Keep Calm and Trust the Science is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic years in Irish history from one of its key players.
Professor Luke O'Neill has become one of the most well-known and trusted voices of Ireland's COVID-19 pandemic. A world-renowned immunologist, he was thrust into the spotlight as the media and public desperately grappled to make sense of a crisis that saw the country grind to a halt. In these high-octane diaries, Professor Luke reveals what life was like behind the scenes.
Set against a national backdrop of banana bread-baking, Tik Tok dancing and outdoor bingo, Luke's lockdown diaries reveal the highs and lows of work at the cutting edge of science in his Trinity College lab; the disappointments, breakthroughs and contribution science made to the health outcomes of millions of people globally; dealing with the anti-vax and anti-mask trolls on Twitter; the multimillion-euro sale of his company Inflazome and his own COVID-19 scare and period of self-isolation at home.
Shot through with the natural positivity and humour that have made Luke a home-grown hero, Keep Calm and Trust the Science is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic years in history from one of its key players.
My own story.