When we made a commitment here at Gript to keep reporting on the case numbers in Texas, around the time when Joe Biden called their decision to re-open and abolish mask mandates “neanderthal thinking”, it didn’t occur to me that we’d have to find a new “Texan” photo to headline the story every week. Last […]
According to a recent CDC study in the US, 78% of people who have been hospitalised or died from covid-19 were overweight or obese. Of the 71,000+ adults who were hospitalised after receiving a covid-19 diagnosis across 238 U.S. hospitals, 27.8% were overweight and 50.2% were considered obese, according to the study – 78% in […]
The latest work permits statistics from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment once again indicate that the importation of employees from outside of the European Union and European Economic Area continues at only a slightly reduced scale compared to other years. A further 1,046 permits were issued in March, a fall of just 176 […]
Almost a quarter of deaths registered as Covid deaths in Britain are where the person has not died from the disease, the Telegraph has reported. The paper says that “the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 23 per cent of coronavirus deaths registered are now people who have died “with” the […]
It’s getting hard to count the number of disasters the Minister for Health has been involved in this week, and its only Wednesday morning. At the present rate, it is entirely possible, if not likely, he’ll have single handedly bankrupted the state by Friday. First, this week, we learned what he was up to in […]
When I put this down on the list of things to write about, yesterday afternoon, the plan was simple enough: Point out how ludicrously insane this statement is, and question how in the world it ended up being allowed to go unchallenged on the national broadcaster. But then, last night, we heard that the Government […]
Between Monday the 5th and Sunday the 11th, the last days we have data for, 122,333 vaccines were administered. This is the lowest weekly number in the past three weeks, but numbers have been relatively stable over that period. The Government has now also stopped the administration of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine to those under […]
NPHET has warned that the risk of a new wave of covid-19 over the summer is “considerable”. However, UK experts say a summer wave is no longer expected, and that their initial modelling was overly pessimistic. NPHET is set to warn the government that if Ireland eases restrictions too fast, there could be another covid-19 […]
A reported rise of covid-19 cases in children is because of an increase in covid testing – not the re-opening of schools, according to a senior health expert. Professor Philip Nolan, who is chairman of the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, has said that data indicates schools are a low-risk environment for contracting covid, following […]
It’s tempting to say that London, in the video below, is “getting back to normal”. But that’s not quite right, is it? It’s standing room only in Soho this evening. A carnival atmosphere. “This is London,” one man tells me. pic.twitter.com/KdeqvQCaFN — Matthew Thompson (@mattuthompson) April 12, 2021 For one thing, though the United Kingdom […]
This is one of those stories that is half common sense, and half utterly ludicrous. In fairness to Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward, let us start with the part that’s common sense: Vaccinated persons should be exempt from Mandatory Hotel Quarantine – Ward 12th April 2021 – Senator Barry Ward Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward […]
People on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent have been told by their Prime Minister that they won’t be rescued from an erupting volcano unless they’ve had the covid-19 vaccine. In recent weeks a number of cruise ships have been dispatched to evacuate the island after a 4,000-foot high volcano, named La Soufrière erupted last […]