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

Maybe being an order of magnitude out is acceptable in epidemiology? If that's the case then it is a worse science than economics, maybe even an order of magnitude worse. Also don't forget he's not an epidemiologist either and has form too with this kind of attention seeking nonsense, go back to swine flu he predicted 1000 deaths and that wasn't his worst case scenario - that was a cautious estimate, I think the final tally was 21?

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/ireland-braces-for-1-million-cases-of-swine-fle-51861752-237652931

I don't think the RSA data was dismissed out of hand, it was more a case of countries not pivoting based off one data point, without the RSA data and if as deadly as Delta and with a higher R, then we'd have seen full lockdowns put in place again, but this didn't happen, the world was basically in a holding pattern until confidence was high that Omicron was more like the original strain in how deadly it was.

The countries that didn't lock down didn't do substantially better than others anyway (you only have to compare Sweden with it's neighbours to see this, their economy performed worse and had lower GDP as well as much higher rates of death), however the JH study has issues, interesting data presented, but also contradictions in the data. It was also not a JH study (the authors used it's name to add weight even though JH wasn't behind it) and it was by economists rather than health experts, which, again, gives an interesting viewpoint, but not one to overcorrect towards without additional data behind it (and certainly less contradictions in the data presented).

This is the same lad that couldn't keep viruses off his operating systems yeah? 🤣

Covid really seems like such an after thought now

It's great and when the bloody mask things goes it will be even greater

That's the scenario that the media picked up and continuously reported on, so...

Yay! Positive PTH2009 is positive! Nice one fella.

Hey,hold on just a cotton pickin moment !

RTE are clinging on the the remnants of oul dacency in their Radio News,for example Lyric FM's evening bulletins regularly feature a sombre toned Eileen Dunne,topping us up with the "latest" Positive PCR & antigen Test Numbers,along with the Hospital and ICU numbers....as if everybody was still clustered around the wireless in fearful awe of the numbers.

RTE,and the semi-state sector in general are insisting on clinging to the wreck of this particular hesperous,intent on making sure that the spring and summer relaxation will be as short-lived as possible,before they can lead the charge for a NEW ! IMPROVED!! set of Emergency Restrictions for Winter 2022's 'demic,of whatever type can be found.

It's very notable that the scale of protests in other wildly overacting Euro democracies is also escalating,as people discover that Politicans reason and commonsense have succumbed to whatever was in those vials !!!

Keep em scared Eileen...keep their heads down 😶

Good thing is,we now know who Tubberiddy will have on the LLS....although were I the host,I'd slip Melinda in as well just to test the dynamic !! 😎

Your several orders of magnitude less funny than you think you are. 🙄 If you do happen to have that memory loss virus please send me some so I can forget what I just read

and yet the evidence contradicts all of your posts still.

funny how people continue to re-write everything to suit their warped, and completely factually incorrect world view/belief system.

it's over, you predicted nothing, your beliefs are just that and the evidence does not back them.

I hear on the news there that mandatory masks has been dropped up North. Hopefully this will increase the pressure to do likewise here!

There's no justification for any lingering requirements at this point. It needs to become a personal choice based on an individual's circumstances and risk assessment.

Just as people are free to wear masks wherever they want, so too must they be free not to as well.

There should be no requirements beyond what was required in 2019. Covid is not the black death. It's little more than the sniffles at this point.

Again, no one will stop anyone who wants to continue wearing masks, but expecting others to do the same "just in case" needs to end. There's no justification for it.

I thought the whole thing of partners not being allowed in had been resolved after it emerged some hospitals were still doing their own thing. That's ridiculous! These are things that should be solved in hours, not weeks and months.

I'm not sure if this has been noticed but all this authoritarian approach to this pandemic is a strong indication how the ruling elites see tackling health challenges going forward. There is a strong undercurrent driven by the belief that "tackling diseases individually won’t solve many global health challenges", won't "accelerate global health impact" and certainly won't "reduce the threat of epidemics".

What we have seen is probably first blatant attempt to take the power and control for individuals' own health away from those individuals. This has been done very successfully in some countries and possibly less so in others. This battle is not over yet.