‘Close as we’re going to get to widespread immunity’
Last week, while speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk radio, Trinity college immunologist Professor Luke O’Neill said that cases grew “exponentially” and “went through the roof” after the UK opened up their economy in July. “Of course [on] July 19th, the UK fully opened, and the big question was ‘What will happen next?’” O’Neill said. […]
Cautioning that data is “very preliminary”, the Times of Israel is reporting that 40% of confirmed new cases of Covid-19 since May 1st have arisen amongst those who were vaccinated – while just 1% are amongst those who were previously infected with Covid. The paper said it begged the question as to whether “recovered Covid patients are […]
New figures released by the Irish health authorities show that 94% of those who died with Covid-19 had an underlying condition. The epidemiology report prepared by HPSC on September 7th, looked at data around confirmed COVID-19 cases notified in Ireland up to midnight on September 5th. It revealed that of the total number of 1,777 […]