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

sacré bleu 😁

Has this been confirmed anywhere?

Has he?

He will blow with the wind.

There is a tendency to speechify or to seek out the media. He also has a habit of wondering aloud and it was in response to the announcement of the last set of restrictions.

One positive aspect of the current situation is how it has drawn out and emboldened people like John,who in pre covid days,were generally left to fulminate in their own spaces,with few paying any heed to their occasional outbursts,somewhat like an Iclandic volcano.

I regard it as positive,as the rest of society now has a good clear view of the "curtain twitchers" and fear infused folk who,by and large tend to feel threatened by excessive freedoms.

It is a valid question as to what part of the World they will feel safe living in,when the "Pandemic" inevitably fizzles out of it's own accord.

They will require a small space as their numbers will be of little consequence,but they will be noisy,which makes someplace like Spike Island a location worth considering ?

There have been diverse opinions from the outset,however once the Emergency Provisions of Sec 31A of the Health Acts were invoked,these people had to either remain silent or risk social and professional "consequences" for their refusal to comply.

The Irish Medical Council were to the fore in "advising" Doctors as to their "duties" in relation to this compliance,perhaps not surprising given the make-up of NPHET and it's various sub-teams.

Currently Science itself,particularly long proven elements surrounding Virus development,is establishing it's dominance over the Scientists,particularly those who hogged the limelight during the matinee performance.

It is equally interesting how,for the last month,the Western Science fraternity,aided & abetted by it's adoring Media supporters have chosen to downplay and contradict the very clear reportage from Gauteng,RSA on the Omicron situation,choosing instead to double down on their cabal of useful Modellers and Statisticians to hammer home the WORST,WORSTER and WORSTEST outcomes which are guaranteed to befall us if we don't follow the "guidelines".

They have been caught out.

For once I hope our health service is more of a joke than theirs and we get a bigger reduction per capita announced tomorrow than them

The almost complete refusal of the established media to cover the South African experience regarding Omicron is surely something worth covering of itself ?

Why would a "Good News" opportunity be so downplayed,even ignored,by a media which has left no misery tale untold over the past 2 years ?

Are they reporting to direction ?

Either way,the Omicron tale needs to be focused on and explained more thoroughly to the greater public...

The most common response aired across various elements of our "Serious" media tended to sniffily point out the "differences" between the RSA and us developed Westerners...something which tended to blatently ignore some very obvious counterpoints...

The UnHerd article is interesting and the first I've seen to openly refer to the odd reasoning for our "Science" to ignore and downplay South African "Science".......I wonder what could be behind that ? 😎

To be honest,I have far more regard for this Civil Service group in their display of indifference to the "restrictions",than for the many more who lapped up the entire "Public Health Emergency" stuff in totality and then rush to demand even more !

Doubtless there will be large scale demand for their dragging through the streets in a tumbril,but I,for one won't be throwing any rotten fruit in their direction.

If anything,I'm heartened to see that there were normal people,doing normal things all along.

Fair play to yiz

Worldwide, they know people will go nuts if they find out that it is milder, and that it'll go down quickly. So I think they are keeping quiet. Also, there is limited data on how many hospitalisations you'll get from old people; there aren't as many in that part of the world.

But it is looking reasonable so far.