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

Also very frustrating - "NPHET "hopeful" Ireland near peak of surge" - its as clear as day that the peak in cases was last Friday 8th - what data do they be looking at? Like, this isn't a feeling - its raw data, and everything says it's peaked a week ago - they continue to patronise, but the journalists never question anything. So end of Jan it is I guess

Its interesting this new concept that finally reopening somehow invalidates the criticisms of the past 2 years? That finally allowing people to live magically turns all the previous mistakes into successes?

Its very much a Vitas Gerulaitis moment, with the small difference that he meant it as a joke.

There are few immunonaive people but there are many naive people.

You could argue the emergency is over now and certainly by the end of January the justification for NPHET to continue will surely no longer exist.

They're not going to investigate themselves.

Last summer there was a wait till we are almost all vaccinated and we did try to do things in September but along came Delta. My point about impatience is that it is a bit pointless now when saving a sudden horror variant we have nearly reached the end of this.

That's excellent news and a sign of a return to normality. The only thing that could prevent this going ahead would be a big surge in cases or the arrival of yet another variant.

It should be the last of these and it doesn't matter what symptoms of people have, they are still being dealt with under COVID protocols, all 1000+ of them. As we move out of this hopefully we will see work begin on addressing the massive weak link of our hospital system.

17,065 new cases, 1023 in hospital and 83 in ICU.

OK, but to what end? Glynn today said we are at or past the peak and that they'll look at another week's data of actual cases. All of this points to the right kind of advice in 14-15 days.

I disagree that the 'vast vast majority' of people are unaffected. Pretty much all single 17-40 year olds are affected who can't go out and are finding it difficult to form new relationships, then everyone in the tourism industry, then anyone in any area that operates in the evening-time etc., etc.

Anyone who normally stays in is happy out, i.e. parents, the old, introverts.

I've been living my life to the best of my ability but we've had long stretches of lockdowns and quasi-lockdowns over the last two years and we're in one of the latter still.

I'd accept mask wearing and covid certs if it means 100% back to normal

Proper hospitality, entertainment and cultural hours etc

Let us live along side it ffs

We shouldn't accept masks and certs. They are largely useless at preventing spread anyway. We don't need the theatre of them.

Wales going to level zero. England ditching everything ASAP. Proof coming out that the hospital figures were not what the fear narrative said they were.

No more bullshit, restrictions need to go now and that includes no clinging onto unnecessary measures simply because of inertia.