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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 996607" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>We're at an interesting stage in Ireland now where we've averaged less than 10 deaths and less than 60 cases a day for over a week and our transmission rate is R0.4. At that rate the current roadmap is far too conservative and talk of accelerating it has begun. </p><p></p><p>We're already at a stage where we'll be paying taxes long into the future to pay the benefits off, that's fine, I'll be applying for the COVID unemployment benefits on Tuesday so it'd be hypocritical to complain, but we need to limit the damage by getting the economy properly going again. I think we need to open everything up in some capacity by July, some things will look a lot different, sit down bars and socially distant offices are the obvious ones but that's better than what is currently going on. It's also time to accept that the elderly and immunocompromised have been dealt a **** hand here and there's nothing the rest of us can really do about it other than keep our distance. The reported cases add up to .5% of the population and with a vaccine not a guarantee in the short to medium term they can't be used as the reason the remaining 95%+ of the country are getting ****** over, provide them with strong COVID benefits and Aid rather than giving 19 year olds who used to do a couple weekend shifts 350 euro a week as is currently going on. In other words, protect only those who need it rather than everyone.</p><p></p><p>I believe our population is now educated enough to take a bit of responsibility on ourselves, we can keep socially distant policies and not ruin hundreds of thousands of lives by financially crippling the country. We need to start the rebuild now, and now is the real challenge for Leo Varadkar, he's a done a great job so far but as a doctor the outbreak was always going to be easiest for him. </p><p></p><p>The socialist majority over here are likely to strongly disagree with me but it's clear from our last election they don't have a notion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 996607, member: 45598"] We're at an interesting stage in Ireland now where we've averaged less than 10 deaths and less than 60 cases a day for over a week and our transmission rate is R0.4. At that rate the current roadmap is far too conservative and talk of accelerating it has begun. We're already at a stage where we'll be paying taxes long into the future to pay the benefits off, that's fine, I'll be applying for the COVID unemployment benefits on Tuesday so it'd be hypocritical to complain, but we need to limit the damage by getting the economy properly going again. I think we need to open everything up in some capacity by July, some things will look a lot different, sit down bars and socially distant offices are the obvious ones but that's better than what is currently going on. It's also time to accept that the elderly and immunocompromised have been dealt a **** hand here and there's nothing the rest of us can really do about it other than keep our distance. The reported cases add up to .5% of the population and with a vaccine not a guarantee in the short to medium term they can't be used as the reason the remaining 95%+ of the country are getting ****** over, provide them with strong COVID benefits and Aid rather than giving 19 year olds who used to do a couple weekend shifts 350 euro a week as is currently going on. In other words, protect only those who need it rather than everyone. I believe our population is now educated enough to take a bit of responsibility on ourselves, we can keep socially distant policies and not ruin hundreds of thousands of lives by financially crippling the country. We need to start the rebuild now, and now is the real challenge for Leo Varadkar, he's a done a great job so far but as a doctor the outbreak was always going to be easiest for him. The socialist majority over here are likely to strongly disagree with me but it's clear from our last election they don't have a notion. [/QUOTE]
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