Impact of lockdowns laid bare
EXPERTS have warned of the devastating impact of lockdowns on public health and daily life in a hard-hitting report.
Professionals in different fields describe how the shutdown may be responsible for a surge in cancer deaths and mental health distress.they detail the impact of the measures on the economy and everyday freedoms.
The report, The People’s Lockdown Inquiry, was commissioned by the Reclaim Party.
Karol Sikora, a cancer specialist at the University of Buckingham, warned the requirement to stay at home was likely to have resulted in increases in deaths from cancer, heart attacks and strokes.
Clinical psychologist Dr Gary Sidley highlighted the consequences for mental health. He wrote: “An evil, all-powerful god intent on maximising human distress would create a world characterised by loneliness, fear and uncertainty. A toxic mix of these three experiences provides a perfect milieu in which emotional pain and suffering can thrive.”
Dr Ashley Frawley, a senior lecturer in sociology and social policy at Swansea University, and author Laura Dodsworth, argue that the Government set out to frighten the public.
And Kirsty Brimelow QC described the Government’s response as “the most draconian curtailment of civil liberties” since the Second World War.
Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox wants to encourage debate about the measures governments have used to respond to the pandemic.