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

Why were the guards threatening anyone who left, with jail?

That'll be up to the FAI. There's been no drink at the last 2 games

You've just got caught with the blanket restriction on drinking at bars. From a government perspective one single rule is easier to apply even if it throws up some complete daftness. I think some minister used the word anomalies!

Not much use for you now but this can probably only be a good thing as we learn to live with the virus. Presuming that she interacts with friends who also fear the virus, as time goes on those that are fearful will see through friends and other people close to them that the virus isn't the scary monster it is being made out to be.

One of the problems about media coverage throughout this is that they have focused on 2 key stats, daily cases and deaths because the public will. Unfortunately they have been unable to move on to analyse this in more detail and to explain why, as cases ‘soar’ hospitals are not inundated. Of course this is not helped by the ongoing NPHET message of concern about case numbers but it tends to eliminate other perspectives. As a public health advisory group they are obliged to warn people about the risks of too much activity but even they have absolutely no idea why these case numbers are not converting to much larger hospital numbers.

I tend to defer to Colm Henry on this. For months he's been saying that the connection between cases and hospitalization has been weakened and now with the advent of boosters in addition to our very high levels of vaccination the disease is blunted.  

Whether the level of cases encourage a reintroduction of some restrictions is unclear but while they do remain at such high levels they are a justification for it. So it's to everybody's benefit to see these them slip back well below 2000. 

@shesty,the same thing happened the father of one of my friends,he is fully vaccinated and was still afraid of the virus,would be in his mid sixties. Pre-covid he would go for a few pints occasionally. Wouldn't go to the pub since.

Guess what happened him, picked up covid,probably from grandchildren who brought it home from school. He had the sniffles for a few days but was able to work away( he is a farmer). And last weekend he was back in the pub having recovered and isolated for his 10 days.

I know it's easy say now because he didn't get sick with it but the best thing to happen him was to pick up covid so he can go back to living his life again

I'm near seventy and no fear of covid, for two reasons.

We can't lie under it any longer and I'm well vaccinated.

And also I'm won't die young at this stage, the body fu...ing up from now on has me peed off

And fair play to you,its the way everyone should be living their lives,but it's the fear Rte and NHPET officials constantly on the media have instilled in a certain cohort in this country is disgraceful. They are doing more damage than covid could do

It's difficult to believe that people can be so affected by listening to media.

People should work out their own salvation, it's true that media is putting worst case scanario on it and people should be informed of the worst case scenario. Massive odds now that you won't be a hospital case if you get infected, but if you are a hospital case wll it's tough luck but sure wasn't that the way for years with flu

This is the same sport that had 2 meter social distancing for national anthems but minutes later went into scrums and rucks. As said, pure theatre, no logic, no science. It was P.R and marketing to "send a message".

It's totally bizarre it's similar to people getting into a flap over the queue outside a night club that's outside but them being apparently fine with them all being on a dance floor together!

I do think people feel they sort of have to put on an act and be concerned especially online and around certain people. Dare question something and your labeled an anti covid moron or a granny killer.

I've a family member who participates in all the rituals in public, hand washing, mask wearing, the lot. Said family member has been sick with either a flu or covid the last few days, and they are going around the house coughing on everything and everyone. I literally asked them to stop coughing in my direction, and a few hours later they coughed right over my shoulder. There's many people like that, who do all the rituals purely for show, who really don't care when the mask is removed(no pun intended).