COVID-19 AFTER LOCKDOWN WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Jul 16, 2020
3 minutes
by DR JEREMY ROSSMAN
WILL THERE BE A SECOND PEAK?
We will be facing COVID-19 for many months to come. We are still far from achieving herd immunity, where enough people have become infected (and therefore, it is hoped, immune) to halt the disease’s spread. It is also likely that we won’t have a vaccine for at least another 12 months. As a result, we run a constant risk of a second peak in cases, especially as we ease lockdown restrictions. The key is to keep down the reproduction number R,
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