Relaxation of Restrictions, Part IX *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

thebaz

Graham wrote: »

who said that?

I cant post n this anymore

Lundstram

Penfailed wrote: »

Just caught up on all of the posts from today. All three boxes were ticked - police state, house arrest and banana republic...in one day!

Just caught up on all of the posts from today. All three boxes were ticked - right wing loons, hysterical (ironic) and anti-maskers/vaxers.. in one day!

aziz

Necro wrote: »

Mod:

Enough of this sort of posting please. Those people are entitled to their views as well, you can disagree with their viewpoints but you have absolutely no right to criticise them in this manner for having that view

CRITICISE, nearly every post on here is critical of someone or something?

showpony1

thebaz wrote: »

Ther is a lot to be optimistic about, the vaccine we did not have 4 months ago , the Covid figures worlwide are dropping , and on and on NPHET have nothing but doom and gloom about never-ending lockdowns :-

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/nphet-says-normal-life-some-way-off-and-vaccination-unlikely-to-fully-halt-covid-19-1.4494969?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fireland%2Firish-news%2Fnphet-says-normal-life-some-way-off-and-vaccination-unlikely-to-fully-halt-covid-19-1.4494969

Was talking to a friend of mine who is 86 and has fully recovered from Covid , who had very mild dose -- Why are media not telling us his story, and the many other good stories , just 12 months of NPHET never-ending doom , telling us today eating and excersing are dangerous - when is some politician or journalist going to be brave eneogh to challenge them, and say when the vulnerable are vaccianted when are they going to allow the rest of us who want to actually start living to do so ?

We have Flattened the curve - We are vaccinating the vulnerable -

So angry and despaired.

Because someone who was 102 died of this deadly virus today & being used as a metric to keep us restricted - that's all that is important.

Penfailed

Don't Chute! wrote: »

Anything else to say on any of the many points that were made? Or just more childish sniping?

Childish? I'd call it highlighting the farcical nature of some of the posts in this thread. We aren't living in a police state, we aren't living under house arrest and we don't live in a banana republic. It doesn't stop people repeating this same nonsense over and over and over in this thread. Hysterical nonsense.

Lundstram

Penfailed wrote: »

Childish? I'd call it highlighting the farcical nature of some of the posts in this thread. We aren't living in a police state, we aren't living under house arrest and we don't live in a banana republic. It doesn't stop people repeating this same nonsense over and over and over in this thread. Hysterical nonsense.

There's "hysterical" again. Two in one day!

Spin it all you want with your petty definitions but you're fooling no one. The majority are now against these archaic restrictions and can see them for what they are, a massive over reaction and an arse covering excercise.

But hey, we are the 5th safest country in the world for Covid19 now so MM and the lads are looking good again on the international stage.

Fcuk the 4.9 million people who are suffering.

Sobit1964

Concerts are booked out in the UK. The Germans and French cant find enough people willing to take the vaccines. The continent is rebelling and opening irrespective of 'rules/edicts'.

I lack programming can someone please update me with the next thing to be afraid of?

Apparently tomorrow marks a year since the advent of the pandemic in Ireland. How will ye celebrate? I'll raid a KFC bucket followed by a cyanide pill for dessert.

Eagerly looking forward to lockdown ending on the first of never.

MOR316

Sobit1964 wrote: »

Concerts are booked out in the UK. The Germans and French cant find enough people willing to take the vaccines. The continent is rebelling and opening irrespective of 'rules/edicts'.

I lack programming can someone please update me with the next thing to be afraid of?

Butter Vouchers!!

normanoffside

This is an excellent watch and is very relevant to here too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKmcSghhybU

MOR316

I have this fear that the next time I go to a U2 gig, Bono is going to bring NPHET out on stage and they'll all start singing "One"

Ronan Glynn, going around confiscating the microphones for sanitizing.
Philip Nolan, deeply concerned about the amount of people in the arena.
Tony Holohan, legging it away from Zara King and her wedding questions...

CruelSummer

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/poll

Interesting poll data from the Irish Times, goes into regions and ages also.
ISAG don’t like it so they’ve pinned it to their twitter page and tweeted 17 tweets trying to undo the results. Trump would be proud.

SnuggyBear

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Apparently tomorrow marks a year since the advent of the pandemic in Ireland. How will ye celebrate? I'll raid a KFC bucket followed by a cyanide pill for dessert.

Eagerly looking forward to lockdown ending on the first of never.

A year to remember

PTH2009

MOR316 wrote: »

I have this fear that the next time I go to a U2 gig..

The next u2 gig you will be going to will be the hologram tour in 2065 in celebration of the lockdown been over

aziz

A year to forget

aziz

Sobit1964 wrote: »

Concerts are booked out in the UK. The Germans and French cant find enough people willing to take the vaccines. The continent is rebelling and opening irrespective of 'rules/edicts'.

I lack programming can someone please update me with the next thing to be afraid of?

Don’t worry,be back to climate change soon

aziz

And right on cue

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/gulf-stream-lifeline-at-its-weakest-in-more-than-a-millennium-1.4495049

lee_baby_simms

PTH2009 wrote: »

The next u2 gig you will be going to will be the hologram tour in 2065 in celebration of the lockdown been over

The Circuit Breaker Tour 2065.

Chivito550

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

The Circuit Breaker Tour 2065.

80th anniversary of their iconic Live Aid performance.

normanoffside

PTH2009 wrote: »

The next u2 gig you will be going to will be the hologram tour in 2065 in celebration of the lockdown been over

Tony will be there in hologram form to warn us about the Twomileborris variant.

https://twitter.com/leptagon2/status/1360652106894557187?s=21

jams100

When all the over 70s are vaccinated we need to go back to normal (bar maybe 3 arena etc. /pubs, which can wait another few months). That's how I'm reading the general consensus?

Irish Times reporting their is "strong consensus for reopening society as soon as possible".
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-times-poll-strong-support-for-reopening-society-as-soon-as-possible-1.4495298

Hopefully this means that very soon we won't have to listen to the zero covid loons like Tomas Ryan, Staines and Scally

Parachutes

What? You mean you don’t want to stay in your house for the rest of your life?

retro:electro

One year from now headlines will be “latest reports suggest George Lee has been found prowling the Dublin mountains in a state of undress, searching for new variants”

nocoverart

MOR316 wrote: »

I have this fear that the next time I go to a U2 gig, Bono is going to bring NPHET out on stage and they'll all start singing "One"

Ronan Glynn, going around confiscating the microphones for sanitizing.
Philip Nolan, deeply concerned about the amount of people in the arena.
Tony Holohan, legging it away from Zara King and her wedding questions...

The thoughts of going to a U2 gig makes me think lockdown isn’t all that bad... never mind the added cringe you described.

Penfailed

Lundstram wrote: »

Spin it all you want with your petty definitions but you're fooling no one. The majority are now against these archaic restrictions and can see them for what they are, a massive over reaction and an arse covering excercise.

Except polling shows, as usual, that the majority are not against these 'archaic' restrictions.

facehugger99

Penfailed wrote: »

Except polling shows, as usual, that the majority are not against these 'archaic' restrictions.

It will be hilarious to watch the lockdown-cheerleaders scramble when we actually have to start paying back all this 'free-money'.

€50bn added to our public debt over the last year - once new taxes are introduced we shall see what the public sentiment is to the restrictions - expect a lot of lads to claim they were never in favour of them.

hatrickpatrick

retro:electro wrote: »

One year from now headlines will be “latest reports suggest George Lee has been found prowling the Dublin mountains in a state of undress, searching for new variants”

Ah Jaysus, why does he have to be in a state of undress :eek:

elefant

jams100 wrote: »

When all the over 70s are vaccinated we need to go back to normal (bar maybe 3 arena etc. /pubs, which can wait another few months). That's how I'm reading the general consensus?

Irish Times reporting their is "strong consensus for reopening society as soon as possible".

Hopefully this means that very soon we won't have to listen to the zero covid loons like Tomas Ryan, Staines and Scally

Whatever your stance on lockdowns and government strategy, objectively the way that piece is framed is extremely disingenuous. How have they boiled down those answers into 'Strong support for reopening society as soon as possible'?

And the question 'Are you in favour of a ‘living with Covid strategy’ and getting back to normal once the elderly and vulnerable have been vaccinated, or are you in favour of Zero Covid which would mean keeping restrictions in place until Covid has been all but eliminated?' is a really false dichotomy. Bringing zero covid into the question muddies the outcome; a lot of people could be in favour of a total suppression approach until vaccines are administered.

It really blunts the usefulness of a poll like this if you're approaching it in that way. And, to stress again, I'm not 'hoping' for any particular results; it feels like people are coming to the end of their tether with the current state of play and I'd just like to read a factual report of statistical public sentiment in Ireland.

facehugger99

aziz wrote: »

40% are probably people who hate their jobs and never want to go back to the office again and probably never had any sort of social life

Sure the amount of public servants that must be loving this. 100% job security and pay rises.

The teachers are on an extended, full-pay holiday, the guards are raking in the overtime and healthcare workers have never had a quieter year. The rest of them are 'working' from home.

Mix in a few lads that are avoiding a daily 3 hour commute into the office and a scattering of hysteria-merchants who hang off George Lee's every word and it's easy to get to a 40% figure.

Captain_Crash

elefant wrote: »

Whatever your stance on lockdowns and government strategy, objectively the way that piece is framed is extremely disingenuous.

Wow, the media manipulating a story to suit the view they are trying to portray? We haven’t seen that during covid at all have we?