Irish Examiner view: Taoiseach must crack the whip to button lips in Covid crisis

Communications must be clear and coordinated — we need hope, not confusion

The pandemic has proven to be, and will for some time to come, a sterner test than anyone could have imagined this time last year. 

Whether a responsible White House might have averted 500,000 deaths — a shocking threshold that will be crossed this week — is a question that can only be answered when Covid-19 joins the Spanish Flu in history’s chamber of horrors.