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

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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,791 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    The number of CT cycles depends on the equipment and assay, so they are all calibrated differently.

    There is a difference between a positive test and a positive case. This has been explained to no end on here.

    A positive test with a high CT count is retested again on another machine and/or the person is tested again and if the CT count is lower (they are now becoming infectious) or higher (they are over the infectious period).

    It is really important information and those who need that information, have that information. Joe Public doesn't know exactly how many cases came from what lab and what CT count and using what assay etc...



  • Registered Users Posts: 14,005 ✭✭✭✭AlekSmart


    Interesting aspect that,who does the deciding ?

    What now appears to be the accepted procedure,is for a emerging little group of "New Generation" highly focused orginizations to steadily slip into place and allow the old guard "Authorities" to slip away into the night.

    Thus we have the Randox's,Go Safe48's and others with slick Marketing campaigns,all designed to seperate you from your hard earned €'s in exchange for a test result.

    I am very impressed with GS48's effort https://gosafe48.ie/about-us/ particularly the seamless meld between Marketing and Medicine...

    Maggie Malone, CEO

    Maggie Malone is a serial entrepreneur and publisher with over thirty years experience in media. She has a strong background in sales and partnership building and over twenty years experience in process and organisational improvement.

    So far so good,a bitta Meejia savvy never goes to waste,nor indeed some "Serial Entreprenurship",but of course in a verified Public Health Emergency one must also have some white-coats on board....

    Dr. Nick Flynn, Clinical Director

    Dr Nick Flynn graduated from the medical school in University College Cork in 1997. Thereafter Dr Flynn completed vocational GP training with the Irish College of General Practitioners. He is the clinical leadership for MyCorkGP.ie group – Cork’s largest GP practice.

    Dr Flynn is also a GP trainer with Irish College of General Practitioners and chairs their National Coordinating Committee for GP training.

    Dr Flynn is also Medical Director of Global Travel Vaccinations in Cork City, SureRapid Testing LTD and Cork Covid Screening.

    Over the last 12 months Dr Flynn has been to the fore of national debate regarding the Covid19 pandemic in Ireland and in particular advocated for early mask use and adoption of serial Covid testing to make society safer.


    All of these newly emerging,and entreprenurial Testing companies are to be welcomed I take it,but no questioning appears to be focusing on whether the levying of charges between €29 and €109 for whatever test you fancy should be taken as normal or acceptable in the context of a PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY with,according to Sec 31A of the 1947 Health Act currently has us in this situation.... a) having regard to the immediate, exceptional and manifest risk posed to human life and public health by the spread of Covid-19.

    Slowly,at first,but accelerating now,we have found a new added cost to living life and one which,if these companies are facilitated to multiply,is likely to keep increasing with each new PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 🙄


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭Valhallapt


    All totally exaggerated by Irish state run media. Yes France had severe restrictions for short periods of time but nothing like the duration Ireland has been made to endure.


    there was a lockdown denier on here last week, stating how much better Ireland had it than in Portugal, which is now under curfew, I had a good chuckle as I read it from inside a pub in the Algarve. We had one weekend where they closed bars / restaurants at 3.30pm, there was uproar and the government backed down. Everything is open, pubs restaurants have last drinks at 10:30pm and if you are out after 11pm it’s expected that you are on your way home, not off to a house party.

    RTE are going along with the false narrative that Ireland is somehow normal. Big difference is that in the rest of Europe they use antigen testing, but again NPHET are anti science and consider the CMOs of 27 other EU countries to be selling snake oil!

    However simply asking why Tony Holohan hasn’t read the Professor Ferguson report on antigen testing, which the Irish government paid for and you are made out to be some sort of anti vax conspiracy theorist. This is not the time to pull on the green jersey. Tony badly messed up cervical check, he’s badly messed up NPHET, it’s just not obvious to everyone yet.


    it’s like Ireland never really matured, we liked being told what to do by the parish priest and followed his every word to prove we were good catholics. If you questioned the parish priest, you were a pariah.


    nobody is infallible, not Tony or the Pope.



  • Registered Users Posts: 7,690 ✭✭✭Deeper Blue


    The "Stay away from BBQs" comment by Holohan seems to have pissed a lot of people off and I can see why.

    NPHET are still in the headlines seven days a week. I really think the time has come to move this unelected advisory body out of the spotlight and put them back doing what they're supposed to be doing - advising.

    I don't think we should be hearing from Glynn or Holohan anymore, be it in press conferences or on Twitter.

    Communication should come from those that the country actually voted for.



  • Registered Users Posts: 933 ✭✭✭darconio


    We definitely need more people like Niall McEvoy, please god let's hope it's just the beginning and the majority will start to wake up from this madness

    Irish Ice Hockey Star Resigns In Protest Over Vaccine Passports



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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,687 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    That imo was the indo going off the deep end after the HSE said family gatherings were fuelling infections


    NPHET are still advising to meet outdoors



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭brickster69


    French police joining the protesters now.

    https://twitter.com/DongaldTrunk/status/1416818331294699521

    An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes - Sun Tzu



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭DebDynamite


    Tell me exactly how, if more people were like Niall McEvoy, we’d ever get out of this madness? Yeah, he’s a great lad altogether 🙄



  • Registered Users Posts: 15,211 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Pretty clear that it's the police line escorting the protest you can tell by the line behind them linking arms but sure look the other theory just makes a good story for some.

    There's also police left and right sides. They're kettling them not joining them



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭Economics101


    Someone should tell NPHET that BBQs usually take place outdoors 😎



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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭brickster69


    They are protecting the people and are not the Police. They are the military ( Gendarmarie ) so it is significant because the military have been telling the politicians in France they will take over because they are not happy.

    An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes - Sun Tzu



  • Registered Users Posts: 15,211 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    Ah so we're onto a military coup now. I'll leave it at that so because this is getting quite silly now



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭brickster69




  • Registered Users Posts: 3,343 ✭✭✭Tork


    You posted a link from summit.news.

    "Launched in March 2019, Summit News is a far-right conspiracy website. Like most questionable sources this website does not have an about page nor disclosure of ownership. The primary writer appears to be Paul Joseph Watson, who is a former editor for the conspiracy website Infowars. Although not disclosed, Paul Joseph Watson appears to be the owner and editor of this website. Further, Summit News has been banned on Facebook."



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭brickster69


    An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes - Sun Tzu



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,654 ✭✭✭storker


    Maybe he was talking about food poisoning... 😊



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭brickster69


    An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes - Sun Tzu



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,343 ✭✭✭Tork


    So why not quote the original article, rather than a far right conspiracy website I hadn't heard of until 10 minutes ago?



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭brickster69


    And the Financial Times

    An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes - Sun Tzu



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,343 ✭✭✭Tork


    Yes, but you chose to post a link from a questionable right-wing conspiracy website first, not these other sources. Why?



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  • Registered Users Posts: 5,791 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    They obviously get their news from right-wing conspiracy sites and facebook i'd say!



  • Registered Users Posts: 801 ✭✭✭frillyleaf


    Will the rules for unvaccinated people affect indoor dining at a wedding? I’m not vaccinated but the wedding is in a few weeks time and trying to figure if I’ll be able to go to the meal at the wedding? It’s all very confusing! I’m not vaccinated and won’t be vaccinated within the time frame of two weeks.

    Does it even matter or is it only walk in indoor dining the vaccinations are needed eg. Restaurants



  • Registered Users Posts: 5,791 ✭✭✭Wolf359f


    I believe the restrictions/vaccine requirement is only for indoor walk in dining as such. They have made exceptions for weddings. I'm sure the wedding couple would be able to confirm it via the hotel etc...



  • Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    Far right !! :D :D

    Go away ourra dah will ya!!



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Now that the Ice Hockey players are revolting, its only a matter of hours until full scale insurrection



  • Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    The French military and ex french military general have been meeting lately in regard to levels of crime and immigration.


    You can bet your bottom that they are talking about Covid restrictions and overreach of government.



  • Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    This has more to do with foreigners coming in to France than covid restrictions, they're using "Cancel Culture" as an excuse to be racist... Grab power by having a common enemy with your voters, if there isn't any common enemy then create one... Just like Hitler with the Jews, Trump with the Muslims, Johnson with the Europeans and Varadkar with Sinn Fein

    There's nothing new with the French military voting right wing ideologies either but when it comes to it I'd take the talk of a coup d’état by the military with a pinch of salt



  • Registered Users Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so




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  • Registered Users Posts: 38,156 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Not til Tony and Co once again say its too soon

    Let's hope I'm wrong and there allowed reopen using the EU cert



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