Submitted on Saturday 4th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
The Government should not implement their possible strategy of herd immunisation
The government should increase the lockdown period without an end date. Also, to not excecute a 'herd immunisation' scheme. This is to ensure a minimum risk of the spread of COVID-19, and minimum deaths caused by the coronavirus.
Herd immunisation would allow for the death toll in the United Kingdom caused by the coronavirus to increase drastically. Whereas if the lockdown period was extended with no end date, this could increase the time period for thought for the best solution to deal with the affects caused by the coronavirus.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government has set out that 'herd immunity' is not a strategy. You can read a recent comment by the Health Secretary here:
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-16/debates/235689EC-0A18-4488-BFCF-9F012A1A0C1B/Covid-19#contribution-4215E975-1483-4CB0-A03B-1F67E4E9B990
We have published a number of petitions calling for the Government to increase lockdown measures, which you might like to sign:
Businesses to work from home for an appropriate amount of time amidst COVID19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301439
Complete UK lockdown of all business but those essential to our survival: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308122
Implement a complete lockdown: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310805
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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