Rejected petition Public enquiry into the handling of COVID and the policy changes needed now.

Rejected on 10 February 2021

Set up a public enquiry to investigate policy and execution in relation to:
1) timing and extent of lockdowns
2) provision of functioning test, trace and supported isolation services
3) border controls
4) roll-out of vaccination
5) public messaging.

Of the 152 countries whose COVID data are regularly reported, the UK has the third worst COVID death toll per million of population.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/

Britain has some of the world's best scientists -- many of whom believe that government policy is to blame for this appalling record.

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n314

A change in policy is needed now to reduce the death toll in 2021; we need to examine the lessons that can be learned while there is still time to save lives.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331877

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