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

Where did I make the claim it was the only factor?

Low population density was a factor. Government measures was a factor. Voluntary shifts in behaviour was a factor.

All of the above in relation to your neighbours were factors too.

That makes no sense. What point are you making? You are desperately trying to find an argument where there isn't one. I am disputing your figure of 15%

Go ahead. Count the numbers up to retirement age. Explain why it was necessary to shutdown the entire economy. While your thinking about that maybe you can tell me where they hid the bodies of the supermarket check out workers who were exposed to hundreds of people every day.

I have no issue with someone wearing a mask if it makes them feel safe but do people (e.g. that GP on rte earlier) seriously think reintroducing them on public transport and at airports will actually make any difference? Surely it's been proven beyond doubt that against omicron they're about as useful as a chocolate teapot?

Did you?

This is the opening line of the article:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t drastically reduced the number of deaths attributable to COVID-19, but posts making that bogus claim have been circulating widely — with the help of President Donald Trump, who retweeted one such claim on Aug. 30...

So, it’s misleading to say that 94% of those who died with COVID-19 also had other ailments without explaining that the disease causes other serious illnesses. And it’s wrong to claim that only 6% of the recorded COVID-19 deaths were caused by the disease.

So not only have you been caught in a false claim, you've also been caught out deliberately quoting out of the context the article that proves your claim was false.

It's actually your source and if the the MSM were reliable we wouldn't need fact checkers would we. The irony is most "fact checkers" are actually owned by the media and they still can't get it right.

this is the actual source from the CDC. The number I was referring to is actually 5.5%

But that doesn't really make a good headline does it? Not gonna get many clicks from you hungry clickers.

Maybe I should put that in bold or italic for extra emphasis. What do you think?

Can’t believe there are still people out there who can’t let this go and still want restrictions. I see the same poster still crying about hospitals every day as if its our responsibility. Its not March 2020 anymore.

Some info please, 93 year old going to nursing home respite for a week, nursing home wants him to have a PCR test , GP doesn't do it,. HSE Test center doesn't do it, it's only for over 55,s immune comprised etc, any advice?

You have to be immuno compromised.

Just pretend and book as normal through HSE website. They won't ask at the testing centre.

I did it myself in the last wave, only way to get the recovery cert for travel.

I know it's an expense but can't you get a private one done via a pharmacy?

That's the very natural progression of people's mindsets in that face of a disease that is increasingly mild and he's always going to express a medical opinion on this.

Yep, that seems to be the idea