Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sort of taken aback by the Deputy's enthusiasm for the statist approaches in some Asian countries towards controlling populations but that is another debate. Asian countries are doing well and I think that is because of the experience with severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, and the fact they use their police and a much stronger state apparatus for contact tracing and so on. They learned a great deal from the SARS epidemic and the West, perhaps, was behind in that regard.

Zero Covid does mean lockdown. The Deputy should not try to have it every which way.

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