Elaine Loughlin: Covid-weary public has moved to level five despondency

People wearing face masks pass by people eating at an outside diner in Dublin. Picture: Sarko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Have we all just given up before we begin?

There is a real sense that a Covid-weary public has moved to level five despondency and this has only been exacerbated by mixed messages, divergence, and delay from the Government in recent weeks.