Friday's increased restrictions were due to hospital capacity, and nothing else. If we had more available ICU beds, or less pressure on them, the numbers of cases being seen day-on-day, by themselves, wouldn't have warranted the stricter measures.
This is the dilemma of praising Leo and Harris over their handling of what's happened. On the face of it they seem to be doing pretty well given the hand they were dealt, they seem to be making the right moves where other countries have faffed about. But the health service we've got was already stretched thanks in large part to their governance (and the governance of everyone else for about 40 years). I wonder if the health system was more robust would we have taken the steps we have or would we be in a more "don;t tank the economy" type of deal. Have they been forced into these big moves quickly because they know the consequences of not doing them would be catastrophic thanks to them?
Foreign travel will recommence very gradually. Countries will be graded in terms of how 'safe' they are. This could be awkward for Ireland as we will likely have to close the land border with the north. Will hopefully be temporary.
I'm never one of those put on the green jersey types but the gf and I were chatting about how lovely it'd be to go away when this is all over if we can still afford it, especially as we don't live together and we can't see each other at all at the moment and won't for weeks (which is necessary but still shit) and we decided that given the hit to the economy any trip we take will be in-country, then there's also the health concerns.