The checkpoints are a complete waste of time at this point. increased number of Guards walking around the likes of Ranelagh and Ballsbridge during the day as well. Ridiculous.
If youâre this snappy after a swim then Iâd shudder to think how volatile you are normally.
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Actually donât mind seeing the Gardai in patrol in areaâs at least they are giving the impression they are about but these checkpoints are a waste of time.
Iâve been seaswimming every day for over a week now, unreal. I might even take the big plunge and post in the swimming thread.
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Youâd be hardcore then. 
Nope, heâs a Zero Covider though.
I donât see why people are surprised about NPHET wanting hard restrictions, why would they change? They have no idea how to control this beyond that, itâs believed that they donât think that track and trace works for example.
The morons in politics and the public need to cop on a bit. This âsuffer now, enjoy laterâ approach people have been going on has justified inane restrictions for months from people. If you just keep moving that goal, people will keep justifying it. At the outset of Level 5 there were rumours that backbench TDs were told that it was so retail could open up for Christmas trading and pubs/restaurants open up for Christmas week so people could get a break. Thatâs as stupid as keeping everything locked down. The whole points on restaurants and bars was to keep up social distancing and contact tracing consistently. thatâs how theyâd have a chance of functioning as businesses throughout this - not throw open the doors for a week of heavy business. I think it was mentioned here but there was one local politician who wasnât aware of Black Friday and the impact on retail.
They donât understand what they are signing up to or the economic consequences of it.
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Increased patrols in leafy areas during the day looking for regulations being broken is a bit pointless. The city centre needs to be properly policed with it taken account of that the lack of footfall from students/office workers/shoppers that allows more anti social behaviour to go on. They shouldnât be âpolicingâ Covid advice like 5km at this point, itâs a waste of time, they should be policing the implications of their movement restrictions on harder hit areas.
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Ah here. Thereâs lies, damn lies and statistics. They surely wonât roll this out based on a 28 day study of 94 people đ¤ˇ**
**Iâm sure they will
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Hook it to my veins
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Oh they will.
Even if it works, this is such a stark exception to normal process if it is rolled out globally on the basis of that, that one would have to question it.
It wasnât a 28 day study. Trial had 40k+ participants. Latest stage was to monitor 98 of those (who had Covid), showing the vaccine provided protection 28 days later.
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More shite from Scally urging people to get the flu vaccine. Itâs not available this year to people outside defined vulnerable groups and kids. Because we donât have enough.
Also advocating locking people away to isolate.
- This is a study of 94 (ninety four) people.
- It is quoting 28 day âsuccessâ
- What does âprotected against the disease mean?â
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- This is a study of 94 (ninety four) people.
It is not, itâs a study of 40k+ people.
- It is quoting 28 day âsuccessâ
It is not, it is stating the vaccine provides protection after 28 days.
- What does âprotected against the disease mean?â
I would say protected means 75%+ effective.
Iâm not saying lots of corners may not have been cut and there are obvious risks, but no value in diminishing some level of positive progress for the sake of it.
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They desperately want their managed traveller facilities.
They are idiots, they post pictures of NZ and Aussies having crowds and dangle that to people. Aside from ignoring the trade offs on the cost to peopleâs lives of any travel restrictions (family, social, business), they ignore the reality of trade. We have roll out, roll off trade with Europe. They have large containers, itâs one of the issues with Brexit.
Itâs been funny to see how the WHO have changed on this as well. Mike Ryan saying that freedom of travel around Europe might need to be looked at, this was after they spent a year saying travel restrictions and bans were wrong. When it was China and the third world it was wrong, not now apparently.
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6 cans of the Pfizer vaccine please
Going by the pareto principle, weâll need about 20% vaccinated to see a real difference?
Theyâre going to claim that they need 80% or whatever but they really donât given how accurately we can see who the at risk groups are.
The article clearly references the 94 people they followed up showing 28 day âprotectionâ. The article is about these 94, and these 94 only. You are using statistics to suit your argument. Like a politician or an employee of a company with billions on the table.
It claims unequivocally the people are âprotected against the diseaseâ.
What disease?
So unequivocal âprotectionâ is, in fact 75% protection?
My father in law is 70, has bad lungs and was diagnosed with Covid 3 weeks ago. I watched the football with him yesterday while we had a couple of cans of Guinness each and made plans to head up the Mournes again later this month. His wife was in the house with him throughout and no restrictions observed due to stubbornness, seems she hasnât been affected at all.
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