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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by dtjb on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:47AM (#30037072)
Because many people they knew didn't wash safely back on the shores.
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by jseban on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:20AM (#30037419)
Is 1% "many"?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by celticninja on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:38AM (#30037564)
1 percent of the world population is 78 million people, that is many, even if you try to make it seem small by using percent. Each of those people were a member of a family, a mother, brother, father, son or similar to someone.

But by your reckoning it's not many, and given Hitler killed 6 million Jews, which is a lot less than 78 million, he didn't kill that many either.

Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by concinds on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:09PM (#30038540)
As of now, 5.5 million people worldwide died of Covid over the past 2 years (give or take a few million due to bad reporting).

It's an enormous loss of life, but a tiny number for a worldwide pandemic, especially given current travel technologies that would have made ancient plagues orders of magnitude worse than they were.

In comparison, we're talking about the targeted, deliberate, highly organized extermination of two thirds the entire Jewish race in Europe.

Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by sweetheart on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:26AM (#30037470)
Is millions? And what about the millions of others who washed backed up but have become disabled and can’t work?
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by jseban on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:30AM (#30037502)
Millions out of what? Big scary number without context says nothing whatsoever.
Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by Cycl0ps on Saturday January 22, 2022 @12:29PM (#30038768)
Millions out of us.