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

Tony could be thinking that way and the only option will be 'full level 5 lockdown for the rest of the year'

There was no meeting planned until tomorrow since the last set of easing so why wouldn't he? He has a young family too and doesn't live hanging upside down in a cave!

Most people don't care about such things once they believe themselves to be inside the tent. That's reality. People will go along with any amount of bullsh*t policies as long as they only impact "others".

Same people will all be front and centre with every other popular equality campaign.

I see Cillian De Gascun is confirming what the Conspiracy Theorists have been saying for weeks already. I know many people have been banned from SM for saying this.

The reopening on Friday needs to go ahead as planned or we'll never get out of this. We've done our bit to protect the health service and now it's time for the health service to protect us.

In my opinion they should also announce a ban on disseminating covid case numbers in the mainstream media. If you want to access them they're available on the covid website or whatever it's called. Constantly having them on every news and radio station front and centre has caused untold damage to people's mental health.

Just my 2c

Don't worry, the CT'rs haven't been right about this. These numbers were known about months ago and Cillian is a bit of a sh*t for posting it the way he has. The vaxxed are less likely to have a high viral load (but it can be equal when they do) and clear the viral load faster (which would also reduce the window in which the virus can transmit). As the person is vaxxed, the high viral load is dealt with effectively by the immune system (underlying conditions not withstanding).

And some people are still so naive not to see it

So before I put you on my ignore list, let's examine your absurd comment re my covid addiction.

I see you your reasonably new to boards (August) assuming you don't have other user names, accounts .

You've not started any discussions but oddly, strangely, intriguingly EVERY SINGLE POST you've made is Covid related, curious that and you have the gall & neck to say I'm addicted to covid 🤣

Not that I have to justify my contributions on Boards with you or anyone, I like most have an interest in we're we are re Covid, interested in the Politics of it and more importantly interested in the pathway forward.

In relation to the Hospitality sector comments your cleary obsessed with, I spent 28 years in this sector, I speak from experience. I spoke absolutely no waffle, invited you to look back on not just the comments but the actual podcast were quite outrageous comments were made, perhaps you've a connection with Adrian Cummins, I don't know but I'm entitled to comment, have an opinion and will either defend it or indeed apologise if I'm proven incorrect.

Over 10 years on Boards, I've always found the measure of a poster on how they interact, you've failed miserably in the mutal respect category, Rudeness, Insults, snide remarks achieve but one thing, total lack of respect for your opinion on pretty much anything. I'm not alone in being at the receiving end of your Bile.

Your now on my ignore list, you'll appear greyed out (appropriately), I won't see or care about what you post , I suspect I'm not alone.

I guess it's because if we have pubs/clubs full of people spreading it, that's it better they are vaccinated as less chance of hospitalisation.

Rte are now going with mandatory vaccination for health workers which will extend to everyone else.They have been promoting this all weekend

How can they spread it if they are vaccinated? It seem to be the general consensus that if you are vaccinated your viral load is insignificant, and even if it isn't, their augmented immune system will be able to deal with it like nothing happened. So why the green pass? to keep out from the pub an insignificant number of customers? Let's not forget the way the "droplets" are spread and the amount of time required for anybody to get infected, let's not forget that all the vulnerable are vaccinated. We are talking about a bunch of people between the age of 18 and 45/50 spread nationwide, the chances for anybody to meet a boogeyman unvaccinated on a night out are so irrelevant that they are not even worth to mention, the chances for this person to get infected are close to 0, the chances for the same person to be hospitalized for covid are close to 0, the chances for the same person to infect somebody else are close to 0. But if that's what would reassure everybody's safety, then let's go ahead with it: In that case I would expect to see the hospitalization/infected and ICU numbers to drop dramatically

What paper?

Proper peer reviews are usually double blinded.

Well, you seem to have set up your own platform of opinion, very much at odds with everyone else on vaccines so where's your paper on it?

Once again the HSE on it.

I have posts on here going back half a year pointing this out. My opinion isn't at odds even with the manufacturers of the vaccines.

You could just be a crank and there are many of those on the forum. And the point here is what?