Today, the lockdown cure prescribed runs the very real risk of being worse than the disease.

We are especially concerned about outside sport, the 10pm curfew, closure of non-essential retail, gyms and personal care businesses, restrictions on worship... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/11/21/backbench-tories-arms-tougher-tiers/
...care home visits, hospitality and the inclusion of children under 12 in the “Rule of 6”.

In these areas, we need to be assured of the evidence of their effectiveness, whether a mandatory approach produces better outcomes than a voluntary one,...
... whether a blanket approach produces better outcomes than a targeted one, whether adherence will be sustainable and crucially, that transparent assessment shows they do more good than harm. ...
Where harms are certain but benefits uncertain – such as closing schools – an intervention should not be used.

The burden is on the Government to demonstrate the necessity and proportionality of each restriction.

#FreedomForLife
#Road2Recovery
You can follow @SteveBakerHW.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: