2,000 Covid Deaths Milestone - A Time for Perspective

Yesterday it was reported that total deaths due to covid in ireland had passed the 2,000 milestone.

Now is a good time to try to get some perspective :

   • 93% of those had underlying conditions. 

  • 6,000 people die in Ireland every year from smoking related illnesses. 

We don't punish the rest of the population for smoking related deaths. Instead society takes a risk acceptance based approach, we highlight the dangers of smoking, the risks to your health and to others around you and the risks during pregnancy. Society accepts these risks and the hospitals deal with the 6,000 plus sick patients every year as best they can. Smokers are not ostracised nor are they locked into their homes but are treated as equal members of society, individuals with the freedom to decide what's best for them. 

While governments can be excused for over reacting to a virus we now know is 3 times less deadly than smoking, it is now time to adopt the same risk acceptance based approach to Covid-19 and return to normal living.