We have faced many battles over these past 15 months, from viral forces in the world around us and even struggles within ourselves.
Some of these fights have also been against misinformation, untruths and those who seek to sow hysteria. Keeping a sense of perspective is important, in assessing the risk posed by new variants of concern and in particular the Delta variant, first identified in India.
Since our first engagement with the coronavirus enemy last year, significant intelligence has been gathered on the threat it poses and we are much better armed to fight.
The question now is – can we repel the Delta force? Latest figures from the HSE show that 209 Delta variant of concern cases have been sequenced here.