isn't what is being referenced but alluding to something isn't good enough either. Remember however that if you choose to share something on boards.ie that you a responsible for adhering to the rules of boards.ie

Can I post the videos I was talking about?

Clareman · 30-12-2020 9:49pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Can I post the videos I was talking about?

Belt away, I don't know what the videos are BUT if they are in any way a breach of the terms or rules of boards you will admonished. 1 other thing I will say is if it isn't clear that the videos are relating to Limerick I will delete your posts but you could try to post them in the main Covid focum.

Parabellum9 · 30-12-2020 9:50pm

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Can I post the videos I was talking about?

Mod Snip

Clareman · 30-12-2020 10:02pm

Parabellum9 wrote: »

Mod Snip

Banned.

The original warning from the first post is still in effect, no problem with proper discussion but please try to keep it within the rules.

Red Silurian · 30-12-2020 10:55pm

I won't go into who's buddies with who in politics because it has little to do with covid and even less to do with Limerick, I will say if you Google the 2 parties it's the 4th or 5th result down

Now back to Limerick and COVID eh?

83 new cases in Limerick today with 792 over the last 14 days so on an upward trend

Mrmoe · 31-12-2020 1:28am

Got a notification today that their was a confirmed positive case in our primary school, contact was on the 22nd but didn't receive notification until the 30th of being a close contact. Is such a big gap normal? We haven't got a test scheduled yet and only received word today. Seems like an excessive gap to me, 3-4 days might be acceptable but double that looks like something went seriously ary.

ger664 · 31-12-2020 10:48am

Mrmoe wrote: »

Got a notification today that their was a confirmed positive case in our primary school, contact was on the 22nd but didn't receive notification until the 30th of being a close contact. Is such a big gap normal? We haven't got a test scheduled yet and only received word today. Seems like an excessive gap to me, 3-4 days might be acceptable but double that looks like something went seriously ary.

5 Days after would be the normal. From my experience the close contact text should contain a link for you to make a test appointment.

EmptyTree · 31-12-2020 12:11pm

Does anyone know the wait time for results at the moment? I know someone who got deferred for a test and have to wait 3 days for the test, I'm wondering if the wait for the result times have also increased?

breezy1985 · 31-12-2020 12:11pm

Mrmoe wrote: »

Got a notification today that their was a confirmed positive case in our primary school, contact was on the 22nd but didn't receive notification until the 30th of being a close contact. Is such a big gap normal? We haven't got a test scheduled yet and only received word today. Seems like an excessive gap to me, 3-4 days might be acceptable but double that looks like something went seriously ary.

Don't forget the 22nd was the day of the contact not the day they realised you were a contact so they are not twiddling their thumbs for a week with the info at hand.

Also did they say it was from the school. Isn't that against GDPR?
Most people are never told who is their contact

Mrmoe · 31-12-2020 5:50pm

breezy1985 wrote: »

Don't forget the 22nd was the day of the contact not the day they realised you were a contact so they are not twiddling their thumbs for a week with the info at hand.

Also did they say it was from the school. Isn't that against GDPR?
Most people are never told who is their contact

I realise that the 22nd was the day of close contact and we weren't informed until the 30th. Taking the use guidelines of previous 48h it means that their is 6-7 days of someone sitting on their hands, either the family that it originated from or the hse or a combination of both. From today's press conference it looks like the test and trace system has collapsed. Unlikely to be tested now as a result. It's fortunate that we didn't go anywhere over Christmas even to elderly parents or close family.

With regard to the notification, it came from the school, identified the class but didn't name the individual. Direct HSE text came later.

letsseehere14 · 31-12-2020 5:51pm

203 cases here today and it doesn't take Sherlock to see why. Just over 2 weeks since the AI where so many pubs were let open on the qt and so many house parties happened. Coupled with the yearly influx of people into Rathkeale which according to the covid app is by far the worst affected area followed by NCW.

MarkR · 31-12-2020 6:11pm

I'm back! Numbers look awful for Limerick, and that's probably going to continue for a couple of weeks.

My wife was in Aldi in castletroy last week, and won't be going back for a while. Mostly fine, but ruined by a pair of old ladies with no masks on, one of which was having a hell of a chat with someone on the phone, saying how all the fools were wearing masks, and how the virus was a con. Not a peep from the guy on the door.

Did a Tesco click and collect shop instead.

MarkR · 31-12-2020 6:14pm

letsseehere14 wrote: »

203 cases here today and it doesn't take Sherlock to see why. Just over 2 weeks since the AI where so many pubs were let open on the qt and so many house parties happened. Coupled with the yearly influx of people into Rathkeale which according to the covid app is by far the worst affected area followed by NCW.

What's "the Al"?

letsseehere14 · 31-12-2020 6:18pm

MarkR wrote: »

What's "the Al"?

All Ireland

Bicyclette · 31-12-2020 6:34pm

MarkR wrote: »

My wife was in Aldi in castletroy last week, and won't be going back for a while. Mostly fine, but ruined by a pair of old ladies with no masks on, one of which was having a hell of a chat with someone on the phone, saying how all the fools were wearing masks, and how the virus was a con. Not a peep from the guy on the door.

Did a Tesco click and collect shop instead.

We were in Dunnes, Jetland, last night. We shop late to avoid people. Someone we recognised was in there not wearing a mask, talking to staff and eating grapes or whatever with his mouth open as he went around. Bold as brass. Didn't give a fiddlers. Nor did the staff.

Same guy was in at the same time two weeks previously. That time we gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought he might have forgotten his mask.

There are eejits everywhere....

Cookiemunster · 31-12-2020 6:50pm

letsseehere14 wrote: »

203 cases here today and it doesn't take Sherlock to see why. Just over 2 weeks since the AI where so many pubs were let open on the qt and so many house parties happened. Coupled with the yearly influx of people into Rathkeale which according to the covid app is by far the worst affected area followed by NCW.

I'd keep an eye on that number. They seem to get regularly get changed the next day. The Covid app was showing 240 for Limerick on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (can't remember which), but now both those days are showing around 80 cases.
Now I don't expect such a huge change this time but the number may be different when uploaded to the app tomorrow.

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