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2020-09-12 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

‘Draconian' restrictions around Covid-19 condemned by HSE doctor

[Irish Times] Covid-19 is "much less severe" than the average annual flu and current "draconian" restrictions are no longer justified, according to a senior Health Service Executive doctor.

People at low risk from the virus should be exposed to it so they can develop herd immunity and reduce the risk to vulnerable groups, according to Dr Martin Feeley, clinical director of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

"That is what is happening and yet the policy seems to be to prevent it," he says. "This should have been allowed to happen during the summer months before the annual flu season, to reduce the workload on the health service during winter months."

Any assessment of Ireland’s strategy to combat the virus should take into account the cost to people’s quality of life, according to the former vascular surgeon, who points out that "you can’t postpone youth".

"The financial cost can be seen in any walk or drive through cities, towns and villages. Mortgage repayments and other financial setbacks are virtually all suffered by the young worker or business person and not by the over-65, who are guaranteed their pension, as indeed are the salaries of the individuals who decide to inflict these draconian measures," the 70 year old told The Irish Times.

Dr Feeley is critical of the media and public "obsession" with daily case numbers, when so few people are being admitted to hospital or intensive care units. "The number of deaths among recent cases is less than one in a thousand. This data reflects a disease much less severe than the average annual flu.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-09-12 07:58|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Ireland #20 on the list of deaths per capita, and three above it have less than 100k population. USA is #11.

Just a bit of perspective.

Posted by Bobby 2020-09-12 08:09|| 2020-09-12 08:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Perspective? Here it is.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-09-12 08:29|| 2020-09-12 08:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Why we’re losing the covid battle for Britain: An expert's view on the ineptitude, confusion and complacency surrounding testing - and how it’s like we’re taking on the Nazi Luftwaffe without radar

Posted by Skidmark 2020-09-12 09:11|| 2020-09-12 09:11|| Front Page Top

#4 The London pubs did not close during the Blitz.

Posted by Clem 2020-09-12 09:14|| 2020-09-12 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 ^It's a trust issue Klement - RAF vs NHS.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-09-12 09:32|| 2020-09-12 09:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Why single out NHS? The entire medical community around the globe dropped the ball on this. Too busy prescribing sex change surgery and asking patients if they have guns at home. It's assholery to consider them a clerisy at this point.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-09-12 18:45|| 2020-09-12 18:45|| Front Page Top

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