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

And isn't that a sad state of affairs. Let's be honest here, this is primarily a disease of the old and unhealthy. Why are the vast majority suffering for a small, albeit vocal, minority. Society has "held firm", "has been in this together", etc. for long enough now, it's time to move on. But the issue at this stage isn't that people are frightened of contracting Covid, but frightened of being called-out, named-and-shamed, scapegoated, and vilified by online finger waggers. Irish society has always been a refuge for begrudgery and curtin twitchers, but I feel their voices have been amplified throughout all of this. A bigger soapbox to shout from.

And it's unfortunate that the whole saga has been politicised. We now have a sector of society scared to move forward for fear of being politically incorrect, so they want to be seen to be doing the "right thing". Hence, we get these cancellations when there is no need whatsoever for them. I said it months ago, and I still believe that this pandemic will only end in Ireland when people accept that cases, hospitalisations, deaths from Covid are here to stay and will be part of life moving forward.

My office Christmas party was cancelled, there's one.

I do think people were afraid of Covid in March 2020 however now most people aren't really now.

They don't want Covid but if they get it they know it's not the end of the world providing there not very old or have some type of underlying condition and even most of those people seem to be getting on with things now.

In my experience I think those who are terrified of Covid now general are people who do have an underlying condition and alot of those are with it now or thesis with some anxiety disorder and to be honest I don't think a lot of these people wont get back to normal for a long time. The sight of people standing near one another nearly gives them convulsions nearly.

They can say their fine with the pubs/clubs being open but in reality they'll find fault with something and they simply don't like people mixing until this is gone away and I can't see it happening soon.

If your somebody who goes to the supermarket once a week and your back to normal then that fine however don't tell people who go out a lot out having to book tickets, and then them being accused as being granny killers that things are back to normal.

Keep a social bubble is what I'd imagine they might come out with. So going out to a restaurant with family, grand. Doing that and having 5 different pub crawls on different nights is a no.

Cancelled by the office or by the premises?

Stuff getting cancelled just shows how conservative Ireland is. Is liberal/fun Ireland now dead?

Saw a local pub going on the mortal Highground when the talk of restrictions not been lifted last month. They stated 'no matter what happens on the 22nd Oct we will be staying the same as of now with booking and limited numbers etc'

Sad state of affairs from my perspective, things been cancelled just incase etc

I have to say. It’s sad that it’s come to the above scenario. Are they fully vaccinated along with their booster coming soon?

People do really pander to a few loud mouths just to keep them quiet!

It's like the madness this week that teenagers can't play an indoor sport match yet can go to a disco. I can totally see why companies etc don't want bad PR from people blaming their party for causing a case, such is the blame game now

Xmas Parties are the flavour of the month now. Even though pubs are packed but Xmas parties are the devil.

Most people know that venues aren't checking the Covid passes properly so they don't want to go to crowded venues.

While the anti vaxxers claim that vaccination doesn't make any difference to transmission, people aren't taking the chance.

We'll be going to the usual house parties anyway

Seems like they are the actual anti vaxxers who don't believe they work lol

Nah, but because of the hysteria I will have to make a decision like that. That is the nuts thing. I don't want to have to make that decision, I just want to go to the night out. But I may have to make a call not to, not so much to keep them safe, but to make two vulnerable old people believe they are being kept safe when they are at the age where reasoning logically begins to fade.

They're getting boosters in 10 days, and I'll hopefully have mine in a few weeks. Not quite sure that will change any opinions though. I'm due to go to a gig in the UK after Christmas, and I doubt I'll be able to TBH. I have had the "well if you bring it home you might kill us" talk many times. Its ridiculous, but thats what the likes of RTE and the like have done in this pandemic. The country is nuts, but maybe not for the reasons you've mentioned!