Over-reaction costs us dearly Test is part of the problem

So far, Covid-19 has accounted for around 40,000 UK deaths but these are mainly to elderly patients with underlying medical conditions.

Most other individuals who catch it are only mildly affected and fully recover – the worldwide recovery rate is around 96%.

Most fatalities are to individuals who die with – but not necessarily of – the virus.

Therefore government measures enacted are unwarranted and are not justified by events.

They represent an hysterical over-reaction.

The Black Death wiped out at least one third of the population; ‘Spanish’ Flu snuffed out over 200,000 Brits.

We are nowhere near these levels; if we were there would be CV deaths in every street and every family in the land would be affected.

Covid-19 is little more dangerous than the flu – but we don’t wreck the economy or curtail ancient liberties every time that breaks out.

These measures are also unconstitutional and illegal – no government or parliament has any right to bar peaceful assembly, or to dictate who should enter or leave a private residence.

Only totalitarian states do that. They also do more harm than good – far more will die from cancelled NHS operations, etc, and from anxiety-related disorders that government created fear has produced.

All the government’s restrictions to our freedom are based on the results of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab test, invented in the 1980s by Kari Mullis, who subsequently won