Nphet’s roadmap versus Government’s roadmap on cocooning.
Cabinet overruled Nphet on advice that over-70s should keep cocooning until August
https://t.co/aiuuCMNa0O pic.twitter.com/AsBTnJloHf— Philip Ryan (@Philip_Ryan) May 5, 2020
This morning.
Earlier…
Francis Farrell, 91, right, chatting to her daughter Pauline Corrigan at her doorstep in Dublin’s Liberties last month
This morning.
Health officials advised that over-70s should keep cocooning in their homes until August but were overruled by the Cabinet.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) recommended that cocooning advice for older and vulnerable people should remain in place for the next three months. The advice was included in the original version of the roadmap for reopening the country.
However, after a debate at Cabinet, ministers decided to remove the recommendation from the Government’s ‘Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business’.…
Meanwhile…
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: “I was just looking at Ireland. Their stepping down is taking them through July before some people are back in work. Because we’ve been able to contain as we have, if we do it right, we’ll be back in quick step in getting the economy moving again.” pic.twitter.com/hrolRjUaDf
— Fintan Walsh (@FintanYTWalsh) May 4, 2020
Previously: “The Curve Has Been Flattened And Has Now Plateaued”
Great photo
+1 an iconic photo of the strange and dangerous time we are going through
Harris and Holohan both said the cabinet they took the all it was given at the briefing on Friday.
NZ shut down before they had any deaths. They went to Level 4 very quickly. OK, they don’t have part of their country ruled by extremists like Arlene and Boris. That aside, Ireland could have done similar. Ireland has finally got there but far too late. Dr. Michael Ryan of the WHO advised countries to move quickly, rather than waiting for perfect data.
Related:
https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/496075-french-hospital-discovers-it-treated-coronavirus-patient-in
French doctors have now established that the earliest known case there was as far back as December.
“The discovery dramatically alters the timeline of the coronavirus, which has been responsible for more than 3.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world… The man’s admission to the hospital came four days before the first reports of a cluster of unusual pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
..The earlier date means it is likely the coronavirus had been spreading around the globe for weeks or months before it was identified by Chinese scientists in the cluster of abnormal pneumonia cases in Wuhan.”
I have been saying this for months- the infection rate is way above the estimated asymptomatic 50%.
The speed in which it made what appeared to be a beeline into nursing homes means it was out there long before the first recorded case.
Why some apparently healthy people develop symptoms while others do not will be a subject of study for years. Likewise, why less smokers get sick.
Letter from NPHET to government about easing of restrictions https://assets.gov.ie/73788/5d0c9cc4619c4f59877bf3f6e7a14afb.pdf NPHET did want over’s 70’s and vulnerable to stay cocooning but allowed that they wouldn’t
Aren’t we all going to be so wise about it all after the fact?
Royame-Uni doing swell in the Eurovirus I see. Leading position.
Douze points.