basic maths say that Eamon Ryan’s second – negative – test was one hundred and fifty times more likely to be wrong than his first – positive – test.
We Didn’t Need Lockdowns; Rapid Testing Could Have Kept Society Open.
I should start this piece with a clarification, so as to avoid any confusion about the intention behind it, or the analysis which follows. This is not a policy proposal. It is not an attempt to convince Ireland’s policymakers that a mass rapid testing program would produce better health outcomes than their current strategy, that […]
The Rural Independents have accused the government of being “haphazard” in its approach to Covid-19 testing for incoming travellers saying it represents “a knee-jerk half-baked plan”. Reacting to the announcement the leader of the Rural Independents, Deputy Mattie Mc Grath stated: “We are pleased to hear that the government have finally taken the advice of […]
Fascinating: Something extremely bogus is going on. Was tested for covid four times today. Two tests came back negative, two came back positive. Same machine, same test, same nurse. Rapid antigen test from BD. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 13, 2020 Critics of the Covid lockdown have been making the point for some weeks now […]
If April’s testing rate had been what it is now, it’s fair to assume we would have found double the number of cases, making the entire attempt to gauge the severity and seriousness of the virus on the basis of case numbers a fool’s game.
Peadar Tóibín TD has said that that the lockdown, which he says is taking a heavy toll on many people as well as on the economy, will be made longer and more damaging by the government’s poor handling of testing. The Aontú leader severely criticized the government over what he described as “Testing Dysfunction” “There […]
Coronavirus is starting to look more and more like the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Just when you think you’ve smashed it and it’s now a puddle on the ground, it starts re-forming and coming back more determined than ever: The coronavirus may be “reactivating” in people who have been cured of the illness, according to […]
WARNING: The testing criteria for Covid-19 just changed in Ireland. TIM JACKSON reports
There are two ways of looking at these numbers: “There are now about 40,000 people in Ireland waiting for a test for the coronavirus, the HSE has said. At a briefing on Sunday the HSE’s chief operations officer, Anne O’Connor, said the average waiting period for a test was four to five days. However, she […]
15 Italians who were in Ireland for flight assistant training with Ryanair have Covid19. Some of them were under treatment in two hospitals in Dublin while others have been quarantined. It is believed that they contracted the virus in Bergamo, near Milan, where the training began. Bergamo is the area with of the largest number […]