Ronan Glynn: 'Livestreamed' Covid led to widespread abuse of knowledge

IMO president Dr Clive Kilgallen with Dr Ronan Glynn at Saturday's annual Doolin Memorial Lecture hosted by the IMO. Picture: Shane O'Neill, Coalesce

Covid-19 was the first pandemic in the era of social media and voluminous mass communications allowed it to become an existential moment for the use and abuse of knowledge, the former acting chief medical officer of Ireland has said.

Dr Ronan Glynn was speaking about uncertainty in medicine at the annual Doolin memorial lecture hosted by the Irish Medical Organisation on Saturday.