Case numbers are a terrible metric to use. They depend on live reporting and the amount of testing being done.One day our cases are high (hopes dashed) then the next day our cases are lower (hopes high) and then the next day they are high again (hopes dashed again).......Is it the HSE not recording the daily cases properly.
It's almost cruelty at this stage.
Case numbers are a terrible metric to use. They depend on live reporting and the amount of testing being done.
We were told a short while ago that our case numbers were as high as the same the worst rates last year but we are testing vastly more people so in reality the infection rate was much lower.
Well then stop giving the daily case numbers suche attention and reverence, they are clearly a flawed statistic now anyway. In fact stop the daily nphet press conferences, 2 a week is enough.
I don't mind them reporting daily numbers but the media should start using some cop on when it comes to reporting them. They announce the headline number without any mention of the 7 day and 14 day incidence rate which is much more important. So is the positivity rate.
The death rate was higher because of the UK variant and household visits over Christmas.While walking in a leafy suburb of Cork yesterday I came across a group of teenagers playing football in a locked outdoor football 5-a-side area. To their credit they appeared to be enjoying themselves. I stopped counting them when I reached 150. None was social distancing and none wore a face mask. A co-walker suggested they were "Leaving Certs" enjoying a break from their studies towards Easter. To be fair to the fairer sex there wasn't a female amongst them.
Then watching the Six O'Clock News last evening and while Mr McGrath was being interviewed (just before attending a government restrictions raising meeting) in the background a group of young ladies were walking together unmasked and not socially distancing. I bet they were "Leaving Certs" too.
The Bottom Line here is that the Covid Death Rate in Ireland is higher in the first twelve weeks of 2021 than it was in all of 2020. I hope the government knows what it is doing. We will find out later today.
I don't have sympathy for anybody in the situation. I'm obeying all the restrictions, so should they.The death rate was higher because of the UK variant and household visits over Christmas.
Teenagers playing football outside present a much lower risk of infection than someone just "popping in" to a friend or neighbour for a coffee.
The needs of those teenagers as a cohort should also be taken into account. They are at virtually no risk from the disease and yet the restrictions have had the greatest short and long term impact on them. I have a great deal of sympathy for them.
For sure people, majority maybe, have moved ahead. The Government may shorten the gap today but won't bridge it.In fact I'm pretty sure this is already happening all around the country as the people have moved ahead of the guidelines and the Government need to recognise this in todays announcement or risk losing the people.
You are at risk from the disease. They are not. The restrictions have a far greater impact on them than they do on you.I don't have sympathy for anybody in the situation. I'm obeying all the restrictions, so should they.
....none wore a face mask.
Unless you're robbing a post office or such like.Wearing a mask during physical activity is ridiculous.
There were cases and spread at outdoor yoga sessions.Wearing a mask during physical activity is ridiculous.
Being anywhere isn't 100% safe. Being outdoors is, in itself, a very strong mitigating factor.There were cases and spread at outdoor yoga sessions.
Being outdoors isn't 100% safe, sustained close contact \ extra droplets dispersed in heavy breathing is still a risk.
To be safe, you need to mitigate the risk either with distancing or masks etc
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