drunkmonkey wrote: » Everyone needs to read that.
seamus wrote: » Spiked would have some credibility if their front page wasn't littered with arguments about why lockdowns are unnecessary, lamenting the economic damage suggesting that some conspiracy theories might be valid. It's a far-right mouthpiece and nothing else. Anything it publishes is done with a specific agenda. In this case to try and convince people that not only should the lockdowns be dropped, but they were a mistake in the first place.That specific piece is the same old tired and rubbished arguments that "it's barely worse than the flu" have been online for weeks, only published without challenge.
Polar101 wrote: » I wonder how dentists could open - it's going to be difficult to keep them closed for months, yet it's hard to think of any other profession that would be more at risk for Covid infections.
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » It would seem that quite a few posters here are choosing to bury their heads in the sand and still believe this nonsense.
Pitch n Putt wrote: » NPHET are running the country in reality and that’s a bad sign as conservatism on any lifting of restrictions is their approach
Strumms wrote: » Hmm yeah my initial impression was similar but like him or otherwise he’s under tremendous pressure, he must be working some hours... it’s an unprecedented position for any health minister to be in, he’s 33, got a family and if he is going to fûck up I’d rather it be blurting out some dodgy statistics but getting the big decisions right that will safeguard the health of the nation and its citizens... good luck to him, and everyone in this war.
Ms2011 wrote: » They're not closed, I was there on Monday
Multipass wrote: » My sister just broke a tooth, and the dentist wont see her - she’s not in enough pain apparently.
growleaves wrote: » The original predictions from Dr. Neil Ferguson justifying the lockdown claimed covid would be deadlier than the Spanish Flu which killed 50 million people. Consistently posters on this site have floated mortality rates of 1-7% which they picked from the air, and which which would mean tens of millions dead at a low estimate. I don't believe it. Perhaps this coronavirus go higher than a seasonal flu (650,000) into 1957 pandemic or Hong Kong flu pandemic territory (1-2 million). We shall see.
seamus wrote: » Spiked would have some credibility if their front page wasn't littered with arguments about why lockdowns are unnecessary, lamenting the economic damage suggesting that some conspiracy theories might be valid. It's a far-right mouthpiece and nothing else. Anything it publishes is done with a specific agenda. In this case to try and convince people that not only should the lockdowns be dropped, but they were a mistake in the first place. That specific piece is the same old tired and rubbished arguments that "it's barely worse than the flu" have been online for weeks, only published without challenge.
GazzaL wrote: » The daily increase of cars and vans on the road continues.
facehugger99 wrote: » We are asking the wrong people the wrong questions. It's like asking a legal person if there is a potential legal issue - the answer is always 'yes'. These 'experts' are inherently biased in their approach, everything is being viewed through a prism of reducing infection - who cares if society collapses due to measures implemented.
Ulysses Gaze wrote: » And economists would have no dog in this fight either? No biases at all?
road_high wrote: » Of course. Vast majority don’t want to be sitting at home doing nothing. Great to hear people are getting back to normal and using common sense. It’s a shame our state and authorities wouldn’t get onto the same page
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » Unless all these people are essential workers or are on essential journeys they are violating the current regulations and could and should be prosecuted. Simple as that.
Cork Boy 53 wrote: » Unless all these people are essential workers or are on essential journeys they are violating the current restrictions and could and should be prosecuted. Simple as that.
road_high wrote: » Lol . They probabaly are. When are you Lockdowners going to let it go? Maybe bring back public floggings and stocks for these "violations" too. I can picture someone like you first in line.
Merry Prankster wrote: » The posters did not 'pick them from the air.' They based them on medical calculations based upon current understanding and data. It's a novel pathogen and a quickly evolving story. However, you seem to have pulled your own prediction from the air. Is yours based upon medical predictions, or is it shaped more by ideology?
road_high wrote: » Lol . They probabaly are. When are you Lockdowners going to let it go?Maybe bring back public floggings and stocks for these "violations" too. I can picture someone like you first in line.
Pitch n Putt wrote: » Yes the lockdown is effectively over lots more people on the move and businesses opening up. This will be accelerated now after yesterday’s boo boo by Minister Harris. Who’s going to continue to take advice from the government when they don’t even have their facts right after two months of this.? NPHET are running the country in reality and that’s a bad sign as conservatism on any lifting of restrictions is their approachHow can NPHET have the power to effectively implement a policy to pay frontline workers partners to stay at home with full pay to mind their children?? The tail is wagging the dog now. Yes the government needs advice on the situation and probably someone to blame when there’s questions to be answered but at the end of the day governments should govern
Augeo wrote: » "The World Health Organisation initially suggested that the case-fatality rate – the proportion of people diagnosed with the disease who die – would be 3.4 per cent. This is a very high number which would have caused a huge number of deaths. But as we have had gradually more and more data coming in, those percentages have been falling" As of 22 April, the Department of Health has confirmed 16,671 cases and 769 deaths, 4.6%. Are people actually reading this?
