The history of epidemics is rife with examples of society rebelling against tough public-health edicts, such as the breach of plague quarantine in 18th-century Marseille or protests against face masks during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Covid-19’s casualty rate may pale in comparison to the estimated 50 million lives lost in 1918, but we keep being told that the cycle risks … Continue reading Have we had enough of this COVID over-reaction yet?