The Great Barrington Declaration, a document advocating for herd immunity from Covid-19, has received hundreds of thousands of signatures.
It calls for society to return to normal whilst those vulnerable to the coronavirus shield.
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But the medical community has criticised the Great Barrington Declaration’s recommendations.
Dr Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health at the University of Southampton, said:
“The people who are proposing herd immunity with the coronavirus are
essentially saying that we should just let naturally acquired herd immunity happen through a population.”
“And that in itself is problematic because in the UK at the minute about 8 or 9% of the population have had coronavirus infection.”
“We know that roughly one in three or one in four of the UK population is
considered vulnerable.”
“How do you shield them?”