What exactly will NPHET modellers be looking at as they consider tighter Covid-19 restrictions in the coming days? With detected cases of Covid-19 rising sharply in recent days, the Cabinet is due to meet on Tuesday to decide on what sort of restrictions will be imposed after Christmas – and exactly when they will come into force.
By now, we've all heard the refrain that NPHET advises and the government decides. But Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said on Sunday that we needed to do everything we could to ensure that hospitals were protected.
And when it comes to protecting our health system, the reasoning from NPHET is nearly always reliant on the now-infamous models.