Tag Archives: Unjabbed

Professor Pete Lunn, Head of the Behavioural Research Unit, ESRI

This morning.

The ESRI’s Professor Pete Lunn said they have found that if you take the proportion of the population each week or each day that visits a cafe, pub or restaurant, the proportion of unvaccinated people going indoors is “a little over half the proportion of the vaccinated”.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne, he said unvaccinated people are not getting into pubs and restaurants as much as vaccinated people are.

“But they are doing so more than half the amount, and in pubs and restaurants a bit more again,” he said.

“Not as much as vaccinated people but not far off, so they’re clearly finding places that they can get in.”

Unvaccinated people ‘finding places they can get in’ – ESRI data (RTÉ)

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Via Irish Times:

…That a small cohort would effectively hold society hostage seems profoundly unfair to many, and how this should be tackled is an open question. This, of course, isn’t solely an Irish problem – Austria’s decision to impose lockdowns on the unvaccinated in mid-November was motivated by alarming strain on ICU capacity, driven almost entirely by those shirking vaccination. In Slovakia, Greece, and the Czech Republic similar restrictions have been imposed on vaccine-refusing cohorts for the same reason. Germany has also now introduced strict curbs on unvaccinated people.

Such measures, however, raise passionate ire, frequently decried as an infringement of liberties. But such arguments fail to recognise that others have a reasonable expectation that they should not be needlessly exposed to avoidable dangerous pathogens, nor should selfish stances be allowed imperil the freedom of others.

Such arguments also fail on another level – the unimmunised ultimately reduce the efficacy of vaccination, effectively functioning as human petri dishes. As the virus runs through them, random mutations eventually endow it with the ability to evade vaccines. The dominance of Delta and the emergency….

Um.

Small anti-vaccine cohort can’t hold society hostage (David Robert Grimes, Irish Times)

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Peanut butter.

*drools*

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Gulp.

Anti Vaccine passport protest in Dublin City Center last Saturday

Oh.

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Ah here.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, followed by Olaf Scholz, left, arrive for a press conference following a meeting with the heads of government

Both outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholzs (left) have said the unvaccinated are to face additional restrictions

This afternoon.

Via Bloomberg:

Germany imposed stringent nationwide restrictions on people who aren’t vaccinated against Covid-19 and limited attendance at soccer games and other public events…

In one of her final acts as chancellor, Angela Merkel held talks with her incoming successor, Olaf Scholz, and Germany’s 16 regional premiers on Thursday, where they agreed on new curbs including allowing only people who are vaccinated or recovered into restaurants, theaters and non-essential stores.

The officials also backed a plan to make Covid shots compulsory, saying that the lower house of parliament would vote on it soon. Scholz said he expects the measure to pass, and Merkel said she would vote for it if she was in the Bundestag.

A vaccine mandate would be a major departure after Merkel and other officials insisted shots would be a personal choice…

Germany Imposes Strict Curbs on Unvaccinated to Stem Covid (Bloomberg)

AP

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Kicked out of your family whatsapp group?

Barred from the local?

Relax.

Meet fellow ratlickers in YOUR area.

From the comfort of your own isolation.

Unvaccinated Together writes:

‘The following is a list of Telegram chat groups for every County in Ireland so that you connect with people close by. We encourage you to share the links with your friends and in groups you may be part of so as to connect with as many people as possible in your county.
They are chat groups so you will be able to post what you wish….’

Unvaccinated together Tipperary chat

Unvaccinated Together Down Chat

Unvaccinated Together Armagh Chat

Unvaccinated Together Meath Chat

Unvaccinated Together Antrim Chat

Unvaccinated together Mayo Chat

Unvaccinated Together Louth Chat

Unvaccinated Together Offaly Chat

Unvaccinated Together Clare Chat

Unvaccinated Together Wexford Chat

Unvaccinated Together Limerick Chat

Unvaccinated Together Kilkenny Chat

Unvaccinated Together Carlow Chat

Unvaccinated Together Monaghan Chat

Unvaccinated Together Longford Chat

Unvaccinated Together Leitrim Chat

Unvaccinated Together Fermanagh Chat

Unvaccinated Together Donegal Chat

Unvaccinated Together Roscommon Chat

Unvaccinated Together Tyrone Chat

Unvaccinated Together Laois Chat

Unvaccinated Together Galway Chat

Unvaccinated Together Westmeath Chat

Unvaccinated Together Waterford Chat

Unvaccinated Together Cavan Chat

Unvaccinated Together Derry Chat

Unvaccinated Together Kildare Chat

Unvaccinated Together Wicklow Chat

Unvaccinated Together Kerry Chat

Unvaccinated Together Sligo Chat

Unvaccinated Together Cork Chat

Unvaccinated Together Dublin Chat

Fight!

Earlier: “More Measures”

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Yesterday.

Seanad Eireann.

Fianna Fáil Senator Gerry Horkan advocated banning the unjabbed from supermarkets and public transport.

Senator Horkan said:

“Here we are on 23 November and the month of December is traditionally the most important for the licensed trade and hospitality business, at between 2.5 and three times the normal month. It is not like closing in March, November or October. It is a significant month.

Of course we have to have balance and of course we have to make sure we are safe but it is so important that we encourage people. We must look at the figures and try to make sure everybody knows the vaccination system is very safe.

I know we got a lot of emails in response to something I said to the Leader on another day. They really work. If we look at the figures that came out yesterday, the 54% in ICU who are unvaccinated are generally younger and extremely healthy before they get Covid but they end up in ICU. They are healthy younger people who just did not think it would affect them.

Everybody who has been vaccinated and is in ICU has an underlying condition. We wish them all well. However, the point is that vaccines work.

As others have said, vaccine certificates should be required for entry into gyms and hairdressers. Why not introduce such a requirement for supermarkets and public transport? I know it is difficult to police some of these things, but really, if people want to participate in society, they need to be vaccinated.

If they do not want to participate in society, that is okay. They can stay at home; that is their business. However, unvaccinated people are putting themselves, their families, the rest of us and the economy at risk.

None of us wants a lockdown. It is in all of our hands to behave as best we can. We can socialise safely. If people are vaccinated, it is unlikely to do them too much harm if they do not have a pre-existing condition.

I ask the Leader to organise a proper discussion of this issue. New communities may not be as tuned into mainstream media, newspapers and radio. Let us ensure all are aware of the benefits of vaccination.”

Earlier: Urgent Medical Care

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This morning.

This morning.

Via Irish Time letters:

The motivations of the anti-vaccination members of our communities are difficult to understand.

To more than 90 per cent of us the opportunity to protect ourselves from getting sick or worse, through availing of the vaccines, was an opportunity we took, once we had assessed the risks and benefits.

Those we knew that did not avail of the vaccine seemed prone to convoluted and often extreme theories of vaccines, science, and even basic maths. Persuasive arguments on vaccine benefits for the elimination of diseases like smallpox and polio, were countered with inane conspiracy theories.

However, given the low instance of Covid disease in the outdoor, regulated summer, most of the 90 per cent were tolerant of their unvaccinated friends and avoided pointing out to them that they were often repeating nonsensical jargon that lacked any scrutiny.

In hindsight it was ill-judged to let the conspiracy theories, anti-science and anti-vaccination go unchallenged.

It is difficult now for the 90 per cent to remain tolerant, however, as the unvaccinated get infected at roughly 10 times the rate of the vaccinated and the resources for dealing with infected people are now stretched to breaking.

Now the 10 per cent are needing 50 per cent of the hospital Covid beds; the 10 per cent are needing 50 per cent of the precious ICU Covid facilities to stop them from dying.

Frontline staff, who have now worked flat out for 20 months, are treating the 10 per cent who had a choice to protect themselves through vaccination but chose not to.

There is a much used saying “ar scáth a cheile a mhaireann na daoine”, it is worth emphasising that this is true not alone for the unvaccinated “na daoine” but also the 90 per cent in the community.

Berniann Condon,

Dingle, county Kerry

Irish Times letters

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This guy.

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Above from left: National Lead, Vaccination Programme, Damien McCallion HSE CEO Paul Reid; HSE COO Anne O’Connor; HSE CCO Dr Colm Henry; and HSE  speaking to media in Dr Steevens Hospital today on the weekly HSE operational update

This afternoon.

Dr Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin.

Via RTÉ

The HSE’s CCO Dr Colm Henry warned that unvacccinated people have no protection from the virus…

…However, Dr Henry said that vaccinations alone will not control case numbers and said that measures – particularly self- isolating with symptoms – and reducing contacts remain critical to reducing case numbers.

Dr Henry said that two weeks after receiving a booster dose, for adults — aged 50 or more — protection against symptomatic infection was 93% in those who originally had AstraZeneca and 94% in those who originally had Pfizer

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Oh.

HSE Weekly Briefing (RTE)

RollingNews

This morning.

Via Australia’s 7News:

As Christmas approaches.. many of us will be faced with a new dilemma: How to handle unvaccinated loved ones. and whether you should spend time with them this festive season. So how do you find out who’s vaccinated? And how do you decide whether to invite them over for Christmas lunch? We’ve got the tips and tricks to help you avoid awkward encounters.

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Thanks, Zara.

Gulp.

This morning

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In his prime.

Pat offers racially-based career advice to a young breakdancing hopeful.

This morning/afternoon.

Via ABC:

Austria took what its leader called the “dramatic” step Monday of implementing a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people who haven’t recently had COVID-19, perhaps the most drastic of a string of measures being taken by European governments to get a massive regional resurgence of the coronavirus under control.

The move, which took effect at midnight, prohibits people 12 years old and older who haven’t been vaccinated or recently recovered from leaving their homes except for basic activities such as working, grocery shopping, going for a walk — or getting vaccinated.

Gülp.

Austrian unvaccinated lockdown starts amid COVID resurgence (ABC)

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