Terry Prone: Revisionism isn’t always a bad thing — and it may help us learn from mistakes

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SUBSCRIBEMartin Cormican was not the only former member of Nphet who was unhappy at the way meetings were conducted and the process by which dissenters were disregarded.
Paul Reid is against revisionism, at least as far as the upcoming inquiry into how we managed covid is concerned.
He no doubt speaks for many within Government and the health system who have come to a consensus that we didn’t do too badly, all the same, with the pandemic and what’s the point of re-examining all that and perhaps kicking those who made mistakes along the way?
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