China Coronavirus

[RadioGAAGAA]

https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2020/12/30/what-is-left-to-say/

This article pretty pretty much sums how I feel about COVID.

So much noise. So little consideration.

I assume you mean the article is so much noise with so little consideration?

Yer man didn't go far out of his way to interpret his own data.



Compare to 2017/2018 or 2018/2019 - the spike this winter is not limited to the new year. Given the results of the past few weeks won't be in yet*, and combined with media reports across europe of hospital occupancy etc, it is safe to assume that the numbers will not have peaked but will instead be sustained or rise further.


*note how it descends back to baseline for last entry point - simply because the numbers aren't in!


So we are currently looking at between 1.5x and 2x the death rate of previous winters in this Nov/Dec. 

[michaelg]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

[Milltown Row2]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

Would never watch RTE news, in fairness I wouldn't watch news unless there was something came up

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

Would never watch RTE news, in fairness I wouldn't watch news unless there was something came up

When I was young and troubles were going we only had between 4-6 channels. In Derry we had no issue getting "teilifís Éireann" as everyone called it and my Da insisted on RTÉ 1 being button 1 then RTÉ 2 button 2. Anything to prove our Irishness lol, but with advent of sky the 6 o clock news on RTÉ has got lost a bit. I still always go to TG4 and RTÉ channels everyday though for other stuff.

[bennydorano]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

It's  like a different country (copyright Ian Rush)

[michaelg]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

It's  like a different country (copyright Ian Rush)

For you too then?

[michaelg]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

It's  like a different country (copyright Ian Rush)

Apparently old Rushie never said that!  Shame, always found it a funny quote / comment!
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/ian-rush-i-never-said-italy-was-foreign-country-dalglish-has-lot-answer

[bennydorano]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

It's  like a different country (copyright Ian Rush)

For you too then?

I probably find it different in a different way than yourself I reckon tbh.

[michaelg]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

It's  like a different country (copyright Ian Rush)

For you too then?

I probably find it different in a different way than yourself I reckon tbh.

Not so much a different country per se. However, other than Ireland rugby matches, generally accessed via BBC or ITV more recently, a lot of the news and cultural life in the ROI passes me by.  I dare say, however, that except for those from a nationalist background with an interest in GAA, the same night apply too.

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

Would never watch RTE news, in fairness I wouldn't watch news unless there was something came up

When I was young and troubles were going we only had between 4-6 channels. In Derry we had no issue getting "teilifís Éireann" as everyone called it and my Da insisted on RTÉ 1 being button 1 then RTÉ 2 button 2. Anything to prove our Irishness lol, but with advent of sky the 6 o clock news on RTÉ has got lost a bit. I still always go to TG4 and RTÉ channels everyday though for other stuff.

that's how ulsterisation works, lads on the gah board watching the english news 

[Milltown Row2]

English news? Or northern news?

I love the rte maps doing the weather, partition in a nutshell

[From the Bunker]

English news? Or northern news?

I love the rte maps doing the weather, partition in a nutshell

If you want Partition - Listen to all the National Radio stations Weather forecast. There is a real East/West divide going on there!

[RedHand88]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

It's  like a different country (copyright Ian Rush)

For you too then?

I probably find it different in a different way than yourself I reckon tbh.

Not so much a different country per se. However, other than Ireland rugby matches, generally accessed via BBC or ITV more recently, a lot of the news and cultural life in the ROI passes me by.  I dare say, however, that except for those from a nationalist background with an interest in GAA, the same night apply too.

I know alot of people round belfast who don't have rte because they haven't bothered to sort it out, and aren't too bothered about it. Always baffled me. It was always on in my house growing up.

[bennydorano]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

Would never watch RTE news, in fairness I wouldn't watch news unless there was something came up

When I was young and troubles were going we only had between 4-6 channels. In Derry we had no issue getting "teilifís Éireann" as everyone called it and my Da insisted on RTÉ 1 being button 1 then RTÉ 2 button 2. Anything to prove our Irishness lol, but with advent of sky the 6 o clock news on RTÉ has got lost a bit. I still always go to TG4 and RTÉ channels everyday though for other stuff.

that's how ulsterisation works, lads on the gah board watching the english news 

ROI is a foreign country kid. What happens politically  in London is more important than Dublin unfortunately

[michaelg]

Sky or BBC

I'm genuinely not on the wind up here, but I thought that most folk aspiring to a UI looked to the RTE for their news etc.  Tbh, as a unionist who listens to BBC TV, Radio etc, this would be one of the reasons why I would not be too keen on a UI.  Perhaps not the correct thread for this, but there you go.

Would never watch RTE news, in fairness I wouldn't watch news unless there was something came up

When I was young and troubles were going we only had between 4-6 channels. In Derry we had no issue getting "teilifís Éireann" as everyone called it and my Da insisted on RTÉ 1 being button 1 then RTÉ 2 button 2. Anything to prove our Irishness lol, but with advent of sky the 6 o clock news on RTÉ has got lost a bit. I still always go to TG4 and RTÉ channels everyday though for other stuff.

that's how ulsterisation works, lads on the gah board watching the english news 

The point is that in the current digital media age, folk can access what they want.  How many folk in the O6C actually watch RTE?