To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

Dont wear mask to the pub, but do wear on public transport, taxis,planes,shops, work. Not bothered if others wear masks or not but hate when they close windows on thebus and we're all well wrapped up like eskimos. C19, RSV and influenza all linger in public transport in my opinion.

So they didn't think it should have been left to personal burden - which is what certain posters here are continually arguing. I don't know what point you are trying to make, but when only 1 in 5 opt for personal burden it does not tally with that position put forward on this thread at all. It shows clear public support for masks as a measure to slow the spread of the virus when deemed necessary by the authorities.

Poll after poll showed support for the restrictions, of which masks are one measure.

Here's another one:

Some 51 per cent of the population think the Government response to the pandemic is appropriate and 35 per cent say it is insufficient, while the proportion who say it is too extreme fell from 21 per cent to 14 per cent in a week.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/poll-shows-public-divided-down-the-middle-on-additional-restrictions-1.4755484

Yeah it's amazing how people say the "right" thing in these surveys then in reality do nothing.

The people who do online polls are elderly people and not the younger generation.

That demographic are more likely to be at risk from covid or have elderly parents who are at risk.

Then you take into account polls can have questions framed for a preferred result.

Then you take into account these polls are results from a few thousand people and do not represent the views of the majority of the country like the poster suggested.

Remember when Hillary Clinton was a shoe in for president on polling results?

I was responding to a poster who claimed these polls showed the majority of the country were in favor of masks which is lie.

You are fond of calling people out for spreading misinformation and lies but seem happy to partake in it yourself when it suits.

How far wrong were the poll results versus her vote share? You are talking about being wrong by 1-5% percentage points there.

The margin in favour of mask mandates and the government's approach dwarfs this.

And we're not just talking just about online polls, the results are broadly the same whether they are online surveys or random sampling polls.

So I entirely reject the accusation of lies and misinformation being spread - when with every post you just demonstrate your ignorance of how polling works.

The majority of the country supported mask mandates.

Yes that's it, but some posters on the thread seem incapable of distinguishing between the two concepts and reject the poll data.

Those trying to drum up the hysteria are failing. Numbers simply don't justify it.

Who is trying to drum up hysteria here?

Again your post is clear example of what is being done across these threads. Those "hysteria" rhetorics are just copy and paste bull .. Still not tired to post it over and over?

Well, thanks for advice. But what does it have to do with my post? Maybe you should go by your own advice?

You asked about who is drumming up hysteria... I literally just told you...

Nope you didn't.

More jibberish.

In the real world the vast majority of people only wore a mask because they were forced to.

It's easy say the "right" thing in a poll then do nothing.

"Do as I say not as I do" and all that.

Like when Haughey told us tighten our belts.

But you keep being guided by opinion polls or surveys if that's your thing.

Utterly disingenuous.

The polls were out by a few percentage points. Obviously that matters in a close result. And where the outcome is eg a collection of local constituency results.

But the polls showing support for masks and the governments approach to covid shows clear daylight, well beyond the margin of error or effect of aggregated local results.

They'll be a cohort of hanger-on's, stragglers and do-gooders itching for the glory days to be back, the excitement of lockdown and the 2Km restrictions and the curtain twitching on their neighbours and high horsing towards the unvaccinated. They were the best days of some of their life's.

Saying that I still think it would be wise to wear a mask on crowded buses/trains etc, that flu people have being describing online doesn't sound too pleasant, sounds downright nasty.

And remember Tony Holohan had a meltdown over the crowds on South great George's street. This went for weeks all over the country, open rebellion against the bullsh1t, again opinion polls showing one thing and people behaving differently.