Irish Examiner view: Dangers of Covid denial are all too apparent

Ignoring pandemic regulations is dangerous.

A Garda checkpoint in Co. Cork as part of Operation Fanacht. Photo: Larry Cummins

So much in life is about balancing extremes, about controlling the yin and yang no matter the circumstances. 

Enthusiasm must be encouraged but curbed before it becomes an obsession. Bravery must be admired but checked when it becomes dangerously reckless. Optimism, that lubricant of hope, is a priceless quality until it becomes a form of denial, undermining its very intent.