'We're led by the science': UK's plan to delay coronavirus peak and pursue herd immunity triggers uproar
US President Donald Trump has extended his Europe travel ban to include Ireland and the UK. Spain — like Italy and France to varying degrees — is essentially on lockdown. But the UK, to the dismay of many, has taken what some have labeled a complacent approach.
On Thursday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, flanked by Patrick Vallance, the government’s chief scientific adviser (and GlaxoSmithKline’s former R&D chief), and the UK’s chief medical adviser Chris Whitty, kicked off a press conference announcing the region was moving on from “contain” phase to the “delay” period of their action plan to tackle the epidemic on a somber note:
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