Relaxation of Restrictions, Part XII *Read OP For Mod Warnings*

He can, they just need a vaccine or to have had covid already.

Irish people seem to like someone to blame for things, not so much solutions, but to blame.

People also don't like random occurrences without meaning or reason. This is a **** situation that no one is really responsible for, we're all fed up with this and I feel we want someone to blame, so we blame the government, we blame health care officials. We're sick of this **** random thing that happened and we want to blame someone. The government didn't ask for covid, they didn't ask for fewer vaccines, they don't want lockdowns.

I have been listening to Mark Cagney (and Pat Kenny) since the 1970's. Both are of an age and somewhat obsessive about Covid.

Mark Cagney has also had a brush with serious illness so I imagine that has shaken his confidence in his health. i would his comment with a pinch of salt.

If he was interested in my opinion (I'm sure he isn't), i would suggest he might relax more if he stayed at home.

But they did decide on the response based on "the biggest hurricane this country has ever seen" coming in terms of deaths, hospital numbers, case numbers etc based on "sobering projections" from the experts.

Hows that going?

They did decide to reference "look at Scotland" and their case numbers as evidence for their response, again, hows that going? 60% drop in case numbers in 2 weeks with far less restrictions is how its going.

England, basket cases with their freedom day, going to be a war zone thats going to affect us, 40% drop in case numbers in a week

So weeks later when the numbers arent stacking up they are changing course i presume based on all this stuff they ddint ask for but have now had time to look at in our own country and the countries referenced previously.

I mean you study these things, study them and adapt so we must be looking at things again?right? Hows that going????

I dont blame them for COVID, but i do blame them for their response and their cowardice in being unwilling to govern the country preferring to hand over leadership to others and when in the face of "numbers as predicted" not stacking up still do nothing.

Don't forget it's a newstalk ruse where 2 presenters take extreme opposite sides of the argument then they throw it out you the listener's at 30c a text 🙄 to let them know if you agree or disagree 😏

No, I just found this thread today, it is interesting, we're pulling apart the government for what they said a month ago or 2 or three when things are changing so fast.

I was merely pointing out some of the posts here, the predictions were off the mark too.

Seeing a good amount of people making the case for England and their fall in numbers recently, great news if it truly represents a fall in the amount of positive cases, but something we should keep in mind is that people are avoiding taking tests in the wake of the 'pingdemic'- God I hate that word

Also saw a report recently which said UK workers are being told to immediately self-isolate if they think they have it instead of taking a test- might be a contributor?

Knowing that Johnson's cabinet aren't renowned for their honesty, is it possible that there is an effort to reduce numbers so they can avoid the gnawing possibility of having to introduce another lockdown? Not that it should affect the Tories' poll numbers in any way

All of the above are just things I've noticed, I really do hope that things are getting better there. Peace

Anybody been in the pubs yet? Is the indoor thing actually being enforced? Or just a dog and pony show.

Where’s the real Tony and what have they done with him

Why what did he say ? I’ve long stopped watching the briefings because they were never really good news.

There seems to be a buried assumption in a lot of places that anyone who has taken a vaccine automatically agrees with the 'internal passport' scheme.

Surely this is not the case?

Total-surveillance is an issue in its own right. I don't want to be presenting QR codes and identification documents for everything I do, everywhere I go.