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

Just an extension of the virtue signalling which has become rampant in Ireland over the last few years, largely borne out of a need to feel included in the social media circle jerk. All for the "feels", and "consideration of others". What a load of patronising bullshit.

Donnelly on the radio now saying no restrictions needed. C’mon ta ****!

Restrictions at this point would be useless , it's rampant but what's the answer 🤔 I once thought if you got it , that's it and hopefully not too severe , I'm talking to people who've caught it more than once 🤔

TONY'S left the building ( Actuallythat happened late December), Government seem all over the place , Stephen Donnelly pop's up this week, weres he been , Paul Reid, same old same old and I saw first hand last Tuesday what's going on in public Hospitals.

Those who'll really suffer are those waiting on urgent care.

I'm not for a second saying restrictions but mother of God there's absolutely no leadership, Government more concerned about planning their St Patrick's Trips abroad and being popular with the EU .

And absolute Cluster**** of a situation

The answer is to move on with life. Like colds and 'flus, you can contract them multiple times, your body will deal with it and you move on. This is how highly infectious diseases work and have always worked through the entirety of human history.

Herd immunity/eradication is only realistically feasible when the disease is relatively low on the infectivity scale, like Polio. Look at measles. Despite insanely high vaccination rates, it still manages to survive in little pockets and explode like wildfire when it finds an unvaccinated group.

Omicron at this stage is considerably less severe than measles and far more infectious. It's here to stay. Vaccination and boosters will do a good job of keeping the vulnerable out of hospitals, but the illness is not going away. Pretty soon we'll stop testing for it at all outside of clinical environments. You'll wake up one morning feeling like crap, say, "Oh I've a bit of a 'flu" and then take it easy for a few days without wondering whether you've got H1N2 or Sars-COV-2 or rhinovirus, or whatever.

At this point, people are really only doing antigens either because they feel it's the right thing to do so they can let others know they might have been exposed, or so they can be allowed off work. Realistically there's no need to do an antigen - if you feel sick, you should be keeping yourself away from the workplace and away from others regardless of what kind of sickness you have.

You may equate Restrictions with Leadership, I don't. My point being were has everybody in Leadership to include public health been, the past few months.

We have medics saying there's no advice , Government saying no new measures needed, Hospitals buckling under the pressure and I might add worse than ever at any point during the pandemic.

Thanks. Heard there now that there’s signs of improvement, feeling a bit better.

Many people can't make decisions for themselves, they crave to be told what to do and be dictated too. There was no difference between wearing a mask on the Wednesday before MM speach to the Saturday after it. Similarly now, when there is nothing stopping them wearing a mask, they want to be told to wear them.

The worst part is, they are a vocal minority who have access to the media and there is a narrative that it's what the majority want. But as was pointed to earlier, if its what the majority wanted, surely there would be a higher percentage wearing them on public transport. Bar the hysterical few on the media nobody wants restrictions to return.

i don't buy it... If the majority of people want restrictions back then the majority of people should start by wearing masks in shops again. Currently I see what I would call a significant minority wearing them - about 30%-35% on yesterday's shop

We have experts now telling us about the benefits of mask wearing instead of it being mandated and legally enforced, isn't that what we all wanted?

I can't see that happening.

It's an absolute farce that isn't going to happen...therefore, it's not a farce.

They have repeatedly stated that they see no reason for a return to any restrictions.

That's what he has been saying previously too.

Covid virtue signaller will make you an enemy for not fully taking their side, that's how you spot them. One thing you will notice about the covid-virtue signaller is that they love to make it about conflict; they want the discussion to be "with me or against me" and like to have an enemy to argue with, rather than to approach the topic with any rational, common sense perspective or with any potential for compromise.