Covid 19: Where’s the Leadership from our Establishment?

I supported the initial lockdown because I thought that there was sufficient evidence that, unless lockdown occurred, there could be a catastrophe for our hospitals and intensive care departments – unable to cope with the demand.

As I listened to the media and read my newspapers during the lockdown, I gained the strong impression that this virus is unpleasant to the many who get it and for some gives them some nasty long lasting side effects. For the unfortunate who have died it appears that Covid 19 kills pretty specific groups of people.

Now we have real data from the government. This is not data that is readily and openly being shared with the population, but it is there if you look for it.

• 87% of Covid mortalities have been in people over 65
• 95% of Covid mortalities have been in people with pre-existing medical conditions
• If a person has a BMI count of between 35-40 there is an increased risk of death by 40%
• If a person has a BMI count of over 40 there is an increased risk of death by 90%
• Anyone under 50 is more likely to die in a car accident than from Covid 19

Why is this data not at the heart of government briefing?

Why are our major television channels not devoting airtime to serious discussion about this data?

Why is the open letter from among other Professors Gupta, Heneghan and Sikora not being given widespread coverage (apart from the Daily Mail)?

Why is not one political party asking questions and raising a discussion about this data?

If this data is right, surely we should protect those most at risk and ensure that all those dying or being harmed by these restrictions can resume their treatment, like cancer and stroke patients, to name just two categories, in which predictions of extra deaths run between tens and a hundred thousand preventable deaths.

In addition, yesterday we were told that deaths are on the up in France and Spain and we are following behind them.

HOWEVER in May and April France and Spain had over 1000 deaths a day. In the last month, both have had an exponential growth in cases of Covid 19. BUT Spain had had only one day with 200 or more deaths whilst France has had only one day with 100 or more deaths.