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26 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
1/ Maybe we are detecting too many asymptomatic cases, people with non infectious viral remnants, and acknowledge a low case fatality rate. People suggest a #casedemic, yet we hear of a lot of European countries now struggling with hospitalised Covid patients
2/ I read one article which seems very convincing about the low risk of Covid 19. Other papers suggesting a far higher level of T-cell immunity. Data to suggest this coronavirus is no worse than seasonal flu. And that data seems very convincing
3/ And then I see news from Europe whose healthcare systems are overrun (France data today), worrying data of concerning numbers of sick Covid patients.
4/ I just would love if there was a balanced reasoned scientific narrative that could present both sides of the arguments, and tell us all what’s right or wrong
5/ I am not a fan of lockdown, and this is in keeping with the WHO advice. That of course does not imply that we get complacent. That does not imply that all lives shouldn’t be protected by “opening up”. But I believe that there is a middle ground that is achievable.

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29 Oct
So what’s the next plan. The confusion continues. More questions. @SusanMitchell_ @CMOIreland @MihaiVioreanu @DrJohnCurran @Care2much18 @RiochtConor2 @CcoHse @jlamber55605930 @MlMcNamaraTD @SenatorMcDowell
1/ So Sweden has posted its data for all cause mortality up to Oct this year and it seems that the figures as as low as any other year, lower in fact

2/ Next we have the Irish data
and we seem to be comparing very well with Europe
. And as always with thanks to the ongoing collation of data from Conor
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22 Oct
My Disappointment. @HSELive @DonnellyStephen @SusanMitchell_ @ciarakellydoc @merrionstreet
1/ Maybe it’s just Covid lockdowns and 2020 in general but there is at present a greater attention and focus on how we do things in Ireland
2/ How we build hospitals, how we build houses, how we care for the elderly and vulnerable. It’s disappointing how much our government focuses on smoke and mirrors. Deflection and delays. Right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing.
3/ Our Taoiseach didn’t hear about the contact tracing problems until the media reported it. The mother and baby homes commission was established 5 years ago, now the records will be sealed for 30 years.
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22 Oct
Some great points made in this paper and mirrors data from other countries. @HSELive @DonnellyStephen @merrionstreet
Second waves mostly linked to transmission in young healthy people.
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19 Oct
And So it begins again.
Lockdown part 2. @MlMcNamaraTD @ciarakellydoc @SusanMitchell_ @MichealMartinTD @jenoconnell
1/ I feel a genuine fear that much of the fabric of society will come apart in various shapes and forms in the coming weeks.
2/ There is already such anger, much of which I worry will not simply settle as the days pass. Obviously there is the shock of the much leaked news of the level 5 announcement.
3/So many parts of society now live with real concern as to whether or not they will have a job or a business to go back to/open in 6 weeks time. I sense a lot of anger about what is considered essential to remain open during lockdown (GAA) vs non-essential.
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22 Sep
We must look after all parts of the health needs despite COVID19 @HSELive @DonnellyStephen @SusanMitchell_ @ciarakellydoc

1/ It’s absolutely clear that we don’t have the ICU capacity we need in Ireland. This has been shown in multiple reports going back years.
2/ The numbers are less now than they were, and 20% of the current ICU beds in the public system remain closed. In the times of a pandemic, we have to ask why.
We have to also ask why in the last 7 months the capacity hasn’t been improved.
3/ Regardless of any opinion of pursuing a zero Covid island vs living with the virus, our stated objective from March was to flatten the curve and avoid overwhelming our public healthcare system
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8 Sep
A sense of balance and a question of who is right ? @DonnellyStephen @ciarakellydoc @SusanMitchell_ @ronan_glynn @Care2much18 @ConorRiordan2 @FatEmperor
1/ Sometimes I wonder are the debates on twitter a reflection on how the wider population feel. Is there such a degree of anger and divergent opinions regarding Covid and our response? It seems to be one camp or another.
2/ I usually try to see if there is merit/data/scientific fact in both sides of an argument. I start off by taking the approach that the opinion of the person is correct and then work back from there.
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