Is it wise to lift England’s Covid restrictions fully?
by Dominic Wilkinson and Trish Greenhalgh from on (#5M2M6)
The cases for and against the final easing of rules on freedom day' of 19 July
At the start of this pandemic, one key ethical justification for restrictions was to protect the NHS from being overwhelmed. Yet, despite rapidly rising cases, the number of patients in hospital with Covid has remained relatively low (similar to the start of October). It is clear that the vaccination programme is reducing deaths and hospital admissions from Covid-19. The benefit of continuing restrictions is now far smaller than it was.
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