Covid-19: What do scientists think of the PM's plan?
But Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia, said if controlling the epidemic was the only important thing,"we'd go back to the situation in the last week of March". The downside, he said, would be depriving our children of another six months of their education.
"Is this going to control the virus so it doesn't keep on increasing? Very clearly no," he said."But the question is, will it make it increase more slowly?" And, he said, it was leading to"significant harm across all age groups, which likely offsets any benefits". If the government rushes into"more measures," he says,"we'll talk ourselves back into a lockdown which, for a whole society, is hugely disruptive".All along, one of the big motivations for keeping cases low has been the need to protect the NHS from being overwhelmed. In spring, this meant closing down non-Covid services to prioritise fighting the virus and preventing the spread of infection.
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