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

You would expect some will continue to do so for quite a while after they cease to be mandatory.

Accusing Walus et al,of attempting to "smear Scientists" is a tad harsh,particularly when,by their unbridled enthusiasm for using their status to constantly push a single worst-case scenario conclusion,these professionals bore a deal of culpability themselves,which they yet have to acknowledge.

Perhaps if Mr McConkey and his counterparts Worldwide had instead utilised a modicum of restraint in their early predictions,they would not be facing the crisis of public confidence their chosen Science now faces ?

Instead,whether by design or under direct instruction from their employers,this small and inward looking group of Mathematically focused professionals headed pell-mell to a largely Government aided Mainstream Media and delivered a near constant stream of unchallenged "Worst Case Scenarios" direct into the living rooms of the Great Unwashed,most of whom were NOT mathematicians and therefore unaware of the HUGE variables at play in these calculations.

None of these professionals had any real notion of the path which was to be taken by Covid-19,but yet,were very strident in playing down any lower to mid range calculations,a trait which was still very much in recent evidence when the South African Omicron experience was being openly reported in the S.A media.

NOWHERE did Mr McConkey's predictions carry a "Public Health Warning" along the lines of "These predictions are not necessarily accurate",which might have calmed the general public instead of convincing them that the End was Nigh.

If there is any good to have come from all of this,it is how the non-mathematicians amongst us will be VERY reluctant to accept future Modelling of this type at face value,thanks to the less than professional behaviours of these poster-boy's for Global Doom .

Every cloud does indeed have a silver lining ! 🤠

Nobody has issue with people wearing masks.

A lot now don't want to wear them and they don't want to be called a granny killer for not wearing one either.

I think that once the legal requirements are removed, businesses (who have already lost enough money and customers over the last 2 years) will be very foolish to try insisting on masks.

I fully expect the vast majority of people will bin the stupid things as soon as that happens, and any business that takes that approach will lose even more business to others who are living in the real world.

There's simply no need or justification for them at this point - if there ever really was!

Most businesses would prefer to ban mask wearing on their premises.

The only real benefit of masks is that it hides people's faces, which is a real boon to shoplifters or someone who wants to hold up a quiet shop.

People on this board constantly complain about how there rights are being taken away from them and they are being treated like children are the same ones who ask why the government doesn't put a public health warning on a scenario. 🤷

Interesting article from Cormac Lucey in yesterdays' ST regarding the reaction, or rather lack of, to the recent John Hopkins studies into the benefits of lockdowns (almost zero) vs their eye-watering costs (both financial and health related).

Why, questions Lucey, is this story not front-page news and leading every new bulletin over the last week?

His conclusion, which I agree with, is that people don't want to know. There is simply no appetite to admit what has been obvious to a few of us on this thread from the start. Namely that the vast majority of the restrictions were wholly unjustified, disproportionate and have done far more harm than good.

People simply do not like to admit they were wrong. A combination of sunk-cost fallacy and hubris.

What is concerning is that, despite the pissing away of €50billion (and counting), it would appear we are not willing to at least learn from our mistakes. When the next 'deadly pandemic' arrives, we will see the same people calling for lockdowns and the same craven political response.

Depressing stuff but unfortunately very unsurprising.

All along he was hanging off everything NPHET said now he believes he’s some medical expert and going against the medical team.

All of this was quite foreseeable. Here's a post of mine from April 2020 - nearly 2 years ago.

It would really make your blood boil to see the economy destroyed and 10's of billions added to our debt for nothing.

All being driven by politicians desperate to cover their arses and mobs of hysteria-merchants on social media.

We have likely condemned thousands of healthy people to an early grave. Health budgets will be slashed for years to come. Screenings, operations, ability to purchase the latest drugs and treatments; all either lost or severely compromised.

As more evidence comes to light of the futility of lockdowns in stopping the rate of infections. As more evidence comes to light of the devastating impact of lockdowns on employment. As more evidence comes to light of the cost of lockdowns - we are still persisting with this utterly moronic nonsense.

Our politicians have made Trump look vaguely competent - and he suggested that people should inject disinfectant!

Shame on the Irish Government and shame on the electorate who vote these populist charlatans in.

Here's another post from March 2020

For the vast majority of people the 'cure' will be way worse than the disease.

Hundreds of thousands on the dole queues, tax receipts down the toilet and investments into critical services will have to be drastically slashed. The coming recession will kill way more people than the virus - just over a longer period and without the newspaper headlines.

People over 65 could have been quarantined without any major effect on the economy.

I'm not Nostradamus and I'm no expect but if myself and others could see the what the Covid-response was panning out from the very start, why could the so called experts, that we pay a King's ransom to in salaries, not see it either?

You can come up with your own answers to that question.

I'll have to agree with that. People in general see changing their mind and opinion as a sign of weakness, and most don't want to see themselves proven wrong, especially in public. Instead the preference and bias is to follow through and continue along the lines of the original decision. This forum is one of the places you can find a proof of that. Many people here are still following the early 'science' instead of updating their knowledge and possibly changing their beliefs accordingly.

Instead those very same people, to preserve their own versions of reality, work tirelessly to discredit any piece of information and its authors that debunks what they have been telling themselves all along. It is pathetic really, but totally understandable as people are very much emotionally charged and tied to their own believes, however wrong they may be.

We pissed away 50 bn, and have nothing to show for that. That is a fact. There is a small little chance that lockdown in Ireland have spared some deaths 'with' covid. If we were to believe JH study that would be 13 (!) people. In reality though, whatever the real number is, secondary deaths over time will dwarf that, no question about it. The problem is will we ever learn the cost of of those lockdowns in monetary and health terms? Possibly not. Proper journalism is long dead in this country.

"I’ve learned a lot in the process—both about this pandemic and how we stop the next one—and I want to share what I’ve heard with people. So, I started writing a book about how we can make sure that no one suffers through a pandemic ever again." Says Bill Gates who thinks we will never have to do this again. His book: "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" will be out soon. It will be interesting to see what role in all that he envisions for preventive healthcare and mRNA vaccines. Should be an interesting read.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-new-pandemic-book-coming-soon-bill-gates/

Make no mistake Bill knows the future better than most. He is creating it after all.

Yup, this time though he is wearing the 'global health czar' hat.

You also said this -

Definitely not Nostradamus.