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

The cynic in me says they held them back because there weren't enough deaths to keep stirring up Project Fear from NPHET.

Nine Covid deaths since last Wednesday as far as I know, and from what I heard from him today it does not seem so.He sounded quite positive to me.

What restrictions do you think Tony will relax?

Stupidly got into a spat with some anti vaxxers on Reddit, they ended up banning me from the group and discussion.

Honestly some of the nonsense being spouted was mind blowing

Yes, but that is only for hotels though.

NPHET have PR people telling them when to lift the tone. This week there was the pat on the heads for people getting vaccinated. And something something about lifting restrictions but completely vague. They're trying to position themselves as good guys and in couple of weeks time they'll go after the people who are not getting vaccinated.

Strategy.

It's tricky though. You can get 70 to 80 vaccinated easily enough but the lower percentiles need to be treated more delicately. They need to be a bit more creative. I was reading today that the travelers were originally offered Jansen or Astra which got Pavee doing their usual shíte and that had the effect of getting travellers to demand Pfizer, two shots boss. You could do similar with other segments of the "hesitant" populations like the work-shy classes by having characters from Eastenders or Love Island get killed off by refusing a vaccine while another gets the ride after a change of heart. The middle-class anti-chemical moms (their word not mine) could be made aware of gluten and chemical free versions of the vaccine or even fair trade versions, grown by orphans who lost their parents in a Chinese Holland and Barrett. You can get the anti-government types of which we have very few here by telling them "No pub for you" - they tend to be full of it.

There are going to be a few mixed messages for sure but you have to remember that mainstream media is there to manipulate the lower percentiles. The upper 80% or so are doing just fine on their own without government intervention. They've figured out that vaccines are preferable to the disease itself. And because antivaxers come in all sorts of classes, 80% of their efforts are going to be focused on that bottom 20% who haven't figured it out yet, as is tradition.

This would be take on it too. I've never watched a full briefing but between reaction here and news correspondents on twitter I've usually got the jist of their tone and messaging. There haven't been many but occasionally the cmo has been positive going by his standards. Almost to the fact you think actually maybe he is human. Unfortunately everytime within a short time he reverts to his true form and comes out with a lecturing tweet or pontificating sermon at the next briefing.

What about people that just don't want to take it? They've heard the about the side effects. How will the government 'encourage' this group to take a vaccine?

You can't they will likely catch it and get immunity that way or have had already had it and not realised.

Considering the IQs of most anti-vaxxers I highly doubt many are working for those companies, so it's not likely to be much of an issue imo.

Who knows?! They seem to be giving with one hand and taking away with the other - quote from Eamonn Ryan this morning: The Cabinet sub-committee on Covid-19 meets on 6 August and again later in the month, when it will begin to set out the processes behind a further easing of measures.

Mr Ryan warned, however, that over the next few weeks people "still need to be very careful with cases rising each day, so it is not a signal that it is all over, it's not".

We are going to ease a lot of the restrictions but IT'S NOT OVER!!!

Masks should be made optional now. If people want to wear them go ahead and the same with people who don't want to wear them. It is rediculous that you have to put on a mask going into a garage for less than 2 minutes to pay for petrol but yet can go to the gym for hour or more and not have to wear a mask except when entering or leaving the premises, which is also a bit of a joke as well.