Paphos People

Numbers of positive cases are sadly rising again 475 new cases today

Of course we all now sadly know the pattern
From more cases...comes more in hospital and sadly more deaths

Over 200 people are already now being treated in hospitals
For such a small island of 800,000 people in the republic of Cyprus ...these are large numbers

Stay safe all

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/475-new ... n-tuesday/

Literally hundreds at the funeral in Lemba yesterday morning of the young man who died over the weekend, and we have a family funeral this afternoon and I've no idea how that will go but the lady was a very popular academic so....!

So sad DD
Stay safe xx

President Nicos Anastasiades on Tuesday night criticised groups of people in Limassol for not complying with the Covid-19 health decrees, in an address to the nation.

“It is with great sadness that I am obliged to intervene in relation to the unacceptable events in Limassol and which are unfortunately hampering our efforts in dealing with the pandemic,” Anastasiades said.

He singled out the carnival gathering on Sunday in Limassol whereby hundreds of people took to the streets in defiance of the health measures.

“I have no intention of targeting my fellow citizens by what I am saying,” he said, “the facts are such that they speak for themselves.”

As he explained, the second largest hospital in Cyprus – the Limassol general – is already overfull while Limassolians account for 70 per cent of the occupied beds nationwide.

From March 1 until March 15, he continued, Limassol permanent residents accounted for about 90 per cent of Covid-19 deaths.

He also pointed out that during the past two weeks the district accounted for 2,788, or 61 per cent, of the 4,571 cases recorded.

“For the last time, before the epidemiological data forces us to take new strict and possibly local measures, I call on all my fellow citizens to realise that I will not allow the country, due to the reckless and unconscious behavior of a minority to suffer in its entirety,” he said.

While he stated his belief that we are close to the end of the pandemic, he said that he would not allow the reckless actions of a minority to endanger the entire country.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/16/coronavirus-president-slams-limassol-scenes-in-address-to-the-nation/

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

It really beggars belief how stupid people are ! From the partying in Limassol to the carnival idiots and here in the UK the horrendous protests in London against the horrendous murder of the girl by a cop. Her parents even amidst their grief requested that people stay at home but no they had their own activist agenda! I absolutely despair!

You talk about the idiots in Limassol well this was sent to me by a friend who lives near Lockerbie, it was from the Scottish Herald, it shows Rangers supporters celebrating after Rangers won the league.

you Have clowns in every country.

A bit closer than Limassol....

A wild party organised a week ago despite covid restrictive measures took place in Episkopi, Paphos district, and not in Limassol as earlier reported, police said.

And the 27-year-old from Paphos who rented the villa and gathered some 30 young people from Paphos, Limassol and Nicosia districts has been arrested, police also said on Friday.

Heavy fines are expected to be slapped on participants who were informed of the ‘corona’ party through social media.

https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/organis ... -arrested/

You cannot educate "stupid".

This virus will go on and on and on, as long as the world has a high percentage of selfish individuals.

I despair.

An interesting take from the Cyprus Mail.

Rational thought has been another casualty of the pandemic
By CM: Our ViewMarch 21, 202114

Apart from the loss of lives, the pandemic has also caused a loss of reason among those that govern us. Covid-19 has had a disastrous effect on rational thinking, not to mention the sense of perspective, which seems to be lacking from most of the decisions taken by the Anastasiades government in its efforts to control the pandemic.

There is the justification that every government restriction is designed to protect public health and any voices of dissent are dismissed as belonging to the morally inadequate who put personal interests above the sanctity of human life. It is a view constantly repeated by the media which has been unquestioningly promoting the government message and attacking those believed to be undermining the fight against the pandemic.

The government is perched on the moral high ground, applauded by the majority of the media as it wrecks the economy, deprives tens of thousands of children of schooling, destroys the prospects of a generation of youngsters, causes all kinds of mental problems and fosters a culture of dependency on the state. Since the outbreak of the pandemic a year ago, it has been congratulating itself for the great job it has done in controlling the spread of the virus while protecting jobs through state handouts.

This myth is collapsing after a year and it is not just because of Covid-fatigue as politicians and the untouchable epidemiologists that are treated as modern-day deities would have us believe. After a year of conforming with the authoritarian-style, rule by decree, in the name of protecting public health, groups of people have finally started forcefully questioning the misguided decisions of the government and its supposedly infallible, scientific team.

The announcement of the so-called relaxations 10 days ago sparked a long overdue reaction from parents who were told that gymnasium children would have to stay at home for another two weeks, even though the original plan was for them to return last Tuesday. Worse still, Limassol primary schools were shut down for two weeks because of the high number of cases in the district. But restaurants and cafes still opened on Tuesday in Limassol, making a complete mockery of the decision to shut primary schools where cases were negligible. As we said above, rational thought was a casualty of the pandemic.

The harm caused to gymnasium children, socially, educationally and psychologically, by keeping them out of school since December, was of no concern to the government and its advisors when making their decisions, which is why they extended the closing of gymnasiums by another two weeks. They were protecting public health by keeping gymnasiums closed and opening the hospitality sector. Having had enough of being taken for a ride by the authorities, parents associations have decided to stage a protest at the presidential palace on Monday, showing some defiance by ignoring the decrees banning public gatherings.

People have also questioned the purpose of the tens of thousands of rapid tests being done every day the usefulness of which is difficult to comprehend other than as a form of repression and social control. On Friday a staggering 57,791 PCR and rapid test were carried out and the positivity rate was 0.63%. For how much longer will the government force people to have this test every week? It is all part of the government authoritarianism through project fear, like the ludicrously repressive two SMS messages per day, which are totally unjustified, but carry a €300 fine for non-compliance. And the police state tactics will be expanded with the government hiring more than 200 people to carry out inspections of businesses to make sure they are complying with the decrees and fine those that are not.

The reality is that all these repressive measures, including depriving children of their schooling, are not justified by the data. Cyprus has suffered much less from the pandemic than most EU countries. It has the second lowest Covid mortality rate in the EU, at 27 per 100,000, it has no excess mortality rate since the outbreak of the pandemic a year ago, counting 242 deaths with and average age of 79. And these low numbers cannot be credited to the restrictions because Greece which imposed the same measures has a Covid mortality rate more than double that of Cyprus. The 242 deaths out of 41,882 positive cases in 12 months is nothing to fear, nor is it a threat to public health.

Government ministers and epidemiologists cannot see that the measures they have imposed are disproportionate. They have caused untold harm to children’s education, long-term damage to many businesses, destroyed livelihoods and prospects, wrecked the economy and taken away individual liberties so that health system does not collapse under the strain of too many cases. Why had these wise people not consider tripling the 200 hospital bed capacity for Covid patients by renting a couple of hotels, hiring nurses and doctors from abroad on lucrative short-term contracts if there were not enough here while keeping the economy and schools open? Because it required the type of rational thinking that the pandemic appears to have eliminated.

The writer of the above in CM in their thoughts ...forgets to address one HUGE concern

Hospital beds and care!

Lockdowns have always been about hospital beds and care

I remember clearly our President of Cyprus in his address this time last year ...clearly stating that he never wanted to see in Cyprus the dreadful scenes that we all saw in Spain and Italy...where younger lives where chosen to live above older lives because of lack of care fasciiities!

At the moment ....our Cyprus government has managed through use of private and general hospitals to raise the covid bed count to 400 beds....their will be no more covid beds available for the sick...because we do not have the drs and nurses here in Cyprus to care for any more people!

Limassol is driving the pandemic in Cyprus right now ..with most cases and deaths coming from there...hence some of what we all would see as strange laws and restrictions...but it is not our own personal thoughts that govern the running of this pandemic....personal thoughts and actions are causing the problems with the pandemic right now.

If everyone followed the rules as asked ...control of the pandemic would happen,

But staging parties, large gatherings, protests will only exasperate the ongoing issues

My question back to the above post is.

So when these 400 covid beds are full ...over 200 beds are full of sick covid patients right now averaging from 17 years if age to mid 60,s ....mostly right now from Limmasol ...what are we all going to do then? Especially with the new far more contagious UK variant now here in Cyprus!

According to the thoughts and criticism of the Cyprus Mail writer

Overflow the hospitals and watch people die and watch youngsters develop long covid illness!
Because as normal the ones who criticize never offer any solutions for the over running of hospital beds, care, long term illnesses and deaths!

Let’s all get vaccinated as soon as possible.

Stay safe everyone

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”