A video made by an Irish commentator which targets alleged scaremongering in media discussions of Covid-19 has gone viral racking up more than 150,000 views across social media problems. Ivor Cummins, a bio-engineer, took issue with what he described as a “tale of terror” being told on the Tonight Show on Irish Virgin Media where […]
We should be wary of spending too much time analysing daily case numbers, but since we all do it anyway, here’s an interesting observation here from HSE supremo Paul Reid: The positivity rate in testing has now come down over the past 8 days. The number of close contacts is now down to an avg. […]
On Friday, the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said something that was, given its context, infinitely revealing. Speaking at a press conference, he addressed the use of batons and excessive force by Gardaí against lockdown protestors on Grafton Street on Thursday. He also welcomed the additional enforcement powers given to the Gardai to sanction people who […]
The original rationale for COVID lockdowns and strict social distancing was to “flatten the curve” so as not to overwhelm hospitals with too many acutely ill patients. We have accomplished that: though things came close in New York City, demand for ventilators in the US has not exceeded our hospitals’ surge capacity. But in many […]
Is professor John A. Lee an expert in infectious diseases? Not quite. He’s a pathologist – he studies causes of death and the effects of diseases and injuries. He’s pretty qualified, but by no means a world leading expert. Still, he was more than qualified enough, apparently, for a guest slot on Prime Time last […]
A senior Catholic Bishop has said that the Government’s dismissive attitude to the desire of Catholic to attend Mass is not good enough, and that the Catholic Church has taken the restrictions “far too easily”. Reverend Alphonsus Cullinan, the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore was responding to the government’s announcement that religious services would have to take […]
A stark message from a rural GP today warned of an urgent emergency as a nursing home where 26 out of 28 residents are positive for Covid has been left with only one nurse and carer available in the last 72 hours. Dr Martin Daly warned that one resident of the home has died and another […]
It might seem strange to ask is the pandemic over when Ireland is just about to embark on the strictest 6-week lockdown in Europe. However, a new series of articles[1] by eminent immunologists and scientists have come to that very conclusion. In a related article here in Gript yesterday, John McGuirk asks why the hospitalisation […]
China has seen the wealth of its billionaires soar, despite the global economic collapse which was caused by the Covid-19 virus originating in the Wuhan province. With GDP growing 5% at a time when European nations are seeing double digit decline, China added 257 members to its billionaires club. In total China’s super-rich got €1.5 trillion […]
By now, readers will be familiar with the single strongest argument against Ireland’s impending level five lockdown: Cases are rising, yes, but hospitalisations, and deaths, remain low, notwithstanding the thirteen fatalities reported yesterday. Is the low number of deaths and hospitalisations, as some argue, a glitch? Or is it part of a wider pattern that’s […]
There’s probably been no more contentious subject in Ireland over the past six months or so than the question of mandatory facemasks. There are bigger questions, sure, on which the population is more evenly divided – lockdown or no lockdown; schools open, or schools closed; the infernal debate about “wet pubs”, and so on. But […]
As the country moves into level 5 restrictions once again, the rules are clear for everybody: Shops and businesses are closing. The Dáil continues to sit in the National Convention Centre, so that they can socially distance. Mass is too dangerous to be said. Going further than five kilometres from your own home is to […]