THE UK will never get the coronavirus crisis under control until a herd immunity approach is adopted, top experts have warned.
Urging the Government to “toughen up”, thousands of scientists signed a declaration calling for herd immunity to be the aim while protecting those most at risk of dying or developing serious complications.
Top scientists from the universities of Oxford, Nottingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Cambridge, Sussex and York – including SAGE adviser Professor John Edmunds, signed the so-called Great Barrington declaration.
It states: “The most compassionate approach that balances the risks and benefits of reaching herd immunity, is to allow those who are at minimal risk of death to live their lives normally to build up immunity to the virus through natural infection, while better protecting those who are at highest risk… We call this Focused Protection.”
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