The U.K.'s early approach to pandemic cost thousands of lives, a new report says
The U.K. was slower to impose widespread lockdowns than the U.S. and many other countries. A new report says the government's approach amounted to accepting a herd immunity strategy.
by Scott Neuman
Oct 12, 2021
2 minutes
The U.K.'s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic ranks among the worst public health failures in the country's history, causing "many thousands" of avoidable deaths, a new report says.
In the first weeks, as the virus began spreading in the U.K., the government chose not to restrict mass gatherings â a radical departure from the
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