Boris Johnson after his second Covid vaccination
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SIR – Prolonging current restrictions is now at odds with the data.
Covid-19 is a respiratory disease that is said to spread in much the same way as influenza. Yet, despite lockdowns and precautions, deaths from influenza and pneumonia have been higher than Covid-19 since March.
Office for National Statistics weekly figures put deaths involving influenza and pneumonia at 1,171 (the underlying cause in 287 cases). Deaths involving Covid-19 were 151 (the underlying cause in 108 cases).
We should be making the most of the spring and summer, when these diseases are in natural remission.