But University College Cork's Professor of Public Health and other public health experts see a rather large elephant in the room. It is the continuingly dire state of regional public health departments, or - as some have described them - this country’s “forgotten frontline”. Read More Paul Hosford: The case for Zero CovidTake the HSE South East Public Health Department, for example. "I have sanctioned a doubling of the workforce, but you can't magic public health specialist out of thin air." "Nobody is routinely asking about levels of capacity in our public health departments.

Source: Irish Examiner January 28, 2021 06:45 UTC