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

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    #32342
    Micky 32
    Registered Users Posts: 6,556 ✭✭✭Micky 32


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825187#Comment_118825187

    Yes i’m quite aware of that thanks. It was just reminder that there will be a pen and piece of paper not far from his reach for writing letters.



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    #32343
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825221#Comment_118825221

    Well the still in place in caps was as if there was shock that he's still in his job.



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    #32344
    stephenjmcd
    Registered Users Posts: 15,264 ✭✭✭✭stephenjmcd


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118824670#Comment_118824670

    The advisory group was mentioned in the letter when NPHET was being stood down that it (NPHET) would be replaced by a smaller group within the department. It's not a new development. Varadkar referenced it himself today

    "there were certainly conversations a couple of weeks ago around potential names and people who would be invited to take part in it. I don't know for sure, but I imagine it's imminent."



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    #32345
    AlekSmart
    Registered Users Posts: 14,005 ✭✭✭✭AlekSmart


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825034#Comment_118825034

    They're all grand !

    Absolutely 100% spot on the money !

    Just look at this lad....had to cancel VERY important shytt due to 😲 TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID !!! 😨.

    Very important diplomatic stuff had to be done via the telly....😥

    Yet today,just a week later,our glorious leader is grand...just grand Ted...

    https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/0323/1287902-joe-biden-europe/

    He has received TWO successive negative Covid-19 tests ahead of his departure from the US, and will fly home from Washington DC this evening.

    The Taoiseach is said to be (disappointed to) be feeling well, symptom-free, and will be wearing a mask, 😷 as per the advice, while in Brussels.

    Before reaching this decision, the Department of the Taoiseach consulted with Aer Lingus and the public health authorities.

    The Country appears now to be run by a bunch of ninnies,each less capable than the other of running a sweet shop,never mind a disease infected little Island on the fringes of Europe,which,mind you is equally in the grip of terrified jittery bureaucrats who's shoulders are drooping under the weight of their facecoverings !

    The message appears to be get everybody classfied as "vulnerable" before they cop-on !!!


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



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    #32346
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118823529#Comment_118823529

    Not a real doctor either. A school principal who packed it in when the going got tough and now pontificates about ‘protecting children’. Another one of my esteemed education colleagues who believes keeping schools closed, masking kids, and denying them extra curriculars keeps them protected.



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    #32347
    AlekSmart
    Registered Users Posts: 14,005 ✭✭✭✭AlekSmart


    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2022/0323/1287931-coronavirus-ireland/

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825196#Comment_118825196

    The "Enhanced" SW payments represent a very valid point re The State having an interest in prolonging the Covid thing.

    For over a year now this Virus has been little more than,a sometimes nasty bug.

    What justification can Éire Teo have for paying it's ill folks a bonus for having a specific ailment,particularly when it's not a particularly dangerous one for the vast majority.

    The bould Paul (Mr €400,000) Reid is busy churning out numbers to the Irish Indo to reinforce the message about the precarious state of the HSE,as if it were a pinnacle of efficiency pre-covid.

    https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2022/0323/1287931-coronavirus-ireland


    "Well over 5,000 staff are out of work with Covid and almost 1,000 staff are out [of work] in nursing homes across the country,'' Mr Reid said.

    Jaysiz Paul bud...would ye reckon the oul "enhanced" rate payment,coupled with a Lonnng bank holiday weekend AND good weather might have antin to do with that 5,000 figure ?....🤫

    If he would give over with the double whammy testing nonsense and revert back to cod-liver oil and bedrest,we might have a far more settled population !!!


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



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    #32348
    Don't Chute!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Don't Chute!


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118823277#Comment_118823277

    Are you seriously suggesting by this post that NOBODY texted in to disagree with Saint Pat? A new low even for you Penfailed.



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    #32349
    Penfailed
    Registered Users Posts: 7,583 ✭✭✭Penfailed


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825655#Comment_118825655

    No. That's not what I'm suggesting. I asked a simple question. You're reading too much into it. That's not really a new low for you.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Ride, PJ Harvey, Pixies, Public Service Broadcasting, Therapy?, IDLES(x2)



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    #32350
    _Kaiser_
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    Tony says No (restrictions needed)....

    Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has told the Government there is currently no need to re-introduce restrictions despite the recent surge of new Covid-19 cases.


    Dr Holohan assured Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Health Minister Stephen Donnelly that public health advice remains unchanged as daily cases rise above 21,000.


    The Taoiseach’s spokesperson said Mr Martin has spoken to Dr Holohan about the rise in transmission of the virus and insisted there will be no change in policy.

    “There is no change to the public health advice and the situation will continue to be monitored,” the spokesperson said.

    “We continue to urge the importance of booster vaccinations to protect against serious illness as well as encouraging the wearing of masks on public transport,” he added,


    Meanwhile, Mr Donnelly’s spokesperson said the virus continues to be monitored by his department, the HSE and Dr Holohan.

    “At this point the advice to the Minister for Health is that there isn’t a requirement for any legally binding restrictions or measures,” he said.

    https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/tony-holohan-says-there-is-currently-no-need-for-new-covid-19-restrictions-despite-surge-in-cases-41480803.html


    I'm genuinely shocked!!



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    #32351
    DLink
    Registered Users Posts: 627 ✭✭✭DLink


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825940#Comment_118825940

    I'm writing this while lying on the floor..... I slid off the damn chair with the shock!



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    #32352
    Penfailed
    Registered Users Posts: 7,583 ✭✭✭Penfailed


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825940#Comment_118825940

    I'm not.

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Ride, PJ Harvey, Pixies, Public Service Broadcasting, Therapy?, IDLES(x2)



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    #32353
    Chris_5339762
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    I'm not either. Whatever about Tony and NPHET (and I disagree with quite a lot of what they did), when they felt restrictions weren't needed anymore due to Omicron they dropped them immediately. And they know it'd be a very hard sale to bring them back again.



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    #32354
    BruteStock
    Registered Users Posts: 1,290 ✭✭✭BruteStock


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118797810#Comment_118797810




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    #32355
    BruteStock
    Registered Users Posts: 1,290 ✭✭✭BruteStock


    The narrative that virus is only transmissible within the hospitality sector has been shattered so they can never justify another lockdown. England want people held accountable for the little lockdown they had to endure. We had one of the worst and our media and large swathes of the population are constantly arguing why restrictions should be brought back.


    https://youtu.be/gCNv8t2h9No




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    #32356
    bear1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,812 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118825940#Comment_118825940

    That'll piss pat off tomorrow.



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    #32357
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    whats wrong with pat kenny that hes mad for restrictions back so much?



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    #32358
    Don't Chute!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Don't Chute!


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118826468#Comment_118826468

    He’s old. He’s wealthy. He can work from home. He won’t lose any money. He only cares about himself. I could go on.



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    #32359
    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,151 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118826042#Comment_118826042

    Completely agree, I think they didn't realise fast enough that restrictions weren't needed with omicron but once they did, restrictions were dropped like a lead balloon

    I think Tony realises he got it wrong back in December and doesn't want a repeat, to be fair he knows more about omicron now than he did back then as well so that must help matters



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    #32360
    Dempo1
    Registered Users Posts: 26,978 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    Had expected the thread to quiten down but hear we are again.

    I'm genuinely surprised with the numbers , I wasn't overly concerned until I saw hospital numbers rise and I do accept its not entirely clear if those admitted were in Hospital because of covid. I also have to admit I'm amazed at the amount of people I know personal who escaped covid for 2 years and now have it, entire families actually.

    I felt face mask wearing shouldn't be mandatory but I assumed there would be at least some caution and people would wear them in very crowded situations. I'm actually taken aback how quickly the masks disappeared, literally over night.

    Also stunning is the general silence from CMO and government. It was only in the past few days Leo spoke and it was predictably utter nonsense.

    But my reason for posting tonight is a Hospital appointment I had yesterday. Midlands based, large hospital and honestly folks it was shocking. The wild west wouldn't describe it appropriately.

    Absolutely no temp checks, waiting rooms jammed packed, no social distancing , few people wearing mask properly , I was genuinely gobsmacked and I might add I was in an outpatient clinic, NOT A&E , I can only assume that was chaotic.

    The staff as always excellent but my god they were exhausted looking and clearly stressed out.

    I don't want want to be judgemental but my god from what I've seen personally, I'm genuinely shocked at total lack of very basic caution and appalled at the complete lack of any guidance from government. Were exactly has Stephen Donnelly been 🤔 Fair enough we needed to move on but my god, not give up and assume covid has been banished from Ireland. Now the HSE hinting at stopping elective surgeries and delaying care , I'm just not getting what's been going on.

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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    #32361
    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,151 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118826074#Comment_118826074

    We had 20,000 daily PCR cases when hospitality was restricted, safe to say closing them did nothing then



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    #32362
    KieferFan69
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    boxer shorts are gross only losers wear them, it’s trunks that men wear



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    #32363
    Hego Damask
    Registered Users Posts: 842 ✭✭✭Hego Damask


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118826468#Comment_118826468

    He is an evil sociopath, he wants 2 year olds to have masks taped to their faces.



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    #32364
    Qrt
    Registered Users Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭Qrt


    I stopped wearing a mask cos I had covid and know it’s going to do little use.

    but it I hadn’t of had it, I reckon I’d have felt much differently.



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    #32365
    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,151 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118827042#Comment_118827042

    Same here, I never wore one in a pub, putting on a mask for a 2 minute bathroom trip seemed pointless



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    #32366
    Red Silurian
    Registered Users Posts: 9,151 ✭✭✭Red Silurian


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118826953#Comment_118826953

    It's sad because at a time when govt tended to get their strategy wrong himself and Luke were calling them out on it, antigen testing and vaccine misinformation were the big ones I remember



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    #32367
    Billgirlylegs
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭Billgirlylegs


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118820638#Comment_118820638


    You know



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    #32368
    prunudo
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    I'm hearing of more and more people who have caught it a second time after only having it within the last few months.

    Might explain the rise in numbers with people throwing caution to wind thinking they're immune from reinfection.



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    #32369
    DLink
    Registered Users Posts: 627 ✭✭✭DLink


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118827256#Comment_118827256

    "Throwing caution to wind"..... surely you meant to say "getting on with their lives", no?



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    #32370
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,603 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118826953#Comment_118826953

    You dont tape masks to your face. Unless thats your own fetish.



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    #32371
    foxsake
    Registered Users Posts: 725 ✭✭✭foxsake


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118826953#Comment_118826953

    he is an evil selfish man.

    He waffles on about covid as if it is the plague - yet you know deep down he is our with his media buddies.

    it's all an act to stir up fear with the easily led proles and twitter brigade.

    Like tubridy. sh1tehawks who don't believe their own guff

    Never forget the entire mainstream or legacy media was paid off to beat the covid drum - there is not a speck of decency or honesty in any of them.



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