'Shielding' strategies instead of lockdowns would have led to tens of thousands more deaths, new modelling shows - Science Daily

Shielding vulnerable people while allowing Covid-19 to run through the rest of the population had been proposed as an alternative strategy to lockdowns. Modelling by University of Bath scientists shows it would ultimately have failed as infections 'leak throu…

Shielding those vulnerable to COVID-19, while allowing the virus to spread, largely unmitigated, through the rest of the population, would have failed according to a new modelling paper published tod… [+5756 chars]

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