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

The Tony and Leo new found love fest continues this morning, CMO & Leo are guests on morning Ireland, seperately of course. This following on from the Peculiar appearance of both at last Fridays press conference.

A week previously they wouldn't be seen in the same county, let alone same building.

Just a brief summary of the CMO"s interview just completed on RTE`S Morning Ireland.

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Leo up shortly apparently 🙄

Yes I agree that Peculiar comment was perhaps taken out of context but generally I feel its fair to say he's tried on numerous occasions to have it both ways. He's also made some astonishingly predictions, the most recent being "He'd be sceptical of any further restrictions being required before Christmas"

I guess the most concerning thing about his and indeed his FG colleagues approach has been the mixed messaging generally and Leaks , FG are either in government or Not so to speak 😏

Came up with a catchy new covid term ......"follow not just the letter, but the spirit of the guidelines"......

Hate the way he calls them "guidelines" and not what they really are... Restrictions.

It's intriguing, the Gag is truely removed now 😉

O yes there was 😁

Jonathan Healy covering for Pat Kenny this morning and the arrogance of the guy is unbelievable.

Texter (who paid 30c for the privilege incidentally) asks why we're vaccinating for something (Omicron) that presents as a cold - Healy responds asking if the texter is a qualified medic and quoting Holohan from the last hour.

Unbelievable stuff. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but the complete lack of objectivity and challenge from our mainstream media is shocking. No wonder half the country still believes there's a "deadly killer virus" out there.

Quote from Leo on the 9am news noting that first report and saying that no plans has been decided yet (until of course they're rolled in overnight that is!)

As for when it'll end.. only when people stop complying and taking to the streets in Irish Water-style mass protesting... but then as many are quite enjoying the savings/benefits they're seeing from WFH on full pay and are past the point in their lives of doing much socialising anyway, that's not likely to happen for a long time yet.

There is no concept of the bigger picture among many in Ireland. That's why we have a Dail full of parochial pothole and medical card application form fillers.

They have an ability to spin the negative from anything. All stick no carrot is right. Could they not come out and say..."reports from SA & to a certain extent Denmark, show this variant is indicating it doesn't appear to cause as much hospitalizations. If this holds true to our country, we'll start unwinding the restrictions, especially the ones just introduced last week asap...."

Power of positivity

The only thing missing from the RTE interviews this morning was Mull wine, Mince pies and the sounds of Christmas crackers being pulled in the background , I wonder was there bottles of the strong stuff handed out to the guests on departure , vomit inducing gentle probing of CMO and Leo 🙄

The problem with NPHET and how they are driving outside of their lane too much is that they are giving very specific "guidelines" to government. It has become normalised that NPHET will give very specific rules to go by such as close pubs at 5pm.

What their role should be would be that NPHET meet, they discuss situation and places where we can reduce transmission. They go to government and say "we have seen a lot transmission in hospitality*, you might want to look at introducing measures in this aspect".

(*Even though there is no data to suggest this)

That's how they should be communicating. Not "close your pubs at 5pm". Their role is to advise, not to instruct.

Government should be giving NPHET a template to work off, something that they cannot deviate from. Highlight all of the key areas of society. Tell them to rank their concern out of 10 for each of them. Then average it out for the 40 or so people involved in NPHET. This prevents Holohan from going on solo runs or dictating to NPHET to implement what he wants.

So they implement a regular report. NPHET give their specific ratings. Caveat notes are given and the specific member of NPHET highlighted for what the say. It also needs to be full viewable to the public. Holohan then goes to meet the government to discuss the report. Then after that he has to sit infront of a public accounts committee to be quized on their findings.

It keeps Holohan in check. It ensures that nobody is running NPHET as their own personal fiefdom. And if government want their opinion on specific things, then they will ask them.