Petition · past parliament
Assess the appropriateness of the response to COVID in relation to its lethality
Rejected
15 signatures
What the petition asks
I would the Government to include a much bigger scientific community to assess the COVID response and the proportionality of the measures in relation to the lethality of the virus. In particular the constant imposition of restrictions to reduce the curve, which will be endless.
The restrictions placed on life with the damage to the economy don't seem to be proportional to the lethality of the virus. Cancer, flu, degenerative brain conditions all remain much higher killers of the population. At a time where it is already known taxes will need to rise to pay for the measures it seems prudent to assess if the measures a worth the pain, or if the government and its employed advisers are pandering to an increasingly hostile media that pushes an unrelaistic lethality.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Establish a peoples scientific and medical panel
Timeline
| 26 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Oct 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
15
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Oct 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.