It’s fair to say that there is a significant cohort of the population who have, shall we say, some suspicions about the various vaccines for Covid-19, and their true purpose. If you’re in that cohort, then there’s little enough that’s likely to convince you. But let me offer you an argument anyway: If there was […]
On October 7th, last year, the Irish Times delivered its damning verdict on the British Government’s handling of Covid-19. “Fantasy as Policy”, it pronounced. “What is clear”, the paper said, “is that the British prime minister has not lost his capacity for nonsense – his speech was full of Churchillian bluster and exceptionalism about the […]
After a long string of humiliations regarding vaccine supply, and then political chaos following the erection of a customs border on the island of Ireland, the EU has now desperately attempted to back-track by revoking Article 16. But is this really enough for the bloc to save face? The past few years have not been […]
The headline most other media outlets seemed to take away from the Taoiseach’s comments yesterday was that lockdown would go on past March 5th. But that’s not really news, is it? Most of us had guessed that already. No, the far more significant news was in the small print: Micheál Martin said he did not […]
Good news from Fine Gael, everybody: Ireland is presently coming second in a snail race: It's official: Ireland is the 2nd HIGHEST in the European Union for #Covid19 vaccinations. Thank you to all the amazing frontline workers who are making this happen. pic.twitter.com/WNKOhs0nkl — Fine Gael (@FineGael) January 14, 2021 To get to the ranking […]
Across the globe, countless millions of people have placed their hope in the Coronavirus vaccine as the fastest plausible path back to normalcy for families, businesses, and societies in 2021. If the vaccines work as expected, and can be delivered in a timely manner, they are expected to herald the end of the symphony of […]
The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has released a statement claiming people who refuse to take the Covid-19 vaccine could risk the lives of others.
The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine should not be taken by people with a history of significant allergic reactions, the British medicines regulator has warned.
The alternative of excluding unvaccinated citizens from day-to-day activities based on a small chance that the 95%-effective vaccine doesn’t work is about as divisive and intolerant as any policy could be.
A former vice-president of respiratory research at Pfizer has controversially highlighted what he describes as a potential risk that company’s vaccine will cause infertility in women.
It’s not likely that many airlines will want to make vaccines mandatory for travel, risking loss of business, but individual governments could very well make it necessary for arriving passengers, a step that airlines would have to comply with.
“It would become virtually impossible to do anything if you don’t have the vaccine.”