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

So you you think Tony is going to tell us to let it all hang out?

Hey. So bit of a funny one. My 6 year old daughter really really really hates the antigen test and putting the swab thing up her nose etc. as in it takes about an hour to do each time and she totally freaks out and we nearly have to hold her down and it’s just draining us all

would it be an option to get her to simply blow her nose on to a tissue and then use the swab to pick up the mucus from her nose?

My son caught covid in his day care. Every single child and staff member barring one caught it and they had to close the room for two weeks. Today is his first day back. The darned thing spreads like wildfire.

Hospitals at 629 this morning. It is not far off 50% of what it was 3 weeks ago, at 1,055.

What is point in getting boosted after a recent infection? You will still have antibodies for a period of time after infection. Are we getting boosted to protect us from Covid or just for the sake or it???

My daughter is a bit older, but equally upset by the antigen tests. After seeing how far the PCR tester put the swab up her nose (not very far at all), we came to a compromise. She does the swab around the lower part of her nose herself. (I stand right beside her and keep close watch, and we count out loud together to make sure she does enough). Being able to control it herself has made a huge difference. Might that help? (Might be a bit more accurate than the nose blowing). How often are you testing. While I have tested myself and husband more often, I only tested my daughter just before Christmas when we had an elderly relative visiting, and then when she was a close contact in school - and even then I only did 2 tests instead of the 3.

It's not as simple as vaccination encouraging your body to produce antibodies and the "booster" giving you fresh ones. With each dose, the immune system gets better at producing more efficient, more aggressive antibodies.

There is a point of diminishing returns; only so efficient the immune system can get. And some studies suggesting that 4th+ doses may on balance actually do more harm than good (a tiny bit of harm for very little good, tbf, not "a lot of harm").

In terms of getting a booster after an infection, it effectively just "baselines" the individual. You know that that you are at least as protected as everyone else with 3 doses, if not more. The level of protection that you have after two doses + infection is less well known. And getting a booster won't do any harm. So by getting a booster you know how protected you are.

It’s not necessarily mild but it’s milder than Delta. Deaths worldwide are now matching the Delta wave and rising. It is milder than Delta though overall but Omicron is so transmissable it out weighs that benefit. The positive of Omicron is that it spreads like **** so it could help to build up some sort of herd immunity a lot quicker and the wave passes more quickly. Looking at our own situation and despite most restrictions lifted cases and hospitals are significantly dropping and you can see the benefit.

Just when you thought we might get a break from a NPHET style doom mongering Government body, someone has this ‘brainwave’ on Twitter.

It's amazing how quickly people move on. The vast majority consider covid a thing of the past and are hardly mentioning it.

I think 2022 will be a very fun year. Great optimism in the air.

Covid might eventually go away but unfortunately the nutters never will. They are probably upset now restrictions are eased, they probably thought restrictions will save the planet.

With the added note that "about" 50% are incidental covid

True and also Climate Change is more of governmental and global response in which policies across the board are needed rather than the Government setting up another ‘expert’ group to hide behind.