We take personal responsibility for ourselves, our families and our finances every day. In fact, we have just lived through a period like no other where personal judgment and choice was suspended. State failingsGlobally, the politics of our times, sometimes called neoliberalism, emphasises peoples’ actions as being the product of personal choice. We have lived through a period where personal judgment and choice was suspended. Both national and international research shows that we are more or less adherent to public health advice at different times.

Source: The Irish Times July 06, 2020 00:47 UTC