Annie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thought I might squeeze something out of Dr. Holohan. I want to get his views on the next vaccination strategy and what that will look like. I understand that a new vaccine will be ready for March. I am not an epidemiologist, a doctor, or anything like that but these are just some things that have been said to me. Given that we know there is maybe a seasonal element to this disease, in the way that the flu has a seasonal element, does Dr. Holohan think that we would be better off waiting until later to start rolling out a vaccination in order that people have immunity from the vaccination going into the winter rather than waiting until October or November, when the virus would likely begin to spread again? There is a matter of long-term planning. Will Dr. Holohan explain, since I do not understand, how he plans to line up the next round of vaccinations or boosters with the seasonal element of this disease?