Coronavirus Pandemic Could Last Years, U.K. Study Says. Key Risk Experts Disagree.

In the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.K. adopted a novel strategy: "herd immunity." The idea was that, since the case fatality rate (CFR) was apparently acceptably low, U.K. officials would do little to stop the spread of the disease. Instead, the virus would works its way through the populace. Once recovered, the majority of Brits -- the "herd" -- would have immunity to the disease built up in their systems.

But that policy came to a sudden end last week when Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced it would start taking solid steps to enforce social distancing. 

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