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

You didn’t say any of that in your OP.

And you’re missing the point that I made which is the U.K. still have the majority of services open and now require a Covid pass to use those services. We did what we were supposed to do and still have restrictions imposed. It’s laughable.

As for case numbers, ours included a 3000 backlog but the UK’s ‘may’ be much higher because cases go unreported. So we don’t have any unreported cases but the U.K. have 100% that go unreported.

If we stick to actual facts then yesterday the cases were comparable per capita but we’re back being restricted and they’ve just to take their pass to the pub. Not comparable at all!!!

As I say, snowflakes.

Even with restrictions people have a better lifestyle than 50 years ago when every one was emigrating.

Because NEPHT won't lift restrictions until they're on the road to zero covid. We had six months of lockdown at the start of this year so I'm being optimistic saying three months this time around.

You don’t think people will be mixing over Christmas? Omicron will spread over Christmas like wildfire (hopefully mild for 99.9% of people who get it). We will then peak in January. No need for extended lockdown. Just my own view

And acting as if there is a magic money tree with an endless supply of cash. It is quite juvenile

You didn’t say we did either, you said ours were so high because of backlog but the U.K. have 200,000 cases because half go unreported.

The rest of my post is easy to follow, yesterday we had a comparable case load per capita yet we’re going back into high restrictions with hospitality yet the U.K. have only now introduced Covid passes for hospitality.

Same position, vastly different measures. Plus they came completely out of restrictions 6 months ago, we still haven’t made it out of some form of restrictions.

You mentioned Tony Holohan`s guest appearances and his popularity on Twitter as somehow being the reason you believe he is now our overlord. Now it seems those guest appearances are one night on The Late Late Show, (which no I did not see btw) and those that follow him on Twitter. On that basis Niall Horan from Mullingar should be our overlord as I recall him being on TLLS a number of times and his followers on Twitter leave Tony Holohan`s in the halfpenny place.

Even Leo Varadkar has over twice as many followers on Twitter and Micheal Martin, who is not even popular within his own party, isn`t far off having as many as Tony Holohan. Even Simon Harris has more and I cannot see him ruling as a dictator any time soon.

I have no idea why you believe governments would have Chief Medical Officers as advisors and then not seek their advice on medical matters.I recently saw Chris Whitty England`s CMO sharing the stage with Boris Johnston where he explained why England are now taking the measures they are. The Netherlands have just announced restrictions that are much more severe than anything announced here. For the government in the Netherland`s to do that without taking advice from their CMO Jaap van Dissel, a virologist and a infectious disease specialist, as well as being the director of their Institute for Public Health and the Environment, is very far fetched imho.

The simple facts are Tony Holohan has no more usurped the power of government here that Chris Whitty has in England or Jaap van Dissel has in the Netherlands. It`s a complete nonsense from some here who are so obsessed by Tony Holohan he is now living permanently rent free in their heads. Not only is it a nonsense, it cannot be good for their mental health.

Indeed. The government may be able to legally shut businesses down on a whim, but when it comes to all the covid theatre people are just doing what suits them at this stage. They aren't scared of covid, so even the worst of the virtue signallers will be having their house parties and meeting people over christmas.

So you are paid to sit at home as a close contact?

What was the point of your original posts even the CMO acknowledged there would be house parties after pubs close.

No point to your post but continue on...