Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Winter Preparedness in the Hospital System: Discussion

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

It is not anywhere as good as I want it to be. I will ask Dr. Henry to talk about the uptake in a second. I will just use the opportunity to put on the record we are still dealing with a challenge in terms of healthcare worker uptake. It is better on the flu vaccine than on the Covid-19 vaccine. We are also dealing with a challenge around vulnerable groups particularly in the follow-through on Covid-19 and part of that is influenced by things such as indifference and online commentary. As the Senator knows, there are very stark anti-vax views out there. We get them quite regularly. Dr. Henry will talk to the data.

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