Thread by @andrewflood

This is priceless, after wanting PUP cut off to force unvaccinated workers to take up low paid hospitality jobs in high risk settings the restaurant lobbyist is now using unvaccinated status to argue against restricting indoors to vaccinated customers. Was this even challenged

If he has now accepted that indoor hospitality settings are such a risk that staff should be fast tracked for vaccination he accepts the need for delay until they are. Can’t have it both ways & line a stopped clock he’s right they should be

There’s a real issue with the platform lobbyists are given by RTE to just regurgitate evidence free opinion without accountability for the previous times they have some responsibility for adding to disaster - apology for this should be the 1st question in every such interview

https://twitter.com/andrewflood/status/1346448850387668994

Listening to the interview and incredibly RTE allow Cummins to get away with the false claim that a similar system has not workers in Israel or Denmark. WTF, that's part of how they managed to keep open. rte.ie/radio/utils/sh…

Also falsely claims hospitalisation rate across Europe has not risen, again without challenge - not true in Scotland its up four fold. And no mention of him previously wanting PUP cut off when he talks about his new found concern for workers health. No challenge to him at all

And now that Ive checked the specific claim he made about hospitalisations not having risen in Portugal it is false. From mid May to 20 June the 7 day average of people in hospital rose 153% (last date I can get data for)

Current hospital data from Portugal, the number in hospital was 207 on May 21, yesterday it was 243% higher at 502 - @morningireland any chance you could correct the misinformation your guest spread unchallenged about their being no increase there?