Allow volunteers to be infected with coronavirus to work supporting the NHS.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Infect young, healthy people before the peak and train them in basic hospital work, so as health care professionals fall ill there is an immune workforce to support the NHS when we hit the peak. Good candidates can come out of businesses impacted by reduced footfall and government cover wage bill.

Needs to be a national response and led by NHS and the government. Cannot be done privately or through individual charities. The time to act is very quickly.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Guidance for people with confirmed or possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection is being developed by Public Health England, and decisions about medical advice are a matter for medical professionals and the NHS.

The Government is also not responsible for operational decisions by the NHS, which are a matter for NHS England and individual NHS Trusts, not the Government or Parliament.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public

Timeline

17 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Mar 2020

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