Rejected petition Set up a website so friends/relatives can record untested cases of coronavirus

Rejected on 24 April 2020

This needs to be qualified by detailed personal information which can only be provided by close friends/ relatives- such as date of birth, full name, postcode, to prevent duplication and need to be traceable to the recording person, to discourage abuse.

Government ministers admit that the government figures for coronavirus cases are massively underestimated. Unless mortality is 500% higher than elsewhere in the world this must be the case. This level of inaccuracy means that many people are unable to understand the gravity of the situation because they are unaware of anything like the accurate infection rates, and change their behaviour accordingly. The WHO have stated that information is critical. Whilst "self" certification will not be 100% accurate it will provide a balance to the clearly inadequate official figures and also provide trend data to inform future decisions.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302267

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

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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