This week the Government has been discussing plans for the reopening of hospitality for summer. Instead of magical-thinking guidelines about numbers of adults, numbers of children and numbers of minutes, we need sensible, evidence-based standards for any reopening activities. How did the UK end up in a neck-and-neck race, when only a matter of weeks ago things looked comparatively smooth? The variant B.1.617.2 is already here – we must not allow it to spread. If we don’t take action, B.1.617.2 will spread here, and Ireland could find itself on these travel restriction lists.

Source: The Irish Times May 29, 2021 00:03 UTC