This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition End Lockdown NOW. Protect The Vulnerable. Get Back To Work.
End Lockdown NOW.
Protect The Vulnerable.
Get Back To Work.
Save the Economy.
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Lockdown should never have been introduced.
Virus Timeline.
4/3 Peak infection rate reached.
16/3 People advised to work from home.
18/3 Infection rate (R) below 1(Been there ever since).
21/3 Virus is no longer 'High Consequence Infectious Disease'
23/3 Lockdown.
Peak infection rate had passed
Why the Lockdown?
Lockdown is resulting in thousands of unnecessary deaths because people are scared to use NHS & millions have been thrown out of work or had their businesses closed.
End the lockdown.
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Why was this petition rejected?
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315979
On 10 May the Prime Minister gave a speech about the Government's plans for reopening society: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-10-may-2020
The Government has also published a more detailed recovery strategy, and updated much of its coronavirus guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-plan-to-rebuild-the-uk-governments-covid-19-recovery-strategy
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
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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