Barry Cowen: Vaccine messaging so far has been haphazard and disjointed

'The lack of European cohesion on Covid from day one has been disappointing,' writes Barry Cowen

A dose of the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. File Picture: Picture Dan Linehan

Recent weeks has rekindled much of the fear that abounded last March, April, May and June, especially as the reality of the Covid pandemic hit hard with such devastating effect. 

Our hospitals again overrun, again we seek deals with private hospitals, again we seek the return to practice of retired healthcare staff, we throw more money at PUP, at wage subsidy schemes, at our economy and sectors worst hit in order to now exclusively abide by the advice of public health officials.