Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer
It’s amazing how many people idolised @CMOIreland and slated the Government for disagreeing with him but are now demanding that the same Government ignore his public health advice on masks. At least be honest and say “we demand the Government ignore public health advice” #COVID
— Kieran Cuddihy (@kierancuddihy) March 31, 2022
Um.
Last night.
Anyone?
Meanwhile…
The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) and the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) called on Dr Tony Holohan to reintroduce certain public health measures, such as the wearing of masks and working from home, until the current wave of COVID-19 subsides.
In a letter, the CMO was told that the circumstances facing frontline workers are ‘incredibly dangerous and inhumane for many’.
Both organisations called on the CMO to issue ‘clear advice’ to the Government. The letter said: ‘Wearing masks and working from home will assist. We accept that, of themselves, these measures will not end the spread, but they will lessen the burden of infection, reduce cross-infection and may help ameliorate the intolerable pressure on our hospitals. Mandating these measures is now, in our shared view, a matter of urgency.’
Health staff’s ‘urgent’ appeal to Holohan for COVID restrictions (Extra.ie)
It’s sad that people like Kieran Cuddihy occupy such a prominent position in our public discourse. Claire Byrne, Ryan Tubridy as well. All really low brow, yet opinionated non-entities.
+1
Well said.
Same in most newspapers, so called “opinion” pieces written by those anointed by an editor and paid a handsome salary? Are they any more enlightened than your commoner gardener punter with a view? Hardly.
Yet they get mass exposure and placed on a pedestal to toss words together.
Must feel more awkward when you agree with the people who you dislike. No Friday drinks in Diggs Lane for you!
*ever alert for the call to action*
With all the billions spent and still a public health system creaking at the seams- one has to wonder if the lack of investment is deliberate- an actual political policy of promoting private health care over public.
The very idea AT THIS STAGE that the entire country should be restricting its day to day activities because of capacity issues; just does not make sense.
If FFG are so wedded to their private health care model then let them put it in their manifestos and let the public decide. But they won’t, because they already know the answer.
I hate it when you and I are in agreement.
‘The worse person you know just made a good point.’
(Ah, he’s not the worst. That’s Cavan.)
I have no idea who this Cuddihy guy is, really, his post seems to indicate he’s a bit of an opinionated dolt, I’m merely reiterating what the very first poster on here said but it’s still remarkable that so many spend so much of their time glued to the old gogglebox. I used to watch a bit of TV but then the internet came along & it all became so much more interactive, interesting & stimulating. You watch what you want, when you want, pause it to make a cuppa, whatever but it was really when the TV managed to create a pandemic where there was none that I realised how deeply trusting the public are of anything that appears on the telly.
In the age of the internet, sitting there having your worldview molded by other people seems odd to me, the passivity is astonishing. The big difference on the net is the plethora of opinions, ideas, attitudes that are on display, it seems that the TV is monolithic, you don’t get a different view on RTE from the BBC, ITV, whoever, they all broadcast the exact same message, in lockstep. On the net, nobody fully agrees with anyone else, which is much more like real life.
Cuddihy is a radio host on Newstalk. Despite the slack Newstalk deservedly gets in recent years, Cuddihy and his co-host were the most vocal on air calling for less Covid restrictions during the pandemic.
Maybe it’s time to make people visiting a hospital wear a face mask .
No mask no entry
But that takes the HSE responsible to make the rule .
Maybe meantime an antigen test if you want to enter a hospital premises