Living with Covid-19 in Ireland, 2022
Ireland made headlines by dispensing with all Covid-19 restrictions, January 2022, when New Zealand, China, the US with low vaccination rates and other countries impose stricter controls. Omicron mutations in the spike proteins that bind to receptors in the human cell and reduce the effect of neutralising antibodies that protect against the infection were significant mutations. The consequences are that Omicron causes mild symptoms yet is more transmissible. Omicron affects t