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

I must say I also found your post a tad insensitive.

If you took so time to look back on my observations on what's being going on you might realise your argument is nonsense. Perhaps your somewhat flummoxed your reacting to someone who's actually been very critical of MM and not a conspiracy theorist. You plucked one aspect of a generally benign interview to personally attack an individual, deliberately focusing on a personal Tradegy, that in my book is offensive, insensitive, un called for but also completely off Topic.

We'll have to agree to disagree.

I'll leave it at that, move on so to speak

Lab studies are showing that the booster is 75%-80% effective against Omicron. For those who still get symptoms, all the indications are that the vaccines will still protect against severe disease.

Questioning vaccinations or lockdowns is wrong think and anyone engaged in either should be shunned by society.

Would you agree that the real issue here is the state of the health system rather than Omicron being a potentially lethal strain of Covid to the average person?

I think we have a really problematic healthcare system that needs huge investment. At the same time, no matter what the country, if a tiny percentage of millions of people get sick, this will result in hospitals being overwhelmed. This is why the Netherlands has basically gone into a full lockdown. My own guess is that Omicron will peak in Ireland sooner rather than later and things might not be serious as is being predicted, given how much vaccine coverage we have had,

Were we to go into lockdown for three months in the new year, do you believe that the inevitable decrease in cases that comes with the end of the winter season should be attributed to the lockdown or simply seen as the pattern the virus follows each winter?

Why would we need to go into lockdown for 3 months if Omicron looks like it will peak in early January?

The snowflakes of this country are expecting the government to protect us from the unknown, which of course is impossible.

This virus is unprecedented and does as itpleases so we just have to grow up.

On saying all that, I have commiserate with with the hospitality industry, their plight is terrible and hopefully we all help them out and tip well above average in these times.

I said look at what is currently happening in the U.K.

Daily reported cases are hovering around 100k. Most experts say that the real number is at least double this because many cases go unreported.

Out 7000 cases yesterday included about 3000 cases of a backlog.

We are a couple of weeks behind the U.K. in omicron transmission. The U.K. number will go up significantly over the next couple of weeks, and ours will follow.

My point is that a huge number of people, perhaps the majority of the population, will be exposed to Omicron over the next few weeks, because it is so transmissible. As a result, the peak of this wave should come sooner rather than later, perhaps early January.

It won’t because we will be locked down, and the wave will be flattened and dragged out for months and months.

People are going to mix like crazy over the next couple of weeks notwithstanding the restrictions. Omicron will spread over Christmas.