To little, too late. 30 flights from U.K. into Dublin today. Most of those passengers are breaking UK restrictions by taking those flights.
How many will self-isolate for 14 days?
I think there must be possibility this is closing the stable door after the horse has bolted... these measures will reduce the numbers incoming but if this new strain is as transmissible as reported it must surely already be on the island of Ireland already.
It is inconceivable that this this strain has not being seen in other countries at this stage. And yet the UK is the only Country that is seemingly claiming that the increase in numbers is down to this new strain. I know it is the cynical side of me but it sounds like the UK might be looking for something to blame because of their own incompetence. Will be interesting to see the science of this. The new strain might have mutated to make it more effective like most viruses do but more transmissible? That's a big claim to make especially since it is around since September but has only become an issue in the past four weeks.
You're not the only one with those thoughts.I know it is the cynical side of me but it sounds like the UK might be looking for something to blame because of their own incompetence.
To be clear then, the thread title should refer to "GB" as NI is still in the UK. Passengers flooded into NI airports and travelled by road to Ireland pre-Christmas and since.But I can see many from the UK doing a Belfast shuffle to get around not being allowed to fly from the UK. Planning to go skiing, fly to Belfast pop to Dublin and fly from there. Same if they want to go anywhere with flights from Dublin.
This puts the nonsense about adopting a Zero Covid strategy to bed. It's a stupid idea anyway but since we have an open border with the UK and they are adopting a different policy we can't even attempt to do something which is so contrary to their policy, not without locking down our land border with the UK and that's not possible politically or practically.With Boris giving the schedule for the UK reopening and with everything more or less opened by June I think there will be a large outflow from here to Northern Ireland and UK to go on holidays. The big fear of travelling to out of control Covid UK will be gone this Summer as most people will be vaccinated. This really throws down the gauntlet to the government here to speed up the vaccination program and lift the restrictions much faster. The young won't tolerate another Summer of restrictions when they see the UK and NI open for business
I heard an independent TD on the wireless this morning talking about this. I thought he made sense. He said that it would be good to have targets for reopening; them the infection rate is X then Y will happen etc.
The combination of Micheál spineless waffling, Leo's inability to keep his mouth shut, the opposition climbing over each other to be populist, the Government terrified to contradict NPHET, the Union's smacking the Government around the odd time they actually attempt to run the country and RTE radio and TV turning into a 24 hour version of Liveline is depressing.
God if it were only RTE.I heard an independent TD on the wireless this morning talking about this. I thought he made sense. He said that it would be good to have targets for reopening; them the infection rate is X then Y will happen etc.
The combination of Micheál spineless waffling, Leo's inability to keep his mouth shut, the opposition climbing over each other to be populist, the Government terrified to contradict NPHET, the Union's smacking the Government around the odd time they actually attempt to run the country and RTE radio and TV turning into a 24 hour version of Liveline is depressing.
This really throws down the gauntlet to the government here to speed up the vaccination program and lift the restrictions much faster.
I know one GP who said they received a load of vaccines with 24 hours notice and when they had vaccinated as many over 85's as they could they still had loads left. They are now vaccinating friends and family.The government can’t do much without vaccines.
We have the vaccination centres, and they’re fully staffed. We have the patients. We don’t have the vaccines.
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