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

Yeah I have 2 under 12. If a a kid goes into school without uniform the first time nothing will happen. If they go into school every day without the right uniform then a call would made to the parents to see what the story was. If the kid continued to refuse to wear a uniform they would be sent home eventually as otherwise you might as well scrap uniforms altogether. Kids can and are suspended etc for breaking rules continuously.

I suspect with masks there'll be a bedding in period but if there continues non-compliance and no good reason for it I could see kids being sent home - otherwise the message is that it's a free for all.

Most significant and sustained curbs on social and commercial freedom in the history of the State?

Ever heard of the 'Emergency'? We had food rationing during and after World War 2 along with another host of measures.

Homosexuality was criminalised until 1993 and divorce not allowed until 1996.

Ireland isn't some autocratic backwater. Not anymore anyway.

I get that you're frustrated with the restriction but writing hyperbole like that won't help. The pandemic response in Ireland is broadly similar across the Western world. Germany, Austria, Greece etc have brought in new restrictions. Nobody has the right answer here. The issue is the pandemic. Our lot have done well so far but I agree with you that indecision has now crept in and they're making a pigs ear of it. But it's not quite as restrictive as you're making out.

The risk of myocarditis is small but not 0. The risk of my child dying from covid is almost 0.

I'd be willing to bet more kids get myocarditis than die from covid in Ireland.

I don't want to take a chance. Let everyone else's kids go first if their parents are happy to. I won't be top of the queue as I said.

You are talking about "living with covid".

This country was not adult enough to have that conversation in April 20, it still isn't adult enough to have it today.

I know of many children who do not wear the correct uniform in my school.

Red or blue polo instead of white, navy hoody instead of navy jumper with school crest, in fact i see the crest on about 20 childrens uniform only. Ive never put my boys in the uniform and they wear the tracksuit every day, although only permitted on Wednesday for PE. Ive been bringing children to this school the past 5 years and ive another 5 years before im finished there. Never once has any child been sent home for incorrect uniform. Nobody has been suspended for bad behaviour, put into another class, not allowed golden time etc but no suspensions. I can guarantee you the masks will not be enforced in my childrens school, half the parents dont wear masks and nothing is said to them either, as a side note, there has been 0 cases in any of my childrens classes (not school just class!) since this started. I only had to homeschool when the schools were closed by gov

Did you really believe restriction were going to be lifted in October? Seemed pretty obvious it was off the cards when the media and NPHET began ramping up the fear machine a month before.

This new scarient from southern africa will no doubt justify keeping restrictions and copying some cool restrictions already in place elsewhere, relegate the jabbed to un-vaccinated, make the pass permanent and requiring jab every 6 months etc.

Restrictions are here to stay, unless decisions begin to be made based on evidence and facts.

I think further restrictions are coming with a minilockdown for Christmas. The mandatory test for people travelling will have 0 impact on covid numbers but it is to prepare the population for new restrictions.

That has been said many times in the last 21 months and I'm still waiting. Every time I hear another hair brained restriction, I think, right this is the one that will tip us back to normality and for people to see nphet for what they are but nope the nodding dogs lap it up.

I don't do Irish media or listen to NPHET so I'm pretty oblivious to the 'fear machine'. Which restrictions do you think are here to stay?

Not just the cmo. Judging by the conversations in the office today, this masking of children is not going down well at all.

The shaming is not going to work for much longer either.

The Journal and others might like to pretend that it is just right wing trolls who are against what is happening, but the government has lost, and is losing, a lot of the public.

It has become a farce and people are starting to notice.

You couldn't make the **** up

NPHET and St Tony truly going after kids

Seriously this is going too far and they have lost their heads

That depends on different times during the past 18+ months, but for example...

• Expressing approval at restaurants/bars not checking vaccination certs.
• Not social distancing and/or expressing approval of other people not distancing
• Not wearing masks when required and expressing approval of same in others
• Attending illegal pub lock-ins
• Attending multi-household get-togethers when mixing more than the recommended number.
• Travelling beyond the allowed limit

Etc