The closure of schools on the East Coast today is another example adults not being treated as adults by the state
Give parents and teachers the best forecast information
let them make a judgement on this information and local conditions
And stop treating them like children
The Taoiseach does his best to brush off the demand for a Commission of Investigation into what happened to the well over 2,000 people who caught Covid in a Nursing Home and then died.
This issue is far too important not to be taken seriously by the Taoiseach.
Irish numbers plummeting again. Hospitals emptying their Covid loads. Coming down the backside of this wave. Cause for huge celebration and thanks to the people for their amazing patience and efforts.
But no as NPHET in with more rules, restrictions, warnings and tellings off.
I am not opposed to public health doctors giving public health advice. I am opposed to extending the abdication of government to an unelected and unaccountable body. It is undemocratic and unsafe.
Full Speech - https://t.co/KeHR3wzFn0
Statistics the Dept released to us show that in last 4 weeks there were
26 outbreaks in nursing homes
81 in hospitals
27 in residential centres for people with
disabilities
7 in refuges for women
In same period there were 3 outbreaks in hotels
4 in pubs
2 in restaurants
This is a farce. Cabinet met on Tuesday. Nothing has changed since. If so urgent why didn’t NPHET propose all of this then? All designed for maximum drama with letters leaked to media to force particular outcomes. Government needs to start governing.
"It would have been far better if they'd cracked the ventilation problem." @laoneill111 on students being required to wear masks in school.
@PatKennyNT
There is absolutely no legal standing for the masking of primary schools. This Government have gifted themselves with power time and time again. They have broken the social contract.
It is time for parents to stand up and simply say NO.
#BecomeUngovernable
Evidence for use in kids is tenuous (better established for adults), but hey, we follow the 'science'*
*where science is whatever the f"3k #NPHET tell @stephendonnelly to do. Same as with antigen testing, this isn't science, it's 'scientism'. https://t.co/vrGdvGi078?
This country is imploding thanks to our political leaders, and they have no idea. @CMOIreland is on a power trip, @MichealMartinTD is spineless and the media cause frenzied panic and worry to people. They are in a group think bubble. #Historywillnotbekind
By me: For some reason there is deep unwillingness in the media to question NPHET modelling, even though it is repeatedly proving to be worse than useless. When all this is over, it should be item 1 or 2 for the inquiry:
https://t.co/ElYB4f9xaf