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

They are.. but not because of current restrictions. It should be becoming more and more clear to government that we are well beyond the point of diminishing returns from restrictions. We are achieving no better outcomes when compared to 'godless' England who are living life as normal. Enough is enough.

Phrases for the 2022 bin

"figures are concerning etc"

"next two weeks are crucial"

"covid theatre"

"let it rip"

"schools are safe"

On both sides of the coin, let's ditch them all!!

Do you mind me asking what the relevance of the red line is and what conclusions you are inferring from it?

Thats not really possible due to different dates of vaccination of groups. Waning etc. Even now there is a lot of technically unvaxxed if they are not boosted.

It is likely to remain that way and this will pass. How does being one of these so-called technically unvaxxed differ from someone who's never had a shot? Their bodies do after all recognise COVID.

A friend of mine in the UK age 76 who is immuno compromised and has a lung problem tested positive .The NHS phoned her and are phoning her every second day to check on her .,They send a care package in a taxi with a O2 sats monitor and anti virals to be taken for 5 days .

Lets see how soon the HSE follows suit .............. rolls eyes

We know that fully vaccinated people with or without booster are far less likely to develop serious illness from any variant of COVID. The "waning" is in relation to symptomatic infection.

People with recent infections or boosters are less likely to develop symptomatic COVID because they have a high concentration of antibodies present in their blood.

After several weeks the body recycles these antibodies. This is normal. In evolutionary terms it doesn't make sense to keep circulating antibodies for every infection your body has ever seen. It's massively wasteful. The body instead "remembers" so it can produce these antibodies again when needed.

The trade-off is that the infection may make a foothold while antibody production ramps up. But this way is more energy efficient.

In relation to boosters, it is more than just "reactivating" the immune system. Every injection of the vaccine is a form of training. With every dose, your body gets better and better at producing more efficient antibodies. The immune system is complex and really, really good at what it does. We simplify it down to "your body learns how to fight COVID" for ourselves, but it's much, much, much more nuanced than that.

Thus, someone 12 weeks after their booster will deal with any COVID variant more readily than someone 12 weeks after their second dose. Who in turn will feel far less ill than someone unvaxxed.

You've been against restrictions since day one because your 'freedoms' were being impinged and every so often your mask slips, excuse the pun.

Multiple times you've said that lockdowns don't work and when asked for evidence of them not working (including evidence that they do in the post) you either ignore it or go off on another tangent. So give it a rest with the hyperbole.

I'm in no way for restrictions at all but it's comical that you are still coming out with this tripe.

ICU at 87, so very steady. No update on hospital numbers but as suggested last night could be above 680.

Hire a JCB. I'm sixteen stone and my bed is a divan.

If somebody is anti restrictions now they are deemed a nutter? Is this where society is at? Any opposition to our restriction obsessed policies sees one branded a full blown nutcase ? That type of language actually paints you as an extremist. Ironic isn't it seeing as you view these `nutcases' as extremists? I see many in here comment of this thread becoming an unreadable echo chamber . I think they long for the return of the uber cautious echo chamber the thread used to be. There appears no middle ground in here. It's all hyperbole and insulting language . Cheezums I'm not singling you out here. I don't actually know what your views are and whatever they are you are entitled to your opinion even if I'd disagree but just reading your post about anti restriction nutcases is disheartening . Just because somebody has a differing view to you doesn't make them a nutcase .

I’m in the same boat myself. Have covid but cants get a PCR, 3 positive antigens yesterday and mild symptoms.

Due back to school Thursday but can’t go obviously. Can’t get a PCR test there’s none to be had. 2 kids here who will have to do the two weeks, which means I’ll have to mind them for 4 days after my isolation period is over.

Not sure what to do, I’m a bit lost with it all.