Variants continue to affect vaccinated and unvaccinated.
Fulani herdsmen responsible for most deaths.
Fun thought experiment: Imagine for a second what would happen if a columnist with the Times of London declared that Ireland was a country “awash with ignorance and squalor”, and, as Fergus Finlay goes on to say, “riven with racism, and led by irresponsible charlatans”. How would we react, if that was written about Ireland? […]
You know what? Hands up. At the very beginning of the vaccine rollout, we at Gript were very critical of how slow and poorly co-ordinated it was. We ended up having a rollout that was significantly slower than that in the UK and Northern Ireland, and there was, indeed, much to criticise. But it would […]
“Death free” is obviously an exaggeration, since yes, some people are still dying. But take a good look at this chart. The red line is deaths, the grey line is cases. In every previous wave, deaths surged about two weeks after cases surged. This time? Not happening: COVID deaths lag confirmed COVID cases by 2 […]
The Oireachtas Justice Committee examining a bill proposing to legalise Assisted Suicide has said the Bill has “serious technical issues” and that it lacked safeguards to protect against undue pressure being put on vulnerable people to avail of assisted dying. They also said that the “serious flaws” and the fact that the “gravity of such […]
Senator seeks prosecution of Fauci.
21st century segregation?
It is very important that people do not misunderstand what the headline above means, so let’s be absolutely clear. First, this is a report, albeit one from NBC news, which means that it should be taken seriously. But it is also not 100% fact, or anything like that. Second, their sources are good, but their […]
Credit to Julianne Corr at the Times for this entertaining scoop: The third level college that ran Ireland’s first influencer course hopes to offer the programme to secondary school students as part of their transition year studies, its organiser has said…. …Irene McCormick, the programme director, said that about 240 people had applied for the […]
A new series of studies looking at hospital admissions and reported deaths across England suggests that COVID-19 deaths are “incredibly rare” among children, and that the virus carries a lower risk of dying or requiring intensive care among children and young people than was previously understood. Nature reports that in a “series of preprints published on […]
Famed rock singer and songwriter, Eric Clapton, has said that he will not play at any music venues which require proof of vaccination from those seeking to attend a gig. “Following the [Prime Minister’s] announcement on Monday the 19th of July 2021 I feel honour bound to make an announcement of my own,” he said, referring […]