Letters to the Editor: Media blind to efficiency of vaccine programme
If we listened uncritically to the media, we might be tempted to believe there is a parallel Ireland, where chaos and anger rule, writes David Sprott.
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SUBSCRIBEMy wife and I, who are both in our 70s, were delighted to receive a call from the HSE, some nights ago, and asked to attend the Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) vaccination centre nearby. We did, at the end of a long day in which hundreds of people had already been processed by the doctors, nurses, and administrators, yet the atmosphere was efficient, calm, professional, supportive, and friendly.
This was the real Ireland, calmly and resolutely working to end this crisis.
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