Zero Covid did not work, anywhere it was tried. The Government was smart enough to realise it was a stupid idea then, but it’s dumb enough to appoint one of the chief proponents of the idea today.
Her unpopularity should not be surprising.
Numbers devastated
China is living proof that the zero covid policy championed by many journalists over the past two years is a disaster.
For two years, in this country, we let ourselves be blinded to bullshit by people’s titles and qualifications.
Neuroscientist Professor Tomás Ryan of ISAG fame wrote an Irish Times article over the weekend urging a campaign with one simple goal: The total global “elimination” of Covid-19. In his own words, the article reads: “Looking to the long term, there seems to be only two endgames. Either we accept Covid as endemic, which could […]
Children at ‘low-risk’
The cost in mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide is staggering.
At first blush, you might think this headline relates to Australia’s inexplicably slow vaccine rollout, compared to the rest of the western world. If they can’t get people jabbed, they may well have to rely on other measures. But no, you’d be wrong. Masks for years even after 80% of people are jabbed, she says: […]
At this stage, it’s hard to know whether Australia is a real country, or an imaginary place invented by NPHET to make the Irish Government seem like a benevolent and kind alternative: Fifteen rescue dogs, including 10 puppies, have been shot dead by a rural Australian council under its interpretation of coronavirus restrictions. Bourke Shire […]
Poor old ISAG. The Zero Covid campaign has somewhat stalled out. After 18 months of constantly getting on the airwaves to demand more lockdown, harder lockdown, and total lockdown, that campaign, and its credibility, has somewhat stalled out. Yes, Ireland still lags well behind the rest of the world in terms of opening up (see […]
Well now.