The U.K. has seen more than twice the number of deaths per 100,000 people compared to Ireland—as experts in both countries ask difficult questions about their responses to the coronavirus crisis
The U.K. has seen more than twice the number of deaths per 100,000 people compared to neighbouring Ireland, as experts in both countries ask difficult questions about their responses to the coronavirus crisis.... [+]PA Images via Getty ImagesInfectious diseases experts weighed after academic Elaine Doyle tweeted data showing that the U.K. and Ireland started off with a similar number of intensive care beds per 100,000 people, but that the U.K.
However, it is “too early to tell” the difference between the neighbours and that the differences should not be examined for at least two years, infectious diseases expert Professor Samuel McConkey toldDoyle tweeted: “While Boris was telling the British people to wash their hands, our Taoiseach was closing the schools. While Cheltenham was going ahead, and over 250,000 people were gathering in what would have been a massive super-spreader event, Ireland had cancelled St Patrick's Day.
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