It is the first responsibility of government in a democratic society to protect and safeguard the lives of its citizens.
********** Living and Dying with Coronavirus ***********
July 19th saw Freedumb day, an end to all restrictions. Johnson said Britain had to live with the virus. Since then 3,055 have died in England alone !!NHS figures The daily rate of deaths and new cases shows a gradual increase in those 48 days.
Johnson's washing his hands of responsibility was objected to by 122 scientists:
Some scientists call the relaxation an unprecedented public-health experiment that could result in large numbers of hospitalizations and deaths, and increase the chances of vaccine-resistant variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerging.
“There is absolutely no justification for relaxing restrictions now,” says Peter English, former chair of the British Medical Association’s Public Health Medicine Committee. “If anything, they should be tightened, at least until the increase in case rates has reversed.” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01938-4... Others made a case for Johnson to be tried in the international courts of justice, for spreading the variants, Kent and Delta to other countries. Both became dominant strains. https://theconversation.com/could-britain-be-sued-for... https://apnews.com/.../europe-coronavirus-pandemic... MORE than 3,055 families now regret Jonson's decision.
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