Had enough of this lockdown am I the only person feeling like this?

begbysback wrote: »

There are large parts of society who have always been in lockdown, they only venture out for shopping, and spend most of the time watching tv, for these there is no visible difference in their quality of like, there is nothing abnormal about the situation.

See above - re grandkids etc. Also it is a bit of generalisation to say thier quality of life is not affected.
As those you speak of require more medical help than most. But the health system is now under pressure because of the covid19 also the issues of home help and so on. Many elderly are fearful at the best of times the covid19 has added another layer. Even getting prescriptions now has an added layer of difficulty for the elderly. Example only two per time in the chemist.

weldoninhio wrote: »

Incorrect, it's been well documented that NPHET were against advising/allowing over 70s to go out. The Govt over ruled them.

That's not what Coveney says -

https://extra.ie/2020/05/05/news/irish-news/simon-coveney-nphet-cocooners

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But I am sure most over 70's are sensible anyway - and can make thier own decisions based on thier health conditions.

AulWan wrote: »

I just lost a second precious member of my family to Covid-19 this morning. I'll never get to see them again.

How is that fair?

Sorry for your loss

As someone who is expecting to get some very unpleasant news regarding the future of my job within the next 2 weeks, having worked in various forms since i was 14, i can safely say that i,ve had enough and that i increasingly suspect that we waaaay overcooked these restrictions.

Ballso wrote: »

How many more should we have let die to protect your income?

your income is all good, yeah?

Ballso wrote: »

It's risen enough to kill two family members of a poster a couple of posts before yours.

Nobody is asking you ****ing autists to think, just do what you're told.

If you think this lockdown is so great why don’t you do yourself a favour and hide in your house all day long? A good number of people would rather not tip toe around this virus anymore. Those who want to have more than a good justification to do so. Some people’s livelihoods ARE their lives.

this simplification of the whole issue down to a binary choice between good and evil is somewhat revealing.

lol

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is anyone forcing you to read this thread? Also people are right to question the so called experts while they are making life and society changing decisions.

Another one. "So-called experts", says Tracy, 26, who works on a checkout part time but has a new hobby contradicting the advice of epidemiologists and economists on the internet in her spare time.

Brain dead *****. Dunning Kruger in full effect.

suicide_circus wrote: »

As someone who is expecting to get some very unpleasant news regarding the future of my job within the next 2 weeks, having worked in various forms since i was 14, i can safely say that i,ve had enough and that i increasingly suspect that we waaaay overcooked these restrictions.

Sorry to hear about your job worries and hope it doesn't pan out that way.

But its very easy at this juncture to claim we way overdid it.
The death toll was controlled (relatively speaking) due the very restrictions a lot of people are knocking.
The alternative Italian-type situation where the virus could "run wild" in the early weeks, could have been disastrous.

I sympathise with your predicament.

As someone who was made redundant in our last big recession (actually in the same week that the IMF landed in this country), I also know from experience the most depressing unemployment scenario can be turned around in time with perseverance and proper government job strategies.

Jobs can be replaced. Sadly human life cannot.

yep i understand all that. it's no more than an impression I have and we cannot know what might have been but we can leave that to the historians of the future. time will tell if the medicine was worse than the disease.