NHS' annual winter crisis not "an excuse to reintroduce Covid-era restrictions"

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NHS’ annual winter crisis not “an excuse to reintroduce Covid-era restrictions”

5 January 2023

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IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon has been quoted in The Daily Mail on the prospect of pandemic-style restrictions being introduced to relieve winter pressure on the NHS.

Christopher said:

“we mustn’t allow the NHS’s annual winter crisis to be used as an excuse to reintroduce Covid-era restrictions.

“There is no evidence that the latest sub-variant of Omicron is more dangerous and the Chicken Littles warning of disaster have been wrong again and again for 18 months.”

The full article can be read here.

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