Well, we’ve come a long way from the days of “facemasks might make things worse”, haven’t we? The Government has announced that face coverings must now be worn in all shops, retail settings and shopping centres. It said the strong advice is for people to start obeying the guidance immediately, but said regulations will take […]
Documents released to Mayo Aontú representative Paul Lawless under the Freedom of Information Act show a third case of covid_19 crossover at Mayo University Hospital. Mr Lawless said that people were too afraid to present to the hospital at the height of the crisis. Serious concerns were raised at the peak of the pandemic over […]
A new study has found that patients hospitalised with Covid-19 were much less likely to die if they were treated with the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects, according to a new study published by Henry Ford Health System […]
High death tolls have been one of great scandals of the Covid 19 pandemic. By May, a third (46,400) of all coronavirus deaths in the United States were among nursing/care home residents and workers. In New York state the toll was increased by thousands of recovering Covid cases being released from hospitals to nursing homes. In Britain, […]
It’s a relatively slow news day, so let us place on record our thanks to the British Prime Minister for this tasty and controversial content: Face masks will become mandatory in shops across England, ministers are to announce on Tuesday, following mixed messages, a cabinet split and mounting pressure on Boris Johnson to change public […]
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has said the mismanagement of the covid-19 pandemic in nursing homes is a “national scandal” and called for a public invesigation into the matter. The Meath West TD also criticised the response of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar during Leaders Questions, and stated that the families of victims, and residents of nursing homes […]
If you are a daily reader of Gript, you’d have encountered this conclusion, about the recent surge in Coronavirus in the US, on our site two days ago: You can see that the surge in hospitalisations is more recent than the surge in cases, and that makes sense. Some people who were diagnosed three weeks […]
One of the more unusual things that’s been happening in the (increasingly ignored) world of Coronavirus recently is that the massive surge in cases in the United States has not, as yet, been accompanied by a surge in deaths from the virus. This has prompted some people – in and outside of science – to […]
The HSE’s new app for tracking Coronavirus infections, and the contacts of those infected, was launched last night. Less than 12 hours later, it’s proving very popular: Over 100k now.Huge interest in this app. https://t.co/FZ3mbJmaFS pic.twitter.com/PvmLVwMCIV — Adrian Weckler (@adrianweckler) July 7, 2020 It’s going to use a huge amount of data. What will that […]
Right now, it feels as if there are two very distinct realities in this country. For a rapidly shrinking number of people, Covid-19 is still being taken seriously. The press conferences with the Department of Health are being closely watched, social distancing is carefully practised, and the remaining lockdown restrictions are being observed. Then for […]
Here are the restrictions on travel from Ireland into the UK, with a UK-Government required 14-day quarantine period if you fly from Dublin to London. Notice anything? And here are the equivalent restrictions if you fly from the UK into Ireland: One thing to note here, in fairness: In the case of Ireland, self-isolation seems […]
This basically comes down to a question of who you believe: Sinn Fein? Or your lying eyes? “Sinn Fein”, will come the answer from lots of you who believe the party can do no wrong. Here’s Michelle O’Neill, with the latest line on this, which is a load of nonsense: “There has been considerable controversy […]