All Covid-19 measures are permanent, don't be a boiling frog!

Why? I don't have the answer but perhaps it's lubricating society up for bigger government with stronger powers to make laws that impact more on our lives, eg the way the CCP tramples over human rights with its surveillance of citizens under the guise of "security". I don't think there is much hope for you if you think a nefarious act from the capital 's' State would be brought in with a big red warning note; "this is a breach of your human rights but we're doing it anyway".

As I said about monkeypox, if it comes to nothing then I accept it was not a follow on to covid. Incidentally, it looks like COVID measures are being hinted at again with guidance to wear a mask on public transport. Seems odd for a virus that has a mortality rate of 0.00% for anyone under the age of 70 (you would need a third decimal place to get an accurate mortality rate).

Awwww ****!

Don't worry, Pride awareness is still ongoing and it may rear it's head again during this month. But I think the overarching conspiracy theory is that the measures, restrictions, rules etc. brought in for covid on a whim, with little chance to object or debate them, is a forerunner type of action from a State that is trying to make itself larger (lefties/commies like a big State and we are a capitalist society so have absolutely no time for left wing nonsense), in order to perhaps make it easier to introduce measures that, without a "crisis", would be extremely difficult and controversial to introduce. For example, requiring people to take positive actions like a vaccine or wearing a mask in order to go about their lives is disturbingly intrusive and yet, for whatever reason, in the face of hard data showing how covid only kills the very sick and very old, was adhered to by the vast majority of the public. At the same time, the politicians introducing these measures were repeatedly caught not adhering to them themselves; which of course gives legitimacy to distrust and cynicism.

For the 100th time, wearing a piece of paper on your face during a pandemic is not "tyranny". It's common sense.

This pandemic was threatening to overwhelm national hospital systems. A very bad thing. Therefore we used a variety of restrictions and measures to reduce the spread. In order to reduce the threat of it overwhelming our health systems. There's nothing "sinister" about that.

There's nothing "disturbing" about getting a jab against a highly infectious disease.

It's embarrassing to see what I presume are adults pretending they live in some sort of dystopia and straight-forward measures against a pandemic are interpreted at something "evil" they can never explain. Please tell us you've never shared these cringe-worthy views with people you actually know.

But as you said you can't explain why they would make the measures permanent.

Your post comes off like an unhinged rant I'm afraid and I don't think there's any value in trying to decipher it.

The advancements in technology is a big difference to what was the case 100 years ago. The surveillance and data capturing abilities now are phenomenal, but of course politically, legally, philosophically even, what is the "State" that gives it the right or the ability even to engage in these actions with respect to its citizens?

The mortality rate from suicide is 100%. But if you are saying that 3 times more people died from suicide than covid you are very wrong. Suicides in Ireland run into the low 100's per year. Deaths from covid ran into the 1000s.

Jesus christ..

Think.

a) You know more than all every national health body around the world which decided independently to enact restrictions and measures

or

b) You don't know more

Which one? Because it's starting to sound like you actually think the former..

Yes, correct. Three times as many people died from suicide than from covid under the age of 40 before we had vaccines. This is almost 50% of the population who are categorically at significantly higher risk from catastrophic mental illness than from covid. It is hysterical and nonsensical to give covid much attention. But I think the critical thinking and attention to data is lost on most people which perhaps explains why they panic over it.

I have addressed your post and therefore can conclude you accept my position, unless you want to furiously reply without fully reading this post?

are people over 40 not important?

The more time I spend on this forum the more I am convinced there are people who are of such intense stupidity they are simply incapable of processing that anyone can know more than them

Jesus if this what you genuinely believe, I wonder how you actually function in real life.

Nice retort, why not engage with the post?

Reported.

Can anyone properly engage or is this forum just full of dismissal? I'm tired from the constant post reporting I have to do as people take CTs far too seriously. It used to be that CTs were just a bit of fun but it is disturbing how people genuinely take them seriously and get so defensive.

It's one to watch for sure. The WHO has called an emergency meeting next week on Monkeypox to consider declaring it an emergency on par with COVID. Absolute nonsense and any rational person would wonder why on earth an emergency meeting is needed let alone any emergency meeting that might declare monkeypox as much of a threat as COVID!

The public health advice for monkeypox is thus;

"Don't dip your wick in someone covered in blisters or you could end up with unsightly blisters and a bit of a flu for a few weeks".

Nothing more than that should be needed in respect of monkeypox so this is somewhat peculiar. I have only given it until the end of June for this monkeypox thing to be made a big deal in any event, staking my whole COVID CT-reputation on it, so part of me wants something to come out of the WHO meeting as it would lend credibility to what I claimed but at the same time of course monkeypox is utterly irrelevant so sense should really prevail.