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

This was asked a couple of days ago on here but with no definitive answer as far as I could see. Anyone know if the HSE will definitely use positive antigen test results to give a covid Recovery Cert? Is this likely at all? I'd be reluctant to go through the whole rigmarole of testing & tracing if there wasn't a promise of a Covid-19 Recovery Cert for testing positive.

Totally agree but I won't hold my breath.

For the second time recently, I'm in agreement with you. Although I do think the government have these numbers too.

Not to go off topic but, on the subject of vaccines and boosters...

I have never had any health issues, not overweight, lead a relatively healthy lifestyle with no family history of health problems. When I got the booster, I was in bed for a day with chest pains. They can say what they want but, that is not normal!

Same...There is a guinea pig vibe to all of this

This is by no means a criticism of your choice whatsoever but I find it baffling that you took the booster anyway, surely knowing on some level that you don't need to because, as you stated you are quite fit and healthy.

Lots of people I know are in the exact same boat. They just went along with it because it was offered.

It's so strange to me hearing people, including in this thread, say things like "that's it I got my booster but no more, that's the last one now."

Who are they fooling?

Well in my case, I had to get it as I am travelling to the States soon and my "vaccine cert" would have been deemed void so. They only let you in if you're vaccinated and all is up to date. Same with bars, restaurants, theatres etc over there

If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't have gotten it. Pointless otherwise

You've no idea how happy I am that it's the actual Taoiseach and not Tony Holohan again.

In years to come, the media circle jerk of Tony Holohan will not be looked upon fondly by the majority

About as much chance as that happening as they have of ditching the discrimination certs anytime soon i.e. none

Oh, that explains why the fully approved product to be labelled "Comirnaty" isn't being used in the US yet despite being approved months ago. only the supposedly the same but "legally distinct" EUA pfizer biontech label is available. Clever bastards these pharma companies.

Why would he?

But what difference does it make though ? (genuinely asking, as I've wondered for months and just can't logically see it)

If someone in hospital has COVID, they need to be isolated and dealt with differently. If the HSE have XX amount of "beds" (for want of a better phrase) that are suitable for a COVID positive patient, available, and lets say there's 1,000 of them in use today, leaving whatever the balance is, still available. It doesn't really matter how or why someone in one of these beds got it, they're still using up a finite COVID resource. Surely that's the whole point, that the HSE can cope with whatever the number is of COVID positive patients, and at a point in time there's an amount if these being used up.

The difference it makes is the level of fear that people have about Covid, which has an impact on their mental wellbeing, their standard of living and (most likely the reason it has been the ignored elephant in the room for so long) people's willingness to comply with various restrictions.

If 40% of people in hospital with covid are there with incidental cases after going in for other reasons, that is a very different thing to 99% of people being there on supportive oxygen because of severe covid pneumonia.

If you are happy with the bare minimum "people in hospital with covid" number, good for you. But this country is ours, the health service is paid for by us, this government is elected to represent us, and we have a right to know the full picture when we are living under emergency legislation and diktats.