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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letters to the Editor: Lockdown is more deadly than virus

The Sunday Times

The government claims its approach to Covid-19 has been based on science. Yet the data shows that deaths from the disease are overwhelmingly among the over-70s and those with underlying medical conditions, and the scientific conclusion should have been that people in those groups must isolate themselves completely while everyone else was encouraged to continue life as normal.

The failure to follow this policy has been compounded by the absence of mass viral testing to monitor the spread of Covid-19, protect health workers and trace contacts of those infected. The effectiveness of large-scale screening and contact-tracing has allowed South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore to combat Covid-19 effectively without lockdowns.

Instead our government, and indeed most governments around the world, has been panicked by the media