Fianna Fáil Senator Malcolm Byrne has said that the vaccinated should be “rewarded” with privileges like being able to get a pint, while the unjabbed – who he dubbed “selfish” and irresponsible – should be denied these pleasures. The comments were made in the Seanad yesterday, and show just how vicious and discriminatory our leaders […]
‘High level of control’
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 […]
Starting this week, Austria has imposed a lockdown only on the unvaccinated due to surging, near-record case numbers, despite more than half of the country’s population being fully-jabbed. As of Monday the 8th of November (yesterday), unvaccinated individuals are banned from entering cafés, bars, pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, hotels, ski lifts, events of more than 25 […]
Two-tier society
A new Covid regulation has been introduced requiring people to present vaccine certs if they want to enter nursing homes – a policy with no basis in science, which may actually hurt more people than it protects. The measure was described by Tadhg Daly of Nursing Homes Ireland in the Independent.ie: “The new guidelines will […]
Newstalk’s Pat Kenny has expressed frustration that employers can’t legally ask for their employees’ vaccine status, and urged Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to impose a stay-at-home lockdown order only on the unjabbed. “Employers need to be able to ask if staff are vaccinated,” Kenny told Donnelly during an interview this week. He proceeded to read […]
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said that some migrants fear vaccination because they have had “very, very bad experiences” with the State in their own country. Speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk this Thursday, Donnelly expressed sympathy at the fact that some migrants have fear of the vaccine because they mistrust the State in general. […]
Portugal has lifted most restrictions with a three-stage plan
Unvaccinated patients on the organ waiting list have been told “your current status on the kidney transplant waiting list is not altered.”