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A man takes off his mask on the street in Dublin city centre yesterday as the public adapted to the easing of coronavirus restrictions. Picture by REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

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From crisis mode to high alert: ‘Reopening is going to come as a big shock for people’

For all the happy punters venturing freely in and out of pubs and nightclubs this weekend, the diners in restaurants with doors kept open long into the night, the guests at guilt-free dinner parties and extended Sunday lunches, a sizeable chunk of the population will look on in worry and anxiety. It’s not the party but the potential party crasher, Omicron, the invisible guest that’s fast running out of fresh hosts.

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