Covid-19 is “much less severe” than the average annual flu and current “draconian” restrictions are no longer justified, according to a senior Health Service Executive doctor. “That is what is happening and yet the policy seems to be to prevent it,” he says. There is a vaccine for flu but none as yet for Covid-19. The presence of a “chronic illness” is the “all-important factor” in determining a person’s Covid-19 risk, he points out. Separately, another doctor, Alan Farrell, has written to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health taking issue with the Government’s approach to Covid-19.

Source: The Irish Times September 11, 2020 23:50 UTC