{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/302500.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":302500,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Act now  to limit the spread of Covid 19 . Do not aim to achieve herd immunity.","background":"Aiming for 'herd immunity' is based on weak theory and conjecture and very questionable scientific evidence for  covid19.\r\n Limiting social contact successfully reduced the number of cases and deaths and the prevalence of the virus in China.","additional_details":"Government aims for 60% of the population to be infected with Covid19, 40 million people, so as to achieve herd immunity, with up to  8 million hospitalised and 600,000 deaths. \r\nScientific evidence for this policy is weak. It is assumed  Covid19 will recur every year. \r\nIt is unproven a person infected with Covid19 acquires sufficient or lasting immunity.\r\nWorld experts dispute this theory and policy.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":12,"created_at":"2020-03-14T10:13:48.983Z","updated_at":"2020-03-20T17:57:41.606Z","rejected_at":"2020-03-20T17:56:25.019Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-14T14:38:04.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Since this petition was created, the Government have update their advice. You can find more information here:\r\n\r\nUK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public \r\n\r\nYou might want to know that the Government has said that 'herd immunity' is not a strategy. You can read a recent comment by the Health Secretary here: \r\n\r\nhttps://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-16/debates/235689EC-0A18-4488-BFCF-9F012A1A0C1B/Covid-19#contribution-4215E975-1483-4CB0-A03B-1F67E4E9B990  \r\n\r\nIf you want the Government to implement a UK lockdown, you may wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301397\r\n\r\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here: \r\nNHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ \r\n\r\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}