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19 Feb, 5 tweets, 2 min read
‘Central Bank is concerned the Government’s new Affordable Housing Scheme may increase property prices and saddle mortgage holders with unaffordable debts’
independent.ie/irish-news/hou…
ESRI claims shared equity schemes risk driving up prices
irishtimes.com/news/ireland/i…
Permanent affordability must be engineered into State’s housing system, NESC says
irishtimes.com/news/social-af…
Civil servants repeatedly warned the Government that its shared equity “affordable” home plan would increase house prices.
irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4020…
‘model for State-backed affordable home scheme is rooted in policy that supports prices over €300k rather than cost of development.. subsidy schemes create some affordability for some but are not affordable to State in long term & not scalable to demand’ irishtimes.com/opinion/progra…

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21 Feb
Sunday Times Editorial: ‘Without the private sector, we build castles in the air’

.. here’s an example of how housing policy is misled by misunderstanding, half-truths & property sector spin 1/ @thetimesIE @JohnBurnsST
thetimes.co.uk/article/editor…
left v right politics
.. this is a false argument, the issues here are achieving best value for money, avoiding risk of failure, & ensuring transparency 2/ Image
below market prices
...the ‘discount’ on market prices proposed is a public subsidy of €50-100,000 per home.. or a second mortgage for the buyer
This is opposed by the Central Bank, ESRI, NESC, Dept Finance & most other analysts as likely to further inflate house prices 3/ Image
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20 Feb
[Thread] how ~not~ to do pandemic precautions for airborne virus #COVID19
hospital in Netherlands (pics @ContainmentNu ) 1/ ImageImage
2/ Pub, England (pic @rhodri ) *zoom in Image
3/ School, USA (vid @KatBrezler)
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#Covid19 If you’re new to understanding #airborne virus transmission, here’s some background
@zeynep theatlantic.com/health/archive…
..& a really clear demonstration of #aerosols from @jljcolorado on @weatherchannel #CovidIsAirborne
.. & a 5 minute deep dive into the science of #airborne virus from @linseymarr

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[Thread] #Covid19 #Quarantine hotel breaches & cross infection of guests & staff due to weak points in:
-choice of buildings
-transportation
-staffing & security
-inadequate precautions for airborne spread 1/
‘#ventilation to be re-examined by experts given possibility of #aerosol transmission in this case & in earlier case, where a family in hotel #quarantine & a person staying across corridor had contracted the same variant of the virus’ #Covid19 2/ abc.net.au/news/2021-02-0…
#ventilation expert unsurprised by #COVID19 infections linked to quarantine

“quick wins by limiting recirculation, increasing air flows & filters.. increasing air dilutes the risk of airborne infectious diseases being carried from room to room” 3/ stuff.co.nz/business/12407…
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25 Jan
#Covid19 #Hotel quarantine, must learn from failures abroad
*ventilation (not air-con rooms or internal corridors)
*location (not cities)
*security (not outsourced)
*staff (not moving around)
*transport (not shared)
... use airborne virus precautions everywhere @irishhotelsfed
...
...
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24 Jan
🇮🇪✈️ One flight into Ireland
💺 only 17% of seats filled

🦠 🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠13 cases on board

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🏥🏥🏥🏥🏥🏥 6 HSE regions impacted
eurosurveillance.org/content/10.280…
flying to South Korea...
flying to Hong Kong (May ‘20)
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