Yes, the Government could ignore NPHET, on paper. But why would they?
What we have in Ireland is a plainly political lockdown, not a scientific one.
The news was communicated to staff in an internal message last week
It strains credulity to believe that the hospital situation changed so markedly in just two weeks.
Obstacle to EU recovery cert
What’s the risk?
A survey of hospital patients with COVID-19, undertaken by the Infectious Diseases Society of Ireland (IDSI) has found that only 42% of hospital patients “had symptoms of COVID-19 at presentation.” The IDSI was requested to undertake the survey by the National Clinical Program for Infectious Diseases. Data was collected for 453 hospital patients, roughly 45% […]
“Heedless authoritarians”
In most of the rest of the English speaking world, the definition of an incidental case is “somebody who was admitted to hospital for a reason other than covid 19”. In Ireland, the definition is different.
In other words, you can move around freely, but only if it is in a good cause.
Theory by Desmut
Endemic?