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Mental health and physical health are intrinsically linked
The government is falsely claiming a trade-off between protecting mental health and preserving life, writes HELEN O’CONNOR

IT IS now crystal clear that since March 2020 the coronavirus pandemic has slowly but surely spiralled out of control in Britain. 

More virulent mutations of Covid-19 have developed due to a consistent and persistent lack of political will to implement effective lockdown strategies and to enable a workable and effective test and trace system. 

The priorities around safety and public health have been deliberately upended and we have seen the risk to mental health placed above the risk to life caused by Covid-19. 

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