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+1, children are resilient, it's just that some parents spoil them.

Three of my five nephews have broken marriages and its amazng the way the kids have just got on with it.

A couple having to finance two houses just don't have the time or the money to spoil them,yet they children are fine.

Back on course then......., for grown ups to be making a fuss over a few injections definitely isn't showing resilience.

The hospitality industry are in big trouble though, I really have sympathy for them.

Neighbours here got Covid, they're much older than me, I know where they'd be now but for the vaccines, husband is even more overweight than I am

We went to the local for our tea yesterday evening. The lads who'd come in at 10 for the few pints were in at 6. Good few around.

That's exactly what it is right now - the weapon they were in the process of creating.

If you really looked into it I'd guarantee it was social bonds and people helping eachother out that got them through it.

No different to the community spirit that got the english through the blitz, or go back to ww1 and it was the camaraderie between fellow soldiers that was the reason they went over the top instead of deserting

You dont get that when you're isolating from covid. Lots dont seem to be able to understand that

That just leaves someone with four walls for company for the day. A five minute chat at the door isnt worth a fcuk compared to normal living and socialising.

There's never been this sort of behaviour forced on a population in history. Contagious virus or not, it's the wrong way to go.

People need the opportunity to spend time with others and have proper conversations.

You're right. Community doesnt just exist for the individual.

It doesnt exist so that we give everything to protect a very small minority at the expense of the rest of society.

The full cost of reacting to covid in the way we did will be many times greater than had we let it off from the start.

The UK tried letting it off at the start and abandoned the idea fairly quick and they've more ICU per capita than we have.

The uk is the pit canary for ireland

Lad in I'll divo died from covid, ud think they'd get the best medical help. Lockdown should be based around calving time, mid January to mid March, lockdown everything

Watching Kate Garraway on TV, her husband got covid 20 months ago. It's a tough existence for them

Was sent for the booster yesterday and so far nothing in the line of side effects .Anything I read suggested that any chance of a reaction would occur with the third one

Bit of a pain but if it saves one hypochondriac from a head cold then its probably worth it .

Our locals never bothered with any covid related stuff when they reopened this year ;2019 all over again .Two lads seemingly tested positive that were there one night I happened to be there as well .Still alive .We were all at the bar together for maybe an hour or so although at opposite ends .Neither would be in the first flush of youth .

One asked if people in the pub that night were to be listed as close contacts but HSE said no ,only his wife was considered as such .She was positive as well I think as were his daughters family who would be in his house most days .They were not considered close contacts either .

Should I be worried then ?

Never been tested yet and unlikely to happen anytime soon I hope .

Omicron can show symptoms in as little as three days, it's the quickest one yet, Is the vaccination centre the only place your family have been, vaccination centre is the only place I've seen the guidelines being adhered to, even I wore a mask

It's timely that schools are off for 2 weeks to try and slow down the spread