GAA attendance 2021

[joemamas]

from RTE this morning via the Govt

"He said 6.28 million vaccines have now been administered here, with over 80% of adults fully vaccinated and almost 90% partially vaccinated"

Given the above numbers, and that everyone admitted to Croke Park is wearing a mask, how on earth is the attendence limited to 24k, and 40k for the football final (btw 3 weeks from now)

[Rossfan]

Address your questions to here  https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/63b3b3-office-of-the-chief-medical-officer/.
As for mask wearing....99% obviously take off the mask when they get in the gate

[joemamas]

Address your questions to here  https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/63b3b3-office-of-the-chief-medical-officer/.
As for mask wearing....99% obviously take off the mask when they get in the gate

Not true,
I was there at Mayo V Galway, people were for the most part respectful, there were also people walking around telling to you put it on if did not have it on.
Outside they did not wear them.
inside yes.
BTW, it is an outdoor stadium.

[Rossfan]

Connacht people do the right thing.
There was hardly a mask to be seen at the other 2 Finals or at that Cork Hurley stuff!

[viperhiggins]

Conbacht people do the right thing.
There was hardly a mask to be seen at the other 2 Finals or at that Cork Hurley stuff!

Why should you have to wear a mask when sitting if allocated with a pod of 5 people maximum?

[rosnarun]

because it the rules and when Government are deciding how many can enter this is one of the considerations

[viperhiggins]

because it the rules and when Government are deciding how many can enter this is one of the considerations

Why isn't croker classified as outdoors? Surely it the precautions of separation through the use of pods, surely that will suffice?

[Rossfan]

Other Stadia, much more open than the Croke pk Stands are only allowed 500, or around 10% for specified events.
Public Health Regulations

[armaghniac]

from RTE this morning via the Govt

"He said 6.28 million vaccines have now been administered here, with over 80% of adults fully vaccinated and almost 90% partially vaccinated"

Given the above numbers, and that everyone admitted to Croke Park is wearing a mask, how on earth is the attendance limited to 24k, and 40k for the football final (btw 3 weeks from now)

Not only adults are admitted, there could be 10,000 there not vaccinated, some of these with Covid. You might not be so bad in your seat, but everyone will pile into the bog at half time and surge out the gates at the end.
However, as I said before, they need not be restricting the stadium if they are allowing people gather indoors in pubs to watch games. I suppose the problem is all of these 40k going to pubs, restaurants, going on buses etc.

[Cunny Funt]

Other Stadia, much more open than the Croke pk Stands are only allowed 500, or around 10% for specified events.
Public Health Regulations

Once Croke has got the go ahead for increased capacities the same should have happened for other stadiums but as ever the government are making it up as they go along.

[BennyCake]

Conbacht people do the right thing.
There was hardly a mask to be seen at the other 2 Finals or at that Cork Hurley stuff!

Why should you have to wear a mask when sitting if allocated with a pod of 5 people maximum?

Even if mask wearing was enforced at the match, those pods of 5 are probably traveling together from different households in the same car without masks.

[joemamas]

Address your questions to here  https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/63b3b3-office-of-the-chief-medical-officer/.
As for mask wearing....99% obviously take off the mask when they get in the gate

Not true,
I was there at Mayo V Galway, people were for the most part respectful, there were also people walking around telling to you put it on if did not have it on.
Outside they did not wear them.
inside yes.
BTW, it is an outdoor stadium.

"From the HSE today,
Now over 6.4M vaccines administered here with 82% of adults fully vaccinated & 90% partially. Continued great progress too on the 12-15 year olds, with almost 100,000 registered & 47,000 administered. The vaccines are working & give us a pathway to a brighter future."

This is great news on the vaccination front, but can anybody explain the rational behind continued draconian rules behind outdoor sporting events.
How can the powers to be only allow 40k at an all-Ireland final 25 days from now, when the fully vaccinated numbers should have approached 90% ??.
I happened to watch the highlights of some of the Premier league games just checked the attendance 72k at Man Utd, less than 200 miles from Dublin.

[armaghniac]

Perhaps the GAA should ask for more numbers but state that they will only admit vaccinated people?

[yellowcard]

Would love to see a full capacity All Ireland final. Surely by that point everybody that wants to, would be fully vaccinated.

[Rossfan]

Play it in England for Joe!
From 1 -16th August inclusive
25,836 cases in 26 Cos
21,343 in 6 Cos.
Around 600 in Hospitals and near 100 in ICUs.
I don't see any increase in AI Final crowd limits.