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The government should allow people resilient to the coronavirus – the young, fit, slim, and non-smokers – to return to work to build-up herd immunity, and save the economy, according to two leading vets.
Ministers should abandon their “financially ruinous” strategy to contain the pandemic and only keep the 40% of the population vulnerable to infection from Covid-19 under the lockdown, according to Joe Brownlie, emeritus professor of veterinary pathology at the Royal Veterinary College, and Dick Sibley, director of West Ridge Veterinary Practice in Devon.
The young, fit, slim, non-smokers could be left to get on with creating the wealth that we are going to need to secure our futures, instead of being locked away waiting for the inevitable.
The only effective long-term control to minimise new infections will be through developing immunity, either by managed exposure or vaccination, while at the same time accepting that there will always be vulnerable individuals requiring intensive treatment and support.
Back to the health committee, and it’s the final question.
Q: Last year the joint committee on human rights said the human rights of people with autism were being restricted when they were in hospital. Hospital visits have now been limited. This has a particular impact on autistic people. What can be done about this?
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