On the odd occasion that I have had to go into a largely empty office I have tried to cycle, to avoid public transport. It is really very difficult to get any other kind of evidence, though we will come back to what there is below. Traffic data is hard to interpret because there are a lot of journeys for school, food shopping and the construction and manufacturing sectors are open. Google data, which measures the numbers of people in various places shows movement around public transport hubs is down 62 per cent on pre-Covid levels. And the lack of data of where the crucial spreading is taking place, undermines the force of the public health messaging .

Source: The Irish Times November 21, 2020 06:00 UTC