This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Continue containment, continue testing and tracing for covid-19.
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The herd immunity strategy is high risk and will carry high costs. The WHO has recommended continuing to try and contain the spread of coronavirus. This cannot be done without testing all suspected cases. A policy that deviates from this should be subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
Continue testing and tracing suspected cases of covid-19 until it is proven this has failed. Risking a “small” percentage of deaths by going straight to mitigation without trying to contain is not acceptable and should be decided by parliament.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Since you started your petition the Government has advised against unnecessary social contact, withdrawn support for mass gatherings, and advised against all but essential travel overseas: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-on-coronavirus-16-march-2020
We have also published a petition calling on the Government to implement a UK lockdown for preventing spread of COVID19, which you might like to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301397
You might want to know that the Government has set out that 'herd immunity' is not a strategy. You can read a recent comment by the Health Secretary here:
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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