Rejected petition Britain needs a National debate about lockdown, is it working, do we need it?

Many international health professionals, including the COVID special envoy at the World Health Organisation, say that lockdown has many more negative effects than it does positive. People's mental and physical health is suffering and the economy is being damaged. We need a national debate.

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I want this because i can see the damage that lockdown is doing, we all can. People are dying because they are missing out on necessary hospital treatment. The economy is suffering, many small businesses are not surviving, as well as a few larger ones. We need to stop and have a sensible, informed discussion before it becomes very difficult to recover from the damage that lockdown has caused.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the Government's approach to tackling the Covid-19 outbreak, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Fund & provide services to allow the vulnerable to shield & re-open the economy: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552023

Lift local lockdowns and Covid-19 restrictions in England: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/551469

Repeal Coronavirus Act and end all Covid-19 restrictions: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561995

Referendum on current restrictions and any further lockdowns: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/551539

We also haven't been able to verify your claim that the World Health Organisation has said that national lockdowns cause more harm than good, and we couldn't publish a petition containing unproven or unverifiable statements.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 27 November 2020
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