Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying the government should "just let people die" during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than impose a second national lockdown, the inquiry into how Britain handled the crisis heard on Monday.
Patrick Vallance, who was the government's chief scientific adviser during COVID, made a note in his diary on Oct. 25, 2020, about a meeting involving then Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sunak, who was finance minister.
The diary entry shown to the inquiry recorded how Dominic Cummings, Johnson's most senior adviser during the pandemic, had relayed to Vallance what he said he had heard at the meeting.
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Do you believe a government has the right to sacrifice some lives for the greater good during a crisis situation?
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They should do there best to save as meny as possable
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No the government has a duty to protect every life equally
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no every life is valuable same and nobody can not say whos life is more valuable and whos less
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If you were in a leadership position, would you prioritize public health or the economy during a health crisis, and why?
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How would you balance the value of human life against the economic impacts during a pandemic?
There is no balance without people. You need to keep people alive and have people or you have no economy
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There is no balance without people. You need to keep people alive and have people or you have no economy.
