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

Just to play devils advocate, I went to the rte news website and clicked on World news and Ireland news(both attached) and not one story about Covid. Seriously, there is no headlines positive or negative about it. One secondary story about French airport and China arrivals but it’s a thumbnail.

They test for flu and have done so since before covid.

You are just making stuff up.

I agree with you. I don’t look at any media updates at all and couldn’t tell you on a week to week basis any information about the numbers. Out of curiosity I decided to look. I think it’s a pick and mix regarding what is considered to be newsworthy. But it’s better if what is there is accurately commented. It doesn’t take away from the basis of peoples points but it also means that people don’t disregard that point because of incorrect information on the media agenda.

I had it for the first time back in October, three people that I know had it for the first time in December. All are fine, but it is interesting that it is still getting people who hadn't had it up to now.

Oh completely, but it does seem a bit of a coincidence that all three of them had had it asymptomatically at some stage over the past two years, then all get it over Christmas this year at roughly the same time.

One thing is for sure, these disastrous situations have absolutely nothing to do with the repercussions of lockdowns. No way, not a chance!

Really not sure why anyone is surprised or anyone is not clear on what is going on here.

We lock down society for 2 plus years, wfh, masks, social distancing etc etc and go nuts over one respiratory bug.

Human immune systems only work efficently with constant exposure to bugs, bacteria, colds, rsv, flu etc etc. Let your kids play in the muck and dirt and cough over other kids and be coughed on....and guess what it builds their immune system. Adults no different.

We are simply seeing a population wide reduction in immunity due to our reaction to Covid.

And guess what we now have an overflow of rsv, flu, scarlet fever and got knows what else.

We caused this........anyone with the smallest shred of intelligence could have forseen this yet here we are........

Kids weren't in a sealed bubble the last few years. They were in schools and creches, not all the time, but they were being exposed to bacteria and viruses. RSV and colds were circulating before this winter. There were the back to school sniffles in 2021.

Flu wasn't circulating but that was as much to do with what was happening elsewhere in the world as here. Many people got flu vaccines which would count as 'exposure'.

And whatever protection remains year on year from flu, cold, RSV must be quite limited given you can be re-infected in the next season.

Infection with Covid may actually impair your immune system, not build it.

Why was Strep A so bad in 2017?