Relaxation of Restrictions, Part X *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

Just heard on Claire Byrne that nobody died in London today :pac:

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone would swear the numbers were increasing with the way they are carrying on......oh wait

Are they though? They’ve to test 20,000 people to find 500/600 cases, plus open up pop up centres to find asymptomatic cases. This is compared to daily testing of 10-12k per day prior to Christmas. Deaths and hospitalisations are continuing to fall thankfully, this should be the only metric that matters.

PTH2009 wrote: »

NPHET should be disbanded

I'm reminded of Oliver Cromwell's famous words to the Rump Parliament in 1653:

"You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!"

ExMachina1000 wrote: »

Daily numbers are higher now than in the first wave. The first lockdown

More testing being done now though, and now voluntary testing with the walk ins. Its easy to count case numbers and stop there, but testing, hospitalisations, ICU numbers etc etc have to be taken into account strongly.

Rabbiting case numbers and then folding the arms is a false view of the picture.

Downlinz wrote: »

It would drive you to despair how so many in this country will jump through whatever hoops necessary to avoid blaming FF/FG for political decisions.

It's always the fault of someone else.

NPHET are the bureaucratic mechanism by which FF/FG deniably prioritise covid over all other concerns and confuse people by muddying the perception of where authority is vested.

Ray Donovan wrote: »

NPHET needs to be disbanded tonight.

It is a very valid point.

It is a National Public Health EMERGENCY Team apparently.

It is,I feel,of interest to quote from the Documents setting out the initial scope of the Temporary legislation.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2020/act/1/section/10/enacted/en/html#sec10

31A. (1) The Minister may, having regard to the immediate, exceptional and manifest risk posed to human life and public health by the spread of Covid-19 and to the matters specified in subsection (2), make regulations for the purpose of preventing, limiting, minimising or slowing the spread of Covid-19 (including the spread outside the State) or where otherwise necessary, to deal with public health risks arising from the spread of Covid-19 and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may, in particular, provide for all or any of the following:

We are now a full year into the imposition of "Temporary" and far reaching variations of this 1947 Heath Act's provisions.

Whilst it can be held that the State did face "Immediate exceptional & manifest" issues regarding Covid between March and August 2010,it is increasingly obvious that these terms are no longer accurate in relation to the situation in March 2021.

This is not the Second World War,which was a true Emergency,and of such importance that the actual State of Emergency was not rescinded until 1976.

If,as many posters appear to propose,we continue in the same cautious vein as an tUacharain De Valera,then our Section 31A will still be in joyous effect in 2061.

It is high time to challenge the basis for maintaining this "Emergency Team",followed by setting about dismantling the entire edifice of "Temporary Restrictions" on Public Freedoms under the Covid banner.

Currently,cases alone,immaterial of the number,no longer constitute a Public Health Emergency.

There is much else at play here,and immediate Public Health Concerns are now well down the list of things to stress about.

CruelSummer wrote: »

Are they though? They’ve to test 20,000 people to find 500/600 cases, plus open up pop up centres to find asymptomatic cases. This is compared to daily testing of 10-12k per day prior to Christmas. Deaths and hospitalisations are continuing to fall thankfully, this should be the only metric that matters.

Someone needs to get paid for carrying out all those COVID tests.

On a serious note, there is very little to be gained from looking at the cases alone. They are constantly changing the who, what, where of the testing to such a degree as to making any sense out of them next to useless.

Nolan won't release his figures. MM probably doesn't understand them anyway. He's like Ron Burgundy and would probably stand there tomorrow and say "go füçk yourself San Diego" if it was in NPHETS recommendations.

Sharpyshoot wrote: »

Will golf be allowed reopen shortly?

I think the government are going to take a Mulligan on that one tomorrow.

Sharpyshoot wrote: »

Will golf be allowed reopen shortly?

Looks like children's golf will open before adult golf, if the leaks are to be believed.
Looks like kids sports will return before adult sport.

That's if they understand golf is played by kids.

Changes in April are likely to be limited. The 5km rule is expected to go - any other changes will likely be adapted on a phased basis.

The hope being that you don’t change too much too soon and cause infections to surge again.

RobitTV wrote: »

Why is there a 'comedian' on Claire Byrne discussing the lockdown restrictions? A total circus of a show.

The show is more hysterical then ever before tonight. They were giggling away earlier when they were discussing closed hairdressers. I don't see what is so funny about the situation.

Luke O'Neill endlessly repeating - "We will get there, just wait another few weeks and the beer gardens will be open and you can get a haircut"

Sweet Jesus.

I am increasingly of the opinion that they are either mocking us or they just plain hate us.
Or both.