Suzanne Harrington: It's time for Ireland to stop living in fear of Covid
'Why vaccinate everyone and remain in fear?'
On Saturday I go to a gig. The Specials. Special not just because I missed them in Cork forty years ago – I was still at primary school – but because it is my first live music outing since the C-word hurled a corona-shaped spanner in our cultural works. From yoga retreats to Idles gigs, music festivals to sunshine holidays, all the fun got jammed. Until now. At least, in the UK.
International travel aside, there is a feeling of normality here. We took the medicine, and so far, it’s working. It remains to be seen whether we grow flippers at some date in the future – anti-vaxxers will be disappointed if we don’t - but frankly, flippers seem a reasonable trade-off for being able to go out.
