Relaxation of Restrictions, Part VIII Read OP For Mod Warnings

SnuggyBear · 20-02-2021 08:14PM

Windmill100000 wrote: »

Lots of things make me sad. But seeing someone cycling in a mask isn't up there

Good for you I suppose

Boggles · 20-02-2021 08:15PM

Silentcorner wrote: »

You understand that we are only one year in to what will be at least a 3 year incident, the more mistakes a country makes in year one, the bigger the consequences in year 2/3...we have made every conceivable mistake since March...we still aren't using rapid antigen testing in care homes, a year into this...

Covid: Greater Manchester stops care home tests over accuracy fears

Neagra · 20-02-2021 08:15PM

we can meet our loved ones in gardens and parks and even graveyards
we can keep the numbers small
we can bring our own picnics
we can maintain social distance very easily with zero chance of transmission
tomorrow meant to be ok weather, i will be going to a graveyard to talk to the big man and the twelve apostles.

end of the road · 20-02-2021 08:15PM

Silentcorner wrote: »

Did you seriously think we'd be in level 5 in May of this year?

yes, absolutely.
it was obvious once we opened up at christmas what would happen.
it happened and here we are.

RGS · 20-02-2021 08:15PM

Silentcorner wrote: »

Niiave? We will be in heavy restrictions next Winter, there will be new variants...I'd bet my house on it, we will be in level 2 or 3 all Summer, unless the people mobilize.

IMO We wont get near level 2 this year.

We might go to level 3 in June. The variants will have NPHET and the government concerned and we wont have 80% of the adult population vaccinated.

Even staycation aren't guaranteed as per Donnelly yesterday.

themacattack. · 20-02-2021 08:16PM

its going to be an intresting summer...if government do decide to keep hospitality shut i can see house parties/garden parties/bbqs ect becoming the absolute norm for most people....as regards international travel i think the floodgates will open june july august now that the guards have admitted nothing can be done if you have a medical apointment in another country...

Silentcorner · 20-02-2021 08:19PM

end of the road wrote: »

yes, absolutely.
it was obvious once we opened up at christmas what would happen.
it happened and here we are.

So you don't believe that there is any seasonality factor at all...you've abandoned science.

This is why people are willing to take to the streets, this is swivel eyed loon stuff!!!

retro:electro · 20-02-2021 08:19PM

Looks like the graveyards are going to be the place to be this summer :pac:

wakka12 · 20-02-2021 08:20PM

The world's last hope of zero covid?
https://twitter.com/zonkradio20/status/1362722992577511425

Coillte_Bhoy · 20-02-2021 08:21PM

Silentcorner wrote: »

So you don't believe that there is any seasonality factor at all...you've abandoned science.

This is why people are willing to take to the streets, this is swivel eyed loon stuff!!!

Taking to the streets where?

lee_baby_simms · 20-02-2021 08:21PM

retro:electro wrote: »

Looks like the graveyards are going to be the place to be this summer :pac:

Can’t be as bad as being stuck indoors watching RTE.

Kermit.de.frog · 20-02-2021 08:21PM

Silentcorner wrote: »

Stay at home Save Lives

It is simple and powerful, repeated everywhere, pushed everywhere...

Now people think it is dangerous for Grand parents to hug their grand kids...I hope those of you who have succumb to hysteria will one day hang your heads in shame, denying Grand parents a hug from their grand kids is something I'll never get over, that took a lot of hysteria to get us there!!!

How many pints were involved in the making of this post?

lee_baby_simms · 20-02-2021 08:23PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

How many pints were involved in the making of this post?

Pints? Where?

Windmill100000 · 20-02-2021 08:23PM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

You don't know what case numbers will be in May though. No one does. So why are we hearing talk of keeping harsh restrictions until then?

I'm guessing it's because what our case numbers are now and the length of time it is predicted it will take to see them substantially drop and the subsequent drop in hospital admissions. Christmas is still fresh in people's minds and how quickly things can escalate. Not a hope we'd be rushing to open up knowing that.

TobyHolmes · 20-02-2021 08:24PM

lee_baby_simms wrote: »

Can’t be as bad as being stuck indoors watching RTE.

or stuck indoors trying to watch rte player :cool:

20-02-2021 08:25PM

end of the road wrote: »

yes, absolutely.
it was obvious once we opened up at christmas what would happen.
it happened and here we are.

If a slight easing of restrictions for 3 weeks leads to a half year and possibly longer lockdown, then we might as well concede defeat to the virus.

We’d have let a virus with a tiny death rate destroy humanity.

SnuggyBear · 20-02-2021 08:25PM

Windmill100000 wrote: »

I'm guessing it's because what our case numbers are now and the length of time it is predicted it will take to see them substantially drop and the subsequent drop in hospital admissions. Christmas is still fresh in people's minds and how quickly things can escalate. Not a hope we'd be rushing to open up knowing that.

I'm other words this lockdown is making f all difference

gozunda · 20-02-2021 08:29PM

Cerlan wrote: »

Seems there is something planned in Cork.

Gemmas moved to Cork now :pac:

Silentcorner · 20-02-2021 08:29PM

Deleted User wrote: »

If a slight easing of restrictions for 3 weeks leads to a half year and possibly longer lockdown, then we might as well concede defeat to the virus.

We’d have let a virus with a tiny death rate destroy humanity.

It's like looking out at the horizon and thinking the earth is clearly flat...."we opened up in Dec therefore we can't open up again"

The only alternative to opening up slightly at Christmas, was to keep us in level 5 from mid Oct to May....f**king mental!!!

end of the road · 20-02-2021 08:30PM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Taking to the streets where?

on facebook and boards.

gozunda · 20-02-2021 08:31PM

Graham wrote: »

Just what the pandemic needs, a bunch of tinfoil hatters organising a protest.

Their Facebook page ready like an A- Z of COVID conspiracy theories. :rolleyes:

Great idea that tbf. I mean what good possibly go wrong ...

Hellrazer · 20-02-2021 08:32PM

wakka12 wrote: »

The world's last hope of zero covid?
https://twitter.com/zonkradio20/status/1362722992577511425

Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli has ruled out a possibility of a lockdown to contain coronavirus and declares 3 days of National prayers against the pandemic

It will have the exact same effect as a lockdown!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQU6e-r06Z4

Ah feck it!!

LuckyLloyd · 20-02-2021 08:33PM

SnuggyBear wrote: »

I'm other words this lockdown is making f all difference

It takes quite the piece of mental gymnastics to say lockdown isn’t working given what happened in December / Christmas. Stunning really.

SnuggyBear · 20-02-2021 08:35PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

It takes quite the piece of mental gymnastics to say lockdown isn’t working given what happened in December / Christmas. Stunning really.

If it takes 6 months to get numbers it's pretty crap

Penfailed · 20-02-2021 08:36PM

end of the road wrote: »

we didn't tank the economy, never mind intentional, and especially not for a mild virus that isn't actually mild but is unable to do the damage it could thanks to minimisation spread and public health measures.
the economy would be less strong but for those control measures, as while it has taken quite a dip, as i said it's a small few sectors which really keep the show on the road here and without controls on spread minimisation, those sectors are at more risk of effects.
if we shut those sectors and reopened the shut ones we would be actually in some bit of real trouble.
we are in a good position to recover from this, our economy was in good shape coming up to this and isn't in bad shape currently dispite our situation, couple that with penned up demand we will do reasonably well i reccan.

i reccan [sic] that ^^^ is a load of nonsense.

20-02-2021 08:36PM

Looks like case numbers have stopped dropping. Typically happens when a country has spent way too long in lockdown and people are beyond fatigued.

All the available evidence and advise from the WHO suggest that long term lockdown is not a good strategy.

LuckyLloyd · 20-02-2021 08:36PM

SnuggyBear wrote: »

If it takes 6 months to get numbers it's pretty crap

Well it looks like it only takes a few weeks to make it pretty crap!!

It’s a highly transmissible human to human airborne virus. So lockdown and the vaccine are all we’ve got. Few more months.

Silentcorner · 20-02-2021 08:37PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

It takes quite the piece of mental gymnastics to say lockdown isn’t working given what happened in December / Christmas. Stunning really.

No it doesn't it's science, a winter surge is when viral infections shoot up in the population and drop over a period of a few weeks, it typically happens during what is known as flu season which is typically between Oct-Mid March..it's just science!!!

It happens every year.

TobyHolmes · 20-02-2021 08:38PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

It takes quite the piece of mental gymnastics to say lockdown isn’t working given what happened in December / Christmas. Stunning really.

the numbers came down but not enough to unlock us from our homes so therefore level 5 not working

if level 5 worked we would be at zero but we aint so therefore not working

or lets say ultimate objective of level 5 - to save the health care system? health care system still broken and will be broken covid or no covid - so level 5 not working

not that stunning really

end of the road · 20-02-2021 08:38PM

Deleted User wrote: »

If a slight easing of restrictions for 3 weeks leads to a half year and possibly longer lockdown, then we might as well concede defeat to the virus.

We’d have let a virus with a tiny death rate destroy humanity.

it wasn't a slight easing of restrictions as you know, if it actually had of been then perhapse we wouldn't have had the ridiculous amount of cases we did, all be it we would probably have had a good increase in cases.
nope we have no need to admit defeat to the virus, we are controlling it successfully and numbers are slowly falling.
the virus has a very high death rate if uncontrolled as we know.

Silentcorner wrote: »

It's like looking out at the horizon and thinking the earth is clearly flat...."we opened up in Dec therefore we can't open up again"

The only alternative to opening up slightly at Christmas, was to keep us in level 5 from mid Oct to May....f**king mental!!!

we can and will open up again, it just won't be as early as perhapse it could and would have been had we not opened up for christmas.

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Relaxation of Restrictions, Part VIII Read OP For Mod Warnings