{"id":1664,"date":"2021-08-31T18:26:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/today-marks-a-new-dawn-in-our-fight-against-covid\/"},"modified":"2021-08-31T18:26:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:26:47","slug":"today-marks-a-new-dawn-in-our-fight-against-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/today-marks-a-new-dawn-in-our-fight-against-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Today Marks A New Dawn In Our Fight Against Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We are a resilient people, but this pandemic has tested us like never before<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today marks a new dawn in our fight against covid, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks a new dawn in our fight against covid as we make preparations for what will hopefully be the final unravelling of the restrictions that have dominated all of our lives for so long. It is a day of hope and expectation, but one that is also tinged with sadness as we remember the lives lost to covid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a resilient people, but this pandemic has tested us like never before. The Irish people rose to the challenge \u2013 working together, while remaining separate, to save lives and protect our hospitals from being overwhelmed by a tidal wave of infection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been false dawns before, but thanks to the success of our vaccination programme, and the sacrifice and hard work of the Irish people, we can be hopeful that this time it will be different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReturning to normal life will not be without its challenges. Given the omnipresent threat covid has posed for so long, there will be some trepidation as we emerge from the restrictions. This caution is understandable. Covid has wreaked a terrible toll on all of our lives \u2013 in terms of illness, bereavement, unemployment, isolation and anxiety \u2013 and its destructive impact will not be forgotten quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we begin this new phase, we must learn the lessons that covid has taught us \u2013 particularly in relation to ventilation and air purification. When it comes to schools, and the necessity to ensure they remain open, we must see a rapid roll out of CO2 monitors for every single classroom in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose, who are unable to return to work imminently, as a result of the last remaining restrictions, must not be abandoned. The PUP and employment supports must be retained until the entire edifice of public health guidelines has been dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur lives have been in a state of apprehensive suspension for more than 18 months. We are all eager for a return to normality \u2013 but we must remain ever vigilant, having regard to hospital and ICU admission, until we are sure that the threat has receded. Then, we can truly start a new chapter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>31 August, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a resilient people, but this pandemic has tested us like never before Today marks a new dawn in our fight against covid, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cToday marks a new dawn in our fight against covid as we make preparations for what will hopefully be the final unravelling of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Today Marks A New Dawn In Our Fight Against Covid - 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