• Health commentary

    Choices … to be or not to be?

    We all face choices in life, some important and some trivial. A career choice or what to wear on a particular day for instance. With a libertarian approach to life I become uncomfortable when the space within which I can exercise my freedom to choose is limited.  I accept that clearly there are situations in life where restricting the freedom of an individual to choose is justified and indeed essential. Life under a COVID-19 lockdown that has now extended well beyond 100 days, has resulted in significant limitations of the freedom of choice for the citizens of this country. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, like governments across the globe,…