Covid19 Part XVII-24,841 in ROI (1,639 deaths) 4,679 in NI (518 deaths)(28/05)Read OP

eagle eye wrote: »

Very childish stuff here.
As I said you are all about yourself and it's pretty evident here.

eagle eye wrote:

"You are not, you are all about you and could never be a rational thinker."

Childish? I picked you up on the fact that while I accept everyone thinks their view is rational you believe only your view is rational. You accused me of being all about me when I tried to point out that different types of people have different risk tolerances. (My views being most rational of course ):

eagle eye wrote: »

You don't even explain what you don't like me about the plan I put up.

I don't necessarily disagree or agree that much with you. I'm not too worried about your concerns on the need to impose "state quarantine" immediately on anyone coming into this country. They haven't done it yet, the numbers are small, and community transmission is practically zero regardless.

I don't agree with your view that we need to make it law to wear facemasks in urban areas, when shopping etc. Out in the open there is no need, unless you are going to be spat and wheezed on by rabid joggers (and I accept there are a few out there )

I have no issue with your view that we stay in our semi-lockdown state until mid-June, but I am more on the side of taking measures to protect elderly and vulnerable while letting most people get back to work whilst adopting whatever measures can reasonably be taken. I don't actually agree with you, much as I'd like to, that we will get to "no virus".

eagle eye wrote:

after what I've seen since this thing broke out I know I could do a better job than the current leaders of government in this country.

Govt is being largely advised by professional medical personnel, and regardless of its being potentially slow off the mark, has achieved zero community transmission, and brought the health service to a position where it can cope. That was the goal - flattening the curve. What Govt has done has now allowed phasing out of lockdown with potential claw back if necessary.

Another reason why face masks probably will never be mandatory, regardless of the fetish level of parts of the population for them:

From RTE (about Germany) :

Thousands of people took to streets in cities nationwide at the weekend to protest against the remaining restrictions, such as wearing a mask on public transport and limiting social contacts.

Tensions rose at a rally in Berlin yesterday, where hundreds of protesters chanted "Freedom, Freedom" and some threw bottles at police. Several dozen people were taken into custody.

In Munich, where some 3,000 protesters gathered yesterday, police criticised participants for not sticking to social distancing rules.

The demos, which have grown larger in recent weeks, have mostly attracted a mix of far-right and far-left sympathisers.

But they are increasingly becoming more mainstream.