Gowers told him he thought it was necessary to move urgently to implement “extreme containment measures”. He also drew up a document, called Questions about Coronavirus Policy”, in which he explained the maths behind the argument against a policy of “herd immunity”. The government has denied claims it pursued a herd immunity policy early in the pandemic, though Cummings insisted this was the original plan. It was also cited at the time by chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, who said herd immunity could be built up if 60% of the population caught the virus. Among possible criticisms of a policy of herd immunity“We do not have the resources to implement the policy in a non-disastrous way.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2021 15:56 UTC