Dr. Lorraine Doherty:

I will make a short comment. Dr. Kelleher has covered most of what I wanted to say. I want to make the point that a healthcare environment is a more controlled environment than is one where one might have gatherings of other people in close proximity. We also have very good infection control guidance in place and training in place for healthcare workers and we have PPE available. Those are all mitigating factors in limiting the spread of infection within that environment. When we look at healthcare environments, they are not like social environments. We take advice on infection prevention and control from experts in that field who advise that it is safe to decrease the distance from 2 m to 1 m of separation. We need to take advice from people who have expertise in the field.