Irish Examiner view: Goalposts moved but obligations the same

“It will be a tragedy, a true tragedy, if we end up with efficacious vaccines that are available but that people don’t want to take”

An Ipsos MRBI survey found that one third of Irish people are “unsure” about taking a Covid-19 vaccination. More than one-in-10 said they would not participate in such a public health scheme.

As ever, and reassuringly, actions always speak louder than words. The inch-by-inch acceptance in the White House that the game is up and that, come January, it will be time to move on is one example of how self-serving rhetoric and hard reality can be golf courses of entirely different character. 

That concession, belatedly and graceless, is unfolding in full cringe-making view but other recognitions of reality bubble away, sometimes under the radar and almost unnoticed. They, nevertheless, speak loudly.