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

On the political side of things it's no great surprise to see a government and its leaders hit a mid-term slump and it's not the first time SF have reached such alleged levels and the restrictions stuff matches the Amarach research that NPHET use.

That's what 2 years of constant doom and fear mongering gets you.

We were here before in October. Remember when the emergency powers at that stage were extended on a "just in case" basis. Anyone who thinks they will let the emergency powers lapse on the 9th February is being very naive IMO.

I find the questioning there a bit unclear.

When will the pandemic end?

Is that when will restrictions be removed or when does it move to endemic stage?

Two very different questions and I’d say most answered the former though to me the question sounds like the latter.

I know this point wont be popular with some and ultimately it doesn't change anything but lets not forget about the manipulation that has been going on for two years. Yes the majority supports this but I wouldnt really call it free will tbh.

Important distinction. The majority have a reasonable faith in authorities providing them with accurate information and having their best interests as a basic. Data has not been transparent, and the current agenda of protecting healthcare at all costs allows authorities to highlight certain data shared with the public and obfuscate other data, in order to further their single-minded guarding of a rotten healthcare system.

Most people form opinions based on information from sources they trust, and most are inherently uncomfortable generally with a lack of trust in their government. Understandably so - the welfare of a country is in their hands, hard to come to the realisation they are making a bags of it. Natural to resist the knowledge that the structures of a well-run society are foundering currently.

Yeah...and hashtags don't work very well on Facebook. Anyone using hashtags should save them for Twitter or Insta.

Ffs

Plenty ammunition for the government there to carry on with this crap

Covid 19 is very mild in the majority of people, vaxxed or unvaxxed. Never mind omicron which is a non event.

You did not say that to a female friend.

Hearing some talk of a staggered easing of restrictions through the end of this month and into February. What would be the point of doing it like this in the current context? It made sense on paper to stagger the reopening from June-October when we were vaccinating the adult population with the primary course, and less was known about waning immunity with regard to infection. But by February we will have every adult offered a booster, every child under 12 offered a vaccine, likely 2-3 million people with natural immunity to Omicron and the first 150,000 courses of Paxlovid in the country, so why not just end all the restrictions at once provided the hospital peak has passed?

And we will have the dreaded phase of 'subject to public health advice at the time'

Making it easier for them to turn around and say 'nope not yet lads' etc

This needs to be a proper reopening with full capacity events indoor and outdoor, normal hospitality hours and personal responsibility the key to this

Probably has some member of their family working as a guard in Dublin,seems quite popular around these parts