Maresa Fagan: Rejection of NPHET advice is fraught with risks

The recent fallout between NPHET and government does not bode well for the country as we grapple with a second Covid-19 surge and as winter beds in. The decision to snub NPHET’s advice is fraught with risks, Maresa Fagan writes.

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health. File picture.

Everyone has an opinion about what course the country should take on Covid-19. More restrictions; fewer restrictions. Open the economy; shut it down. Nothing in our lifetime has prepared any of us for this pandemic.

We’ve been through the emergency phase of March and April and flattened the curve.