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Horrible horrible drug that is, was in Adelaide and rumour had it that as the ice was so expensive and high unemployment rates etc the addicts were injecting the ice as they got a high that lasted for days after it. More bang for there buck. Knew an Irish girl over there who told me she tried Ice a few years beforehand i was speechless and she asked me why is it that everyone has the same reaction when they hear that.

A neighbour in his early 70's died last week in ICU with pneumonia. He tested positive for Covid in August after taking a mandatory PCR test before flying to the UK to visit family. He went for the HSE test a few days later and it was also positive. He didn't have any symptoms at the time but within a week he developed a harsh cough. He has been working on the farm up until two weeks ago before he had to go to hospital due to breathing difficulties. He was awful careful about wearing his face mask/sanitising his hands when he went to collect his pension and buy the groceries for the week.

He was a lovely man and I will miss chatting to him about the in's and out's of rearing cattle nowdays.

I was told of a neighbouring young lad (20s) who had refused the vaccine, unfortunately is now in intensive care with covid.

Please God he makes a full recovery.

Vaccine is not 100%, plenty of breakthrough infections occuring, hopefully they'll get a successfull vaccine soon.

OH has a science background and she says it was going to be a difficult virus to contain because of it's make up

Hopefully the antivirals will be soon available and that's another weapon in the armoury. Frontline workers really need the booster, even Paul Reid said so. Can't see why it's not yet recommended. They should simply get the vaccinated list starting from last Jan and offer everyone a six month booster in turn.

They cant go in too quickly with the boosters and risk them failing to do much. Aim to be getting them out just after the peak so everyone gets a clap on the back as things are reducing. Just like back in spring...

You'll probably see booster jabs mandated after we have a meaningful Xmas that leads to skyrocketing cases, anyone gone past the 6 months of last vaccination will have to get a another jab to keep their passes valid, vaccines some as much use as a Johnny with holes in it, going by the number of breakthrough cases locally...

I say feck it, just get it, but it’s your call Carroll’s…

Your post has a feeling of a lad who will always be just about to get it, but will find some reason not to… 😉

I could be wrong to say that though… 🙂

Yeah, the more you read, the more you’d be confused I’d say…

I don’t know, I got the vaccine, was happy to do so. I can’t really say any more to you except you have to decide yourself what to do…

Yeah, am sure you know of plenty people who got the vaccine who were fine as well…

I don’t know, I’m no medical professional to tell you why or what to do. I can only say what I did…

Like I said earlier - if you look for reasons not to get the jab, you’ll find them… You just have to decide which way to go, and roll with it…

If carroll ends up with long covid he'll always wonder could he be better if he didn't listen to you.

Government probably doesn't give a damn whether you do or not. As long as they print the guidelines they've done their job.

Isn't it obvious, they bring in a lockdown and know they have neither the will nor the manpower to enforce it

Nurses and doctors in hospitals might rather you did get the vaccine

Where are people hearing about all these big outbreaks ?Nothing around here as far as I am aware and I would be out and about a fair bit .The usual scare stories about so and so who got covid and almost died etc .

As regards pubs our local ones dispensed with any pretense of even bothering with any of this months ago .Walk into any of them and its like 2019 ie no masks ,never even been asked for covid pass/blue card and stools back at the bar .Packed at the weekends by all accounts (I'm a midweek 11;15pm pub goer to be honest )and busy enough rest of the time but nowhere back to pre covid levels yet .The restrictions are not even a minor topic of conversation any more as its all moved onto CAP and how the Greens are gonna wreck the place .

Soccer and football started back as normal and any protocols that were in place last year are totally gone .The only visible reminder of covid is people scrambling to find a mask as they enter a supermarket .Small local shops ,tractor and motor factors etc very few even bother to mask wear any more .Wife says most supermarket sanitiser stations are empty these days .

If you went back to the summer of last year before ever there was a vaccine, that was said here.

They put blind faith in the vaccine which it never deserved and so kept up the hysteria, instead of cutting out the hysteria and just let the whole thing fade to the background by testing less.

You would forget that sweden in no longer the only country to have no restrictions now and most countries are much more free than here. Compliance is lower but yet they don't have the big problems we do because they're not looking for problems to be hysterical about.

Far from a Covid denier or anti vaxer but hard to keep up and trust what’s happening atm ….mixed messages ,confusion ,questionable decisions ,the constant ridiculing of a very small% of the population that are not vaccinated and implying that they are the cause of the current spread ….now dr tony and nephet comming out with a story that there’s huge outbreaks in the u 12s after been told all along and backed up with facts that it’s not really an issue for them …hard to keep up

then there’s the vaccine …blind faith put in it when now it’s obvious enough it’s not a huge help to prevent the spread …now they want people to load up on boosters ….for what …going to be a long winter and more lockdowns look certain

the big problem here is our shambolic health care system and the lack of accountability for the massive money threw at it …..out of a country of over 5 million it’s near on its knees with circa 500 Covid patients ….patients on trolleys and elective surgeries been pulled

It's just a matter of common sense now, you can go where you like and you know the risks. this virus isn't going to be contained.

To be putting conspirracy theories to it is over the top. Our biggest enemy is the public service, they have no idea of the harm that lockdowns do.

If they left people alone and let them learn what ever lesson there is from getting the virus or overloading the hospitals. it would eventually settle down.

Even getting the virus now is only giving two mths immunity so if you're unfortunate you could have it three or four times a year

Absoloute bulls**t you only have two months immunity after a active infection, its a narrative that's out their to ensure the vaccine money train keeps rolling for big pharma, any concrete sources that clarify the two month statement

Our 13yo is having covid test this morning.

don’t think she has covid, sore throat bit of a headache, need test done to see doctor as she likely needs an antibiotic as has been needed in the past.

test is import though as we need to know either way to protect others.

natural immunity with the failure of vaccines is the only way out of this, Sweden the poster child for how not to handle covid 19 according to the mainstream media never gets a mention now simply because its got very low cases daily now, and that you'd have to conclude is due to a large % of their population having natural immunity, combined with vaccination of the vulnerable, Ireland should if the vaccines worked have the lowest covid infection rates in Europe but are second highest per capita.....

The logical reason for this is our prolonged lockdowns led to not alot of high infection rates through community's so natural immunity acquired protection was /is low enough % wise throughout the population with all bets been on the vaccination route which hasn't worked

It’s quite easy to understand.

when she needs an antibiotic she gets one, if she doesn’t then she doesn’t get it.

her problems with septic throats has reduced as she’s got older but of the doctor says she needs it then she needs it.

covid test today because firstly sore throat is a symptom of covid now and if the throat gets worse she will need a test result to see the doctor.

An additional factor in having the test is my wife works in the hospital and it would be irresponsible for her not to know if we have covid in the house.

The only issue there is that one of ye will have to take leave off work be it you or your wife while ye are waiting for results to come back

If you say so

It must very hard on her colleagues when she doesn't turn up for work. she took full advantage of HSEs statement last year that they needn't come into work if they couldn't