Iāve noticed a nasty thing creeping in in some discourse, probably as a coping mechanism, that āat least it only seems to affect older peopleā. I find this worrying.
But what happens if we close our borders? Ireland is a 26 county state with over 200 border crossings. A hard border is the very thing we have been railing against for the last four years. We donāt control what happens between the North and Scotland. I donāt think itās realistic to shut down the border between the 26 and 6 counties. But serious restrictions will likely have to be put in place on travel into and out of the island.
People are going to have to come to terms with public gatherings and sporting events being cancelled and that means European club football, the Euros and probably the All-Irelands. If that means Liverpool have to play in front of an empty stadium or not play at all, so be it.
Iād be quite happy to have the knowledge that we won the league this year without the official recognition of mathematically clinching it in order to keep the hunger for next year, or perhaps 2021/22. Sure a mateās girlfriend asked me and a fellow Liverpool supporter last night āsure what will ye have to aim for when ye do win it?ā
Itās far better to possibly overreact than underreact.
Calling Paddys off would be a disaster for small business in every parish in the land. How will the businessās pay their bills? How will their staff be paid? How will said staff then pay their extorniate rent? Do you think their better off on the streets than contracting a mild flu?
Everything needs to be cancelled. The rate of infection is in infinitely higher than what is reported because of the burden on health services and the lack of testing.