Relaxation of Restrictions, Part VIII Read OP For Mod Warnings

Multipass · 05-02-2021 09:30AM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I can get the thought process behind being anti-lockdown, no one wants to be dealing with that on an ongoing basis, but I'm a bit baffled by the amount of people being anti-masks. I don't think they'll be mandatory, but I'd have no issue with them being advised during flu season. They're a bit of a nuisance, but if they'd help stop hospitals become overcrowded every winter, what's the harm?

Mandatory is the problem - I despise wearing them, and as soon as the mandatory part ends I will never wear one again. Personally I’d rather get flu every year than live in a masked society, it disturbs me on such a deep level.

Kunta Kinte · 05-02-2021 09:32AM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

I can get the thought process behind being anti-lockdown, no one wants to be dealing with that on an ongoing basis, but I'm a bit baffled by the amount of people being anti-masks. I don't think they'll be mandatory, but I'd have no issue with them being advised during flu season. They're a bit of a nuisance, but if they'd help stop hospitals become overcrowded every winter, what's the harm?

Some people have some bat****e crazy ideas about mask wearing being a form of control, whether that be by the government, Bill Gates, the lizard people, take your pick.

Tork · 05-02-2021 09:33AM

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

Some people have some bat****e crazy ideas about mask wearing being a form of control, whether that be by the government, Bill Gates, the lizard people, take your pick.

The irony is, that by wearing a mask all that facial recognition technology out there won't be able to track you.

SnuggyBear · 05-02-2021 09:34AM

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

Some people have some bat****e crazy ideas about mask wearing being a form of control, whether that be by the government, Bill Gates, the lizard people, take your pick.

Or maybe they just like to see people's face?

Boggles · 05-02-2021 09:35AM

FlubberJones wrote: »

So now they're talking about not easing restrictions in March, "slow going in reductions".... lockdowns aren't working at this stage.... They are too slow and thus keep having to be extended.

Citation?

Who, link?

Kunta Kinte · 05-02-2021 09:37AM

Multipass wrote: »

Mandatory is the problem - I despise wearing them, and as soon as the mandatory part ends I will never wear one again. Personally I’d rather get flu every year than live in a masked society, it disturbs me on such a deep level.

The wearing of masks "disturbs" you and you would rather get Covid or the flu rather than wear one? Why is that?

SnuggyBear · 05-02-2021 09:43AM

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

The wearing of masks "disturbs" you and you would rather get Covid or the flu rather than wear one? Why is that?

So would I. Masks are not normal, do you want them normalised? You want some dystopian future where everyone wear masks so we never get sick? What's wrong with the old way of getting sick for a couple of weeks a year and building a better immune system?

Kunta Kinte · 05-02-2021 09:45AM

SnuggyBear wrote: »

Or maybe they just like to see people's face?

Yeah well quite a few people I know look much better when they are masked rather than bare faced.

walus · 05-02-2021 09:45AM

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

The wearing of masks "disturbs" you and you would rather get Covid or the flu rather than wear one? Why is that?

Could it be because cv-19 causes only mild sickness in the vast majority of the population?

Graham · 05-02-2021 09:45AM

SnuggyBear wrote: »

Masks are not normal, do you want them normalised? You want some dystopian future where everyone wear masks so we never get sick?

Oh, that thing that nobody has suggested again.

SnuggyBear · 05-02-2021 09:46AM

Graham wrote: »

Oh, that thing that nobody has suggested again.

I asked a question. Can you not read?

Kunta Kinte · 05-02-2021 09:48AM

SnuggyBear wrote: »

So would I. Masks are not normal, do you want them normalised? You want some dystopian future where everyone wear masks so we never get sick? What's wrong with the old way of getting sick for a couple of weeks a year and building a better immune system?

And you consider this to be a bad thing? In many countries especially in parts of Asia outdoor mask wearing has been completely normalised for many years long before Covid ever appeared.

SnuggyBear · 05-02-2021 09:49AM

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

And you consider this to be a bad thing?

Yes, if the cost is going around in masks all the time. I can handle getting a cold once a year. Can you not?

Boggles · 05-02-2021 09:52AM

SnuggyBear wrote: »

You want some dystopian future where everyone wear masks so we never get sick?

If no one gets sick that wouldn't be dystopian.

It would be utopian. I have no idea how many times I have seen that bloody word criminally misused the past year.

Then again one mans Utopia would be another mans Dystopia.

But if one is disturbed by wearing a mask popping in to get some milk - I imagine those individuals would be the first to go in the new dystopian existence.

Kunta Kinte · 05-02-2021 09:55AM

walus wrote: »

Could it be because cv-19 causes only mild sickness in the vast majority of the population?

That`s your theory.

Multipass · 05-02-2021 09:55AM

Imagine a world where people are mocked for not enjoying being forced to cover their faces in public.
And here we are.

Graham · 05-02-2021 09:57AM

Multipass wrote: »

Imagine a world where people are mocked for not enjoying being forced to cover their faces in public.
And here we are.

That would be odd.

Personally I am pleased it only appears to exist in the imagination of some.

SnuggyBear · 05-02-2021 09:58AM

Boggles wrote: »

If no one gets sick that wouldn't be dystopian.

It would be utopian. I have no idea how many times I have seen that bloody word criminally misused the past year.

Then again one mans Utopia would be another mans Dystopia.

But if one is disturbed by wearing a mask popping in to get some milk - I imagine those individuals would be the first to go in the new dystopian existence.

You do realise some people have to wear masks all day at work? It's not just to pop in to get milk. If your idea of a utopia is wearing a mask all the time then I don't know what to say.

Multipass · 05-02-2021 09:58AM

Graham wrote: »

That would be odd.

Personally I am pleased it only appears to exist in the imagination of some.

Haha, do you even read the posts people are responding to

Kunta Kinte · 05-02-2021 10:00AM

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SnuggyBear wrote: »

Yes, if the cost is going around in masks all the time. I can handle getting a cold once a year. Can you not?

So this all comes back to your bizarre belief that Covid or the flu is little more dangerous than a cold. Is that so?

Graham · 05-02-2021 10:00AM

Multipass wrote: »

Haha, do you even read the posts people are responding to

I do indeed.

Not sure what posts you're reading "where people are mocked for not enjoying being forced to cover their faces in public".

average_runner · 05-02-2021 10:01AM

This only forcing Tourists to stay in hotel is not good enough. Anyone that leaves the country and comes back in should be forced into the hotel at their cost for 2 weeks.

Now there is always exceptions but that can be work on.

This will deter people from leaving Ireland and allow us to open up fully during the summer. We should of did this last year though.
Pubs would of been opened them to keep the pub brigade happy

SnuggyBear · 05-02-2021 10:02AM

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

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So this all comes back to your biarrebelief that Covid or the flu is little more dangerous than a cold. Is that so?

Well I've never said that before but with vaccines it will be.

FintanMcluskey · 05-02-2021 10:05AM

average_runner wrote: »

This will deter people from leaving Ireland and allow us to open up fully during the summer. We should of did this last year though.
Pubs would of been opened them to keep the pub brigade happy

Implementing your plan will achieve low cases numbers.

You statement about opening is delivered with great confidence and authority, it’s rubbish though, we had low case numbers for months last Summer and never opened up.

Boggles · 05-02-2021 10:09AM

SnuggyBear wrote: »

You do realise some people have to wear masks all day at work? It's not just to pop in to get milk. If your idea of a utopia is wearing a mask all the time then I don't know what to say.

Believe it or not large amounts of people before the pandemic wore masks all in work.

They weren't disturbed they just got on with it.

Our imaginary new dystopian overlords wouldn't really care about masks or public health measures, they would almost certainly be "let it rip" merchants, survival of the fittest types.

But if people are at home conjuring a future filled with dystopian fiction and have a mental and physical reaction to it, a simple face covering I would suggest is the least of their problems.

Boggles · 05-02-2021 10:12AM

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Implementing your plan will achieve low cases numbers.

You statement about opening is delivered with great confidence and authority, it’s rubbish though, we had low case numbers for months last Summer and never opened up.

Fintan, you are one of the few that have been on a self imposed Level 7 from the start.

That wasn't the reality for the rest of us.

Again repeating a falsehood continuously will not make it a fact.

landofthetree · 05-02-2021 10:13AM

The UK arent going to open anything up till April at the earliest bar schools. (Construction wasn't shut down).

So that means here we will be closed till June or July with our slow vaccine roll out and the new variant spreading so fast.

If we got it down to 200 cases a day and went to level 4 we would be back up to 1000 cases a day with 10 days.

SnuggyBear · 05-02-2021 10:14AM

Boggles wrote: »

Believe it or not large amounts of people before the pandemic wore masks all in work.

They weren't disturbed they just got on with it.

Our imaginary new dystopian overlords wouldn't really care about masks or public health measures, they would almost certainly be "let it rip" merchants, survival of the fittest types.

But if people are at home conjuring a future filled with dystopian fiction and have a mental and physical reaction to it, a simple face covering I would suggest is the least of their problems.

Believe it or not the vast majority of people didn't wear masks in work this time last year and would like to go back to that. I'm not sure about the rest of your blabberings about "let it rip"

Kunta Kinte · 05-02-2021 10:18AM

FintanMcluskey wrote: »

Implementing your plan will achieve low cases numbers.

You statement about opening is delivered with great confidence and authority, it’s rubbish though, we had low case numbers for months last Summer and never opened up.

Is that a fact? Then the many times last summer and early autumn when I went into and bought items from non essential retail shops, had sit down meals in restaurants or cafes, got my hair cut etc etc were all in my imagination and never really happened? Is that so?

polesheep · 05-02-2021 10:19AM

Kunta Kinte wrote: »

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So this all comes back to your bizarre belief that Covid or the flu is little more dangerous than a cold. Is that so?

That's at least twice this morning that you have responded to a post and added the word Covid. Do you really think that posters don't notice it?

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