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

Curious as to why you think you need to be jabbed to travel?

Have had no issued traveling for work over the last year, 3 continents. (OK, did turn down work in Australia, won't be setting foot in that fascist s***hole ever again.)

I am actually in that boat for this year if I wish to visit certain places. I am not a big drinker and rarely go to restaurants so the use of a vaccine cert would only be for travel to places that require it. I was in places last year and just done the antigen testing as any country I wanted to visit only required that but these places this year are requiring vaccine proof

What is the justification or rationale for this. I am double vaccinated and had Covid over Christmas just before my age group was eligible for a booster. I have had worse colds and it was no where near as tough going as the flu. Mine isn’t an unusual anecdote. I obviously would prefer not to get sick at all but I don’t live in a bubble so it’s inevitable that I will pick up bugs here and there.

Look at numbers that have ended up in hospital during this wave when today we were told that since Christmas Day we had 25% of all covid cases from last 12 months (it is likely higher then 25%). Numbers entering hospitals appear to be normal numbers for a winter period. The state is under no moral obligation to protect us from illness.

Aside from immuno-compromised is there really much benefit in regular boosters if it’s the same vaccine? If the booster was updated to reflect the current Covid strain (like the flu) then I could understand this push on boosters and I can definitely see benefit to a yearly booster of an updated vaccine. There is more to immunity then how many antibodies you have.

He actually said eventually, by which time we'll have stopped using them for that purpose. It's really a get boosted message in January 2022 and there will be no need for them by late Spring.

I would say you're quite naive to think that will be the case. People said the same thing last year, it will be gone in the summer, it will be gone by October, by November, and by February (when emergency powers are up for review). They'll always find a reason to keep it, and to keep you getting boosters every 3 months.

If you dont youre a granny killer, remember?

Kids were back to school in France and already 10,800 classes have been sent home

25,000 kids tested positive & an extra 75,000 and 3,000 teachers now in isolation.

When 1 case is detected the whole class has to go for a test but these are conducted in pharmacies as opposed to on site. Now the pharmacists are all becoming infected also 🤦‍♂️

The usual suspects will get the blame and its 'nothing to see here' regarding schools/collages etc

Curious. Does that imply there's a differance between Jab #1/#2 and the Booster jab?

I agree with you here.. but I feel they could have done more media awareness about it...or maybe like the RSVP radio adds.. instead of that shite have an add...thanking fat Aunty Mary for not having the last few Roses at Christmas ... telling her we all discussed it afterwards and we're all so please at her effort so she won't catch and then inevitably spread covid!! 🤣🤣 joking by the way!!

I'd rather go by what they say and their track record over what they should do anyway.

"We don't talk about those..." in the middle of a conversation about 'those'.

"The Government were seeking to change the restrictions around close contacts however, NPHET have not approved that request so The Government will have to continue to wait for NPHET approval"

Richard Chambers just said that.

Cannot get my head around how this is allowed to happen... A Government, looking for approval, from a powerless and unelected group of spoofers and no one is kicking up about this? No journalist or reporter asking why this is?

This country is insane

Also closes the argument that NPHET ONLY make recommendations

What a gutless, spineless shower of pricks. Abdicating responsibility once again. Bar Christmas 2020, have the government made one "meaningful" (I hate that phrase!) decision by themselves. An utter dereliction of leadership.