I know nothing about it myself, so I'm willing to put my trust in experts and I'm certainly not going to criticise them.
I think we could all do with being a bit less 'Dave from Wigan' or 'Piers from Good Morning Britain' and actually trust people who know what they're talking about.
As a medic, the herd immunity thing is pure crap. If the most vulnerable in society were isolated till the rest of us (honestly 60% has been properly just pulled out of nowhere) had recovered (the end of 7 days of isolation we will likely still be shedding viruses but just not enough to likely pass it on), then we may be a suitable immunological barrier to prevent further rapid spread to those at risk of dying. The government are playing loose and fast with potentially millions who will get very unwell, and possibly a quarter million who will die.
Our Government is flying in the face of pretty much every other country in Europe, and WHO recommendations. Boris recommends schools stay open, people stay in work- but Eton is deserted, and parliament is halted, take from that what you wish.
The emails I'm getting suggest the potential for hands to the pump in the coming weeks. I'm specialised, I'd be no use in gen med or A&E anymore.
I gave a talk on it from an O&G point of view the other day- generally pregnant women who are fit and well otherwise should be fine- no increase in congenital malformations or miscarriage. Just incase an GOT'ers were worried about that kind of stuff.
