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

700k cases per week? How is that even measurable!?

Have to say and even though we know there's serious under reporting, I think Stephen Donnelly pulled that figure out of his rear end.

I don't disagree but I'm questioning were is Donnelly getting 700k cases from , by any measure that's an extraordinary number/Statement

People are actually misreading what he said he said the new variantis very contagious and very serious measures WOULD be not will be needed to stop its spread, Basically saying we can not and won't stop it, He never said we would introduced new measures hes basically saying we won't

"WOULD be not will be needed to stop its spread" 😁

It's no wonder both he and the rest of us confused with such a statement 😁

You're right though. A lot of people NEED to be told what to do as we've seen over the last 2 years in particular - especially if it's a way of showing they're doing "the right thing". They also don't like feeling like the odd ones out, hence this drive to make everyone else mask up as well.

Covid restrictions are not a solution for personal insecurities and anxieties though.

What is it that’s happening on Thursday?

Just an extension of the virtue signalling which has become rampant in Ireland over the last few years, largely borne out of a need to feel included in the social media circle jerk. All for the "feels", and "consideration of others". What a load of patronising bullshit.

Donnelly on the radio now saying no restrictions needed. C’mon ta ****!

Restrictions at this point would be useless , it's rampant but what's the answer 🤔 I once thought if you got it , that's it and hopefully not too severe , I'm talking to people who've caught it more than once 🤔

TONY'S left the building ( Actuallythat happened late December), Government seem all over the place , Stephen Donnelly pop's up this week, weres he been , Paul Reid, same old same old and I saw first hand last Tuesday what's going on in public Hospitals.

Those who'll really suffer are those waiting on urgent care.

I'm not for a second saying restrictions but mother of God there's absolutely no leadership, Government more concerned about planning their St Patrick's Trips abroad and being popular with the EU .

And absolute Cluster**** of a situation

The answer is to move on with life. Like colds and 'flus, you can contract them multiple times, your body will deal with it and you move on. This is how highly infectious diseases work and have always worked through the entirety of human history.

Herd immunity/eradication is only realistically feasible when the disease is relatively low on the infectivity scale, like Polio. Look at measles. Despite insanely high vaccination rates, it still manages to survive in little pockets and explode like wildfire when it finds an unvaccinated group.

Omicron at this stage is considerably less severe than measles and far more infectious. It's here to stay. Vaccination and boosters will do a good job of keeping the vulnerable out of hospitals, but the illness is not going away. Pretty soon we'll stop testing for it at all outside of clinical environments. You'll wake up one morning feeling like crap, say, "Oh I've a bit of a 'flu" and then take it easy for a few days without wondering whether you've got H1N2 or Sars-COV-2 or rhinovirus, or whatever.

At this point, people are really only doing antigens either because they feel it's the right thing to do so they can let others know they might have been exposed, or so they can be allowed off work. Realistically there's no need to do an antigen - if you feel sick, you should be keeping yourself away from the workplace and away from others regardless of what kind of sickness you have.