tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post8715602260243599230..comments2024-03-28T13:35:30.500+00:00Comments on TPQ: Left Lockdown Sceptic In IrelandAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-47642873904533335992021-08-28T15:40:38.323+01:002021-08-28T15:40:38.323+01:00that's more papers than the Young Earth Creati...that's more papers than the Young Earth Creationists have published.!!AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-4613642009289100822021-08-28T14:49:29.328+01:002021-08-28T14:49:29.328+01:00Steve R,
The Irish health service needed investm...Steve R, <br /><br />The Irish health service needed investment decades ago but a policy of privatisation was followed. In short we have thereabouts the same infrastructure as we did in 2018. The question I ask is why was that not increased if we are in a pandemic. You should too. <br /><br />Do you know the WHO does not recommend lockdowns as a primary control, only if a health service is almostPatrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30086335628651834372021-08-28T14:46:52.620+01:002021-08-28T14:46:52.620+01:00Steve R,
My notion of civil liberty asks simply ...Steve R, <br /><br />My notion of civil liberty asks simply for equality based on science and that right to life as phrased is paramount, my fear is that treatments didn't play the role they should have but that remains to be accepted by those in power as big pharma opted for expensive experiments. <br /><br />I'd like to see more scrutiny on the efficacy of clearly safe and established Patrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-34464931300315470562021-08-28T14:46:08.117+01:002021-08-28T14:46:08.117+01:00Steve R,
I think this debate is healthy and im h...Steve R, <br /><br />I think this debate is healthy and im happy you went into detail on some of the points. It's a layman's discussion in medical and scientific terms, the fact that it's affected us all so much is why we need to have confidence we are dealing with it correctly, the fact that it keeps being rubbished as a conspiracy theory or right wing power grab inspired the need toPatrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39816489514294953182021-08-28T08:33:34.447+01:002021-08-28T08:33:34.447+01:00I think that main thrust of the article is that Ir...I think that main thrust of the article is that Irish socialist republicans need to do more to engage with those who are distrustful of the agendas that are being served by the governmental response to covid. I have seen in recent months more beginning to do this in a constructive way, but it does seem to be a recent deliberate development. I've noticed the increase in constructive engagementFiachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337260781779625170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-42683452941082746102021-08-23T22:28:01.567+01:002021-08-23T22:28:01.567+01:00Patrick,
"It comes down to the belief that l...Patrick,<br /><br />"It comes down to the belief that lockdowns prevented a spiral of death in Ireland. Where's the evidence? The vast majority of those who died were in 3 cohorts elderly, immune compromised and obese."<br /><br />Can you please tell me the number of ICU beds in Ireland? And bog standard Hospital beds?<br /><br />Can you please tell me the number of COVID-19 Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-60580217757934069062021-08-22T23:17:31.221+01:002021-08-22T23:17:31.221+01:00Patrick,
"Steve R didn't engage in any o...Patrick,<br /><br />"Steve R didn't engage in any of the subject matter around the effects of lockdown on rights and if indeed the cure is worse than the problem all things considered."<br /><br />This is hand waving. The reason we have lockdowns is that they are the only way we currently have to stop community transition among the largely unvaccinated population. Don’t believe me, Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-66111362275317323812021-08-22T09:57:59.447+01:002021-08-22T09:57:59.447+01:00This topic is of the most serious nature there is....This topic is of the most serious nature there is. It is effecting change previously unimagined to how we live, to our privacy and personal freedoms and all indications are that there's no going back so actual data must be considered and CSO data doesn't lie.<br /><br />It comes down to the belief that lockdowns prevented a spiral of death in Ireland. Where's the evidence? The vast Patrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-2951349014798226492021-08-22T08:32:21.037+01:002021-08-22T08:32:21.037+01:00that is one of the weaker points of the article. W...that is one of the weaker points of the article. What it seeks to convey appears so different from what it says. The author is asking given our death rate if it merited what he thinks is an OTT response and which might itself have caused many deaths that have not been recorded as being the result of anti-Covid measures. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-30544391960412453932021-08-22T00:03:03.233+01:002021-08-22T00:03:03.233+01:00We are in a pandemic, which, as pointed out, is ki...We are in a pandemic, which, as pointed out, is killing no one (relatively) BS.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-31821685173926392862021-08-20T21:40:20.194+01:002021-08-20T21:40:20.194+01:00This article raises many important questions.
It ...This article raises many important questions.<br /><br />It does so in the context of a worldwide roll back in Human Rights, provisions of the Universal Declaration, the Nuremberg Code and the south’s Bunreacht as set aside.<br /><br />This is the dominant political issue of the day. <br />We are in a pandemic, which, as pointed out, is killing no one (relatively). We do not have any Diarmaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106228858416174783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-6869622308669113752021-08-20T13:49:08.189+01:002021-08-20T13:49:08.189+01:00One of the most important points in this discussio...One of the most important points in this discussion is hierarchy of victim. You cannot place one over another. An elderly man living alone isolated living in fear who dies of loneliness and missed diagnosis is no less a loss than a covid-19 victim. Both are to be mourned. Virtuosity seems to be linked too closely to blind adherence to new science and terms like Covidiot show that objective debatePatrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-73996953033408400222021-08-20T10:14:22.160+01:002021-08-20T10:14:22.160+01:00The freedom to live is the greatest freedom of all...The freedom to live is the greatest freedom of all and it is endangered by Covidiots.Barry Gilheanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220262677398695734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9077659320291520102021-08-20T07:55:16.095+01:002021-08-20T07:55:16.095+01:00I agree with the author of this piece.
We just ha...I agree with the author of this piece. <br />We just have to follow the money to see what is happening. We have seen the greatest transfer of wealth from the working class to the upper class, in our history, over the last 18 months. <br />The ramifications of this will only become apparent in years to come. <br />We have had the freedoms that our ancestors fought and died for taken from under ourPeter O Donoghuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12822786899949971751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75256458054115523622021-08-20T07:07:48.194+01:002021-08-20T07:07:48.194+01:00Steve R didn't engage in any of the subject ma...Steve R didn't engage in any of the subject matter around the effects of lockdown on rights and if indeed the cure is worse than the problem all things considered. He's concentrating on vaccines, I'm not so interested in that debate or arguing strongly in fields most of us are not qualified however we are all fully qualified citizens and civil rights infringements and discrimination Patrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-25698274437499358302021-08-19T22:38:31.838+01:002021-08-19T22:38:31.838+01:00Opinion should never get a say in science and one ...Opinion should never get a say in science and one thing this pandemic has shown me is that, alarmingly, the ability of Government to disseminate critical Health information to the population is laughably bad all over the globe. Another problem is silly bastards believing slick but stupid videos on YouTube or Facebook, then getting on the same social media to pontificate to the rest of us how we Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-22958131666123627952021-08-19T10:20:20.814+01:002021-08-19T10:20:20.814+01:00Paddy - I feel that fascist has been employed so l...Paddy - I feel that fascist has been employed so liberally that is is - as Brendan O'Neill points out - just another way of calling someone a bastard.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-46810066126858432382021-08-19T10:13:20.048+01:002021-08-19T10:13:20.048+01:00Good comments Anthony, balanced and worth reflecti...Good comments Anthony, balanced and worth reflecting on too, the comparison of NPHET and the Dublin government with Fascism is only in the context of the search that's ongoing for fascists by the left where if anti establishment right wingers are fair game then in my opinion questions need to be answered by those wielding control over us in some of the most undemocratic ways. Patrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-58599831012288595282021-08-19T09:24:52.684+01:002021-08-19T09:24:52.684+01:00the virus does not give a toss about politics. But...the virus does not give a toss about politics. But the article does raise some matters that the author thinks have been marginalised. Nor is he some Dolores Cahill type who was basically told by her own party leader to stop spoofing. <br />We will never have the full information or be able to absorb the information we do have because there is so much of it. And it is worthwhile having a scepticalAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-9596898048832892412021-08-19T00:28:45.487+01:002021-08-19T00:28:45.487+01:00If only the virus gave a shit about politics.If only the virus gave a shit about politics.Steve Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670990166576346966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-91127853064274555792021-08-18T21:38:08.803+01:002021-08-18T21:38:08.803+01:00you are welcome Paddy. TPQ is a free inquiry blog ...you are welcome Paddy. TPQ is a free inquiry blog and all manner of ideas are welcome. Thanks for putting it our way.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-67066418209196334272021-08-18T19:28:01.807+01:002021-08-18T19:28:01.807+01:00Thanks for carrying this piece Anthony. This discu...Thanks for carrying this piece Anthony. This discussion is vital in my opinion. Patrick Mooneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912745948523790308noreply@blogger.com