Not only the opposition in the British parliament is storming the government's corona policy: More than 100 scientists call the planned easing an "unscrupulous experiment".
London - In an open letter, more than 100 scientists and medical professionals have criticized the British government's policy of opening corona as a "dangerous and unscrupulous experiment".
If the virus spreads further thanks to the planned easing of the mask requirement and distance rules, millions of people would be infected and hundreds of thousands risked long-term illnesses and permanent disabilities.
The easing planned for July 19 would have to be postponed, the experts demanded in the letter published by the specialist journal "The Lancet".
The British government plans to lift all remaining corona rules in the largest part of England.
Then night clubs should also reopen, there is no longer any participant limit for events.
The final decision is expected to be made on July 12th.
The experts warned that the strategy prepared fertile ground for the emergence of vaccine-resistant variants.
"This would endanger everyone, including those already vaccinated, within the UK and around the world." "This strategy risks leaving a generation with chronic health problems and disabilities whose personal and economic effects could continue to be felt for decades," it said in the letter signed by a total of 122 experts.
Especially people with chronic diseases, young people, children and the unvaccinated run the risk of permanent consequential damage.
The British Ministry of Health emphasized: "Our approach (...) finds a balance with the need to protect both life and livelihood." Dpa