Covid 19 Part XXXIII-231,484 ROI(4,610 deaths)116,197 NI (2,107 deaths)(23/03)Read OP

Drumpot wrote: »

I advise people on life assurance. Nobody who takes out a life assurance policy ever thinks they will die. It is the same with Serious Illness cover and Income protection cover, people take these covers out and quite often don't think about it. The people who take it seriously are those who either know somebody who really needed these policies or if they personally experienced a reason to make a claim and generally people in the health industry have a decent understanding.

This is how I view a lot of peoples views in these threads. They have little experience/understanding with risk or the effects of what is happening and they just don't think anything bad is going to happen. And so, because they dont percieve what is going on as a threat to them , they cant fully understand why certain measures need to be in place and why they need to follow them.

The risk that anybody will catch this virus is still quite high and while its high, its unwise for people to gather in groupings with alcohol. Our knowledge and understanding of the virus is not comparable with the Flu as this is a novel virus only around a year. There is still a lot we do not know about it, including how different variants may evolve and what that may mean. Do not confuse this with sentiments that there should be indefinite lockdowns, this is said from the viewpoint that while the virus is widely prevalent and still relatively little data on the new variants it is more prudent to be more cautious at this time.

This is part of the reason why there is such a scare mongering agenda in the media, because rightly or wrongly, the majority of people will be influenced by fear. A lot of people lack the capacity for critical and objective thinking when a proposal is put on front of them that is taking away something they want. Quite often people find it hard to conceptualize a danger and COVID has certainly exposed this deficiency in a lot of people who will only seek out the data and information that paints the picture they want to believe.

There is a lot of noise surrounding discussions in these forums. There is a global pandemic and every country is doing what it feels it needs to do to reduce spread. Nobody has all the right answers or perfect way of managing this This is the simple truth . People making arbitrary decisions on how they will respond to restrictions is at best not helping. At the absolute best case scenario it will be a cost neutral situation where through sheer luck nobody gets the virus or passes it on. At a worst case scenario , people will get infected that can start clusters.

In terms of people meeting up. If it was people meeting up , outdoors, without Alcohol, you would have more of a reasonable point. Why is alcohol a necessity with socializing? It is quite remarkable, this countries relationship with alcohol and the blind spot when trying to discuss it.

Alcohol while Socializing is fine in a normal time. Alcohol while socializing in a time when we need people to keep their distance and general faculties while being around other people is unwise (some might say stupid). I can understand why people want to ignore common sense for a good night out, but it doesn't change the fact that its just the wrong thing on pretty much every level for a significant portion of the last 12 months.

caveat emptor wrote: »

Same around every uni. They were essentially tricked into coming back. All the online learning has negated the reason for being there with the exception of labs etc.

It was obvious 3rd level wouldn't return to anything resembling normality but where would that have left the landlords? up schitts creek. Students could have saved a tonne on rent.