Tag: covid
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Academics (covid) waving at the media…
The WHO give an average time for symptoms of COVID to show as being 5-6 days. The 14 day issue comes from a proper abundance of caution. So, given that we are now nearly a month into a gradual reopening of the country, we should be seeing a second wave? We have been told by…
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I’m sorry, what?
Today there were six cases. Six. At the height of this we were having closer to 600. So I’m not quite sure what biomedical statistics equate 6 with an increase
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Living in a gelotopoicracy
The absolute rolling clown show that is the travel “green list” shows very clearly that when it comes to how to navigate Ireland out of the pandemic induced mess, there is no plan. There is no plan for a plan. We live in a gelotopoicracy. Actually that is unfair, as when the clowns come out…
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Does my curve look flat in this?
Does it? Was the point not to do this? Of course the pandemic is not over but this suggests that so far the opening up of the country on 29/June has not resulted in a second wave. So far. Datasource : https://data.gov.ie/dataset?q=covid&sort=score+desc%2C+metadata_created+desc
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R – its only a data point.
So there is a LOT of panic and fear around this weekend. Again it is important to stand back and let the heads cool. NPHET have warned that “the R-number, or the reproductive rate of the virus, has increased above 1 to potentially as high as 1.8” and Bad Things might happen. Well… maybe
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What if…we have already “crushed the curve”?
Back at the start of this pandemic we were told (quite correctly) that the main aim of the restrictions to liberty and commerce was to buy time. We were (quite corectly) told that there was a danger of an out of control surge overwhelming the health system. Particular concern was raised about ICU bed shortages…
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NPHET- I have questions?
In terms of dealing with economics and society, nobody and nothing can be above questioning. Sometimes those questions might be uncomfortable, sometimes the answers might be . Pulling on the Green PPE and accepting the veiews of the National Public Health Emergency Team as diktats from an omniscient power serves nobody well. We know in…