Irish Examiner View: Ignore the cranks

Fighting the pandemic

People protested on Grand parade in Cork city this weekend in opposition to Covid-19 guidelines that require the public to wear face coverings and masks.

The University of Washington warning at the weekend, that Ireland could suffer another 1,200 Covid-19 deaths by the end of the year if facemask usage remains at current levels, is more than sobering — even if it does not materialise.

That warning, as so many others on the pandemic now are, was dismissed by cranks using social media to vent, and undermine public health measures.