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MIDAS SHARE TIPS: How’s this for herd immunity? Animal feed maker with an anti-viral additive

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Coronavirus has turned business as usual on its head. With the country in lockdown, millions of people on furlough and no clear end in sight, numerous companies are cancelling their dividends to conserve cash.  Anpario, a small, AIM-listed business based in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, is bucking the trend.  The company makes healthy additives for animal feed … Read more

PM’s virus adviser warns Britain might still need to adopt herd immunity

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Boris Johnson’s chief adviser on the coronavirus has warned that Britain might still have to adopt the contoversial herd immunity policy to defeat the pandemic.    Professor Graham Medley, the government’s chief pandemic modeller, said lockdown measures have pushed the UK ‘into a corner’, with no way of lifting restrictions while keeping the virus under control.  … Read more

Herd of deer takes over east London housing estate

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First goats, now DEER! Herd takes over east London housing estate by lounging on front lawns as animals continue to roam deserted streets during coronavirus lockdown A herd of deer have taken up residence in an east London housing estate in Harold Hill from Dagnam Park Locals believe the deer approached the estate due to … Read more

Coronavirus UK: ‘Herd immunity’ idea ‘gave up on containment’

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The UK gave up on containing the coronavirus outbreak ‘too soon’ because scientists assumed most people would become infected anyway, a leading expert has claimed. Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the Edinburgh University, said the assumption led officials to abandon measures that could help slow the pandemic. Those measures include mass testing and stringent contact … Read more

Fauci says herd immunity from coronavirus is unlikely because not enough people have been infected

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Dr Anthony Fauci warns Americans that they do NOT have ‘herd immunity’ to coronavirus because too few people have been infected – even as US cases climb past 164,000 Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says herd immunity the coronavirus is unlikely He said there have not been … Read more

China’s top coronavirus expert says ‘herd immunity’ WILL NOT curb the pandemic

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China’s top coronavirus expert has warned that ‘herd immunity’ will not contain the global pandemic because the disease is too infectious and lethal.  The Chinese senior medical adviser rebuked UK’s approach to allow citizens to catch the virus to build up a national tolerance strong enough to stop the virus circulating. ‘Herd immunity won’t solve … Read more

Downing Street hits back against critics of its ‘herd immunity’ virus strategy

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‘Herd immunity is a scientific concept, not our goal or a strategy’: Matt Hancock and MPs now distance themselves from virus strategy after criticism – insisting top priority is to protect as many people as possible Downing Street has hit back against critics of its coronavirus strategy UK’s chief scientific adviser had said No 10 … Read more

WHO questions UK’s approach to ‘herd immunity’ amid coronavirus fight

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The World Health Organisation has criticised the Government’s controversial approach to allow UK citizens to develop ‘herd immunity’ against coronavirus. Boris Johnson and his team of scientific advisers revealed last week that the aim of the Government’s approach is to slow the progress of the virus as it sweeps through the population, rather than following … Read more