Letter from 12 Conservative peers to The Times:Sir, It is now clear that a policy of lockdown failed to bring the virus under control while having crippling economic and social side effects.
Sweden has achieved a lower death rate from Covid-19 than the UK, with far less economic and social damage, despite being a slightly more urbanised society.
If lockdown were a treatment undergoing a clinical trial, the trial would be halted because of the side effects. We suggest the government try a new approach, more in keeping with the Conservative philosophy of individual responsibility.
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