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

Lol at people still thinking they can "control" an airborne respiratory virus. Hasnt the penny dropped yet? I guess you could literally lock everyone in their homes and allow no one out, not even essential workers. Sacrifice power, rubbish collection, medical care etc for the "greater good". That would probably do it

Ah! Cheers for the clarification. More indication that the vaccines aren't as good as they are supposed to be.

(Yes, I know, they're better than no vaccine...but still).

Its like bad satire at this stage. Loopholes in every rule that completely undermine any logic to it. Schools are the biggest driver of covid spread in the country at the moment, but the government is still denying that into the ground for some reason. It boggles the mind.

They could have sent the kids back two weeks early in August instead of September when cases were low/it was summer, and had longer Halloween and Christmas breaks as a result when we knew cases would likely be peaking. That would have been very easy to do and have made a huge difference to the country, with no loss of education time for the kids. But no..

They could still very easily add two weeks onto the Christmas holidays for schools by saying they'll stay two weeks later in June/July. But theres not much hope of the government actually engaging in some creative thinking like that.

that actually would have been a very good idea... so,

Kinda have to agree with you. I'm detecting an almost celebratory tone from some who chose not to take the vaccine, a sense of "we told you so".

Let's be honest here, the restrictions are returning to cover over an ineffective and creaking health system. I feel so sorry for those in the private sector who will be out of work yet again. But the bosses at the HSE will be unaffected on their inflated salaries. The whole thing is just depressing, and the leaks this evening suggest even further restrictions in the run up to Christmas.

Where are you pulling the 10-15% figure put of? I read somehwere they are going to add 15 icu beds at a cost of €10million or so. So to add the other 250 icu beds we need would be closer to €200 million. Small change compared to the cost of restrictions

Micheal's speech was inspiring.

I'm definitely going to redouble my efforts now.

Are the new hospitality restrictions law or "guidelines" pretending to be law, like the no music or dancing farce during the summer?

My post from August. Yep, still bang on track.