The pandemic is not receding, with hospitalisations and deaths still high. Ignoring Covid-19 is reckless and this negligence must be opposed
There are widespread and false claims that the pandemic is receding. Globally, new cases are currently well over 3 million per day and around 4 times higher than the previous peak in April 2021. In addition, this has happened extraordinarily suddenly, with the surge taking place in the first few part of this year. With a short time lag new daily deaths have also begun to rise. If there is such a thing as a ‘mild’ pandemic, this is not one of them.
The misinformation and even propaganda about the pandemic receding is clearly wrong. In Britain this is almost all based on the fall in recorded new cases. Yet deaths are still rising and hospitalisations remain stubbornly high. It is not known how much non-reporting there is of people who have had a positive lateral flow test.
Despite this the government has abandoned its own ‘Plan B’, PCR tests are largely a thing of the past and people are no longer advised to work from home. It is even reported that the requirement for those infected to self-isolate will be dropped. This is a reckless approach. At our last meeting we reached over 48,000 people online.
Speakers
- Diane Abbott MP
- Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
- Richard Horton (Editor at the Lancet Medical Journal)
- Lawrence Davies (Lawyer for Belly Mujinga)
- Vicky van der Togt (Pandemic-Aid Networks)
- Ramona McCartney Peoples Assembly Against Austerity
- Richard von Abendorff – Lewisham Deptford CLP
