{"id":12991,"date":"2021-12-15T13:38:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=12991"},"modified":"2021-12-15T13:38:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:38:20","slug":"notes-from-a-segregated-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2021\/12\/15\/notes-from-a-segregated-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from a Segregated Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your antennae are up months before it comes. You\u2019ve gotten to the point where, if Leo Varadkar<\/a> <\/span>says something won\u2019t happen, you brace yourself for its certain announcement, in good time.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the axe finally falls, you\u2019re on holidays in Donegal in July, and the uncomfortable reality sinks in that the house and the rain-sodden outdoors will have to do you, pubs and restaurants will have to wait. Because you\u2019ve long known that the game that\u2019s made its way onto your table \u2013 one of freedom by way of the barcode \u2013 is one you won\u2019t play.<\/p>\n

There are many quiet tears across the country, many tummies in a familiar pattern of churning, as a new breed faces an uncertain dawn. They\u2019re greeted, at best, with a wall of silence, at worst with opprobrium and unflinchingly entitled judgement.<\/p>\n

The air of suspicion they have increasingly felt around them, in a quietly charged atmosphere that has made it harder to be in the thick of things, even among some cherished family and friends, has become solid and tangible.<\/p>\n

And yet the day is like any other, the view from the window just the same. Nothing but a simple QR code and a biddable hospitality sector, understandably desperate to re-open its doors, signals the birth of a new Irish underclass.<\/p>\n

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Dr Eoghan Deasy sees no rational basis for vaccine passports, arguing stigmatising of unvaccinated deflects from a failing health system and perpetuates distrust.https:\/\/t.co\/NjgQ0T3bYE<\/a>@broadsheet_ie<\/a> @BowesChay<\/a> @corourke91 @danwadewriter<\/a> @j_reilly33<\/a> @KevinHIpoet1967<\/a><\/p>\n

— CassandraVoices (@VoicesCassandra) December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n