"Nobody cares about Covid anymore"

They seem happy hence they replaying all the classics from 2020.

Ironic how its the same bunch that kept banging on about "getting on with life" that are clinging onto the exact posts they made weekly the last two years.

I thought that lot had moved on when the restrictions thread/covid area went quiet but nope, still stuck in the past unable to "get on with life" themselves.

Well its important that we discuss and learn from the pandemic for future pandemics.

It's ironic the lads who were obsessed with covid now want to move on instead of discussing the the decisions made during covid.

I would assume because some of them now realise how many stupid rules they cheered on.

I agree with the proposal in your first paragraph.

Please let me know when the discussion focused on learning for the future starts.

Jesus, it's like whack-a-mole.

One minute, you're giving out about the Irish government "muzzling kids", then it's the quantitative easing of central banks (nothing to do with Irish government btw), then you're having a go at Ukrainian refugees.

Do you see where I'm coming from in saying that this conversation reflects a much deeper issue among a small minority of people?

And what we saw during Covid was people like you being manipulated and whipped up by very unsavoury people, and tbh that's what bothers me most, where this will lead us.

The virus spreads via closer contact. You are standing beside someone in a room, they are breathing out aerosols and droplets, you breathe those in, you get infected. The more you breathe in, the higher the viral load. This is why fit and healthy doctors and medical staff were dying of Covid, 10's of thousands of them around the world, because they took a heavy viral load being around infected people all the time.

One way to reduce the spread is for people to wear a mask. It can still spread, but on a population level it results in a reduction. Unfortunately Covid (and it's mutations) were very infectious, so masks simply weren't enough. Next obvious step, social distancing. However when cases were rising exponentially, the final solution was temporary/partial lockdowns, stopping people congregating in offices, pubs, schools, etc.

It's not complicated, no one has to pretend to ask a million questions about it, it's relatively straight forward (children understand it)

It's the reason why seasonal flu took a huge dip - all these Covid measures work for any similar airborne infectious disease.

As for Sweden, in the first year, they famously didn't exercise mandates, let people do as they pleased, it's a socially responsible country, people wore masks and socially distanced however the data shows they had many more deaths than their neighbours. They later implemented rules/mandates.

Little bit of projection going on there I think. Yeah I saw the placards at the anti-mask and anti-lockdown rallies, all this "tyranny" and end of the world stuff.

Covid was a contributing factor in killing a lot of sick people who were going to die unfortunately anyway.

Sustained periods of needless lockdowns will cause excess deaths with people with mental health issues and people who missed cancer screenings.

These people will be younger who are most likely raising young families.

Covid was not a deadly killer for younger people.

Sustained periods of needless lockdowns is and will continue to be.

Yes, those deaths are unrelated.

The vaccine makers are people like you and me, they are making the vaccines knowing that their families, relatives, friends, colleagues will be taking them. The doctors and regulators and professionals don't want to die either, so they are testing the safety of the vaccines rigorously.

There's a group of highly paranoid people on the internet who use social media to brainwash you into thinking vaccines are dangerous because that's their agenda. Another group desperately wants you to think the world is flat. Another group wants you go think 911 was an inside job and so on. They prey on people like you.

So wake up and think for yourself. Lecture over :)

not they haven't they feel that locking up your older neighbours/aunt/mother/father/grandmother for the last 2 years of their lives when they die of other cause in 2022 was a waste of the last 2 years of their lives.

Two of my relatives died this year.

My Grandmother thankfully had my mother and my father and their family coming to see them, but in general the rest of the family stayed away. She ask about what was happening but for 2 years with the exception of 2 other cousins she saw very little of anyone else, in fear of covid.

My other relative had retired had started travelling with her sisters, and you know I expected after 2 years they'd be back travelling this summer but her cancer returned and the travels that she could have had disappeared over those 2 years.

I'd go back to that woman of 80 in England who at the start of the pandemic called that out for what it was.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-barnsley-pensioner-bbc-anti-lockdown-viral-b1221765.html

Seatbelts, speed limits, health systems, motorcycle helmets, laws against murder/manslaughter, fire service, airport security..

Sorry but we're surrounded by policy that protect ourselves and others from death and injury.