“Very rare” events more common in younger males.
Yesterday the Irish Government made a truly extraordinary announcement: under plans they propose to put into legislation, indoor hospitality will return in Ireland on July 26th. But only for those who have been fully vaccinated. If you are vaccinated, like me, then you will be able to sit indoors in a restaurant or a pub. […]
The point of the media – the reason it exists – is to report the news to the public. Our job, as journalists, is to pull together relevant information about the things that are happening in the world, and present it to you, the public, in a way that is accessible, understandable, and accurate. When […]
On Wednesday evening, Professor Philip Nolan, the NPHET scientist responsible for NPHET’s statistical model which predicted 700,000 cases of Covid-19’s Delta Variant in the event that the Government proceeded to re-open the economy as planned, composed a twitter thread outlining the figures. Amidst that thread, he included one of the most incredible statements made by […]
Heart inflammation.
The findings of the latest Irish Times/MRBI poll on Covid attitudes – covered by Ben on Friday here – are genuinely extraordinary. Overall, a slight majority – 51% – want to open the country up more quickly than the Government is presently doing. But it is very close – 46% actually think the country is […]
I had a lightbulb moment regarding the current thinking of NPHET the other day following two conversations with academics here and in the UK on the subject of vaccinating children against Coronavirus. You may have read my previous thoughts on vaccinating young people generally on this platform. Both of them make the same argument. We […]
The Irish Travel Trade Network (ITTN) have just released information on the Covid test requirements for children under 18 across Europe. Travel is starting to open up around Europe, but most countries still have testing requirements for adults. The EU Digital Covid Certificate from 1 July, does not apply to under-18s, most of whom will […]
In the next few days it is expected that both the Johnson & Johnson and the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines will be approved by NIAC for those aged 40-49 in Ireland. Reportedly, this new approval has been backed by Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan, and once approved, the HSE will announce that people in the 40s age […]
42,974 vaccines were administered on Wednesday the 5th, the last day we have data for. The total number of doses administered, as of the 5th, was 1,700,538 with 1,233,067 of those being the 1st dose, and 467,471 of those being 2nd doses. The average number of doses administered per day, over the last seven days, is now […]
The vaccines, which are expected to be used on under-16’s eventually, will cost the state an estimated €191 million each year and are to be used in 2022 and 2023.
Dr. Martin Feeley served as Clinical Director of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group until September 2020, when he resigned after the HSE said his criticisms of lockdown made his position “untenable”. In this piece, he sets out his views on the Government’s Covid Vaccination strategy, and asks whether universal vaccination for Covid is appropriate, when […]