The Taoiseach has denied that the wait to see if restrictions are lifted on Friday is like “groundhog day” for those who will be affected by the Govt decision. Micheál Martin also said that he is a “strong believer” in antigen testing | https://t.co/UntGEWWq2y pic.twitter.com/H2P3Z3bm8R
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 18, 2021
This afternoon.
Earlier…
chief scientific advisor to the Government Professor Mark Ferguson said that while antigen tests are useful and provide an extra layer of protection, they are “not a solution”.
Although widely used in many European countries, antigen testing has been discouraged in Ireland as public health officials said the tests should be used in strictly controlled settings and warned individuals might receive “inappropriate reassurance” from a negative result.
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It’s so unlucky that Ireland is the only country that’s had to deal with covid. Otherwise, they could have just looked at what’s working in other countries and copied that rather than look like such gormless fools.
To be honest mixed messaging
This government has no clue
It’s as though someone else is pulling the strings
One day one thing another the opposite
Couldn’t get a worse crowd of people in charge for a crisis
‘Inappropriate reassurance’ is the problem vaccinated people seem to suffer from.
So in the mind of Philip Nolan our Taoiseach has just publicly endorsed snake oil.
A great little earner at €8.00 a pop
Time for everything to return to pre Covid 19 and the HSE stand on its own feet
If we are going to continue in unrestricted international travel there is no way new strains cannot be kept out
Has any ‘strains’ been clinically identified- or are we all just accepting cute marketing campaign- because ‘the drugs don’t work’?
I fancy the ‘Dolly Parton’ strain myself.
Apart from the heels and the corset- and obviously the wig as that would be itchy as f.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P87slgXb34Y
Are we the only Western European country not using antigen testing at this stage? Surely thats an absolutely massive red flag. Do we really think NPHET know better than the (much better run) health services across the continent?
But we like not doing much and Ronan said the other day that we can work from home and the unvaxx’d were to blame for the restrictions not being relaxed.
https://twitter.com/ronan_glynn/status/1448952284466098176?s=20
Nice one Glynner
Maybe we do know better.
Latvia going for a meaningful November…
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/latvia-announces-four-weeks-lockdown-covid-19-cases-spike-2021-10-18/
Fenway Park (capacity 37,000+). Lovely to see people out enjoying themselves.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/17/sports/it-seems-like-it-lasts-all-nine-innings-fans-fenway-park-have-really-been-into-it-red-sox-have-taken-notice/ (Apologies if it’s behind the paywall.)
Percentage of Massachusetts population fully vaccinated 68.9%. (Source: Our World in Data.)