File image of Dublin city centre. Image: Alamy Stock Photo File image of Dublin city centre. Image: Alamy Stock Photo THERE HAS BEEN a sense of optimism across the country today after word filtered out that Cabinet has approved plans to lift rules on hospitality along with most other Covid-19 restrictions from tomorrow.
“The likelihood is that with so much opening up, we might see increases in case numbers. But we know from what happened over Christmas that even when case numbers were high, they didn’t translate into severe illness and hospitalisations [in the same way as previous variants].” Even if another variant comes along, we have a high degree of protection against severity of infection and I think that’s the most important thing to know coming out of this.
“I don’t think everyone is just going to throw all caution to the wind and I do think that peoples’ own personal level of responsibility about keeping them safe will still keep everybody safer.”Despite restrictions now lifting here and in other parts of the world including the UK, experts have been clear that this does not mean the pandemic is over.
He said many countries are in the same position as Ireland – trying to ease restrictions while also not moving too quickly.#Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to youHe said he was “really rather happy” hearing NPHET’s recommendations to get certain elements like hospitality back to normal while retaining mask-wearing in shops and on public transport.
“But at the same time I’m very conscious of many, many people in the population that now are actually probably at an increased risk of infection as a result of this decision.
‘We don’t talk about case numbers now’. Fifty people did of Covid last week. We don’t seem to talk about that now either.
Ah the 'experts', a great bunch of lads
What experts, in 2 years I've yet to see a real unbiased expert being interviewed by MSM,
Sure let's listen to the experts...
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