Newstalk: Off The Ball

It's as odds to their take on the Tyrone football situation last summer.

OTB led the cry to give Tyrone a postponement, leading to a 4 weeks delay in finishing the championship and massive disruption to others left in the competition, because Tyrone took the decision not to get their players vaccinated in case they got sick from the vaccine and missed league games.

Easier to take Novak to task rather than upset people who you will be looking to contribute to the show later I suppose.

Why did you take 2 vaccines and a booster?

I'll hazard that it was because you wanted to protect yourself, your family or whatever and you trusted the process to do so.

Djokovic held a tennis tournament in serbia last year in the height of the Covid pandemic at which there were no controls and several people, including himself and his wife got Covid. That was reckless and putting people at risk.

Any public figure who is demonstrating distrust in the vaccine and medical guidance process around Covid is partly to blame for the deaths of people who pay attention to what they say without having the same access to immediate and extensive medical treatments should they become sick.

It's completely reckless to advocate in one direction knowing that you will not suffer but that those who listen to you are much more likely to. It smacks of that Lord Farquad wuote from Shrek, 'Some of you may die, but it's a sacrafice I'm willing to make'.

In the US, a study identified that of the people who were vaccinated and yet died from Covid, 75% of them had 4 or more comorbidities. Conservative media is running riot the last few days saying that 75% of all covid deaths are people with 4 or more comorbidities and hence the vaccine does not work. It was only 75% of those who died, and those who died having had the vaccine was only 2.5% of all the deaths in the study and yet this misinformation is running rife and people will ignore the vaccine and likely some will die as a consequence. The people spreading this, including the former presidents son are doing so to prolong the crisis so they can hammer Biden in saying that he is not stopping it. Take Tucker Carlson for example, advocating against vaccine mandates while working in a company that has a vaccine mandate. That is your agenda in all this, if you're looking for one.

Look you are obviously of the looney, self-loathing left and probably even put your pronouns at the end of your email sig. You and I are diametrically opposed in our political views and I’m not even a conservative, I’m pro-choice etc but I draw the line at people like you who despise a live and let live approach to life. You can now have the last word because after it, I’m going back to talking about OTB. Having accused them of endless political talking, I’m starting to feel dirty doing it myself.

The Second Captains coverage of Djokovic has been brilliant. Its hard to imagine at times they were ever on OTB

Save your breath dancinpants. That poster suggested I am of the 'self loathing looney left and probably broadcast my pronouns' and that they are of a diametrically opposite political view and considers himself a centrist. Both statements can't be true, if they think they and I are diametrically opposed then however far I am on the left, they are on the right. And while I don't broadcast my pronouns I am perfectly fine with being seen as having a polar opposite political view than what they and many others around this place also have.

What I found funniest about their post (in a shaking my head fashion) was them suggesting I 'despise a live and let live approach to life' when all they seem to do on here is spend all their time b*tching at the tone and content of OTB show, hosts and contributors. Obviously they hold other people to a higher standard than they do themselves. None of which is surprising

Because Dr's suggest that he should.

They had two different contributors giving an interesting insight into the whole fiasco, there was no agenda. Murph did a brilliant summary of the whole story behind him being in public while having Covid. Ken and Eoin both gave their unbiased insight too with a good dose of humour

The less seriously unwell you become makes you less likely to pass it on to others as you will be ill for a shorter period and apparently likely to dispel less infectious content through that period as well.

It's madness to suggest that as he has recovered twice he doesn't need further help with respect to a virus that is mutating.

OTB is a bit wanky really, but it’s kinda good at the same time.

Whenever they’re talking about hurling I usually get the sense they haven’t got a notion, but they do try anyway. The whole thing can be quite pretentious and even sanctimonious, but at times it is good in a way.

Talking about vaccines would be right up their street, any kind of moral issue is grist to the OTB mill.

Jayesdiem is advocating for a live and let live approach to life. Waiting for him to clarify if this means letting OTB talk about what they want to or if it is only to do with him telling others to shut up.

Tommy Walsh is excellent on hurling on OTB as well it's worth mentioning. Hardly surprising given his experience but he's good to listen talking about it as well.

Ah he is good, tbf, I just mean the regular presenters really, when they’re asking questions and stuff they kinda seem to be regurgitating stuff they read, really someone else’s view.

To be fair you can’t be Knowledgeable on every sport and they do their best.

It is about him, it's his body and his choice.

He won 3 grand slams last year after getting covid and is now back on the hunt for another after having covid only 4 weeks ago,safe to say it's not doing him any harm.

A vaccine gives you antibodies. Having covid gives you even more and better antibodies. He is more protected currently than triple vaxed people and has the benefit of being one of the greatest athletes around so ya again I'd say he'll be grand.

It's a witch hunt, a do as we say mantra, a we took it so why don't you attitude.

It's idiotic really.