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See a small article in today's  UK Times - 'Absence of flu admissions puzzles doctors'. Important bits:
- No UK admissions in first 2 weeks of January
- trend echoed in other parts of world
- in Japan there were 1,000 flu patients in 2nd week of January compared with 800,000 over the same period last year.

WHO stated "This is an extremely puzzling phenomenon. We're in a historic unbelievable situation."

Ach look we know what's going on there but it just leads to a flu v covid war on here. Clearly the flu is being recorded as Covid...whilst they are different, they have crossover symptoms.

Alot of people just are afraid to go near hospitals right now....rightly or wrongly, they are saying nothing and getting on with it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/health/covid-payment-500-pounds-positive-selfisolate-b1791015.html%3famp

Whoever floated this idea need shot into space.

Lockdown forever.

Do you hold the belief that house parties are as prevalent as we have been told by the executive, that seems the flat source of blame at the moment?

I drove through a local town last night on my way home from a run and seen about 20 outside one of the Local Fast Food places. Admittedly outside, but surely still 'as bad'?

[The whole idea of a party is to meet people and talk to them, not at all like shopping. So this comparison is bollix.]

That bugs me, not the DUP (well they do), but the blame on the people, all the time.

If you keep blaming the people it only ends one way.

The amount of people I hear daily saying "it's them oul house parties....". Look, of course there are parties going on. But Jesus Christ, just think about it. You would think that every 2nd house in the North was pumping then people just regurgitate that yet your local Tesco is just as "gathered" from open to close and not a word of it because it's allowed.

I haven't been to a party lately, but recalling such things they are nothing like going to Tesco. In Tesco you wear a mask, you may pass people in the aisle but you quickly move on and the whole thing takes 30 mins. The whole idea of a party is to meet people and talk to them, not at all like shopping. So this comparison is bollix.

They have yet to twig that when you stop people doing anything, you force their hand. The next few months will certainly now see compliance plummet to minimal levels.

You don't "force their hand", they can just do what needs to be done. People do not drive down one way streets the wrong way because they want to make a point, such things exist for good reason.
All that is needed is a bit of responsibility for a few months, things will be greatly eased in summer in any case.

I must go to different shops than you. What I see is a meet up.

Same tune from March.

Loosening restrictions at Christmas seems crazier & crazier as each day passes. Would we not have been well on our way towards spring re restrictions ending?

But do we think one week really caused this all? I get that people went mad shopping, of course it was a big week of mixing, but no gastrobars etc were even open where I am.

I get the feeling we are getting a bit of payback from the executive here. The fact they are leaking the bad news to the BBC quite clearly now so that gets a bit of the heat off is all very convenient to me.

I'm aware I'm bordering conspiracy lines, but Jayne McCormack from the BBC is fit to tell us exactly what is happening every day before the executive meets and "makes the decision".  Does anyone else not find that a tad bit strange? Does anything leak from the Southern Govt to anyone? I think it shows just what the NI Executive are, incapable of leadership.

As a fairly complaint member of the public I am exasperated at this stage how they can decide to continue lockdown until March 5th considering there was still 2 weeks until the actual end of this one. I'm not saying open it up, let her rip. But I am saying how can they make that decision so quickly when the same people say one week caused all the bother. It just makes people like me who were sticking to the rules question and become angry at the situation. I'm far from the only one too. We've been in some form of lockdown now in the North from Hallowe'en (including the circuit breaker nonsense). There really seems no end to this. It's massively deflating for me at the moment. I think we are genuinely on the way to something more dangerous in this country.

That bugs me, not the DUP (well they do), but the blame on the people, all the time.

If you keep blaming the people it only ends one way.

The amount of people I hear daily saying "it's them oul house parties....". Look, of course there are parties going on. But Jesus Christ, just think about it. You would think that every 2nd house in the North was pumping then people just regurgitate that yet your local Tesco is just as "gathered" from open to close and not a word of it because it's allowed.

They have yet to twig that when you stop people doing anything, you force their hand. The next few months will certainly now see compliance plummet to minimal levels.

Yesterday was the same stuff. All our fault, NHS is stretched to limit. Next few weeks are vital. They've said it that often they have given people Covid fatigue.

If they want to drive the message home, seriously, they should do an inside show from inside a ward. Obviously that might prove somewhat tricky considering. But you get the point.

I don't think anyone would seriously argue that one with you Main Street.

But I would ask, would Donegal of 2012 give it to any of Harte or Boylans teams at a similar peak? That's a different one.

[Some kind of transparency of decision making.]

Well maybe it's a bit too much but some kind of barometer of why they are making decisions. Then businesses should be able to know. Some kind of transparency of decision making.

Your common sense has no business in this thread.

what rumour?

Colm allegedly led the anti Harte player movement. Looking back now he's gone.

So....

Lockdown extended to March 05th (at best) in the North....

Who wants to take this one.

Everyones been shite in here, Klopp, Pep, Ole, Lampard, Arteta

Maybe so, but was shown to be targeted in every big game over those years with his lack of mobility. It's time to look forward.

What's the thoughts on this?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40211579.html

None, he's finished and was finished for about 4 years before that.

It's such a GAA thing to talk about what team spends money 

They all do, even the fairy-tale Leicester were done for breach of FFP to get into the Premier League.

Does anyone in this thread actually have anything positive to say about any team?

I've watched nearly every Chelsea game since they played Wolves, they've had 2 wins since and in both games West Ham & Fulham were very unlucky. 7 points from the last 8 games with arguably the strongest squad in the league and under zero pressure from TV & Radio pundits, never seen anything like.

They are literally writing his obituaries?