Despite what we are being told by the national broadcaster, RTE TV, and others, it would appear there have been far fewer Corona flu deaths than we have been led to believe- perhaps less than 200. According to the General Register’s Office which records all deaths in Ireland: “During April 2020, there were 2,689 deaths […]
Just one in ten Irish people between the ages of 18 and 34 considers themselves to be happy, according to these new figures from the CSO. The general level of happiness improves with age, but not by much. 14% of those who are aged between 35 and 44 say they are happy, and it rises […]
You may all be distracted by less important things, like the riots and discord engulfing the western world, and that’s why it’s important that those of us who bring you the news highlight the truly grave injustices that are being perpetrated on the people: Guidelines for reopening the hospitality industry following the Covid-19 lockdown are […]
If you can remember that long ago, the only protesters defying Covid-19 lockdowns in the United States were small crowds of roughnecks from flyover country waving flags and brandishing placards at State capitals. Nonetheless, petty incidents like this still outraged bioethicists and public health experts. Writing in PennLive, a Pennsylvania blog, four of them, including the […]
Journalist Gemma O’Doherty has said neither she nor fellow litigant John Waters should have to pay costs in their court application challenging the government’s Covid-19 restrictions. Ms O’Doherty tweeted that “John Waters and I are not remotely afraid of costs.” She said ” We are terrified for Ireland which is facing its darkest moment. Our […]
A study published by prestigious peer-reviewed journal, the Lancet, which claimed that the use of hydroxychloroquine was dangerous and led to more deaths has been retracted after it was found that the data used in the study could not be verified. The retraction is a huge embarrassment for the scientific journal, and raises questions as […]
The study, published in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal the Lancet, made headlines everywhere from the Irish Times to the Washington Post, especially in media platforms anxious to strike a blow against PresidentTrump, which, let’s face it, is almost all of them. Hydroxychloroquine – the drug hailed by President Trump as a ‘game-changer’ in the coronavirus […]
Via the good folks at TipperaryLive. Go and give them a click: “County Tipperary publican John Harney has called time on inconsistent restrictions as he plans to reopen his public house in Ballyclerihan, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary on June 29th ahead of the proposed date for reopening public houses set by the government. Harney’s Final Furlong […]
The opening paragraph of this report from America’s National Public Radio (NPR), which is the closest thing the US has to RTE, has to be seen to be believed. Emphasis added: Mass protests that have erupted over police brutality toward black people in America are raising concerns about the risk of spreading the coronavirus. But […]
Over the last few years one of the economic and social talking points has been the inter-generational divide, especially between millennials and their parents’ generation. There is often a sense of resentment among the younger generation that their job prospects are worse than the generations that went before, that the opportunities to buy an affordable […]
Is there really a scientific consensus about wearing masks in the Covid-19 pandemic? How much of a help are masks in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic? Absolutely essential, it seems, to New Yorkers. A woman who failed to sport a mask sparked hysteria in a Staten Island supermarket. Other shoppers started shrieking at the modern leper to […]
Utilitarianism medical ethics has come under heavy fire in recent months. Many commentators have, for example, criticised utilitarian ICU rationing frameworks that discriminate against older people and people with disabilities. Others have condemned the veiled introduction of herd immunity strategies that involve allowing coronavirus to spread through the community to create population-level resistance to COVID-19. These […]