Irish Examiner View: Solidarity will help Ireland fight coronavirus

In a remarkable display of social solidarity, the public are placing faith in the organs of the State to protect their privacy as well as their health.

The app has the potential to reduce the time that people are active in the community with infection, which should have a significant impact on the transmission of the disease.

The fact that in the region of 1m smartphone users have already signed up for the HSE’s Covid-19 Tracing apps is evidence of three major characteristics of most people in Ireland in aiding the fight against the virus — solidarity with our fellow citizens -particularly the elderly and vulnerable-; respect for the work of frontline health care workers; and a leap of faith in technology, in the hope that it will be effective and will not breach data protection.