Let’s talk about death — because until we do talk about death we will never be free of the fear of Covid-19 that has been instilled by our authoritarian political leaders and chief health officers.

To put the fear into perspective and to decide when society can function again without lockdowns, curfews and other onerous restrictions it is almost pointless to discuss vaccination rates as a roadmap out until we know the number of people that die each year.

And also how many people will continue to die after the various vaccine rates have been reached so we can assess the broader...