Zero-Covid group rejects accusations of scaremongering 

Senator Rónán Mullen, speaking in the Seanad, said the Independent Scientific Advisory Group is 'massaging the facts' around Covid-19

Senator Rónán Mullen has criticised Isag, claiming it is scaremongering. File picture

A group of high-profile scientists advocating a zero-Covid strategy has rejected stinging criticism made in the Seanad that it is seeking to “scaremonger”.

The Independent Scientific Advisory Group (Isag) – founded by medics Dr Anthony Staines, Gerry Killeen of UCC, and Tomás Ryan, associate Professor at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College – has been accused by independent Senator Rónán Mullen of “massaging the facts” around Covid “in order to entice politicians into adopting a zero-Covid strategy”.