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

People can be treated, vaccine uptake can reduce deaths, measures can reduce infections - of all diseases and health emergencies. It's the WHO's job to analyse, monitor and give updates. They are stating there is still a public health emergency with Covid. Which there is.

RTE and Irish media carry stories of interest globally, of direct or indirect importance to Ireland.

This seems like an entirely reasonable article for them to cover.

It's the covid forum, strange place to be if you've "let go".

It's an entirely reasonable article for them to cover, regardless of what happened prior.

So you are presenting a total straw man case, that because there is still some media coverage of covid, other pressing issues can't be looked at also.

A cursory glance at the headlines in the media refutes that. Covid is not headline hogging at the moment.

RTE is regulated by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. You could start there.

Japan is just coming down from the highest number of deaths they had during the whole pandemic. That mask mandate really did work wonders

I can tell a deflection when I see one too.

So here's your example - that because there is still some media coverage of covid, other pressing issues can't be looked. And it is contradicted by the other issues being covered and given more coverage than covid at present.

So spare us the simple man speech, it's just a deflection from when your argument has been disproven.

If covid is finished, why are you posting on a public forum bemoaning that RTE is covering it?

Your own actions invalidate your own claims

You realise you can unsubscribe from this forum anytime you want. Nobody is obliging you to read it. If you think it is finished.

And those who don't think it is finished, can continue to post away.

But I read numerous articles stating that Japan and other Asian countries had 'beaten' coronavirus through their mask wearing, which everyone adheres to perfectly, unlike us stupid westerners. It can't be that it just wasn't true and masks didn't really make a difference could it?

Japan had 67,000 total covid deaths from a population of 140 million, and Tokyo the most populated metropolitan area in the world.

Considering their aging demographic this is a much lower rate than other large advanced nations.

So they must have been doing some things right.

I would credit the Japanese healthcare system which is generally accepted as excellent and the fact that their life expectancy is the highest in the world as far more important than anecdotal suggestions that masks helped towards the Japan death toll.

There are a multitude of reasons why Japanese are one of the healthiest and longest living populations in the world which have nothing to do with Covid. These reasons alone along with an excellent healthcare system throughout their lifespan (not just during Covid) makes comparing them to Ireland completely futile.

But you probably knew that already and went with something else.

Not going to derail a thread any longer for an argument you've cherry picked. Ignore list is LONG overdue.

It could be absolutely anything. Some countries simply count differently what is a covid death and what isn't. There are a million variables between definitions, methodologies, health care, age pyramid, restrictions etcpp. If we sat down in a group for a couple of hours we'd come up with a list that would stretch over the next ten pages. To pick a thing or two and say if we only we had done X or Y is like reading tea leaves. To conclude it must have been - say - masks is just unfounded pushing of ones favourite subject.

Every country knew that restrictions and partial lockdowns would have knock-on effects and trade-offs, such as people missing screenings.

However at the time it was a new disease, cases were spiking globally, deaths were rising, national health systems were coming under critical stress, we didn't have vaccines. It's just easy to nitpick with hindsight, but a majority of the public (and national health bodies) supported the actions we took at the time.