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

Noticing more references in the media that casually conflate Covid virus symptoms and the symptoms due to aggressive lockdowns. This is similar to how they decided for us that for Covid the death-from vs death-with was a non-question*. It's hard to see how these framings serve an "abundance of care" policy.

* You'll get surprising answers to this question from your personal doctor friends :-)

Just out of hospital for an unrelated reason and I had a throat swab while in.

Can that (not detected) test tell me whether I have ever had Covid19 in the past?

I am fully boosted and they also took about 4 blood samples the day before.

Cheers.

I see that the Chinese are struggling to keep Omicron at bay despite their 2 month lockdowns. It seems that as soon as they eased the lockdowns it started going up again. Looks like parts of Shanghai going back in to lockdown due to outbreaks as soon as they opened up. The Chinese government are really kidding themselves. I feel sorry for the poor sods.

It's the zero-covid eradicationist mindset where the worst fear for them is that the virus will become harmless to the extent that it is no longer tracked and nobody cares about it.

Here we f****g go again. The finger wagging has begun

“"The level of infection is on the rise and you can see our change in behaviour over the last few weeks. We are longing, all of us, longing to get out and travel."

” our change in behavior “? P***s off, it’s living your life as far as I’m concerned.

There is nobody i know in the real world talking about Covid. I pop in here the odd time when i see the thread on the first page and it's very quiet, just a few posts every few days.

The Examiner, IT and RTE in almost a coordinated manner, releasing stories about COVID in Ireland this evening, along the lines of "it's being monitored still". On the same day that there is news that the US drops requirements for international travelers. It really does seem like they are trying to keep some sort of light shine on COVID solely so they can drum up some hysteria in the autumn in the typically uneventful respiratory virus season.

It's so obvious the COVID hype is driven by a few vested interests, it always has been, but I'm glad that the vast majority can see through the scam for what it is and don't give two thoughts to COVID anymore.

That's only because they're all over on another thread saving Ukraine, one short wolf-whistle though and they'll come racing back here chanting for lockdowns and mandatory vaccinations. We have shown ourselves to be a nation of subservient proles, we are so repressed the very idea of debate was abhorrent. Remember though, the polls tell us we are the safest/happiest/best educated/... Oh hang on, our children can't afford the rent being charged by those charitable BTR international funds ;-)

Covid now the top story on 9pm RTE News, I better dig up my comfortable easy to breath through cloth masks for round 25 of this.

Rarely bother with COVID stories anymore but this is beyond absurd. If ever there was evidence of the complete futility of Zero-COVID.

Yep they were warned that Omicron can’t be contained. It’s too transmissible. Their policy isn’t sustainable.

2 of my mates got it the week b4 last and only coming around now..