Future for Zero covid cult members ?

Ballycommon Mast

You know all those people that still have a "we can be zero" banner on their social media, what does the future hold for them ?

Deeper Blue

A lifetime of ridicule, hopefully

Croohur1

About the same as the opposite end of the spectrum - the Anti Vaxxers and Covid Deniers, and those who believed all these restrictions were here to stay.....

[Deleted User]

It's amazing that people have not copped on to the big clue that Leo told us yesterday that we will "...enjoy a spring and summer of freedom."

Note the absence of Autumn and Winter. This is not over.

Ballycommon Mast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517244#Comment_118517244

Imo, those guys have a lot more road than the zero covid crowd, some are saying that the restrictions have been lifted thanks to them, others are saying it's just the start of the next chapter towards to the great reset but what the hell can the "no international travel until 2025" f**kers say?

Croohur1

"some are saying that the restrictions have been lifted thanks to them" Some? Who? Themselves maybe. Hilarious.

Ballycommon Mast

https://mobile.twitter.com/TJRyan_77/status/1347678301574356992

Ballycommon Mast

https://mobile.twitter.com/killeen_gerry/status/1417391663337689089

Ballycommon Mast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517322#Comment_118517322

Yes that's exactly what I meant

Croohur1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517355#Comment_118517355

What has the two tweets from last year that you posted got to do with the price of sliced bread??

Ballycommon Mast

The anti vaxxees are also celebrating today, they held firm and didn't give into pressure on getting Jabbed for the sake of going to the pub and today they have as much freedom as anyone else and the dogs on the street could see that business was way down in pubs and restaurants during the covid certs regime

Downlinz

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517293#Comment_118517293

Quite possible. This is the break between waves that we should have got in summer 2020 and spring & summer 2021 which almost all other countries got to enjoy. It only feels like "freedom" or "the end" to us since we haven't had a taste of it in nearly 2 years.

growleaves

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517485#Comment_118517485

The pressure can be turned back on again, like turning on a tap.

But they can relax for now.

Ballycommon Mast

Interestingly, despite the best efforts by the media, the general public just didn't turn against people who didn't take the vaccine, the way they turned against people traveling to Spain this time last year. Thoughts ?

martingriff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517731#Comment_118517731

Did they really do that with people going to Spain more than antivax people

Ubbquittious

Might be too early to cheer: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/covid-news-live-new-ba-2-variant-under-investigation-as-cases-nearly-hit-500-000-a-day-after-christmas/ar-AAT2bMd

Ballycommon Mast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517804#Comment_118517804

Yep, primetime were filming returning holiday makers from Spain this time last year as if they were sex offenders

growleaves

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517731#Comment_118517731

I think the general public felt the cert system was a fairly harsh punishment. Most countries allow people into places with a test result.

It seems people are copping on to the scapegoating dynamic in Irish public life, which rapidly rotates between targeting different groups.

One day unvaccinated people are the feared villain, then it's 'all men', et cetera et cetera

Mrs OBumble

Zero Covids will have go emigrate - to China or New Zealand.

end of the road

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517804#Comment_118517804

no, they didn't.

the anti-vax headbangers got the brunt of everything as they deserve.

people going to spain were advised not to go but were legally entitled to travel so got nothing given they broke no rules.

Atlantic Dawn

5G and Global Cooling will keep people interested in new hobby horses.

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517817#Comment_118517817

Yeah…. But no. They weren’t.

Richard Hillman

Scowering the globe for new variants. "Long Covid" NGOs. Perpetuating fear at every step. Horrible sinister people.

generic_throwaway

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517293#Comment_118517293

This is true, and sensible given that we don't know if dangerous variants will arise in the future. But it just demonstrates that the restrictions have always been as light as we can get away with, and will continue to be.

generic_throwaway

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118517731#Comment_118517731

I think that most people consider anti-vaxxers to be idiots. You don't turn on a dog for going for a dump on the street, you expect that from dogs.

weisses

Wrong forum post deleted

Pauliedragon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118518190#Comment_118518190

NZ have just brought back some restrictions albeit it's only a handful of recorded cases.

alias no.9

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118519313#Comment_118519313

I'll start by saying that I am vaccinated and boosted and that the vaccines have been incredibly effective at minimising severe illness and death.

Now to your two statements...

If being advised but not legally compelled not to travel but doing so anyway was breaking no rules and therefore OK in your eyes, what rules were broken by people who were advised but not legally compelled to tale a vaccine choosing not to take a vaccine? An abundance of inconsistency.

Shao Kahn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118520274#Comment_118520274

And also, at the same time, you expect some dogs to have better instincts than their knucklehead owners.

Like that chap who walked head first into an open manhole, his dog simply walked around it and then went to get help for his brain dead master.

There are many people like this in society. Walking head first into something without a care in the world. Oblivious, and actually quite content to live that way too.

namloc1980

They'll still be fighting the war in their own heads. Like those Japanese soldiers who held out and continued to fight years after WW2 ended.

end of the road

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118520344#Comment_118520344

by not taking the vaccine they are more likely to take up an ICU bed if they get ill, meaning they have unnecessarily taken up an emergency area of the hospital.

that is why the anti-vax lot have to be encouraged to get it, so as to keep up herd immunity.