Why we must be allowed to take responsibility for our own welfare in moving out of the coronavirus crisis - letter

So on May 10, we got Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ out of the current crisis.

Forgive me if I’m underwhelmed.

All I see is a divided government buying itself more time by throwing us a few concessions, a new slogan and a lot of conditional maybes.

The public only bought into this lockdown after being scared by hysterical media reporting and some dubious data modelling supplied to the government by a known doom-monger who then chose to ignore his own advice.

Data wise, it might be useful to see the total daily deaths in the UK from whatever cause.

We could then put Covid-19 death figures against this and measure how far above the daily expected average figure of 1,700 we are, or, in fact, if they are just a part of it.

As the majority of victims appear to have pre-existing health issues, or limited life expectancy, this minght not quite be the apocalypse we imagine.

The need to kick-start the economy is paramount.

Why not let individuals take responsibility for their own welfare?

End the restrictions now and let business and individuals make their own, risk-assessed decisions on how they want to move forward.

The government’s furlough scheme has given people a false sense of security.

When it finishes at the end of June, the politicians and scientists will still have a job, but how many others will?

Mr P. Fovargue

Norton Lees