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'We are achieving herd immunity right now': Professor argues against lockdown
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   There is no longer a rationale for lockdown restrictions as the UK is
   "achieving herd immunity", a university professor has told LBC.

   Dr Gabriela Gomes, a professor of mathematics and statistics at the
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   The professor is one of thousands of scientists and medical experts to
   have signed a letter calling for the end of lockdown restrictions and a
   return to a herd immunity strategy.

   The 'anti lockdown petition' as it has been called, has been signed by
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   It calls for those who are less vulnerable to the effects of Covid-19
   to be allowed to return to normal life, with a herd immunity approach
   to tackling the Covid-19 pandemic while protecting the most vulnerable.

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   Dr Gomes told LBC: "Since the beginning of the pandemic we have been
   acquiring immunity in the population and I've been developing
   mathematical models to describe that.

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   mathematical models to describe that.

   "According to our models we are achieving herd immunity right now,
   which means that an epidemic growing out of control is no longer an
   expectation.
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   "So, given that, if we expect the numbers of infections to continue
   roughly constant for some time and then decline as more immunity is
   acquired, the rationale for constraining society and lockdowns...is no
   longer met."
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   The University of Strathclyde professor also told LBC that the UK would
   achieve herd immunity when 20% of its population become immune to
   Covid-19.