Talking to @SkyNews about whether Covid is endemic yet (it isn't) & the need to invest in clean air so that indoor environments are as safe as outdoor ones (or as close as we can get!) and focus on prevention *alongside* vaccines. pic.twitter.com/fGcQqz2zuI

— Prof. Christina Pagel (@chrischirp) January 9, 2022

COVID-19 hospital admissions per week - Midlands
- pic.twitter.com/JnB9nAkGRR

— Lisa McNally (@Lisa_McNally1) January 9, 2022

Follow-on from above...

It’s important to analyse who is ending up in hospital. pic.twitter.com/sdDpb1GizQ

— Daniel💙🏳️‍🌈✌🏿✌🏽🌿🌍 (@danielrembrandt) January 9, 2022

The fact that children have not been vaccinated is driven by politicians and not by science. Why have so many nations vaccinated their children but not the UK? Immune compromised people should be sheltered, especially during flu season (nobody is even testing for flu).

— Daniel💙🏳️‍🌈✌🏿✌🏽🌿🌍 (@danielrembrandt) January 9, 2022

I understand the need to get people back to work, but the better option is to reduce the chances of them getting Covid-19 in the first place:

Recommend and provide FFP2 masks for workers
Sort out indoor ventilation/filtration https://t.co/bmeLmnTBOH

— Dr Amir Khan GP (@DrAmirKhanGP) January 9, 2022

Remarkable how many people still insist (often abusively) that the 150k figure is an overcount. In fact, the 28-day fig has consistently *undercounted* true no. of deaths caused wholly or partly by Covid - this fig is >173k, based on death certificates that drs like me fill in.

— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) January 9, 2022

Following data validations, 1 previously reported death has been removed from the cumulative number of reported deaths.

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 10, 2022

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 23,909 confirmed cases of #COVID19.

As of 8am today, 1,063 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised of which 89 are in ICU.

— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) January 10, 2022

Quote from Charlie Charles IV on January 10, 2022, 8:44 pm

 

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 23,909 confirmed cases of #COVID19.

As of 8am today, 1,063 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised of which 89 are in ICU.

— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) January 10, 2022

 

So is the rate in the North here going down in comparison with the South ?

As long as the hospital and ICU numbers don't increase dramatically in the next few days or even weeks I honestly believe that we are past the worst of this.

Well I definitely hope so anyway.🤞🏻🙏🏻

Everything crossed, Major Rubble. No more Groundhog Days…

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊3,420 positive cases and, sadly, 1 death has been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,585,875 vaccines administered in total.

Vaccines ➡️ https://t.co/Hd2Q8bOSHV
Dashboard ➡️ https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ pic.twitter.com/V5PXHlpl5R

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 11, 2022

Get boosted now. Booster jabs are widely available right across NI at health trust vaccination clinics and community pharmacies.

Further information on vaccination clinics ➡️https://t.co/JZ0QMCks63

NI statistics for November/December 2021. Full report ➡️ https://t.co/bn5iBmHmYy pic.twitter.com/Y16ggxAD3P

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 6, 2022

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 19,290* confirmed cases of #COVID19.

As of 8am today, 1,062 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of which 92 are in ICU.

— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) January 11, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊2,922 positive cases and, sadly, 2 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,593,453 vaccines administered in total.

Vaccines ➡️ https://t.co/U3zWHYKxDs
Dashboard ➡️ https://t.co/WeZCwyPQnJ pic.twitter.com/UJvOej4CiW

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 12, 2022

The @hpscireland has today been notified of 20,909* confirmed cases of #COVID19.

As of 8am today, 1,055 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, 92 of which are in ICU.

— Department of Health (@roinnslainte) January 12, 2022

Posted this clip in the Things That Make Me Laugh thread where it’s more suited but it has more than one application.

Here's an updated 2021 version of In Person vs On The Internet 🎙 #ozzyman #ozzymanreviews pic.twitter.com/1LVPeYGLBZ

— Ozzy Man Reviews (@OzzyManReviews) May 17, 2021

With the laws here possibly up for change in terms of platforms’ responsibilities for what is posted there’s food for thought.

I'm very worried about how this affect sex workers.
Sex is (supposed to be) decriminalised in Ireland so social media platforms should, in theory, allow sex workers on their platform, especially since so many have their European HQs here.
But this isn't the case. https://t.co/9DB8ywGF3o

— The Girl with all the Grifts 🔪🦀 (@Bubblenoma) January 12, 2022

But there’s also this:

Forum conversations are gated conversations. The Ozzy Man clip made so much sense in the relatively recent past but it may be out of date now. Obviously, this is a ridiculous generalisation, but people- always a bad start to any argument- seem to have started doing things in reverse. Instead of taking the necessary step of learning to behave on the net with the same respect as should be applied in life, people are now living net lives on the street. Until they end up in hospital and realise it wasn’t all virtual.

this man's name is Doug Kuzma.

he's another Republican radio host that caught covid at the ReAwaken America Tour.

he's dead because hcq and his snakeoil patches do not work
https://t.co/txfidHwjzt pic.twitter.com/asfaMuj4cM

— uberfeminist (@uberfeminist) January 7, 2022

Or dead. There’s no pause, rewind or reloading the game.

Anti-vaccine activist Kelly Canon just died of covid, shortly after attending the latest ‘Reawaken America’ covid conspiracy QAnon conference. pic.twitter.com/6NqWCuDHzu

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 11, 2022

Same Reawaken rally attendee, apparently.

Why was losing #KellyErnby the right choice for America? What happened to the party of life? What happened to lives mattering and all that?https://t.co/udR70JxNye

— MDAlexProctor (Asset class polyamorous) (@md_proctor) January 5, 2022

Another attendee. Another death.

Cirsten Weldon, 61, Qtuber, anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID. She attended the same "Reawakening" event that her fellow sorry anti-vaxxer Doug Kuzma did. https://t.co/xZLI3Nn6m4

— sorryantivaxxer (@sorryantivaxxer) January 7, 2022

Across generations. So many children left behind in so many cases.

Bridget Jackson, 29, Port Huron, MI. She was yet another anti-vaxxer who died from COVID. Her anti-vaxx Grandfather died two months ago of COVID. She leaves behind 3 children under 10. https://t.co/lCZ1HWUKCR

— sorryantivaxxer (@sorryantivaxxer) December 23, 2021

But there may be hope for some. This was from last July but hopefully the movement of children resisting their parents “educating” them has grown.

Karen's son gets vaccinated despite (or perhaps in spite of) her "educating" him. Then it turns out that a lot of anti-vaxxer's families are ignoring them as well.

Oh, and Kelly and Lisa are assholes.#AntiVaxxers pic.twitter.com/s3ewVYWwwo

— AVK (@VaxxersAnti) July 27, 2021

GPs across Northern Ireland have now delivered over half a million booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.@rcgp_ni pic.twitter.com/Kx1Qc1HQcF

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 12, 2022

NI #COVID19 data has been updated:

📊2,980 positive cases and, sadly, 14 deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours.

💉3,602,749 vaccines administered in total.

Vaccines ➡️https://t.co/PLBxkrVktX
Dashboard ➡️https://t.co/WeZCwyyeZ9 pic.twitter.com/rhmxDzlE0L

— Department of Health (@healthdpt) January 13, 2022