It would seem silly to deny that the open land border with the UK is a factor in high levels of spread when Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan are the three counties with the highest rates, and have consistently been among the highest since the start of the pandemic, certainly as far as I can recall.
No, it doesnât. It shows that whatever the failings of them, they have been valuable.
Again you reach for your little Sun narrative.
What youâve been saying for a long time has been bunkum. You wanted the pubs open last year, remember, because you could not conceive of anything outside 2019 normality and why anything outside 2019 normality might be necessary. Thanks for that.
No I wasnât. I supported water charges and the establishment of a national public utitlity to oversee the water system.
Youâve completely made up your âangleâ. Iâve never said any such thing. I support a national heath service free at the point of delivery and I also do not support refusing healthcare to those who need it, regardless of whether they are vaccinated or unvaccinated.
That assumes that those who are one side of a âdivideâ are equally legitimate to the other.
That is not so.
And part of the problem is that the media we have at the moment likes to portray crackpot views as deserving of the same legitimacy as sensible, science-led ones.
You have absolutely no evidence to show that anything you maintain is true. Meanwhile I have comparable countries that have removed restrictions far faster that have better outcomes.
Why does Ireland have more restrictions and see no benefit? Because the restrictions are ineffectual.
Surely you at least agree that MHQ is a farce at this point?
Your idea of âevidenceâ is basically the same as Carl Heneghan. Which is why Carl Heneghan is still stuck in a crazy position where he is defending the idea that the virus is not aerosol-transmitted and why he also had to delete a load of his tweets out of embarrassment.
Your view is that proximity and movement and interaction is not a factor in virus spread. Like, just how wrong do you want to be?
None of the above is any sort of persuasive case for the outcome you speculate on.
Itâs the same rationale that says âdonât take the vaccine because of Big Pharmaâ.
Itâs a narrative that is entirely based on the vilification of institutions, which is an ideological position, which when taken to itâs logical endpoint, means the collapse of society.
Iâve consistently argued for effective and reasonable measures. At many points Iâve argued against people here for more restrictions.
MHQ was never effective nor reasonable, it is even less so now. Neither were nine euro meals. Neither are restrictions on outdoor events in summer.
Whereas youâre the lad that argued antigen testing would lead to a wave of infection. Bizarre view.
Irelandâs restrictions are neither effective nor reasonable. Theyâre a fig leaf. Perhaps you think the fig leaf is a good look with your tinfoil hat.
If conducted on the basis of self testing, yes, it likely would.
If conducted on the basis of a mass national testing programme at approved locations, of 500,000 or 600,000 tests per day, including a PCR testing regime which was quadrupled, it would have been and still would likely be a significant tool in controlling Covid.
Which is why we should do exactly that this winter.
I totally agree with you on water. But I also believe people should not be treated as second class citizens for not taking experimental jabs that now clearly wane in efficacy over time.
I think the latter is a bigger issue. I do respect everyones view though.
I donât think anyone here from the extreme under the bed crew to the OIUTF crew from April 2020 agree with each other totally either.