Scamademics? Right-Wing Lobbying Groups Reviving 'Herd Immunity' in the UK - 2020-09-23

Scamademics? Right-Wing Lobbying Groups Reviving 'Herd Immunity' in the UK September 23, 2020, Nafeez Ahmed, Byline Times

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A pernicious but flawed narrative has come to dominate the public debate over the second COVID-19 wave. It is the idea that the science is somehow irreparably divided on what to do about the pandemic.

This notion is encapsulated in two different letters sent to the Government by what the press has portrayed as two groups of esteemed scientists – one group supporting the reintroduction of social distancing restrictions, and the other criticising efforts to 'suppress' the Coronavirus.

Widespread media coverage of the letter has suggested a deep-seated schism at the heart of the British scientific community about how to respond to the crisis.

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