When will it all end?

bucketybuck

If only people were as concerned about the kids who don't have symptoms of covid.

bucketybuck

bucketybuck wrote: »

If only people were as concerned about the kids who don't have symptoms of covid.

Exactly the Ombudsman for children raised this a few weeks ago, their mental health etc.

GazzaL

Can people with a BMI of less than 25 get on with life as normal?

78% of people hospitalised with COVID were either overweight or obese.

Instead of trying to restrict everyone's movements, maybe NPHET should address the public health issue of obesity and focus on promoting good diet and exercise. It would also help to reduce cancer, cardiac issues, and a whole host of other illnesses which kill far more people than COVID.

NPHET/Government have forced gyms to close while declaring takeaways and off licences as essential. Mind boggling when you think about it.

Most healthy people who get COVID won't even know they have it.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html?utm_content=Main&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1615401910

xhomelezz

ujjjjjjjjj wrote: »

All data shows this is not a significant risk for kids. End of story.

And kids can still spread it, as anyone else...end of story.

Hooked

GazzaL wrote: »

Can people with a BMI of less than 25 get on with life as normal?

78% of people hospitalised with COVID were either overweight or obese.

Instead of trying to restrict everyone's movements, maybe NPHET should address the public health issue of obesity and focus on promoting good diet and exercise. It would also help to reduce cancer, cardiac issues, and a whole host of other illnesses which kill far more people than COVID.

NPHET/Government have forced gyms to close while declaring takeaways and off licences as essential. Mind boggling when you think about it.

Most healthy people who get COVID won't even know they have it.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html?utm_content=Main&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1615401910

This. Times 1000!!!

I’ve gone from an active, healthy 42 year old to having no sporting outlet. No gym, no Wednesday and sunday soccer. Drinking at home, 2 stone gained. Can’t travel outside 5km for last 6 months.., no trips to beach, hikes, paddle boarding.

A year on.., and the most draconian of measures still in place.

I can only imagine the damage it’s doing to families, students and children...

It’s nowhere near as deadly as our PISS POOR health system would have you believe!!!

xhomelezz

Hooked wrote: »

This. Times 1000!!!

I’ve gone from an active, healthy 42 year old to having no sporting outlet. No gym, no Wednesday and sunday soccer. Drinking at home, 2 stone gained. Can’t travel outside 5km for last 6 months.., no trips to beach, hikes, paddle boarding.

A year on.., and the most draconian of measures still in place.

I can only imagine the damage it’s doing to families, students and children...

It’s nowhere near as deadly as our PISS POOR health system would have you believe!!!

Keep moving, sitting on your butt won't help you at all.

Hooked

xhomelezz wrote: »

Keep moving, sitting on your butt won't help you at all.

Easier said than done. The 2 games of soccer were HUGELY beneficial to my physical AND mental health. But yes... need to stop the rot.

Can only imagine how parents with few/many kids are coping. Or those out of work. Perpetual Lockdown is insane...

xhomelezz

Hooked wrote: »

Easier said than done. The 2 games of soccer were HUGELY beneficial to my physical AND mental health. But yes... need to stop the rot.

Can only imagine how parents with few/many kids are coping. Or those out of work. Perpetual Lockdown is insane...

I think you can always find the way to exercise. It's not easy on parents for sure. If people would cop on, we wouldn't have as you say perpetual lockdown IMO.

Edit: sadly we are all paying the price for peeps who just can't follow simple guidelines.

GazzaL

Hooked wrote: »

Easier said than done. The 2 games of soccer were HUGELY beneficial to my physical AND mental health. But yes... need to stop the rot.

Can only imagine how parents with few/many kids are coping. Or those out of work. Perpetual Lockdown is insane...

It's far more enjoyable to go for a kickaround with a few lads than to go for a run on your own.

Iguarantee

GazzaL wrote: »

It's far more enjoyable to go for a kickaround with a few lads than to go for a run on your own.

It’s far more enjoyable to be able to go 5km from your house than stay within that radius but people make do.

Some exercise > no exercise. Best of luck with it.

GazzaL

Iguarantee wrote: »

It’s far more enjoyable to be able to go 5km from your house than stay within that radius but people make do.

Some exercise > no exercise. Best of luck with it.

Most people I know go outside their 5km almost every single day.

xhomelezz

GazzaL wrote: »

Most people I know go outside their 5km almost every single day.

You mean they're walking outside of 5km?

Mr. Karate

GazzaL wrote: »

Instead of trying to restrict everyone's movements, maybe NPHET should address the public health issue of obesity and focus on promoting good diet and exercise.

They'd be accused of fat shaming before they can even finish their sentence. It goes against the Body Positive "Healthy at any size" from the woke brigade. Saying a 500 lb land whale isn't healthy [and beautiful] is tantamount to heresy.

GazzaL

xhomelezz wrote: »

You mean they're walking outside of 5km?

Walking, driving, running, biking, hopscotching, you name it.

Mr. Karate

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Why not just keep those who refuse to get vaccinated in lockdown by required vaccination documentation to enter crowded public spaces? Then the responsible people are safer.

Yeah because the accusation of Police State dictatorship,etc and such aren't already being thrown around. "We'll get of the Police State accusations by acting like a Police State. What could possibly go wrong?"

Hooked

Hooked wrote: »

Easier said than done. The 2 games of soccer were HUGELY beneficial to my physical AND mental health. But yes... need to stop the rot.

Can only imagine how parents with few/many kids are coping. Or those out of work. Perpetual Lockdown is insane...

Kids losing out hugely. Think about a year more or less without sport/ hobbies, that’s a year they will never get back. Was wondering if they’ll ever catch up we’ll only know this in the future of course.

A child psychologist recently that say for a child of five they’ve lived one fifth of their life in lockdown. One has to wonder about the long term effects of this on a child.

On a positive note more kids going back to school tomorrow which is good.

Hooked

GazzaL wrote: »

Walking, driving, running, biking, hopscotching, you name it.

But not going from limerick to Clare... too many cops to fine you. Sad face.

Hooked

Mr. Karate wrote: »

They'd be accused of fat shaming before they can even finish their sentence. It goes against the Body Positive "Healthy at any size" from the woke brigade. Saying a 500 lb land whale isn't healthy [and beautiful] is tantamount to heresy.

I GENUINELY needed that laugh. Thanks OP

xhomelezz

GazzaL wrote: »

Walking, driving, running, biking, hopscotching, you name it.

Yeah I'd say driving is the main thing, hardly to put it down as exercise

Doctor Jimbob

Hooked wrote: »

Easier said than done. The 2 games of soccer were HUGELY beneficial to my physical AND mental health. But yes... need to stop the rot.

Can only imagine how parents with few/many kids are coping. Or those out of work. Perpetual Lockdown is insane...

You just have to force yourself to get out and do something really. I know it's harder to motivate yourself at home - I used to love going for runs with people from work and going to the gym a couple of nights a week, I know the options open to us now just aren't the same and I'm not trying to downplay how tough it can be. At the end of the day though you'll feel a lot better long term if you just make yourself go out and do something.

Mr. Karate

Hooked wrote: »

I GENUINELY needed that laugh. Thanks OP

This is why there hasn't been a concerted effort anywhere in the West to encourage proper nutrition and exercise through out all of this. They're afraid of being accused of fat shaming.

GazzaL

xhomelezz wrote: »

Yeah I'd say driving is the main thing, hardly to put it down as exercise

People could drive to a scenic location to exercise or a public park with the outdoor exercise machines. Or they could just be driving outside their 5km to visit friends and family that they mighn't have seen in a year.

Hooked

gansi wrote: »

Kids losing out hugely. Think about a year more or less without sport/ hobbies, that’s a year they will never get back. Was wondering if they’ll ever catch up we’ll only know this in the future of course.

A child psychologist out recently that say for a child of five they’ve lived one fifth of their life in lockdown. One has to wonder about the long term effects of this on a child.

On a positive note more kids going back to school tomorrow which is good.

Yep... it’s finally catching up with my brothers 2 girls.

8 and 11. Best kids in the world... but the toll it’s taking on them... it’s disgusting. I’m all for protecting the ‘vulnerable’ but that’s no longer them. We’re a year in. We know so much more. But the plan is unchanged from week 1.

They’re constantly upset. Asking when it’s gonna end. Why can’t they see distant friends. Why no cinema, beach, local trips. Holidays cancelled again this year. Not sleeping. Just horrible on them...

NPHET, Leo, MeHole and the rest need a better way TO LIVE with covid. And stop hiding us all way.

Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage wrote: »

Why not just keep those who refuse to get vaccinated in lockdown by required vaccination documentation to enter crowded public spaces? Then the responsible people are safer.

Because net emigration is not a good thing for a massively indebted country.

ypres5

stefanovich wrote: »

I personally know 3 children who got it very bad. 2 hospitalised and 1 very nearly.

So when I see a family go shopping together, kids pawing everything, I think they probably should take things more seriously.

279 people under 15 have been hospitalized since the start of this and you knew 2 if them out of the 3 kids you know

https://covid19ireland-geohive.hub.arcgis.com/pages/detailed-profile-of-cases

pjohnson

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Because net emigration is not a good thing for a massively indebted country.

You think theres that many anti-vax?

arctictree

Know loads of people who visited their mother today. These would normally abide by the rules. I think people are just sick of it at this stage and have decided to live their lives...

xhomelezz

GazzaL wrote: »

People could drive to a scenic location to exercise or a public park with the outdoor exercise machines. Or they could just be driving outside their 5km to visit friends and family that they mighn't have seen in a year.

Yeah right, so everyone will be packed in a public park, cuz walking in 5 km radius is so boring. People tend to complain about everything, always. The minute someone tells them you can't or shouldn't do this, everyone wants to do that. Man main road where I live is suddenly full of walkers, none of them gives a shīt about any guidelines, mixed households, no mask, no shìt, up on each others back, believing they do it right cuz they outside..

GazzaL

xhomelezz wrote: »

Yeah right, so everyone will be packed in a public park, cuz walking in 5 km radius is so boring. People tend to complain about everything, always. The minute someone tells them you can't or shouldn't do this, everyone wants to do that. Man main road where I live is suddenly full of walkers, none of them gives a shīt about any guidelines, mixed households, no mask, no shìt, up on each others back, believing they do it right cuz they outside..

Any parks I've seen have been absolutely packed. When you had people on here crying about the dangers of kids socialising and going back to school, public playgrounds were full!

It's actually quite safe outdoors. There's a higher risk of getting knocked down crossing the road than there is of getting COVID when you're out for a walk.

CalamariFritti

xhomelezz wrote: »

I think you can always find the way to exercise. It's not easy on parents for sure. If people would cop on, we wouldn't have as you say perpetual lockdown IMO.

Edit: sadly we are all paying the price for peeps who just can't follow simple guidelines.

All the essential business going on out here - a good third of the workforce in fact - would have us back to zero no bother, but the few guys who cycle beyond 5km or go to a beach or visit their mums make all the difference and keep us in perpetual lockdown.

Sure

Must be a nice clean simple worldview you created for yourself there. But sadly it wouldn't hold up to a few questions from a ten year old. And in fact its people like you - devoid of any inquisitive or critical thinking or any logical thinking seemingly - that makes this perpetual lockdown mandate a doozy for the government spoofers.