#NPHET

Isn't it odd how little mention of the care homes there are in NPHET meeting minutes when half of all deaths occurred there? Isn't it also odd there is a

Right, going to try take us through NPHET/Level 5/Government debacle from NPHET's side:It was a "failure of communication", one NPHET source tells me, adding that Taoiseach should have been given

—THREAD BEGINS—NPHET repeatedly cited test-driven case numbers.Can ⁦@ronan_glynn⁩ or NPHET please tell us 1. How many positive cases are active or infectious, given that PCRs detect the virus when it

Neither you nor I nor Leo Varadkar nor anyone else needs to agree with what Dr Tony Holohan recommended yesterday. He wrote a letter based upon the evidence he has

This simply doesn't make any sense. Perhaps the 110 only refers to second level but it's not clear #edchatie https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/covid-19-transmitted-in-fewer-than-10-schools-nphet-1.4392706 Apart from the risk

Interesting to see a member of your family subject to a twitter pile-on.The following are personal thoughts and opinions.Philip has worked for over 14 months, putting in savage hours, in

Anthony O'Connor

Seeing a lot of people giving NPHET a good kicking, even Pat Spillane. I understand why people are frustrated but we need to be a small bit realistic too. There

Richard Chambers

Holohan says one of his key concerns is the fact that he believes there has been a "creep" of people returning to work outside the home when they may not

Ruairi ↙️↙️↙️

Few thoughts on this: I think firstly that L5 seems like too big an escalation, and it's more likely that Dublin & maybe other cities like Cork will go to

A lot of opinions informed and otherwise currently surrounding #NPHET recommendations are doing the rounds – and I see distinct discordance between the economists and the doctors I follow. So,

Professor Philip Nolan, Chair of NPHET Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, said: “For the population at large, the growth rate is at zero and the transmission of the virus is effectively

Deirdre Gilhawley

Questions for tomorrow's briefing:1. The scientific advisory group, SAGE, in the UK estimates that closing schools would reduce transmission more than any other single measure (reduce R by 0.2-0.5).What does

The past few weeks has left me questioning the decency of society a bit. I think we've lost sight of the fundamental reasons of why things are the way they

KeithHo56221065

https://twitter.com/DrDomPimenta/status/1381596861547610112?s=20 The zero covid crew like to paint this picture that if we don’t eliminate the virus via NPI’s something never done before that we will despite incredibly efficacious vacci

KB

Please RT & share widely.The HSE published a report in August relating to the mass testing of asymptomatic individuals. It was “Approved by the Pandemic Incident Control Team August 14th

Gabrielle Colleran

ProfSuperJunior

Last night was very hard for front line workersWhen Leo made that first speech in March, we felt a unity of purpose, a sense of team,that made it easier to