Whatever the root causes may be, and those are just two educated guesses, the public hysteria about covid is objectively a much bigger threat to the long term security and prosperity of the state than covid itself.
Northern Ireland health officials have warned that “more severe restrictions” may be needed in the North in the next month, and that Covid certs may not prevent the health service from coming under pressure. According to the Department of Health in Northern Ireland, Covid cases have risen by 23% in the past week. Moreover, hospital […]
The simple fact of the matter is this: We tried to stop covid. We failed, comprehensively and totally. We spent billions of euro in the course of that failure. It is over, and done with.
Tony Holohan is running the country, on Covid, because Micheál Martin will not. He does not want to. He does not know how to. The strategy, from day one, has been to let NPHET handle it, and hope that Government will take the credit, and Holohan the blame.
A sign of things to come?
The Taoiseach, asked about an Austrian lockdown for the unvaccinated, did not quite rule it out. Therefore, a journalist can quite honestly write a piece saying “Taoiseach refuses to rule out lockdown for the unvaccinated”.
EU Statistics show that Ireland has 278 hospital beds for every 100,000 people. Poland, a much poorer country, has 473 beds for every 100,000 people. Bulgaria has 624 such beds, for every 100,000 people.
SF questioning reopening
Starting today, all unvaccinated Austrians over the age of 12 – around 2 million people – have been put under lockdown on pain of substantial fines. Meanwhile, the fully-vaccinated majority can live their lives freely. The law came into effect at midnight on Sunday evening, and means that any Austrian over the age of 12 […]
A Trinity College immunology professor has doubled down on the CMO’s suggestion of using Covid certs in more settings such as gyms and barbershops, saying that “we should be using them everywhere.” Speaking on RTÉ 1’s Today With Claire Byrne this week, Professor Cliona O’Farrelly was asked about her thoughts on Chief Medical Officer Tony […]
The Queensland President of the Australian Medical Association has warned that “life will be miserable” for unvaccinated people, adding that “you won’t be able to hide.” The remarks were made by Dr. Chris Perry of the AMA while speaking to Channel 9 News Australia, just as new, even harsher restrictions come into effect in the […]
The unspoken part of “protect the vulnerable” is, and ever has been, that there is a big chunk of society which is not vulnerable.