Coronavirus: UK changes course amid death toll fears
It was on only Friday that Sir Patrick Vallance, the chief scientific adviser, explained the mitigation plan to the BBC."Also, because the vast majority of people get a mild illness, to build up some kind of herd immunity so more people are immune to this disease."
The modelling projected that if the UK did nothing, 81% of people would be infected and 510,000 would die from coronavirus by August. "Even with the sort of interventions which were being planned and been announced last week, there would be a risk of intensive care units being overwhelmed," said Prof Neil Ferguson from Imperial.
As fewer people would be infected there would be little immunity in the population and cases would soar soon after measures were lifted again.
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