Suggest you all look up the definition of 'freedom', then the definition of 'permission'. Then feel free to continue ignoring the difference.
Oh yes, given that you all appear to support the principle that not having a formal qualification in a subject (e.g. virology, epidemiology) disqualifies you from bringing your critical faculties to bear on it, do feel free not to comment on any other subject you're not qualified to talk about.
BREAKING NEWS: ex-Supreme Court judge, Lord Sumption, backs WGS:
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We must expect restrictions will continue for as long as most members of the public believe their safety depends on coercing their fellow citizens.'