It’s been a brain-stretching 12 months. In March, I secured my PhD in epidemiology. By November, I was in the throes of another in immunology.
Despite a week-long diversion into stock-broking during the people’s war on hedge funds, not to mention the emergency diploma in EU contract law dissecting the AstraZeneca row, I’m now in the antigen test trenches where people with actual PhDs (unlike mine from the University of Social Media) are tearing each other apart.
Now comes vitamin D and I’ve to figure this out. The instant-expert business isn’t easy I can tell you.
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After discussing how to help the minds of our children and young people over the next few weeks and months, Susan Keogh turns to physical health. There’s been a lot of discussion about sports participation and keeping kids active on Off The Ball this week and to talk further about this, she was joined by Dr Sarahjane Belton, Lecturer in Physical Education at the School of Health and Human Performance at DCU.
She also spoke to Rose Anne Kenny, Professor of Medical Gerontology at St. James s Hospital and Director of the new Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing, about how our older population are also feeling the impact of a long-lockdown, and what to do to help them.
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Annie Lynch (79), first in Republic of Ireland to get Covid-19 vaccine, receives second dose
The first health care worker in Ireland to get the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine also received her second dose. By Hayley Halpin Tuesday 19 Jan 2021, 7:29 PM Jan 19th 2021, 7:29 PM 29,538 Views 29 Comments
Annie Lynch received her second vaccination today
Image: Marc O Sullivan
Image: Marc O Sullivan
79-YEAR-OLD Annie Lynch, the first person in the Republic of Ireland to be vaccinated against Covid-19, has today received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Lynch was the first person in the Republic of Ireland to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials. She received her first dose on 29 December.
Dublin woman (95) becomes first nursing home resident in the State to be vaccinated Maura Byrne lost her husband to Covid-19 and survived the disease last year
Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 15:52 Updated: Tue, Jan 5, 2021, 16:30
A 95-year-old Dublin woman, who lost her husband to coronavirus, has become the first nursing home resident in the country to receive a Covid-19 vaccination.
Maura Byrne, who survived the disease, received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at Hollybrook Lodge, the residential care unit managed by St James’s Hospital in Dublin.
The State-run care facility in Inchicore is the first nursing home in the country to receive vaccinations. Ms Byrne was the first resident at the care home to be vaccinated on Tuesday.