THE SCOTSMAN: Coronavirus cases could re-surge as lockdown lifts - here's why

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Thomas House, a reader in statistics at the University of Manchester who is modelling the current epidemic, told Wired that, while lockdown measures may have flattened the curve, it's left much of the UK population susceptible.

“The bad news seems to be that where people have tried to look in the community and other places there hasn't been a tremendously high level of acquisition of immunity. That means it doesn't look like we can come straight out of lockdown and back to normal," House said.

Period12 May 2020

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  • TitleCoronavirus cases could re-surge as lockdown lifts - here's why
    Media name/outletThe Scotsman
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date12/05/20
    DescriptionThomas House, a reader in statistics at the University of Manchester who is modelling the current epidemic, told Wired that, while lockdown measures may have flattened the curve, it's left much of the UK population susceptible.

    “The bad news seems to be that where people have tried to look in the community and other places there hasn't been a tremendously high level of acquisition of immunity. That means it doesn't look like we can come straight out of lockdown and back to normal," House said.
    URLhttps://www.scotsman.com/read-this/coronavirus-cases-could-re-surge-lockdown-lifts-heres-why-2850502
    PersonsThomas House

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  • statistics
  • coronavirus
  • COVID-19