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Warning government coronavirus strategy 'could cause 35,000 to 70,000 excess deaths'
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Boris Johnson's coronavirus strategy could lead to between 35,000 and 70,000 excess deaths over the next year, according to scientific analysis.
Experts from University College London and the University of Cambridge and Health Data Research UK carried out the research, which hasn't been peer-reviewed and warned of the unintended consequences of the government's strategy.
First reported in the Financial Times, it warns that the current measures do not go far enough in stopping the spread of the disease or identifying the most vulnerable high-risk groups.
The government should “do more in the pursuit of suppressing the epidemic whether through enforced lockdowns or enforced social distancing rather than voluntary measures”, they add.
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