Facts used to justify State of Emergency Declarations
Dear Department of Health,
Please cite the facts and figures/statistics that are being used to justify the the State of Emergency Declaration and the measures that have consequently been enacted under it as the legal vehicle.
I would expect these facts to relate directly to mortality rates and hospitalisations from covid 19 and these to be compared with long run averages.
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Watts
Dear Mr Watts,
I refer to your correspondence of 8 June 2021 to the Department of Health
(department) which is outlined below:
“Please cite the facts and figures/statistics that are being used to
justify the the State of Emergency Declaration and the measures that have
consequently been enacted under it as the legal vehicle.
I would expect these facts to relate directly to mortality rates and
hospitalisations from covid 19 and these to be compared with long run
averages”
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