Alison O’Connor: A health emergency is no time for conspiracy theories or for agendas

What is so difficult to understand are the cranks... casting their suspicious gazes around, writes Alison O'Connor
Alison O’Connor: A health emergency is no time for conspiracy theories or for agendas
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Minister for Health Simon Harris and HSE CEO Paul Reid visit the HSE Covid19 Assessment Unit set up at Dublin City University.
Fri, 01 May, 2020 - 09:00
Alison O'Connor

What is so difficult to understand are the cranks... casting their suspicious gazes around, writes Alison O’’Connor

Chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, at a Department of Health Covid-19 press briefing. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
Chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, at a Department of Health Covid-19 press briefing. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

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