Blog written 21st Dec - posted 25th Dec
Dublin in December
Omicron has taken hold in Ireland. It's expected that there will be 4th wave with a peak in January. For the moment there is a drive to get everyone boosted while new restrictions have been introduced with restaurants and pubs closing at 8pm every evening until January and a vaccination cert needed to enter certain places such as gyms.
For me the restriction won't have much impact. On Christmas Eve, after visiting both sets of parents in the morning, we are doing a lunch in Ciaran's squash club and then we will have a quiet Christmas Day just the two of us at home.
But in more important news - we are getting boosted this Thursday with an appointment at 4pm! I feel lucky to be able to get my booster jab, Ireland has high vaccination take up and a systematic well run government led vaccination programme. It will hopefully get us through all of this.
Tomorrow evening, we are hosting a small Christmas cocktail meetup for two friends. I'm looking forward to it and it will be casual, relaxed and safe. We have been very careful about socialising for the past while and we will continue to be careful over Christmas.
The latest government campaign is RSVP. This stands for Risk - Symptoms - Venue - People> and it is meant makes people think about what they are doing and where they are going and make an assessment
Stay safe everyone and have a great Christmas!
