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Coronavirus is a public health emergency. Tens of thousands have died. Many times that are sick. But this crisis is also political. 

Parliaments have been suspended, new laws pushed through, rights and freedoms curtailed.

In accepting these measures, we need assurance of two things. One is that they are proportionate. The other is that they are temporary.