Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Update on Covid-19: Discussion

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I look forward to the formal paper Dr. Holohan mentioned. I was interested in the paper from NIAC and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, RCPI, regarding the length of immunity. I have a further question on it. Professor Butler has already summarised the paper. Like many people, I received my second vaccine dose in June, so six months for me will be around December. Clearly, NIAC and the RCPI are constantly getting a great deal of data, some of it contradictory. Those data are interesting to read. The Israeli data were particularly interesting. We are only getting a synopsis of it. Is there anything that the paper left out?

My final question is for Dr. Holohan. What can the State do to assist our front-line healthcare workers? We hear various stories of them being in a state of exhaustion.

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