Irish Examiner view: Laxity on rules to test tolerance

Our healthcare system is at breaking point, staying at home is the only solution

A record number of Covid-19 patients were yesterday being treated in hospitals for the second day in a row. Picture: Brian Lawless

Now that Christmas has been packed away for another year, the cold reality of our situation, and the limited number of
options we have to fight the pandemic, are all too apparent.

That a record number of Covid-19 patients were yesterday being treated in hospitals for the second day in a row just confirms that. The worsening situation in our hospitals, where staff and services are at breaking point, is frightening. That situation was underlined when chief medical officer Tony Holohan said reopening schools on Monday could have led to “a very significant additional risk.”