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

We were not in Level 5 lockdown for the first 6 months of 2021.

'Restrictions' in place on pubs is not a lockdown, unless you use an absurd definition of lockdown to mean any restriction.

I asked you to define what was a lockdown, you failed to do so.

It's pretty obvious you made a false claim re: severe lockdown for 6 months which has been thoroughly discredited. Now you engage in vague use of language and shifting of goalposts between lockdown and restrictions. You can't keep your story straight.

According to this definition, we were in lockdown for 4 months in the period in question, until 12th April 2021 when stay at home restrictions were lifted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lockdowns

It could be argued there is some value in learning from the past. But IMO this mostly isn't that.

I would suggest its bordering on obsessive and irrational behavior, not being able to move on, or adjust to changing situation. Which I assume why it so often lacks any context of the wider issues or timeline. I don't think its solely about COVID or Lockdown either. Its across a wide variety of topics and issues, you see the same behavior from the same people.

At the same time I wouldn't dismiss people issues. Its obviously triggering them. Even if I disagree with them. Sometimes its the straw on the camels back for whatever reason. Likely they've been impacted financially disproportionally.

Wiki is a source which I provided. We are still waiting on your definition of a lockdown, in relation to exact measures after multiple times of asking - but we can be sure it will be whatever suits your present argument. We can argue the meaning if the word 'stringent' and 'lockdown' until the cows come home.

But really, we don't need to. Because every time you are cornered into a specific point, it is shown to be false.

You have claimed "Hardly any other country in the country ever had a travel ban in place."

Please provide a source for this claim.

Because based on your recent posts here, I think it can be safely asserted you are making baseless false claims again.

More examples could be provided, but this is sufficient to demonstrate you are making stuff up again.

This is the UK:

This is France:

Spain:

On 29 March, it was announced that, beginning the following day, all non-essential workers were ordered to remain at home for the next 14 days.

Never mentioned China. I just don't see cinema's not being open as extreme daily hardship. Obviously you do.

Even with the "easing", the rules are still pretty ridiculous. But now they wont let you die on the street if you don't have a negative pcr test. They'll still lock you up against your will if you test positive though.

Well isn't that argument. I'm not going to die or get seriously ill. So the precautions and lockdown are irrelevant to me. So I'll ignore them.

Thats a good description of what Irish lockdown restrictions turned into over time.

The biggest problem with Irish lockdowns at times the rules for the various different restrictions were at best incoherent and at times unenforceable for various different reasons.

While lockdowns and restrictions were definitely required however they were at times contradictory and make no sense. Over time they lost public support and a substantial and increasing portion of the population just stopped obeying them. The gardai aren't and weren't big enough and times not empowerd enough to fully enforce them.

The thing that needs to learnt most from Irelands experience is what we're the post effective and enforceable restrictions. The China, Australia, New Zealand methods are a non runner for various different legal, economic and geographic reasons. While I appreciate at the time they couldn't wait months to test and study every option. Post pandemic the various rules need to be studied as part of an academic review to inform future crisis responses.

It's also important to remember depending on your job and lifestyle everyone's life was impacted very differently by the different levels of restrictions. For some people restrictions resulted in minimal impact and for others their life was put on told for the guts of 18 months. That's going to impact a person's view of the restrictions.

Why do you think they aren't closing schools?

Covid affected all age groups, in much higher numbers of severe cases, hospitalisations and deaths. As a bacterial infection, Strep A is much more treatable.

Fairly sure it's a scam, is there a link attached?