Covid planning and deadlines

Sir, – After the Taoiseach’s announcement on Tuesday, I was struck by the deadlines the Government imposes on wider society, and those that they set for themselves.

For the wider public: mandated working from home begins on Friday; a curfew for hospitality starts at midnight on Thursday; restricted movements for household contacts are “effective immediately”.

For the Government: they are “planning to extend” rapid testing to schools; proposals for subsidised antigen tests will be presented “very shortly”; and two weeks after boosters were approved for 60-somethings, the HSE is “finalising an operational plan”.

Life generally works better when we expect more from ourselves than from others. In the Government’s case, I guess not.

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– Yours, etc,

EAMONN DELANEY

Clarehall

Dublin 13.