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

There's definitely little pockets of it. I was down in Fota recently. The hotel still had a few covid protocols in place - number limits in the spa, pre-booking system in place, etc. The wildlife park still had the signs up everywhere, various things closed or postponed due to covid, etc. I suspect a lot of these things are being kept in place because they don't actually have the staff to resume full operations, but it's better PR to talk about safety.

It was kind of weird, like stepping back in time 6 months.

Do the covidistas now realize they got it wrong or is it excuse time?

Totally overblow situation, If I had the time to look over some of the posts from the last two years plenty of people would be squirming

nope, not a totally over blown situation at all.

the response was necessary and proportionate and the evidence backs it all up, yes some things were got wrong, some understandable and some outright stupid but the strategy of minimising virus spread has been shown to be absolutely correct.

it's you and the others spreading misinformation still dispite the fact we are back to normal who got it wrong, were always going to be wrong, and were quite rightly ignored and dismissed as it should be.

throw the misinformation fact around when i see misinformation more like it.

i love facts, all facts, because they are fact.

sweden only had a slightly lower death rate then britain, none of the other european countries, they would have had an even lower death rate had they implemented restrictions earlier. their health system would have gone under only but for the regional authorities deciding quite rightly that enough was enough.

the deaths are stable, but not higher then they were during the pandemic phase.

the cases have been high but given this current varient is mild and is not overwhelming the health and other systems then we have no need for restrictions really, whereas during the pandemic phase when varients were severely problematic and would have overwhelmed everything then there was absolutely no option but to respond and implement the public health measures that were required.

so yes ultimately the restrictions were necessary and proportionate given the grave situation we were in at the time.

no having it both ways, just different responses based on the facts of the situation and where we were and are now.

Sadly,few appear to recognize the scale of the W.H.O's power grab,which is shameful when one appreciates the reality of the W.H.O being a VERY flawed agency,with a highly politicized agenda,little of which has the remotest to do with Health,public of otherwise. Many in Ireland seem to regard the W.H.O as a benign form of the old "Health Authorities" which once dominated Irish Public Health,without realizing that the current situation is threatening to our essentialy safety,wellbeing and freedom.

An indication of how they will push their agenda can currently be seen in how the compliant Media are pushing the "Monkeypox" story,with all the W.H.O fed bylines and photo's pointing towards the super scary end game.

It's just a matter of time now until Ghebreyesus and Ryan ramp up their Fearmongering,perhaps with Glove wearing replacing Masking,but doubtless yet another Vaccination campaign in the wings.

RTE,as always appears keen to get On-Message with 2 articles running tonight....

It would appear that the Gay community may need to keep an eye on these chancers,as the narrative certainly seems to be heading in an odd direction...

Anyway,RTE keeps the ball rolling with....

Just in case the plebs are not listening....

Stay at home...don't be mingling with other humans...(Monkeys are OK )

Another great operation is imminent 😉

It becomes very difficult to ignore who the second biggest financial contributor to W.H.O. is.

I'd suggest RTE have a Lifetime subscription....

Just look at their daily prescription of Covid related stuff,each day being ramped up a wee bit further so as Granny can stay safe in her isolation...

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/0524/1300794-covid-omicron-sub-variants-ba2-ba4-ba5/

i reference the facts of the situation as not only are the facts of the situation the facts of the situation, but they inform us as to what is and isn't needed at a specific time.

the death numbers i gave you are correct, you are not interpreting correctly the data you are posting.

Who's mentioning restrictions??

As for "de numbers", who actually gives a toss apart from the anxiety-ridden, and those in the media that need to fill the airwaves with something.

+1 as far as I am concerned anything to do with covid can stay as guidance; I'm not engaging with any more measures that may or may not be imposed.

Are any GP's back running at even semi-normality these days? Just curious. Mine seems to default to phone only appointments. There are probably people getting in for certain types of appointments but otherwise no one is allowed in bar staff, no waiting room etc. Have to communicate over the intercom with the receptionist out on the street, pay and get handed certain medical stuff you may need at the door (not the most privacy conscious method in some instances).