Paul Hosford: The case for Zero Covid

Crushing the curve of the infection rate worked in some nations, but it never seemed to be an option here, writes Paul Hosford

There is a growing belief that the nation's strategy should be to strive for zero Covid rather than just flattening the curve from lockdown to lockdown. 

As the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic raged in Ireland, a small debate was taking place on the fringes.

Much of the talk centred around closing pubs or schools or cancelling rugby  Six Nations games, a debate on how best to tackle the virus on the whole began.