The UK Prime Minister has refused to rule out another lockdown if a pandemic struck the country.
Boris Johnson went back on his word in an interview with Conservative MPs Esther McVey and Philip Davies on GB News. The prime minister went on to say the government must strike a balance between public health and saving lives. But all the evidence shows lockdown did neither.
Negative effects
Despite acknowledging the negative effects of lockdowns on the country’s mental health, he could not rule out future lockdowns. “I can’t say we wouldn’t be forced to do non-pharmaceutical interventions of the kind we did again,” he said when asked to rule out a future lockdown.
Mr. Johnson promised no more lockdowns in February when laying out his recovery plans. The Independent records the prime minister declaring the steps he was taking were ‘irreversible.’
The prime minister even revealed that obesity had increased in the UK as a result of lockdown. His reaction was legislation requiring restaurants with more than 250 employees to list calorie counts on their menus.
The Great Barrington Declaration
In October 2020 over 6,000 scientists and health experts joined a global movement calling for an end to lockdown policies, citing “grave concerns.” They added that the approach had a devastating impact on both mental health and society, according to a BBC report published on 7th October 2020.
In a statement now known as the Great Barrington Declaration, the health professionals called for a focus on the protection of the vulnerable, while leaving healthy people to get on with their lives.
The statement, dated 4th October 2020 highlighted the consequences of lockdown such as lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease, and deteriorating mental health. These, said the signatories, could lead to increased mortality and grave injustice for out-of-school students in the future. Currently, there are over 929,000 signatures on the declaration opposing future lockdowns, and the group is seeking more.
Turn to prayer
Thank God that covid-19 infections, admissions and deaths are falling. Praise God for those who have now realised lockdown and restrictions were a tragic mistake. Christian Voice denounced lockdown as ungodly from the start and we were criticised for it, even by some Christians.
We said then and repeat now that no public health problem was ever been solved by putting people out of work, which the Bible describes as a gift of God. Also pray for a change of heart among the Government to rule out ‘non-pharmaceutical interventions’ for ever.
Eccl 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Isaiah 3:15 What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
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What a load of nonsence, God couldnt care aless about the people who died mainly because such a being only exists in fairy tales and the minds of sheep.