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Reportedly the eu’s traffic light system grades countries green, amber or red according to their covid infection rate. Free movement is advocated for travellers from green zones. National governments are expected to restrict travellers from orange and red regions accordingly. According to a report, Eamon Ryan discussed the issue before an oireachtas committee, thought to be yesterday.

Reportedly patients in the United States can now access their medical records online. According to the report nearly all are in favour of a patient’s right to access their own notes. Said might include procedure and progress notes, patient’s history, examinations, imaging, laboratory and pathology reports plus discharge summaries. Might include a copy of pre-operation consent forms for patient to read at leisure.

Reportedly today is the last possible day to apply for a further education grant for the academic year 2020/21. The susi online application system closes tomorrow.

The Mantoux test is used in Ireland and perhaps elsewhere, reportedly to test immunity to tuberculosis, in order to determine whether a tb vaccine is warranted. An amount of the tuberculosis bacteria is injected into the skin to determine the reaction. A sensitive skin reaction indicates that a tb vaccine may be warrented. Ireland’s seemingly many subclinical cases of corona virus disease, hundreds, leads to the question, If an individual has developed immunity to a disease would a test for the disease show positive?

According to reports, during British rule in Ireland on the morning of the 21 November 1920, republicans under Michael Collins assassinated key figures in British administration, believed to be mi5. The network seemingly had links with Palestine and Cairo where they were previously stationed during the first world war. Collins was minister for finance and believed to be head of intelligence. Ten army officers died that day, mainly intelligence officers, though reportedly some associated police.

Later that day reportedly Dublin played Gaelic football against Tipperary at Croke Park in front of a crowd of 5000. Despite a reported unease, life carried on. According to reports a convoy of British soldiers drove into the stadium from the north west whilst the black and tans entered from the south. Shots were fired from the black and tans, and lasted about ninety seconds according to a witness. Resulted in the crowd running to the other side of the stadium. Reportedly the army fired fifty rounds of fire from machine guns. Among the dead was a young woman, two boys aged 10 and 11, and the football player Michael Hogan.

Reportedly the Dublin castle based British administration said the incident was unauthorised and the intention was to search all men on the way out of the stadium, but shots were fired only ten minutes into the game. Two military tribunals reportedly took place. One found shooting into the crowd unforgiveable, believed it to be unauthorised and blamed the police. No details of the other.

According to a newspaper report 40% of 300,000 samples tested rom meat plants were covid positive during September/early October. Few details. This months figures if still testing should be calculable by 6 November.

News of a variant corona virus in Ireland, Spain, the u.k. and perhaps elsewhere, true or not might be an argument against the development of immunity as in the case of all viruses. Global protests about covid restrictions have sometimes resulted in trouble between protestors and the police. In Ireland, this has resulted in threats to would be organisers.

Nineteen countries are reportedly more severely affected than Ireland in a list of covid affected countries. Arguments that lockdowns assist hospitals to cope with the pandemic fail to align with statistics which reveal very few covid cases in Irish hospitals. Maybe different elsewhere. Ireland’s few clinical cases may be linked to regular occurrences of water and other contamination over the years which would have built up an immunity. No known cause but thought to be linked to biological subterfuge. If so, the seen to be extreme government strategy which restricts business, travel and movement but exempts overseas military personnel is the worst possible move.

News that Leo Varadker made a minor protocol error reported by the thought to be gay magazine, village and blown out of proportion since, may be a ploy to divert attention away from the privatisation of the AIB. According to official legislation the AIB is now operating under British rules, soon to change following Brexit. Again, according to legislation the Bank of Ireland is now in British hands. In this case may have occurred while Enda Kenny was toiseach.

For years, seemingly banking policy has diverted from a personal, local service to phones and machines, leaving less recourse if anything goes wrong. Opportunities for theft prevail in internet banking which customers are persuaded to avail of. Personal access codes are visible before being replaced by bullet points. An unexplained issue.

According to a report a variant of the corona virus has been identified, initially in Ireland reportedly among Spanish farm workers. According to the report the new variant has spread throughout Europe during autumn and is said to be prevalent in Ireland, Spain and the u.k. Interestingly it is said to have accounted for 60% of covid cases in Ireland and 80% of cases in the u.k. and Spain. Spanish flu was a pandemic believed to have begun in Spain during the first world war. Reportedly it infected 500 million people. Deaths unable to be counted.