Rejected petition Avoid even starting the coronavirus peak in the UK.

Lock down as far as possible for an initial two week period to prevent us reaching the peak - which we are no where near.

Continue and expand testing to monitor and trace contact. That is what South Korea successfully did.

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It is ridiculous to just wait for a huge peak that is not here yet.
And then planning on and intending for 60% of the population to get Coronavirus and for (at least) 1% to die!
That equates to approximately 400,000 people! No - we want to support them and not sit back and let so many die!

Eventually we will have a vaccine - even if it takes over a year.

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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

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Date submitted 13 March 2020
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