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

I have no idea what Tony Holohan posts on Twitter and I have never seen him make a guest apperance anywhere. The little I have seen of Twitter it struck me as more a magnet for every nut job on the planet to dump their often incohert rambling uncontested, rather than a discussion forum, and unlike some here I don`t have this person called Tony Holohan, who somehow has usurped the elected government and is making all decisions for some unknow reasons of his own, living rent free in my head 24/7.

Chief medical officers are civil servants, who like many other civil servants here and worldwide advise governments on everything under the sun, but the buck stops with the governments on whether they accept that advice or not or how they choose to act on it or not. Do you seriously believe that CMO`s such as Chris Whitty in England, Frank Atherton in Wales or Jaap van Dissel in the Netherlands etc. are now dictators running those countries. It`s a nonsense.None have the power to dictate anything. Same as the nonesense that Tony Holohan now rules Ireland.

See, the vaccine worked really well against the original strain, and really well against Alpha. We kind of nearly had it beat. Then Delta came along and was so transmissible and virulent that it overwhelmed vaccines to an extent. Now Omicron.

Western European democracies have guaranteed personal freedoms for their citizens for decades. Why now, have they all suddenly and simultaneously decided to impose arbitrary controls on their people?

Its a headscratcher.

Be sure to keep some tinfoil for the turkey

Thats optimistic imo, the fallout from this is unprecedented - never have so many sacrificed so much for so few. Its a bit grim but the majority of those that we sacrificed for will be dead by 2025, probably quite lonely, died of natural causes like age, and having NOTHING to do with the hysteria magnified by the landed boomers.

Keep on boosting and keep those profits nice and fat. But that means that we avoid lockdowns? Oh yeah, of course, well only the summer months obviously when viruses are less virulent anyway but once the winter comes it's straight back to lockdown. We'll make sure to boost you though just so you're ultra safe going to the shops for 5 minutes.

There's a whole grift built on this mess - from doctors to mask sellers to media pundits - the snouts at the trough are many. Its also a wholesale acceleration of the destruction of small business in favour of MNCs. Plenty are making good bank from this.

I read this as the UK is modelling on the worst case possible and searching for justification not because of science, but because of politics.

Well perhaps you should look at his posts on Twitter before jumping to the conclusion that his remarks on Twitter don't wield influence. Fine if you don't like Twitter and don't read it but the fact is, a great many do. And have you not seen him on The Late Late Show? Now before you rubbish TLLS and if you did you'd have me in agreement because personally, I detest it, there's no denying the huge audience it enjoys throughout conservative middle Ireland. So stop trying to deny the undeniable about Holohan's huge influence over Government and public at large.

As for your comments about the CMOs of other countries, you might be surprised that many other countries are quite different to Ireland not only in their approach to the pandemic but in their approach to the various medical and scientific experts in their countries. Comparing Holohan to other CMOs really is apples and oranges. The whole cult of Holohan is a very Irish thing.

Nope May bank holiday two weeks after that. Couldn't be having that could we?

If you are now seeing through the stupidity of it all - welcome to the right side of history - make sure you do you part, at a minimum tell your local TD that they wont be getting a vote and why - email them NOW. The next steps will require more, but thank you for starting on the path, the more people like you, the quicker this will end.

Some are vaccinated, some have underlying conditions, some were there but tested positive. That's been that way since the start. The same question can be asked when we had 2000 in hospital.

Yes there's a lot of uncertainty around omicron. If you were in the Governments position would you just open up and hope and pray it's milder and so mild it offsets the massive growth rate advantage it has?

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On the ordered list of things to open first, schools come just after essential retail, that's why they stay open even though they are riskier for spread, entertainment is at the bottom of that list just before office workers.