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

No, just people with different opinions and anxieties than you. We all have many such opinions.

Unions like making noise. It makes them feel relevant.

Well, no Phil, it's not. By your own organisation's data, 570 people on trolleys on the 2nd last Monday in March is bang on business as usual.

2017: 531 on trollies

2018: 500

2019: 557

(2020 & 2021 don't count for obvious reasons)

Of course, "we have loads of people on trollies" isn't enough of a complaint to get yourself a full news article. It's not news.

"We need to reintroduce masks". Now there's something to get Claire Byrne and Pat Kenny riled up about.

So let's not mention it then?

49 isn't even the highest it's been this month, never mind a year.

It's the indo, so it's terribly written. What they mean to say is that 1,308 in hospital is the highest it's been in over a year. But they're bad journalists, so accuracy isn't important.

Exactly - People need to realise now the problem isn't covid - the healthcare system is the problem. No way can we go into another lockdown purely because of pressure in hospitals. Government need to invest in the healthcare system asap to get over these issues.

As Seamus says, that's not even accurate this quarter, never mind this year.

But yes... only 49. 49 in ICU out of a population of 5 million people is a tiny number. Let's not forget that nearly half of those in hospital "with Covid" are people who presented for treatment for something else, but then incidentally tested positive for Covid, or perhaps caught it while in hospital.

Maybe if we stopped testing people who aren't sick with Covid symptoms, we wouldn't have some quarters claiming the sky is falling!

There ye are now. I haven't been following the figures so I don't know what's 'good' or 'bad'. I took the article at face value when it said it was the highest figure in almost a year.

Reassuring public response to that poll ^^^

Just did a quick scan of media sources and the main culprits here are the Indo and platform based media. Sure, that typical INMO rambling has been mentioned everywhere but that's extent of it for the IT and Examiner.

Ya, I'd have to agree with another poster and say that those customers sound like idiots. Probably drive around in their car alone with a mask on too.

They've literally reported what the head of the INMO said. While there's been questionable journalism over the last 2 years, if the head of a union, any union at that says something it usually makes the news. I don't know what you want them to do about that to be honest, not report it ?

The articles already have comment from government as well,

"At the moment there’s no public health advice being given to us that we should reintroduce masks or reimpose restrictions in any way, so, unless that comes we’re not going to do it and we don’t anticipate it,” Mr Varadkar said.

The Tánaiste said it was always expected there would be an increase in cases once all restrictions were lifted and this will “fall off” over the next coming weeks"

maybe not morons. but over emotional fools. the typical irish who think we should all behave a certain way due to their fear and anxieties.

fcuk them , we had near 20 months of their panic merchant attitudes and look where it got us.

there are 50 people in ICU and about 1000 in hospital - off which Paul Reid admits 50% are in for non covid aliments just happen to have it.

perspective lost on some fools;

and like every variant we have had, the more transmissible the less deadly it is.