Relaxation of Restrictions, Part V - **Read OP for Mod Warnings**

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/DomesticIreland/status/1311630077369569281?s=19

The GAA in Cork do what they like

Great to see people out enjoying games. Looked like a serious score kicked there.

What match was it?

Jackman25 wrote: »

Great to see people out enjoying games. Looked like a serious score kicked there.

What match was it?

I'd have an issue with how far that free-taker carried the ball in before he kicked it. I'd say he definitely stole a few yards

average_runner wrote: »

There is social distancing there, camera angle hides it.
Also outside Dublin and Donegal, a certain amount are allowed at a match

There is not a metre between people there. If they did nothing wrong, why did they delete the tweet?

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

How do you know I don't have kids?

You should.

Think of all the valuable life-lessons you could teach them.

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

I just have to look back on weddings over the last few years were 15 or 20 cars of people would pull into a stop off pub between church and hotel and probably 80% of drivers would have 2 or 3 pints.

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: how do people comeback up with this sort of nonsense. Who cares if you have drink on you while "working".

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

If you can’t manage to drive after 3 pints you aren’t able to drive in the first place imo.



Bagging in the morning is new thing none of us gave a second thought to driving the next day up until a few years ago and how often did you hear of any crashes related to drink in the morning? I’ve heard of none anyway.

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

Well Guinness is stout and I absolutely love it, drink it like a demon so you can hardly made a statement like that.

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

I’ve been breathalyzed twice in 17 years driving, one of the times I had actually had a drink too but passed easily.

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

I love pubs and would be in them drinking at least once per week and usually a few times per week

Grant Billions Bifocals wrote: »

I love day drinking regardless of the weather or time of year.

Still, it's great you're being so responsible when it comes to Covid.

Your liver and other road users must be delighted.

facehugger99 wrote: »

You should.

Think of all the valuable life-lessons you could teach them.

Still, it's great you're being so responsible when it comes to Covid.

Your liver and other road users must be delighted.

Absolutely brilliant.

Drink Guinness like a demon. This is the sort of thing you'd print on a T shirt

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Sounds like the ramblings of an alcoholic , Covid should be the least of their worries tbh.

As many studies have demonstrated, humans have a very poor ability to assess risk.

They will fear the thing that the media are currently pushing regardless of the chances of it impacting on them in any meaningful way.

A couple of years ago, Islamic-terrorism was the hot-topic. People going around worried they were going to be attached by a knife-wielding manic at any second.

Meanwhile you have people indulging in all kinds of behaviors that are actually risky, but blithely ignoring the fact.

It is concerning how easily the weak-minded can be manipulated by the media and the politicians.

This forum is depressing reading..

- People reporting their neighbours
- Complaining that shop staff weren't wearing masks/visors properly
- Worrying because they forgot to put their mask on before they went into the shops
- Ongoing obsession over extremely low hospitalisations/deaths (in the context of overall cases and total population)
- The fallout over the LC exams that should never have been cancelled in the first place
- Inconsistent makey-uppy restrictions in counties

All this for a virus that has mild to zero real impact on 95% of the country :rolleyes: The social and mental health fallout from all this will resonate for years after CV-19 I fear.

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

This forum is depressing reading..

- People reporting their neighbours
- Complaining that shop staff weren't wearing masks/visors properly
- Worrying because they forgot to put their mask on before they went into the shops
- Ongoing obsession over extremely low hospitalisations/deaths (in the context of overall cases and total population)
- The fallout over the LC exams that should never have been cancelled in the first place
- Inconsistent makey-uppy restrictions in counties

All this for a virus that has mild to zero real impact on 95% of the country :rolleyes: The social and mental health fallout from all this will resonate for years after CV-19 I fear.

See what would happen re: mental health and more importantly GENERAL physical HEALTH if the hospitals become in danger of not being able to cope / function. If the virus ‘really’ exploded.

In essence what you are doing is criticizing people for speaking up about and against others who’s behavior is below the threshold and standard asked and expected as relates to this virus.

People who are proactive in wanting others to follow rules and common sense for to benefit society, health should be applauded.

Strumms wrote: »

See what would happen re: mental health and more importantly GENERAL physical HEALTH if the hospitals become in danger of not being able to cope / function. If the virus ‘really’ exploded.

In essence what you are doing is criticizing people for speaking up about and against others who’s behavior is below the threshold and standard asked and expected as relates to this virus.

People who are proactive in wanting others to follow rules and common sense for to benefit society, health should be applauded.

I think you'll find that what we're actually doing is suffering the consequences (again) of the HSE and Government's inability to get the health service in order.

What have they been at all summer when the cases were at minimal numbers? Why are we still worrying about hospitals being overrun; not that there's any evidence of this given the low deaths and skewed - and admitted to - reporting criteria as to what counts as a "case" in the first place.

All that's really happening is people are being kept afraid with the daily dose of misery reporting from RTE and the media and NPHET leaking their "recommendations" Ahead of the Government announcements (such as the one this afternoon about new restrictions on gatherings)

This virus is of no risk to the vast majority yet it's had as toxic an influence on Irish society as the bad old days of the Catholic Church

Hardly something to be applauded - quite the opposite!

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I think you'll find that what we're actually doing is suffering the consequences (again) of the HSE and Government's inability to get the health service in order.

What have they been at all summer when the cases were at minimal numbers? Why are we still worrying about hospitals being overrun; not that there's any evidence of this given the low deaths and skewed - and admitted to - reporting criteria as to what counts as a "case" in the first place.

All that's really happening is people are being kept afraid with the daily dose of misery reporting from RTE and the media and NPHET leaking their "recommendations" Ahead of the Government announcements (such as the one this afternoon about new restrictions on gatherings)

This virus is of no risk to the vast majority yet it's had as toxic an influence on Irish society as the bad old days of the Catholic Church

Hardly something to be applauded - quite the opposite!

Not that it would take much but these leaks are really undermining the government.

If only they would release the actual data as quick as their "recommendations"

Don't Chute! wrote: »

I just saw on the Greystones open forum on Facebook a thread about him returning. Full of posts like: “ great news we need to get back on track now” or “great, time to get momentum going again” or “time to get our house in order again”. These people actually WANT a full lockdown again! There no hope for us......

Very much a love in for the old regime on that page, don't dare slag off Harris but Donnelly is fair game.

stephenjmcd wrote: »

As I said in the main thread they aren't recommending anything today that isn't in level 2.
Level 2 already makes provisions on the numbers of households allowed to mix and 6 from 1 other is one of those provisions.

I don't think the plan is worth the paper its written on but its in there under level 2

But the rest of the country is already on Level 2 so I'm a little confused here. Anyway, I agree, it's not worth the paper it's written on.

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I fully expect that when this is finaly all over, there'll be at least one expensive Tribunal into the decisions made and the basis thereon

This is also why I don't understand anyone over the age of 30 having blind faith in the pronouncements of NPHET or Government on this issue. We live in a country that has had countless scandals and investigations into everything from planning, policing, major and minor politicians, healthcare (particularly) and that's just naming a few.

Considering many of the same senior people in front of and behind the decisions are around decades as well, why should we presume that the response to CV-19 is being managed any more competently than any of those other issues??

The nursing homes will be one of the big ones IMO. Another will be the incredible waste of money we've seen this past 6 months. All those PPE deals, logistics deals, the private hospital deals, need to be severely scrutinized, particularly as FG were involved.