I just wish to make it clear that I do not intend to take anything away from those that have lost a loved one due to Covid, and I also am not implying that we should have done nothing – on the contrary, I support the Great Barrington Declaration which advocates for greater protection of the elderly and vulnerable. The reason I have put together this video montage is to give some context to the threat that this virus posed to society. This context is important as it enables us to weigh up whether the response was proportionate, and as the catastrophic harms of lockdown become clearer, whether the costs of the response outweigh the purported benefits. The videos are, in the following order 5th March 2020 Boris Johnson on Priti Patel, Coronavirus and Changing Nappies | This Morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOHia… 5th March 2020 Watch again: Chris Whitty answers coronavirus questions from MPs Health and Social Care Committee ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfJcw… 9th March 2020 Live: Boris Johnson speaks at coronavirus press conference | ITV News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpZz9… 12th March 2020 Coronavirus: Boris Johnson holds press conference after Cobra meeting – watch in full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRadM… 13th March 2020 Coronavirus: science chief defends UK plan from criticism https://www.theguardian.com/world/202… 13th March 2020 UK needs to get COVID-19 for ‘herd immunity’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XRc3… 19th March 2020 Twelve weeks to ‘turn the tide’ on coronavirus: UK government virus update, 19 March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-21bR… 30th April 2020 Chris Whitty Gresham College 30 April 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BdPK… 11th May 2020 Coronavirus press conference (11 May 2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI1cH…