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Novak Djokovic with his father Srdja

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Australian Border Force investigating whether Djokovic lied on entry form (CNN)

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From top; Irish Times’ Consumer Affairs correspondent Conor Pope and his tweet that prompted online derision

This afternoon.

Via Irish Times:

“Good man,” another user said. “Thumbs up Virtue signalling to the max and adding to the mass, accepted discrimination of your fellow man at the sane time. Pathetic.”

Then there was the person who said “Enjoy your slavery” and the other who simply said “twat”.

Several people suggested that the Covid Cert was a “leper pass” while one person confidently told me that my “tweet won’t age well.”

Their assessment was echoed by a person who said they had taken “a screen shot for when you delete this tweet, and you will”.

Someone else urged their followers to remember my name and the names of others who have ever voiced their support for a vaccination programme “when the kids start dying”.

…My innocuous tweet lost me at least one fan. “I actually thought this guy had a brain but just another zombie sleep walking us into a totalitarian facist (sic) state,” he said.

Another user wondered “how Conor Pope or anyone who uses this track & trace can look their children in the eye is beyond me given what it means for their future”.

Firm but fair?

Only you can decide.

Conor Pope: I told the world about my vaccine cert. It wasn’t long before the abuse started (Irish Times)

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In fairness.

An FFP3 mask

This morning.

Via Irish Times:

The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has advised that people can choose to wear FFP3 and the slightly lower-grade FFP2 respirator or medical masks instead of cloth masks if they wish, but stopped short of recommending the higher-grade masks to the public instead of cloth ones….

…Nphet has advised that a respirator or medical mask rather than a cloth mask should ideally be worn by anyone who is a confirmed case while infectious, who has Covid-19 symptoms, who is a household contact of a case or who is visiting a healthcare setting or a vulnerable person.

Coronavirus: High-grade masks may be better for those at risk, says Nphet (Irish Times)

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Splutter!

Last night.

Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ One.

Keith Barry and Emer O’Neil demonstrate the Wim Hof cold therapy and breathing method.

Where are your masks?

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Dr. Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer

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Via Irish Times:

The State’s public health team is set to consider mandatory vaccination, with a new paper being prepared by the Department of Health on the legal and ethical aspects of such a move…

…In a letter to Government last week, the chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, said Ireland had not yet reached the peak of the Omicron wave. Nphet recommended that all current measures – such as the earlier closing time for pubs and restaurants and indoor events – remain in place until the end of January.

Separately, minutes of a meeting of Nphet on December 16th reveal that mandatory vaccination will be considered by the team. “It was noted that the Nphet will discuss the issue of mandatory vaccination at a later date and this discussion will be facilitated by a forthcoming paper from the Department of Health on the relevant ethical and legal considerations pertaining to this topic.”

There you go now.

Nphet considers mandatory vaccination (Irish Times)

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This afternoon.

Via Mary McCarthy in the Irish Independent:

…When I was deciding for my 13-year-old, who is as tall as I am, it was easy. The risks of side-effects were said to be very low, he was starting secondary and I wanted to avoid Covid disruption. I recall it was announced around then that vaccinated people would no longer be considered close contacts – which meant it was a no-brainer.

For my younger kids, with their less formed bodies, the same argument is there to get the jab, but I spent longer poring over the HSE information (which is very reassuring) and listening extra closely when experts discussed this before deciding it was a good idea.

I am not overly anxious about my kids getting Covid, even if I am worried they might pass it on to their grandparents. But with school life still upended two years into the pandemic, if vaccinations for primary children can help forge a way back to normal, I say bring it on…

Tip-toeing around jabs for kids does us no good, so bring it on – they need to get their lives back (Mary McCarthy. Independent.ie)

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Saturday’s Irish Times

Um.

‘Afterwards I got a sticker’: Hundreds of children line up for Covid-19 vaccine (Irish Times)

Yay.

More hoodies.

This morning.

Arnotts, Henry Street, Dublin 1.

Brown Thomas Arnotts has announced Sligo-based Pure Clothing as the winner of their Pitch’21 young entrepreneur initiative. Founders of Pure Clothing, Peter Timlin (above left) and Richard Grimes (above right) take home an outsized cheque for €10,000 and have secured retail space at Arnotts, both in-store and online.

Pure Clothing

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‘sup?

This morning.

Botanic Gardens, Dublin.

Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison Gilliand with  Yuna Park (above second right) and Ember Delap (above right), both dressed in traditional Hanbok, with a tiger from Flower City Dragon & Lion Dance Association to mark the launch of the programme for Dublin Lunar New Year, the Year of the Tiger.

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The Qatari match between Al Rayyan and Al-Wakrah saw an away player collapse

Yesterday:

The Qatar Stars League match between Al Rayyan and Al-Wakrah was meant to be just another game. The hosts went into the game in eighth in the table while their opponents were sixth. However, few were thinking about that towards the end of the first half.

Just before the break, Al-Wakrah player Ousmane Coulibaly collapsed on the pitch and the players urgently called for medical attention. Play was immediately halted and the medical staff swiftly ran onto the field to revive the footballer

Qatari League game abandoned after player collapses (BeSoccer

433 Athlete Cardiac Arrests, Serious Issues, 256 Dead, After COVID Shot (Real Science)

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