Actually a great article. I can sense the frustration in the writers language. This is much better than what I expect from the Irish times. Words of the people
>The projections produced by Nphet were “sobering”, numerous sources said, as if that wasn’t an inappropriate metaphor, given the circumstances. Nobody pointed out that Nphet’s projections have frequently been almost drunkenly inaccurate; however, unless they are wrong by a colossal margin altogether
Their best-case scenario for December 1st was 1,000 people in hospital with Covid. That day arrived and the actual figure was less than half that, in spite of relentless scolding from Micháel Martin and Tony Holohan about people’s complacency and laxness in following guidelines. It seems NPHET have a track record of making projections which are “wrong by a colossal margin altogether”.
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Actually a great article. I can sense the frustration in the writers language. This is much better than what I expect from the Irish times. Words of the people
>The projections produced by Nphet were “sobering”, numerous sources said, as if that wasn’t an inappropriate metaphor, given the circumstances. Nobody pointed out that Nphet’s projections have frequently been almost drunkenly inaccurate; however, unless they are wrong by a colossal margin altogether
Their best-case scenario for December 1st was 1,000 people in hospital with Covid. That day arrived and the actual figure was less than half that, in spite of relentless scolding from Micháel Martin and Tony Holohan about people’s complacency and laxness in following guidelines. It seems NPHET have a track record of making projections which are “wrong by a colossal margin altogether”.