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No, Ireland do not have "the highest Covid infection rate for healthcare workers". I'll have to check again but we're not even top 5 in the ones that counted.
Moreover, high detection rate and low death rate = good, not bad. https://twitter.com/AshbourneAnnie/status/1275496513515524096
No, Ireland do not have "the highest Covid infection rate for healthcare workers". I'll have to check again but we're not even top 5 in the ones that counted.
Moreover, high detection rate and low death rate = good, not bad. https://twitter.com/AshbourneAnnie/status/1275496513515524096
Doctors and nurses in Yemen are quitting en masse because they feel it's a death sentence going into work, so many colleagues dying.
Yet they're doing "better" than Ireland on Healthcare Worker infections because, wait for it, they've no fucking money to test anyone.
Yet they're doing "better" than Ireland on Healthcare Worker infections because, wait for it, they've no fucking money to test anyone.
The following countries have widespread infection but are testing at the scientific rate of "fuck all" (135 times less than Ireland in Nigeria's case).
Iran, Brazil, Ukraine, Ghana, Argentina, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria.
Iran, Brazil, Ukraine, Ghana, Argentina, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria.
June 10th:
Netherlands: ( https://rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/current-information)
Total infections: 47,903
Healthcare worker infections: 16,942
Infection rate: 35.46%
Ireland: ( https://gov.ie/en/press-release/b8a62-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-tuesday-9-june/)
Total infections: 25,215
Healthcare worker infections: 8,087
Infection rate: 32.15%
Netherlands: ( https://rivm.nl/en/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/current-information)
Total infections: 47,903
Healthcare worker infections: 16,942
Infection rate: 35.46%
Ireland: ( https://gov.ie/en/press-release/b8a62-statement-from-the-national-public-health-emergency-team-tuesday-9-june/)
Total infections: 25,215
Healthcare worker infections: 8,087
Infection rate: 32.15%
Last time I checked, 35.46% is a bigger number than 32.15%.
Maybe maths don't matter to anyone anymore, just like facts, just throw them all out the window so.
Maybe maths don't matter to anyone anymore, just like facts, just throw them all out the window so.
The fact that INMO went in there and said "we've the highest infection rate in world" is bizarre.
It's not just factually incorrect - it's unknowable, given the insane lack of testing elsewhere.
The places that have tested aggressively in Europe, all have high infection rates.
It's not just factually incorrect - it's unknowable, given the insane lack of testing elsewhere.
The places that have tested aggressively in Europe, all have high infection rates.
Ultimately what matters is deaths.
Cases: 8,172
Deaths: 7
Case Fatality Rate: 0.085%
That stacks up extremely well against anywhere. UK's CFR in healthcare workers is 8 times higher, Spain is 7 times higher.
Cases: 8,172
Deaths: 7
Case Fatality Rate: 0.085%
That stacks up extremely well against anywhere. UK's CFR in healthcare workers is 8 times higher, Spain is 7 times higher.
It also stacks up well against flu according to the HSE's 2018 flu estimate for healthcare workers:
Covid19 HCW infections: 8,172
Flu season 2017/18 HCW infections: 19,850
But sure who cares, when people stroll into Govt committees making stuff up.
Covid19 HCW infections: 8,172
Flu season 2017/18 HCW infections: 19,850
But sure who cares, when people stroll into Govt committees making stuff up.
One nurse union in US said 80% of their members hadn't been tested *even once*.
Annoys me they're deemed to be doing "better" re healthcare workers.
IMO a better question is how many of the 600+ dead US HCW's would've been saved by early testing? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/932028
Annoys me they're deemed to be doing "better" re healthcare workers.
IMO a better question is how many of the 600+ dead US HCW's would've been saved by early testing? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/932028
Page after page of nurses, porters, receptionists dead, including pregnant nurses 
Virus is vicious and I think people could do with remembering that and stop acting like it's nothing to have low deaths in HCW.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927976#vp_17
RIP Mary
: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52752818
Virus is vicious and I think people could do with remembering that and stop acting like it's nothing to have low deaths in HCW.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927976#vp_17
RIP Mary
: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52752818
