PETER HITCHENS: We���re destroying the nation���s wealth ��� and the health of millions

This is Peter Hitchens's Mail on Sunday column

Why do I bother? For six weeks now I have been saying that the Government���s policy on Covid-19 is a mistake. Most people do not agree with me, and many are angry with me for saying so. Others, bafflingly, don���t care about the greatest crisis I have seen in my lifetime, and regard the debate as a spectator sport.

Let me say it again: the coronavirus is not as dangerous as claimed. Other comparable epidemics have taken place with far less...