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

Maybe you should have another read of some of the posts. Some of these people are still living in total fear of something that is no more dangerous than the sniffles to the vast majority of people at this stage and lashing out at anyone who tries to inject a bit of objectivity and reality into the conversation.

I could totally imagine such people running to a store manager if they spotted someone in the local Tesco not wearing a mask.

It's these sort of people that have partly led to the hyper cautious approach to the "crisis" that has been taken in this country.

All I can say in return is that I wore a mask during 2021 as instructed, got covid. Passed it onto my uncle despite wearing one in his house when visiting him before xmas. No sneezing. No coughing. The margins are tiny in terms of protection. In fact, it is a dangerous thing to expect to be protected when wearing one, so people should be aware of this rather than going into situations thinking they are potentially going to spread or pick up coronavirus. I think that if people wore N95 masks they would have better protection v virtually no protection from the ones we are all wearing.

Tool, Spiritualized, All Together Now festival for starters.

Did you wear a seatbelt when you didn't drive a car?

I’ve been told to travel to Spain(lanzarote) anyone in family 12+ requires a vaccine, and booster(last dose) required within 9 months.

would love this to be incorrect

Again, how will those people be prevented from doing so once all restrictions are lifted?

With 3 pharma/bioscience companies in his pocket,I would fully expect Prof Mills to come out firing !!

Opsona Therapeutics, TriMod Therapeutics and Parvalis Tx

Keep on-message...that's the message !!

So what in practical terms are you anticipating? That these people will be ringing you up in the middle of the night telling you you should be wearing a mask?

I see some comments re Kingston Mills comments yesterday. I watched it live and I think it's important to put what he said in Context.

Firstly Kingston Mills has in my humble opinion been one of the more pragmatic "Real" experts throughout this, indeed he was one of the first people to forcefully push for antigen testing.its also worth pointing out, he has not generally supported restrictions or lockdowns and more importantly he stresses his "Delight" at the lifting of restrictions.

Rightly or wrongly, he pointed out his surprise at the covid passes being done away with, primarily because he believes they offer reassurance in Hospitality settings , now of course there are many diverging opinions on this , I'm personally of the opinion they were pointless at this stage. Vulnerable people have the choice to avoid crowded places.

But , his other argument was the covid passes did encourage booster take up and we've got to be honest and say, a lot of younger people thought more about the ability to socialise, rather than the medical reasoning behind vaccination and boosters. His point being, there is now essentially no incentive for younger people to get boosted and if I'm correct , boosting levels in the younger cohort is pretty poor, already 100k doses have gone out of date (I suspect the real figure, much higher)

So, I'm neutral on his arguments, I want to make it clear, I'm delighted were moving on but to be completely objective, Kingston Mills made some valid points, agree to disagree but they were good points. Let's also not forget, few people will now bother their arses either doing antigen tests or for that matter uploading the results, what that means, I can't be sure.

That my morning contribution 😏

You make some great points Dempo.

I'll throw in the discussion the fact that many people (I would think around half a million? ) got covid in the last few weeks and many of them wouldn't have got a booster and now they can't get one for 3 months. So i think it is logical that the booster program will slow down somewhat.

My GP had organised booster shots and I was on their list, but then I got an appointment from HSE so I contacted my GP to cancel. If they have already ordered a booster for me, that's one shot wasted, though I hope that they would have other patients interested.

Yes, I do see your points and agree 👍