Pubs could open now without risking a second coronavirus wave, a scientist has claimed. University of Oxford professor Sunetra Gupta, claims there is a "strong possibility" the UK's hospitality sector could open without a spike.
The professor of Theoretical Epidemiology also called for a "rapid exit" as the disease is "on its way out". She told Unherd: "The Government's defence is that this (the Imperial College model) was a plausible worst case scenario. "I agree it was a plausible – or at least a possible – worst case scenario.
The question is, should we act on a possible worst case scenario, given the costs of lockdown? "It seems to me that, given that the costs of lockdown are mounting, that case is becoming more and more fragile. "I
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