Covid 19 Part XXXV-956,720 ROI (5,952 deaths) 452,946 NI (3,002 deaths) (08/01) Read OP

No , your bias must be blocking out the rest of the link ..

There is no need to get into such a faff about it . You can get on the system the day you feel sick .

You can provide proof by your doctor advising you to self isolate by uploading a Covid e-cert. So you phone your doctor when you feel unwell . They advise you , upload the cert on the system and book your PCR.

You are paid from Day 1.

This is also on the Citizens Advice Forum.

So you are wrong ...again

@[Deleted User] This Covid enhanced illness pay IS so people can self isolate and is paid for by the state, like PUP . It is available to all workers who have paid a minimum of stamps and to self employed also .

I have had this discussion before with posters who repeat that they can't afford to self isolate when they have symptoms .

Sure its not a massive amount but its 50% more than regular illness benefit .

No. They don't.

This sort of attitude is toxic.

Happy Christmas Eve all!

Give it a rest for ****'s sake. It's Christmas. Time to change the tune.

I know it's time to change the tune we are mostly vaccinated and done everything we can I agree nphet should give it a rest like you say its Christmas.

I think a lot of people are wisely tuning out for Christmas and just going along with the conservative advise to be safe. Especially if mixing with vulnerable family or people that will need a negative test to return home to other countries.

But at some point hopefully more people will question much of the total nonsense that people in positions of power indulged in when they had the chance, Tony closing pubs, Nolan scaring cowards with extreme scenarios. Those pictures of Tony and the children are like something from North Korea.

Many posters commented on the similarity with how Irish people allowed previous groups to exercise authoritarian control. In all previous cases when the mood changed it was fast and severe, church and banks for example. My wish for 2022 is that we something similar here and that it drives reform to the health system and people taking their rights more seriously. Will it come through?

Lastly thanks to all on here that shared their frustrations with the flaws in the response, I read this thread regularly for the year and it has helped keep me sane to know that other people can see the issues and ask the right questions. I am sure there are many more like me you are helping. It might feel very little just posting on boards but it means a lot.

This might actually be the biggest impact of Omicron. Other countries have started setting reduced quarantine times for healthcare workers because they're being hit so hard with shortages.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if some country starts telling asymptomatic health workers to come into work and work on Covid wards until they return a negative PCR.

The problem with that is most doctors are impossible to contact by phone now

it's been said before but testing facilities in other countries are really something-else compared to Ireland. was in France for couple days up north in a fairly small town(~20,000). Could get a PCR test in three different places. Compared to back home, I can't even get an antigen test by a trained professional in a town less than 20km away from Dublin never mind a PCR.

Enjoying my Christmas in UK. I feel like I made the right choice to move. nobody really cares at this stage here. If there's a lockdown feel free to point and laugh at me though 😀

Hope everyone in this thread has a great christmas and stays safe

Another year over and a new one just about to begin. Doubt this ever crossed his mind when he was writing the song! It’s been another very tough 12 months, with people tested well beyond their levels of resilience add many more have got sick or sadly died. Some people have turned on each other, some have faltered, some have embraced a more philosophical approach to life. In the face of so much frustration it's definitely the healthier path to take.

Once again we have uncertainty about what's going to happen to us next year, but there is definitely much more hope than this time last year. Sure, we may be back to screaming media headlines of hospitals being overrun for a bit but there is a hint of the end of the tunnel coming.  It may be the case that the white knight is in fact the virus itself in the form of Omicron. Even if it's not, progress on other medical fronts should make 2022 a much better year and ideally be the end of all this.

So, enjoy the season for whatever it is to you and be safe into a better 2022.   

I don't think you understand what hysteria literally means. Furthermore, the poster suggested there was not only hysteria but "mass hysteria".

Spolier alert : There is no hysteria.

Happy (hysteria free) Christmas.

Feel free to email the organisation with your educational observations. I'm sure they'd be very interested/

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I have had 4 texts already this morning about positive cases . People who were as careful as possible and just got very unlucky . Anyone still tutting or blaming need a good head wobble now